| | |  | BLUES MUSIC | Home » » Fleetwood Mac - Destiny Rules | | | | | | | Description: | | The amazing career of Fleetwood Mac has seen them overcome overwhelming personal turmoil, and seemingly tumultuous line-up changes. Hugely ambitious, the band are not afraid to undertake sizeable projects as they straddle the globe on a constant quest to bring their music to an ever-burgeoning fanbase. The DESTINY RULES project began in 2001, and was designed to capture the band as they recorded and toured their first album in 5 years. Filmmakers Matt Baumann and Hyle Einhorn were placed in charge of the task, and the results have been whittled down from over 500 hours of footage to produce this incredible release. Drawing on all their experience, Baumann and Einhorn pull off some neat tricks (including hidden cameras) to capture the most candid footage possible. For fans of the legendary band, this is an awesome way to experience the creative process as it unfolds in front of their eyes. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Fleetwood Mac | | Director:
| Kyle Einhorn | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Sanctuary Records | | Run Time:
| 79 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 14, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 23 reviews |
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60 of 64 found the following review helpful:
 Great title for a great documentaryNov 02, 2004
By Mike Sarzo
The Fleetwood Mac: Destiny Rules documentary goes where the band has gone before in terms of the kind of documentary you see here. The band previously released such a retrospective about the recording of their classic album Tusk, but this one is very different.
For one thing, the band is much older as it set about recording their album Say You Will. Secondly, Christine McVie has retired, so the band was left to its own devices with the three men (drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, and guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham) recording while singer Stevie Nicks was on her tour to support Trouble in Shangri-la so she couldn't be in the studio while the men were until she finished her tour.
One of the things that is obvious when watching Destiny Rules is the fact that, despite a flaky reputation, Nicks is surprisingly grounded at key moments in the filming. While Buckingham was pushing for a double album, Nicks explained her reasons for being reluctant to go along: The band's familiar audience was older and a double album would be a hard sell. She also displayed a grasp of the current music scene that seemed to escape the other members when she pointed out how difficult it would be to compete with the likes of N'SYNC or the Backstreet Boys.
Nicks does have her moments of drama. When the cameras were filming her and Buckingham debating the merits of lines in "Thrown Down," she says, "you can't change that. It's beautiful." A VH-1 All Access special caught one moment that Destiny Rules unfortunately missed: Nicks screaming at Buckingham, "of course you hate it. It's because I wrote it!"
All in all, the decision to go from a double album to a single album with 18 songs could have been explained more thoroughly and some of the sequences seemed out of whack, but the documentary was a very revealing glimpse into the changes that happen to older artists who go into a recording studio.
40 of 43 found the following review helpful:
Intimate peek at a great reunionNov 25, 2004
By G. Vernon
"gv"
If there was ever any doubt in the press that Lindsey Buckingham is an eccentric genius, those doubts are erased by "Destiny Rules." Fleetwood Mac has allowed the filmmakers a nearly-all-access pass to the recording of their first release since the 1987 "Tango in the Night." And as such we get to see Lindsey, Stevie and company in the most unprotected setting: a beautiful home rented for the recording of "Say You Will." There are fascinating glimpses of the creative process, including the ownership the songwriters take of their music and the difficulty in turning their babies over to a mixer.
Lindsey lets it all hang out for the cameras: selfishness, self-centeredness, petty bickering, controlling possessiveness of the songs, grandiose overestimation of his share of responsibility for the record's outcome. And on top of it we see a father of a young family who just happens to be one of the great guitarists of all time. There's a segment near the beginning where Lindsey is sitting on a couch going for broke on the song "Destiny Rules" and he's just so relaxed and interacting with Mick Fleetwood almost casually while his fingers have a life all their own and it's awesome.
"You keep writing songs like that and we'll make this a double-album yet," he tells Stevie almost offhandedly as they're listening to her demos for "Say You Will." It's a bigger comment than it seems at the time, as it turns out Lindsey has been petitioning for a double album from the get-go and as the record company drives the project toward a single disc, Lindsey's about ready to take his toys and go home. Fascinating stuff for the cameras, and bravo to Lindsey for letting it stay in the film. And thank heavens he didn't throw the ultimate temper tantrum, as "Say You Will" is Fleetwood Mac's best record since "Rumors," easily besting the experimental "Tusk" or the corporate-tainted discs that followed "Tusk."
Whether or not the mighty Mac heads back into the studio, this is one for the time capsule. If you're a fan who bought the awful "Tango in the Night" home video, with all of it's false and patently awful post-concert closeups of Stevie through a filtered lens, this movie is will be even more of a pleasure. An honest, no-holds-barred depiction of a great band going through all the processes that result in one great album. Perfect companion piece to "Say You Will."
26 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Awesome documentary.Jan 29, 2005
By Chris McLeod
""Never have I been a blue calm sea, I have always been a storm""
If you already saw and taped this documentary on VH1 when it aired, no need to buy it. The DVD contains NO extras what-so-ever. That is the reason I could not give this 5 stars. It was put together from over 500 hours of footage, and yet they still could not manage to put some extra scenes....they did not even add in the extras scenes that VH1 ALL ACCESS showed advertising the documentary...so there are my minor problems with this DVD. I taped it commercial free when it aired on VH1, and bought it...unfortunately I bought it because PBS said it had extras...
ANYWAY, the documentary itself is magnificent and if you have not seen you need to. Any fan of rock music could surely appreciate this. This DVD documents the tense making of Fleetwood Mac's first album with Lindsey Buckingham since 1987. This was also their first album without keyboardist, and sometime singer-songwriter Christine McVie. Some traditional Mac fans may miss Christine's cool personality, or just the vibe from having 3 lead vocalists in one band..However the band's king and queen of drama for the last 30 years Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are here in full force. Young kids who do not know this band might wonder why the man in the band has a caption as LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM and the lady is called STEVIE NICKS I'm sure...
There are some tense moments here, and some great musical moments. This documentary really shows what all goes into making an album in the 2000's. Fleetwood Mac, still being somewhat old fashioned skips the computers and opts to slicing tape with a razor blade to cut a guitar part in half...but that is just one of the things that makes them who they are.
Not only does the viewer get an inside look into the production and musical aspect of making a CD but also the financial and business aspect. You get to see the band literally debating over whether a Double album would sell in today's slow economy, teen pop driven music world...Stevie Nicks seems somewhat distant from the idea, while Lindsey doesn't seem to care much about the financial issue.
Not only that but you also get to witness a literally nervous band as they get ready to do their first tour without Christine, as well as their first tour since 1997. The tour rehearsals are my favorite part of the show.
This is a great documentary...don't buy if you are expecting a concert, because it's not that...
Don't buy if you expect Stevie Nicks to be twirling from room to room, you won't get that either...you get a behind the scenes look at one of rock's most successful bands trying to find their place in today's music world, while keeping their artistic integrity they worked so hard for.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 They've still got it: talent, stage presence AND DRAMA!!!!Oct 28, 2004
By Jared Vaughn
I watched the first night this was aired on VH1 and I have to tell you - especially Fleetwood Mac fans - if you missed it, you should be jumping at the opportunity to own this DVD! Fleetwood Mac is infamous for their obessive indulgences and drug usage - while that may all be in the past, one thing that they still have after all these years (aside from incredible talent) is DRAMA and GUESS who the drama queen is? Well - SURPRISE it's NOT Stevie Nicks. This is the making of their first studio album since 1987's Tango In The Night album, Lindsey's last before leaving the band after its release and rejoining in 1997. Not only is it an incredible look into the making of a GREAT album, which I highly recommend, but an AWESOME look into what we didn't see in the 70's and 80's behind the scenes. It takes you from the first day of recording in the Hollywood mansion they used, to the sound stage for concert rehearsals to the first night of their Say You Will Worldwide Tour 2003-04. You'll watch it over and over again!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Clash of the titansFeb 08, 2009
By Tyro
Lindsey Buckingham has spent his fairly low-profile solo career trying to update the art of rock/pop production, writing, and arrangement. His albums have always been critical successes with a modest impact on the marketplace. Stevie Nicks has cannily sold her ethereal image and succeeded partly through a series of collaborations with top artists such as Don Henley, Tom Petty, and Prince.
Nicks's songs for the "Say You Will" project seem to often retell the story of her rekindled romance with Lindsey during the "Dance" tour. Her residual bitterness that he eventually left her to marry another woman and start a family underwrites a lot of the tension between them on this video.
But the tensiion goes beyond that to bigger issues. Lindsey is that rare artist who will sacrifice financial rewards to fulfill his vision. In this case, he wanted to recreate the artistic success of "Tusk," widely regarded as a masterpiece. Sometimes he comes across as stubborn and relentless, since everyone in else in the band wants to just have as big a hit as possible. Still, you have respect him as an artist who tries to stay true to his creative path. It is also clear in this video that Lindsey plays the largest role not only in the production of Fleetwood Mac records, but in management decisions.
Stevie Nicks, at one point, discusses the demographics of their audience, arguing that they should be realistic if they want a successful album.
This is the focus of this documentary, a true gift for fans of Lindsey, Stevie, or Fleetwood Mac. In reality TV style, it does focus on conflicts at the expense of musical or artistic issues. Still, it's fascinating.
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