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Go Your Own Way Trivia Quiz


For many music fans, the title "Go Your Own Way" is synonymous with Fleetwood Mac. It is an alarmingly apt sobriquet for what has often proved to be a highly dysfunctional band.

A multiple-choice quiz by glendathecat. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
glendathecat
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
324,327
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Original bassist Bob Brunning was the first member of Fleetwood Mac to go his own way. He was in the band from July until December 1967, and then went on to a 30 year career in education. In later years, what relationship did he have with the group? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Fleetwood Mac's first chart-topper was the instrumental, "Albatross", which reached Number 1 in the UK in 1969. The follow-up single very nearly repeated this feat and was their last release on the Immediate record label before the band went their own way to Warner Brothers. What was the name of this song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In 1970, Mick Fleetwood married Jenny Boyd. Jenny's sister, Pattie, was the subject of the Beatles' song "Something" and the Eric Clapton classic, "Layla". When Pattie went her own way, she married Clapton but to which of the Beatles was she previously married? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Peter Green went his own way from Fleetwood Mac in 1970 after developing psychiatric problems that would be diagnosed as schizophrenia. What is generally accepted as being the catalyst for these problems? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Guitarist Jeremy Spencer went his own way whilst the band was on a tour of America in 1971. What was the reason for his unexpected departure? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Bob Weston was forced to go his own way from Fleetwood Mac during another American tour in 1973. What was the misdemeanour that led to his being fired from the band? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Following Bob Weston's departure, Fleetwood Mac abandoned their 1973 American tour. In a further twist, the band went their own way from manager Clifford Davis. What caused the parting of the ways? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Bob Welch joined Fleetwood Mac in 1971 following the departures of Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. He, in turn, was to go his own way in 1974. As a solo artist, he enjoyed a modicum of commercial success and scored a top ten US hit, in 1977, with a song that originally appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1972 album, "Bare Trees". What was the name of this single? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The most commercially successful Fleetwood Mac line-up was that which contained Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The single "Go Your Own Way" comes from which critically acclaimed album, released in 1977 but recorded at a time when all were experiencing the break-up of relationships? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Guitarist Dave Mason joined Fleetwood Mac briefly in the 1990s before going his own way after the release of "Time" in 1995. Mason is better known for his involvement with which other English group, for whom his writing credits include the songs, "Feelin' Alright" and "Hole In My Shoe"? Hint



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1. Original bassist Bob Brunning was the first member of Fleetwood Mac to go his own way. He was in the band from July until December 1967, and then went on to a 30 year career in education. In later years, what relationship did he have with the group?

Answer: He was one of the band's biographers

Fleetwood Mac are probably unique in being named after somebody that wasn't a member of the band when the name was chosen. Their original axis - Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green and John McVie - first came together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Green and Fleetwood left to start the new venture but McVie, initially, preferred to stay with the financial security he enjoyed with Mayall.

Brunning's books include "Fleetwood Mac: Behind the Masks" and "Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and Lies". In July 1967, he had responded to an advertisement in the "Melody Maker" magazine. This led to his turning up at Peter Green's apartment for an interview only to ask if he knew about the "other Peter Green" who played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Green's reply was "You bloody idiot. I am Peter Green!" (Source: "Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and Lies")

Brunning joined Fleetwood Mac on condition that he would make way for John McVie when and if the latter decided to join and, when that did happen at the end of the year, he went on to an equally short stint in Savoy Brown before embarking upon his career in education.
2. Fleetwood Mac's first chart-topper was the instrumental, "Albatross", which reached Number 1 in the UK in 1969. The follow-up single very nearly repeated this feat and was their last release on the Immediate record label before the band went their own way to Warner Brothers. What was the name of this song?

Answer: Man of the World

"Man of the World" peaked at Number 2 on the UK charts in 1969 behind the Beatles' "Get Back". Strange as it may sound, "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite" was the single's B-side. It featured the vocals of Jeremy Spencer under the pseudonym of Earl Vince and the Valiants.
3. In 1970, Mick Fleetwood married Jenny Boyd. Jenny's sister, Pattie, was the subject of the Beatles' song "Something" and the Eric Clapton classic, "Layla". When Pattie went her own way, she married Clapton but to which of the Beatles was she previously married?

Answer: George Harrison

This makes (or made) Mick Fleetwood and George Harrison brothers-in-law. Jenny's real name is actually Helen but, when Pattie gave her a nickname based upon the name of her favourite childhood doll, it stuck. Like Pattie, she worked in London as a model.

Mick Fleetwood first met Jenny when he was 16:
"I'd see Jenny coming home from school, a stunning fifteen-year-old in white stockings. I lost my heart to her immediately. I had a massive crush on her, but was so shy I couldn't say anything to her. I knew then, at age sixteen, that this was the girl I was destined to marry."
(Source : "Fleetwood: My Life And Adventures In Fleetwood Mac" by Mick Fleetwood and Stephen Davis, 1990)
4. Peter Green went his own way from Fleetwood Mac in 1970 after developing psychiatric problems that would be diagnosed as schizophrenia. What is generally accepted as being the catalyst for these problems?

Answer: Abuse of LSD

One wonders what might have been as Green is still regarded by many as one of the all-time great guitarists. The last song that he wrote and recorded with Fleetwood Mac was "The Green Manalishi" (a 1970 top 10 hit in the UK), whose lyrics serve as a chilling epitaph to Green's state of mind:

"Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Don't you come creepin' around - makin' me do things I don't want to

Can't believe that you need my love so bad
Come sneakin' around tryin' to drive me mad
Bustin' in on my dreams - making me see things I don't wanna see

'cause you're da green manalishi with the two prong crown
All my tryin' is up - all your bringin' is down
Just taking my love then slippin' away
Leavin' me here just tryin' to keep from following you."

Green did make a brief reappearance in the Fleetwood Mac line-up after the disappearance of Jeremy Spencer midway through the band's 1971 American tour. He was persuaded to assist in completing their remaining concerts.
5. Guitarist Jeremy Spencer went his own way whilst the band was on a tour of America in 1971. What was the reason for his unexpected departure?

Answer: He joined a religious cult.

Spencer left the band's Los Angeles hotel at 3pm one afternoon to buy a magazine. He never returned. On the way to the bookstore he met some members of the Children of God cult and decided to join. The police eventually tracked him down, several days later, after the band reported him missing.
6. Bob Weston was forced to go his own way from Fleetwood Mac during another American tour in 1973. What was the misdemeanour that led to his being fired from the band?

Answer: Having an affair with Mick Fleetwood's wife

"I was the happy bachelor in the band; quite self-contained, enjoying having a good laugh and looking forward to the prospect of going home with some money. Then straight out of the blue came a very subtle change in my feelings for Jenny. From good friendship to love! I was pretty naive. I didn't coldly weigh up the pros and cons of my career versus my inner feelings. ... I thought the band was on its last legs anyhow. John and Christine were saying, "You leave the band and I'll stay; no you leave and I'll stay." And they were the kingpins of Fleetwood Mac! Bob Welch was saying, "F**k this. I'm going to have to go and pursue a solo career." ...

It was all in tatters!" (Bob Weston quoted in "Fleetwood Mac: Rumours and Lies" by Bob Brunning)
7. Following Bob Weston's departure, Fleetwood Mac abandoned their 1973 American tour. In a further twist, the band went their own way from manager Clifford Davis. What caused the parting of the ways?

Answer: Davis created an alternative Fleetwood Mac in an attempt to complete the tour.

Davis' actions were, in many ways, understandable as he faced a multi-million dollar law suit if the band failed to complete its obligations. His solution - to create a second band called Fleetwood Mac that would play instead of the still existing, original Fleetwood Mac - has to go down as one of the more bizarre events in rock history. In the event, the lawyers were indeed kept busy trying to establish which of the two was now the genuine article.

The nucleus of the fake Fleetwood Mac continued under the name of Stretch and had a minor UK hit in 1975 with the song, "Why Did You Do It?".
8. Bob Welch joined Fleetwood Mac in 1971 following the departures of Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. He, in turn, was to go his own way in 1974. As a solo artist, he enjoyed a modicum of commercial success and scored a top ten US hit, in 1977, with a song that originally appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1972 album, "Bare Trees". What was the name of this single?

Answer: Sentimental Lady

"Sentimental Lady" reached Number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other big hit for which Welch is chiefly known is "Ebony Eyes" which peaked at Number 14, also in 1977. Both singles were taken from the album, "French Kiss".
9. The most commercially successful Fleetwood Mac line-up was that which contained Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The single "Go Your Own Way" comes from which critically acclaimed album, released in 1977 but recorded at a time when all were experiencing the break-up of relationships?

Answer: Rumours

"Rumours" was recorded in 1976 during a turbulent period of break-ups and rebound relationships. The Fleetwoods divorced; the McVies were splitting up and so were Buckingham and Nicks. The only bright spot came at the end of the year when, four months after their divorce became absolute, Mick and Jenny Fleetwood remarried.

In addition to "Go Your Own Way", "Rumours" also provided the hits, "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and the irony laden, "You Make Loving Fun".
10. Guitarist Dave Mason joined Fleetwood Mac briefly in the 1990s before going his own way after the release of "Time" in 1995. Mason is better known for his involvement with which other English group, for whom his writing credits include the songs, "Feelin' Alright" and "Hole In My Shoe"?

Answer: Traffic

"Hole In My Shoe" was Traffic's biggest hit, reaching Number 2 in the UK in 1967.

All of the bands have Fleetwood Mac connections. Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood played with a Shotgun Express line-up that included a young Rod Stewart. Christine McVie, as Christine Perfect, was a member of Chicken Shack whilst Savoy Brown's membership has included Bob Brunning.
Source: Author glendathecat

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