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Fleetwood Mac — Man Of The World
Album: Black Magic Woman
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Released: 1970
Length: 2:46
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Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls

I guess I've got everything I need
I would't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born

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And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could

I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love
Comments (83)add comment
 JAELLIS1114 wrote:

who is DJ ing now? It's the firsst time I have been disappointed.




Bye then. Come back if you want to listen to genius recordings like this.
Posted 1 day ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
 tournemire wrote:

Whouah ....
never heard
but f.....ing good




at the time i heard it in 2015, it was really f...ing good.
But now, now i have lost a son, now i can feel more deeply the sadness of the song, it is still very very good but fu...ing sad .....
Posted 2 years ago by tournemire    [ Reply ]
who is DJ ing now? It's the firsst time I have been disappointed.
Posted 3 years ago by JAELLIS1114    [ Reply ]
Some terrible noise going on in that recording.
Posted 3 years ago by radioparadise38    [ Reply ]
Ten plus👍
Posted 3 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
More early Fleetwood Mac please Bill
Posted 4 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
 whatsupdude wrote:

The picture on the right irritates me for some reason. 



Absolutely.   Don't see Peter, Jeremy or Danny in that picture.  Blame it on Wikipedia.   
Posted 4 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
 eric_millman wrote:



So how do I give a rating?



Click on the 'Click to Rate' button in the box to the left where you see the bar graph distribution and 'Average Rating' (right now it is 7.7) underneath the graph.  Then click on your rating.  You can change ratings over time by following the same process.
Posted 4 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:

Nothing less than a 10 rating for the Green God. 




So how do I give a rating?
Posted 4 years ago by eric_millman    [ Reply ]
Playing this directly after Billie Eillish / Everything I Wanted ... I see what you did there, Bill ;-)  RP : nothing even comes close.
Posted 4 years ago by jhalfmoon    [ Reply ]
love the atmosphere in this take, can just picture them in the studio, class
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
If they had changed their name during their transformation, nobody would be bitching and moaning about the change in band members and their sound and style. 
Both formations are great in their own way if you ask me.
Posted 4 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
The picture on the right irritates me for some reason. 
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
A masterpiece from a legend🙏
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Delicate, sensitive, arousing, giving, tasteful, passionate. Thanks Pete and Crew.
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
Great beauty is rarely understood at the time. Hence 2020 appreciates this 1970 gift. 10 4 me
Posted 5 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
I love this, but the recording quality REALLY sucks! Even on Ultra!
Posted 5 years ago by Daveteauk    [ Reply ]
WOW! I actually thought I had heard EVERY Fleetwood song...ever! New Peter Green number here. From RP of course! Fantastic!
Posted 6 years ago by aroma    [ Reply ]
Great song, but a strange sounding mix. Immediate needs to be added to the record label list.
Posted 6 years ago by trevc    [ Reply ]
greatness
Posted 6 years ago by GapBetweenEars    [ Reply ]
In my top 10.
 
Posted 7 years ago by Gamage    [ Reply ]
Nothing less than a 10 rating for the Green God. 
Posted 7 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
Interestingly different version - slightly more reflective, with a more expressive vocal performance, than the version one normally hears.
Posted 7 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
Yes
Posted 7 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 medoras wrote:

Undoubtedly!

The days of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan!

And many of those who never heard Fleetwood Mac prior to Buckingham and Nicks joining them don't know what they missed.

 
How could anyone "know what they missed" if they've never heard it?
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I believe this is a different version than the "hit single" back in the day. Still a 10 to me.
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
A rather excellent song.
Posted 8 years ago by Oldfastbowler    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

It has become standard for people of my age and from a blues/rock background to claim that the Peter Green and Danny Kirwan era Fleetwood Mac was superior to the Buckingham and Nicks era. In my opinion this is complete nonsense, both eras were equally brilliant, just different. 

 
*cough* It is nonsense but that's because early Fleetwood Mac is horrible. *lights fuse, gets away*
Posted 8 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
This is song has been spoiled by it being used in Northern Ireland in an advertisement campaign to highlight road deaths. Makes me sad to hear the song :-( 
Posted 8 years ago by Keemosahbee    [ Reply ]

It has become standard for people of my age and from a blues/rock background to claim that the Peter Green and Danny Kirwan era Fleetwood Mac was superior to the Buckingham and Nicks era. In my opinion this is complete nonsense, both eras were equally brilliant, just different.  


Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 medoras wrote:

Undoubtedly!

The days of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan!

And many of those who never heard Fleetwood Mac prior to Buckingham and Nicks joining them don't know what they missed.
And thanks to Bill once again keeping in time where timelessness of  real art journeys through our short skip of a life
Less we forget 
 


Posted 8 years ago by tiler    [ Reply ]
what a lovely song
Posted 9 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:

Many are probably right.

 
Undoubtedly!

The days of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan!

And many of those who never heard Fleetwood Mac prior to Buckingham and Nicks joining them don't know what they missed.
Posted 10 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
Sad, forlorn, and upsetting song. Brilliant.
Posted 10 years ago by Hoosfoos    [ Reply ]
Whouah ....
never heard
but f.....ing good
Posted 10 years ago by tournemire    [ Reply ]
Saw Peter Green in the mid 60's in Torquay. I knew then he was a musical genius, and time has not changed my opinion. Yes, I did say the 60's.......
Posted 11 years ago by terryp17    [ Reply ]
that was bloody gorgeous!  DJ you are an artist, cheers
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
Many think that Peter Green was the best blues guitarist Great Britain ever produced.
 
Many are probably right.
Posted 11 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
One of my all time favourites- a true stroke of genius.
Simply beautiful.
Posted 11 years ago by Padutarb    [ Reply ]
 veloman wrote:
Got to be a 10 at least - wonderful man

 
....... only 10 :))
Posted 11 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Got to be a 10 at least - wonderful man
Posted 11 years ago by veloman    [ Reply ]
amazing
Posted 12 years ago by alexg1    [ Reply ]
Just can't get enough of the real Fleetwood Mac- pre Nix etc.
Posted 12 years ago by iagdboy    [ Reply ]
Oh yes!

Now how about "Oh Well Parts I and II"?
Posted 12 years ago by baneale    [ Reply ]

fantastic...  love it...
 
Posted 12 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Wow. I have been listening to music all my life, and Radio Paradise for the past 9 years. I have never heard this song. It is truly amazing that after all this time, Radio Paradise is still introducing me to great music.
Posted 12 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
+++++++
bravo f.mac & gr..
Posted 12 years ago by 24noir    [ Reply ]
..wistful..thx RP & commenters in here for the depth of info..
Posted 12 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 meadowwoods wrote:
more peter green
 
YES!!!
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
brilliant!
Posted 12 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love

Love is what matters
Posted 13 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
more peter green
Posted 13 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Have this on English vinyl.  It also is the only source I know for the full length version of The Green Manalishi.

Anyone know if this ever made it to CD ?
Posted 13 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
My favourite Fleetwood Mac lineup!
Posted 13 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]

...love love love love peter green's fleetwood mac...


Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Poor Pete went troppo but it was Jeremy Spencer who freaked me out with "The Children of God." I heard horror stories of their exploits there while I was in Penang, Malaysia in the 70's.. Really evil.
 

Posted 14 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
 swell_sailor wrote:
More Peter Green is good. 
  Word.

Posted 14 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
I'm glad RP routinely plays the old Fleetwood Mac. Green's a great singer and guitarist, and the band managed to avoid the bombast of their 60s English contemporaries (i.e. Cream).

Posted 14 years ago by mike_chouinard    [ Reply ]
Might we have some of the "live stuff" ? Pleeease !

This box is cool.
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Back when the Mac was a great band.....
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous, atmospheric stuff. The Peter Green Fleetwood Mac originals are wonderful.
Posted 14 years ago by yatesy17    [ Reply ]

5 in row, nice set Bill, just right for a lightly snowing night.


Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
A good, solid, 11.
Posted 14 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
More Peter Green is good. 
Posted 14 years ago by swell_sailor    [ Reply ]
wow, just happened to read mick fleetwood's book recently definitely want to hear more old stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Brilliant! Never realised this was Mac but then I came to them post Peter Green - now it's off to Amazon to seek out their 'Green' years :-) I love RP and as for Peter he is making some great music going to see him and friends next weekend at Exeter Phoenix! :-)
Posted 15 years ago by timiambeing    [ Reply ]
This is one of my favourite songs of the "old" FM. It still moves me after all those years to hear the beautiful voice and guitar of PG.
Posted 15 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
This is a big reason I am here. And then followed by Explosions in the Sky. Perfect (not just Christine).
Posted 15 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Feb 26, 2008 - 11:10 < Reply >
Many think that Peter Green was the best blues guitarist Great Britain ever produced.
He certainly had the respect of a certain Riley King. While the graffiti read, Clapton is God, EC himself was envious of Peter's skill as a guitarist.

I've always loved this track (hence my rating). And as much as I enjoy Then Play On in its entirety (a real departure from anything they had recorded as yet another English blues band), it's clear that in listening to this forty years later that Peter in the midst of that long downward decline into depression fueled by substance abuse. Reminiscent of what happened to (Pink Floyd founder) Syd Barrett, the group of German fans Peter fell in with certainly didn't help him, that's for sure.

Sadly, I've heard some of Peter's comeback material (The Splinter Group, et al.) and am not impressed. His was a talent to be reckoned with that was ultimately squandered.

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
...god bless peter green...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Very refreshing to see people that weren't exposed to early "mac's" responses. You like blues,Peter Green was all over it. If ya weren't a blues fanatic then some of the earliest stuff was too bluesy for some at the time. I wouldn't trade my early Mac vinyl collection for anything and think the post Green Kilnwood House is a great record. When the Buckingham Nicks era was on I kept telling people there was a band before that one and would drag out the vinyl and watch them go you got to be kidding. The B&N Rumors era had some real good music and Micks driving drums but the early stuff is great.
Posted 16 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
I love this song forever for its guitars...
Posted 17 years ago by zingo    [ Reply ]
gekkosan wrote:
Oh wow..! A learning experience! I literally knew nothing of Fletwood Mac's history and music previous to Rummours... and so I knew nothing of Peter Green and his - I'm just learning- awesome talents. This is one of the things I love best about Radio Paradise!
You're in for a treat, because there's 3 prior eras of Mac for you to enjoy, and I think all 3 incarnations of the band lineup/sound were terrific: the early bluesy Mac with Green and Jeremy Spencer, the pretty, mellow soundscapes of the Danny Kirwan era (Future Games, Bare Trees) and the creative pop of the Bob Welsh/Christine McVie songwriting era (Hypnotized, Heroes are hard to find). Of course some of those lineups overlapped a bit, but each of the 3 had a distinctive different sound to the band. All great stuff, you really can't go wrong with any of the albums these lineups produced though some are stronger than others or may be more to your liking than others, they are all musically delicious.
Posted 17 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
RedGuitar wrote:
Many think that Peter Green was the best blues guitarist Great Britain ever produced.
Right on!! True English blues As good as Stevie and Lindsey made the "new Fleetwood Mac", I just love the sound of Christine and the old old like 60's old Fleetwood; a totally different beast. Thanks Bill for digging it up and PLEASE PLAY MORE!!
Posted 17 years ago by Moonflower31    [ Reply ]
I love "early" FM, but I had never heard this song before. Really lovely and poignant.
Posted 17 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Many think that Peter Green was the best blues guitarist Great Britain ever produced.
Posted 17 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
When I was growing up in the 70s, I shyed away from anything Fleetwood Mac because of their popularity. But Bill and RP have shown me what incredible musicians they were despite their popularity. I'm glad to be straightened out by some one as gifted as Bill Goldsmith.
I think their best stuff was before they became popular. This is certainly in that vein as is the 'middle era' (Future Games, Mystery to Me, etc).
Posted 17 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Oh wow..! A learning experience! I literally knew nothing of Fletwood Mac's history and music previous to Rummours... and so I knew nothing of Peter Green and his - I'm just learning- awesome talents. This is one of the things I love best about Radio Paradise!
Posted 17 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
When I was growing up in the 70s, I shyed away from anything Fleetwood Mac because of their popularity. But Bill and RP have shown me what incredible musicians they were despite their popularity. I'm glad to be straightened out by some one as gifted as Bill Goldsmith.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard of this cd but it sounds excellent. I've been looking for a good PG collection to replace my old vinyl - any other Green fans who have heard it and could give a recommendation?
Posted 17 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]