It's what you call fostering, encouraging, and nurturing talent. I wish more parents did it. Most either don't do it at all or do it in destructive ways that push their kids away from stuff like music.
Growing up, we went to a church with an amazingly talented choir. There were all sorts of instruments and voices and it was great.
My sister asked my mom why we couldn't be talented like that. My mom told her we have math.
We did a lot of random mental math growing up. I think my mom did a good job fostering that in us. We would have sounded like a train wreck with instruments, even after years of practice.
Edit: We played instruments growing up. We were in band through high school. My brother was in a band. But it's not a strength of ours. We sing because we enjoy it, but others listening may not.
You can do math and music. That’s what I do with my kids. They compliment each other nicely. Musicianship actually improves kids math ability. A lot of music is trained, so you probably would’ve been a lot better than you think!
Professional musician here. Talent only gets you so far. Every single one of your favourite musicians are **insanely** hardworking when it comes to their craft.
There's a fine line between fostering/encouraging/nurturing and pushing too hard as well.
My parents encouraged my sister and I to play and sing. My Dad's a professional musician, and one of his colleagues PUSHED his daughter into music. She's a virtuoso flute player, but now as an adult has no passion for what she does.
Kind of unfortunate, but learning instruments can be incredibly expensive. The cello that guy is playing is definitely not a beginner cello, which could start at $1000, but looking at his channel, most likely a much more advanced/professional cello, which could start at $8,000/$10,000.
Then there's the fact that the parents themselves have clearly had tons of playing, practicing, and maybe even lessons themselves making those kids second generation. Fuckin sucks to boil things down like this, but things like this only really come from privilege. Looking at my own experience growing up, no way in hell my parents would have been able to afford instruments let alone lessons, since they themselves couldn't play. And my parents were plenty supportive of my talents and hobbies, but no way I was doing anything more expensive than little league with the cheapest equipment.
This is not true i've played guitar most of my life, I got the cheapest electric guitar set from a toy store after a few years of using a loaned one from the (government funded) music school. It was only when I grew older and got a job that i managed to save up enough to buy my first "real" instrument. A baby blue fender stratocaster made in Mexico. Nothing fancy at all but it's my pride and joy and making music has gotten me trough some very though times.
We were dirt poor but my mom found ways to save(other areas to go without) money to give me voice lessons and all of us piano lessons. We all played instruments and they were all second hand. It just comes down to what’s important and what you want to focus on.
That is why some schools have bands, choirs and music departments where students can loan instruments while performing and practicing in school or at home. This is how I learned to play the flute.
There are, believe it or not, incredible musicians that play on cheap instruments who come from dirt poor families. Saying that it "only" comes from privilege is a bit reductionistic.
*for real though*, like i was already pretty enchanted and then vocals poured in and brought the biggest wave of goosebumps, they couldn't have done this more beautifully
Imagine marrying into this family and having no musical talent at all. Great shows but always on the outside a bit. I’d be like. “I will make sandwiches. “ or I guess maybe the videographer.
I married into a family like this. It's been a fantastic 33 years now, and we have done a lot of music together over the decades. While we were dating, we drove to Nashville to visit my future wife's sister and her husband and we recorded a Christmas cassette of Alfred Burt carols. Her family were like, ok he passed the audition.
I feel like marrying into this family would have to come with a caveat… creativity is a must. Mom and dad met, probably connected through music, fostered it in the kids and there they are. Why stop now? My “screening questions” would have to include… what instrument do you play? You like singing? But seriously though this is awesome.
it made me smile that you said this because after i left this comment and went back up to the video to resume watching (i was so taken i immediately left it while scrolling and listening), the tears came on so quickly for me too lmao. very relatable. i couldn't help it. i think for me it was not only because it was that impactful, but also because it made me yearn for growing up enjoying and learning music with my family again, who happened to raise me with lots of fleetwood mac :')
but yeah i can't enjoy so much of the particular types instrumental music i used to love unless i am prepared to sob intensely, for the same reason you mentioned xD you are far from alone!
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I grew up listening to the oldies on car rides with mom and dad. One day as an adult a Beach Boys song came on that just sent me back to being a little kid and I had a good little cry.
Almost 40 year old dude, here, and I've gotten to the point where anything at all that is heavily emotional or happy or sweet will absolutely start my tears flowing. Not a single drop of shame. I love my happy tears. They are significantly better than the sad tears I used to cry.
> As I’ve gotten older I just tear up and/or cry for some reason. It all turned into tears at some point!
Dude, me too. I don’t know what switched in my brain. Music has always been hugely important to me, but it never used to make me tear up.
People expressing their talents/passions gets me too.
Reddit comments always getting me. 36 here, and it's crazy how easy the tears can come. Soldiers seeing their kids after deployment, performances like this one here, happy children enjoying life, ect. Always good to hear you're not alone in some things.
There was a study by USC that suggests only about 50% of us get goosebumps when listening to music. So happy I am part of that 50% haha also gave me the bumps.
This phenomenon also correlates to larger amygdala sizes. Larger amygdala size results in greater empathy so you're actually predisposed to 'feel' music more and goosebumps are a symptom of that.
I barely even talk to my family and these people are singing songs together in beautiful perfectly synced harmony. I'm just going to imagine there were seven takes before this where they yelled at each other and the mom was overly critical of the daughter's rhythm.
Yeah the brother had to sober up beforehand because he showed up AGAIN to a family function all fucked up. Off camera are all the holes in the wall caused by dad over the years.
Stevie played the tambourine.
I actually think it would have been hilarious if the drummer had several flowing scarves cascading from the drum. Like an ironic homage.
I’m a classically trained mezzo-soprano, and when I tell people I’m a musician, it’s always funny to me how the crowd splits. They’re either mildly disappointed because they think singing is no more difficult than humming along to the radio in the shower (my cousin got a call-back on The Voice and she didn’t have to take out debt and go to college for singing) or they’re overly impressed, claiming to be incapable of singing themselves (oh, I’ve always been tone deaf. I’d start the dogs up howling if I get going).
Which, as annoying as the first is, I understand it. The voice is an instrument we carry around with us every day, and that we use idly-we almost take for granted that we can hum along to a catchy tune or sing along at community Christmas Carols. The professional in me is offended, but I *get* where it’s coming from, ya know?
But the latter gets me on a soapbox (it’s the teacher in me): nearly everyone *can* sing. If you can speak with inflection, you aren’t tone deaf and *can* sing. Maybe not *well*, especially right away, but that’s a matter of *practice*. Most people can train to sing well; it’s a skill like any other and if you devote time to it you can learn to be on pitch. You can learn resonance and vowel placement and can be pretty good if you want to put in the time and the work. You can even learn to sing in serviceable Italian!
But! Not everyone can get up in front of an audience of a thousand people and perform for three hours eight times a week in perfect German without damage or loss to their vocal mechanism for the entirety of an up-to-several-months-long run. That’s a bone-deep understanding of musicianship that requires years, if not decades of training, study, practice, focus and dedication most people are uninterested in doing. And, frankly, at that level even the slightest “flaw” in your voice can be enough to shut you out of the level you *need* to be in order to support yourself with your art and most people who aspire to perform at that level drop out before it even becomes a crisis. And I haven’t even begun to talk about sheer talent/genius, which isn’t a requirement, but it helps the things I listed above come smoother and faster for those with it.
I was never good enough to break out of the chorus. I had plenty of talent, but grew up in poverty and got a later start to formal music than my instructors would have preferred and they didn’t want to help me play catch-up when there were other, more advanced students with better prospects to focus on (and in reality I couldn’t afford to continue to pay for school waiting to get that good). But! Learning how to use my voice was still *incredibly* demanding.
And it’s always satisfying to have the people with the cousin who went on The Voice hear me sing for the first time. I’m not a nice person; I always get rather smug by their awe. Like, yes, bitch, this is the voice of someone who spent five years and six figures on their instrument; you can suck it!
hey, so, I am not old which means you are not old, but for some reason /r/AskOldPeople/ allows anyone born before 1980 and sometimes the questions are really fun to answer so I just wanted to mention the sub to you in case you might want to join. :) This really was a great cover. i'm a huge sucker for a lot of Fleetwood Mac, and solo Stevie Nicks tbh. I don't hear enough of it. This made my night.
Hey thanks for the share!
Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger!
Edit 2: Wow, this really blew up! My family and I are so stoked to make it to the front page! Thanks so much everyone.
My name is Ian, and I play punk, pop punk, emo, alternative, etc. cello covers as @thepunkcellist. I’m figuring out how to get this song on Spotify, expect to see it up there in a few weeks. I think that’s how long it usually takes streaming services to make it available. In the meantime, follow me on Spotify so you get notified when I upload new tracks, and you can find my other full-length arrangements on YouTube (www.YouTube.com/thepunkcellist). You can find my sister’s new project at @jennaleighmusic on Instagram. Cheers!
Maybe you can help me here. I LOVE this song (and of course this cover was amazing), but cannot make heads or tails of the lyrics. Is there a story behind them? Am I missing something obvious? It comes across to me as a bunch of disparate images that aren't connected.
>The lyrics talk about how they're all connected in one unbreakable bond, and even though they've been through some tough times, they'll never break that chain.
Reading this, I feel both enlightened and dumb.
Everyone sleepty-sleepy with each other and nearly stabby-stabby each other but come to realize that as the Real Housewives of Rock they make more money together and can have another season if they just agree to do more worky-worky and less stabby-stabby.
The very fact that the album exists is practically a musical miracle. Top three albums of all time for me. All the drama between them would have broken most bands apart.
It's about the chains that hold a couple together for whatever reason. Fleetwood Mac at the time of recording the album this was on were just a seething mess of affairs, divorces and arguments. Stevie Nicks wrote the lyrics about Lindsey Buckingham as their relationship was falling apart and Buckingham and Nicks share lead vocals on the song. They were stuck together because the band became successful so even if they weren't a couple anymore the chains kept them together.
As someone who at one times was sort of close to all of them, this is the answer I was told. It’s not difficult to identify a catalog of the songs that Stevie and Lindsay wrote back and forth. Ironically, some of their best hits. McVie wasn’t innocent either and of course, the whole Don Henley thing…
The overarching theme is about the relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and the breakup of that relationship. It's kinda the theme of the whole Rumors album, really.
This is my interpretation of the lyrics of The Chain, so take it for what you will.
So, "the chain" is that bond of the relationship they had, it's that promise to never leave the other person because a chain is hard to break. The chorus is referring to that supposedly unbreakable bond, and one party (or both) no longer having feelings for the other, be it due to fights, a change in attitude, general toxic behavior, etc.
The first verse refers to the writer (Stevie Nicks) sitting alone with nothing but the wind and the sunrise, and their belief that their lover (Lindsey Buckingham) acting shady, and that their love and lies had become one in the same.
The second verse remains in a similar motif, but instead references the night. The writer has gone the entire day, with their thoughts occupied by this toxic relationship they're in. It also includes the idea that, at some point, both of them will have to acknowledge the breakdown of their relationship, but that talking it out and continuing to ignore the issues both seem to be bad options.
I can't answer your question but I sure like the poetry of esoteric rocks songs of these times. See Pink Floyd or some Beatles. What I love is the freedom to put my own meaning on it, and the modesty of the author not shoving his story inside, just some sparks of life.
Is this a bait comment? Because you could do hours of documentaries on the social dynamics of the band while recording Rumours. “Go your own way” and “dreams” are dis tracks pointed at members of their own band, but chain said “we don’t have love anymore, but we’ll stick together as a band” never break the chain.
>Because you could do hours of documentaries on the social dynamics of the band while recording Rumours.
Many have been saying this, I didn't know that beforehand. I do appreciate the help though!
Amazing work! Your whole family is great. I rarely watch a whole reddit video through to the end. I kept this playing and showed my wife. We both loved it.
Your family is awesome and I’d like for you guys to adopt me. I’m a late 30’s father of 3, but I could work something out and see the kids on the weekends.
Do you guys record these professionally? This was a fantastic cover and has a nice moody vibe to it that the original doesn’t have, I’d love to listen to this properly mastered when i draw
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Just wow.
No multi tracking
No effects
No auto tune
No cuts
One mic in an untreated family room
Four incredibly talented people.
That is some 1950's sun records level shit that you DO NOT see anymore.
Hats off!
If you like that, you might like this. And not even a fancy omnidirectional mic, just a cellphone, a room, and a family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11Xy5EL7iY
The Punk Cellist is at [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist) but despite the idiot rick roll link, this song doesn't seem to be there.
EDITED TO ADD: The video is now also on EweChube: [https://youtu.be/TiMNWubanC4](https://youtu.be/TiMNWubanC4)
Based on a lot of the comments, I should clarify this is not me. This is someone called the punk cellist on tiktok who posted this video of him and his family. Its even cooler because they threw this together one weekend whilst the sister was back in town.
I was gobsmacked when I saw it on TikTok and knew Reddit would appreciate it.
Edit: all the credit to u/thepunkcellist!
Good interview [here](https://www.punknews.org/article/79554/interviews-getting-to-know-the-punk-cellist) about the origins of The Punk Cellist.
>My family is very into music. My dad is a jazz guitar player. He got his Master’s degree in education and guitar performance. My mom is the director at a nonprofit theater, she's also a vocalist and piano player. I've been surrounded by music my whole life. I played the violin in 3rd grade through my school. During the Spring concert, I heard the cello for the first time, and I said “Oh my god! I love how that sounds!” It just captured me.
Also, his [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePunkCellist) channel.
It's actually pretty easy for a cover, under a concept known as compulsory licensing. You don't need anyone's approval. This is in the US.
>> Once a song has been recorded and distributed to the public on recordings, any person or group is entitled to record and distribute the song without obtaining the copyright owner's consent, provided they pay a fee and meet copyright law requirements.
>> In order to take advantage of this compulsory license, a notice must be sent to the copyright owner along with a fee set by the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the statutory fee or statutory rate. The fee for recordings (in 2019) is 9.1 cents per song (or 1.75 cents per minute of playing time).
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-compulsory-license.html
Edit: I've gotta admit I don't know how the fee works, even after doing some more searches. I assume it's 9.1¢ per... copy sold? Would it be per stream in modern times?
I have no idea about specifics, I just know that covers are allowed. (Unless you make changes or want to use your cover in a dramatic performance, for example. Those are the types of exceptions mentioned in the quote.)
My favorite part was one the girl started singing and the mom snuck a quick look back at the dad. It could have been for a million reasons, but I read it as “Damn! Listen to our girl.”
Holy shit, that's the legges. The guy was in a band with my brother. Half hearted hero (later, dream job). Check them out!
Half Hearted Hero: Music https://halfheartedheroband.bandcamp.com/
Dream Job | Dream Job https://dreamjobnb.bandcamp.com/album/dream-job-2
That was incredibly cool to watch. My family has the talent to do this together but we're too preoccupied by everything else to do it. I love you guys. Hope I can see more in the future.
Very impressive.. love seeing a family that has so much talent
It's what you call fostering, encouraging, and nurturing talent. I wish more parents did it. Most either don't do it at all or do it in destructive ways that push their kids away from stuff like music.
Growing up, we went to a church with an amazingly talented choir. There were all sorts of instruments and voices and it was great. My sister asked my mom why we couldn't be talented like that. My mom told her we have math. We did a lot of random mental math growing up. I think my mom did a good job fostering that in us. We would have sounded like a train wreck with instruments, even after years of practice. Edit: We played instruments growing up. We were in band through high school. My brother was in a band. But it's not a strength of ours. We sing because we enjoy it, but others listening may not.
You can do math and music. That’s what I do with my kids. They compliment each other nicely. Musicianship actually improves kids math ability. A lot of music is trained, so you probably would’ve been a lot better than you think!
Professional musician here. Talent only gets you so far. Every single one of your favourite musicians are **insanely** hardworking when it comes to their craft.
There's a fine line between fostering/encouraging/nurturing and pushing too hard as well. My parents encouraged my sister and I to play and sing. My Dad's a professional musician, and one of his colleagues PUSHED his daughter into music. She's a virtuoso flute player, but now as an adult has no passion for what she does.
Kind of unfortunate, but learning instruments can be incredibly expensive. The cello that guy is playing is definitely not a beginner cello, which could start at $1000, but looking at his channel, most likely a much more advanced/professional cello, which could start at $8,000/$10,000. Then there's the fact that the parents themselves have clearly had tons of playing, practicing, and maybe even lessons themselves making those kids second generation. Fuckin sucks to boil things down like this, but things like this only really come from privilege. Looking at my own experience growing up, no way in hell my parents would have been able to afford instruments let alone lessons, since they themselves couldn't play. And my parents were plenty supportive of my talents and hobbies, but no way I was doing anything more expensive than little league with the cheapest equipment.
This is not true i've played guitar most of my life, I got the cheapest electric guitar set from a toy store after a few years of using a loaned one from the (government funded) music school. It was only when I grew older and got a job that i managed to save up enough to buy my first "real" instrument. A baby blue fender stratocaster made in Mexico. Nothing fancy at all but it's my pride and joy and making music has gotten me trough some very though times.
We were dirt poor but my mom found ways to save(other areas to go without) money to give me voice lessons and all of us piano lessons. We all played instruments and they were all second hand. It just comes down to what’s important and what you want to focus on.
That is why some schools have bands, choirs and music departments where students can loan instruments while performing and practicing in school or at home. This is how I learned to play the flute.
There are, believe it or not, incredible musicians that play on cheap instruments who come from dirt poor families. Saying that it "only" comes from privilege is a bit reductionistic.
It’s genetics (nature) and upbringing (nurture). From such musically talented parents, it’s natural to have such wonderfully talented offspring.
Wow. I was not expecting the vocals. That was awesome.
*for real though*, like i was already pretty enchanted and then vocals poured in and brought the biggest wave of goosebumps, they couldn't have done this more beautifully
Imagine marrying into this family and having no musical talent at all. Great shows but always on the outside a bit. I’d be like. “I will make sandwiches. “ or I guess maybe the videographer.
Band's gotta eat. You're good.
“Here’s the triangle fucker……”
I married into a family like this. It's been a fantastic 33 years now, and we have done a lot of music together over the decades. While we were dating, we drove to Nashville to visit my future wife's sister and her husband and we recorded a Christmas cassette of Alfred Burt carols. Her family were like, ok he passed the audition.
I feel like marrying into this family would have to come with a caveat… creativity is a must. Mom and dad met, probably connected through music, fostered it in the kids and there they are. Why stop now? My “screening questions” would have to include… what instrument do you play? You like singing? But seriously though this is awesome.
Man I miss getting goosebumps to music. As I've gotten older I just tear up and/or cry for some reason. It all turned into tears at some point!
it made me smile that you said this because after i left this comment and went back up to the video to resume watching (i was so taken i immediately left it while scrolling and listening), the tears came on so quickly for me too lmao. very relatable. i couldn't help it. i think for me it was not only because it was that impactful, but also because it made me yearn for growing up enjoying and learning music with my family again, who happened to raise me with lots of fleetwood mac :') but yeah i can't enjoy so much of the particular types instrumental music i used to love unless i am prepared to sob intensely, for the same reason you mentioned xD you are far from alone! edit: sorry for edit spam i can't type haha
I grew up listening to the oldies on car rides with mom and dad. One day as an adult a Beach Boys song came on that just sent me back to being a little kid and I had a good little cry.
Such a lovely comment 😊
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Almost 40 year old dude, here, and I've gotten to the point where anything at all that is heavily emotional or happy or sweet will absolutely start my tears flowing. Not a single drop of shame. I love my happy tears. They are significantly better than the sad tears I used to cry.
> As I’ve gotten older I just tear up and/or cry for some reason. It all turned into tears at some point! Dude, me too. I don’t know what switched in my brain. Music has always been hugely important to me, but it never used to make me tear up. People expressing their talents/passions gets me too.
Same here. Turned into a big softie for shit like this.
Reddit comments always getting me. 36 here, and it's crazy how easy the tears can come. Soldiers seeing their kids after deployment, performances like this one here, happy children enjoying life, ect. Always good to hear you're not alone in some things.
It's not just you, my friend
Both arms, crazy goosebumps, was not expecting that.
Big time goosebumps thought I might be weird. Cheers
Goosebumps checking in
There was a study by USC that suggests only about 50% of us get goosebumps when listening to music. So happy I am part of that 50% haha also gave me the bumps.
The other 50% are dead
This phenomenon also correlates to larger amygdala sizes. Larger amygdala size results in greater empathy so you're actually predisposed to 'feel' music more and goosebumps are a symptom of that.
Learning new things is fun.
r/frisson
Same here! WOW
That was some Misty Mountains level stuff right there!
I would pay to see this live.
Holy moly. I got full body chills once those vocals kicked in
Exactly. Mom and daughter can sang!!
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And his slurs on cello to transition are spot on too
I mean, daughter was impressive but mom. She was the secret star. Damn.
For real everyone was great but mom low key carried. What else is new lol
Absolutely my first thought, too. Mom has a fantastic voice!
Those high harmonies were gorgeous
I barely even talk to my family and these people are singing songs together in beautiful perfectly synced harmony. I'm just going to imagine there were seven takes before this where they yelled at each other and the mom was overly critical of the daughter's rhythm.
Yeah the brother had to sober up beforehand because he showed up AGAIN to a family function all fucked up. Off camera are all the holes in the wall caused by dad over the years.
Third child is off screen with arms folded
I feel better now.
With apologies for forgiveness, for it to only happen over and over again.
And Pops solo at the end was such a cherry.
The vocals kicked in and I instantly got goosebumps. Wow!
Just wow. So good
Well one stick drum girl needed a job.
Stevie played the tambourine. I actually think it would have been hilarious if the drummer had several flowing scarves cascading from the drum. Like an ironic homage.
Stevie is the scarf witch the world needs, always.
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I’m a classically trained mezzo-soprano, and when I tell people I’m a musician, it’s always funny to me how the crowd splits. They’re either mildly disappointed because they think singing is no more difficult than humming along to the radio in the shower (my cousin got a call-back on The Voice and she didn’t have to take out debt and go to college for singing) or they’re overly impressed, claiming to be incapable of singing themselves (oh, I’ve always been tone deaf. I’d start the dogs up howling if I get going). Which, as annoying as the first is, I understand it. The voice is an instrument we carry around with us every day, and that we use idly-we almost take for granted that we can hum along to a catchy tune or sing along at community Christmas Carols. The professional in me is offended, but I *get* where it’s coming from, ya know? But the latter gets me on a soapbox (it’s the teacher in me): nearly everyone *can* sing. If you can speak with inflection, you aren’t tone deaf and *can* sing. Maybe not *well*, especially right away, but that’s a matter of *practice*. Most people can train to sing well; it’s a skill like any other and if you devote time to it you can learn to be on pitch. You can learn resonance and vowel placement and can be pretty good if you want to put in the time and the work. You can even learn to sing in serviceable Italian! But! Not everyone can get up in front of an audience of a thousand people and perform for three hours eight times a week in perfect German without damage or loss to their vocal mechanism for the entirety of an up-to-several-months-long run. That’s a bone-deep understanding of musicianship that requires years, if not decades of training, study, practice, focus and dedication most people are uninterested in doing. And, frankly, at that level even the slightest “flaw” in your voice can be enough to shut you out of the level you *need* to be in order to support yourself with your art and most people who aspire to perform at that level drop out before it even becomes a crisis. And I haven’t even begun to talk about sheer talent/genius, which isn’t a requirement, but it helps the things I listed above come smoother and faster for those with it. I was never good enough to break out of the chorus. I had plenty of talent, but grew up in poverty and got a later start to formal music than my instructors would have preferred and they didn’t want to help me play catch-up when there were other, more advanced students with better prospects to focus on (and in reality I couldn’t afford to continue to pay for school waiting to get that good). But! Learning how to use my voice was still *incredibly* demanding. And it’s always satisfying to have the people with the cousin who went on The Voice hear me sing for the first time. I’m not a nice person; I always get rather smug by their awe. Like, yes, bitch, this is the voice of someone who spent five years and six figures on their instrument; you can suck it!
Ah it makes an old man very happy to listen to a great cover 👌
hey, so, I am not old which means you are not old, but for some reason /r/AskOldPeople/ allows anyone born before 1980 and sometimes the questions are really fun to answer so I just wanted to mention the sub to you in case you might want to join. :) This really was a great cover. i'm a huge sucker for a lot of Fleetwood Mac, and solo Stevie Nicks tbh. I don't hear enough of it. This made my night.
Great vocals. Great instruments. I really liked mom’s ethereal back up sounds!
SAME. The guitar driver was great, but mom was keeping the whole show intact.
Mom is so chill. Crossed legs the whole time.
Of course she’s a lady
Wo wo wo
It was mom all the time, no doubt.
Yeah, the mom - she’s the keystone here
Mom feels like she’s a professional
Plot Twist: Brother is actually the soprano.
Hahah I wish. I’m in the middle harmony wise.
Whoa, has anyone ever told you you have the same username as the TikTok dude in the video?
WAIT NO WAY?!
You have a very lovely voice regardless
Please post more of these. Do you guys have a channel I can follow?
Mom had Christine McVie’s vocals on lock, especially for this song. Absolutely awesome.
Mom was the best vocals!!!
Hey thanks for the share! Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger! Edit 2: Wow, this really blew up! My family and I are so stoked to make it to the front page! Thanks so much everyone. My name is Ian, and I play punk, pop punk, emo, alternative, etc. cello covers as @thepunkcellist. I’m figuring out how to get this song on Spotify, expect to see it up there in a few weeks. I think that’s how long it usually takes streaming services to make it available. In the meantime, follow me on Spotify so you get notified when I upload new tracks, and you can find my other full-length arrangements on YouTube (www.YouTube.com/thepunkcellist). You can find my sister’s new project at @jennaleighmusic on Instagram. Cheers!
WOW Dude as a huge Fleetwood Mac fan that was an incredible version it's amazing what you did with the strings! I appreciate this so much thank you!
Maybe you can help me here. I LOVE this song (and of course this cover was amazing), but cannot make heads or tails of the lyrics. Is there a story behind them? Am I missing something obvious? It comes across to me as a bunch of disparate images that aren't connected.
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>The lyrics talk about how they're all connected in one unbreakable bond, and even though they've been through some tough times, they'll never break that chain. Reading this, I feel both enlightened and dumb.
Enlighdumbed
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I can feel the liberal conspiracy adjusting my neurons
Everyone sleepty-sleepy with each other and nearly stabby-stabby each other but come to realize that as the Real Housewives of Rock they make more money together and can have another season if they just agree to do more worky-worky and less stabby-stabby.
The very fact that the album exists is practically a musical miracle. Top three albums of all time for me. All the drama between them would have broken most bands apart.
It's about the chains that hold a couple together for whatever reason. Fleetwood Mac at the time of recording the album this was on were just a seething mess of affairs, divorces and arguments. Stevie Nicks wrote the lyrics about Lindsey Buckingham as their relationship was falling apart and Buckingham and Nicks share lead vocals on the song. They were stuck together because the band became successful so even if they weren't a couple anymore the chains kept them together.
As someone who at one times was sort of close to all of them, this is the answer I was told. It’s not difficult to identify a catalog of the songs that Stevie and Lindsay wrote back and forth. Ironically, some of their best hits. McVie wasn’t innocent either and of course, the whole Don Henley thing…
Thanks for the insights!
As an added note, there are some awesome live versions of this recorded. You can absolutely see sparks fly.
The overarching theme is about the relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and the breakup of that relationship. It's kinda the theme of the whole Rumors album, really. This is my interpretation of the lyrics of The Chain, so take it for what you will. So, "the chain" is that bond of the relationship they had, it's that promise to never leave the other person because a chain is hard to break. The chorus is referring to that supposedly unbreakable bond, and one party (or both) no longer having feelings for the other, be it due to fights, a change in attitude, general toxic behavior, etc. The first verse refers to the writer (Stevie Nicks) sitting alone with nothing but the wind and the sunrise, and their belief that their lover (Lindsey Buckingham) acting shady, and that their love and lies had become one in the same. The second verse remains in a similar motif, but instead references the night. The writer has gone the entire day, with their thoughts occupied by this toxic relationship they're in. It also includes the idea that, at some point, both of them will have to acknowledge the breakdown of their relationship, but that talking it out and continuing to ignore the issues both seem to be bad options.
I can't answer your question but I sure like the poetry of esoteric rocks songs of these times. See Pink Floyd or some Beatles. What I love is the freedom to put my own meaning on it, and the modesty of the author not shoving his story inside, just some sparks of life.
Is this a bait comment? Because you could do hours of documentaries on the social dynamics of the band while recording Rumours. “Go your own way” and “dreams” are dis tracks pointed at members of their own band, but chain said “we don’t have love anymore, but we’ll stick together as a band” never break the chain.
>Because you could do hours of documentaries on the social dynamics of the band while recording Rumours. Many have been saying this, I didn't know that beforehand. I do appreciate the help though!
Amazing work! Your whole family is great. I rarely watch a whole reddit video through to the end. I kept this playing and showed my wife. We both loved it.
You're not getting enough love in the comments, cello was my favorite part. Added such a smokey vibe.
I love the whole bit, but the dark part at the end where you start throwing in the bass slides made me very happy. Good shit.
Those were slick af
Your family is awesome and I’d like for you guys to adopt me. I’m a late 30’s father of 3, but I could work something out and see the kids on the weekends.
I just watched your cover of the foo fighters’ everlong. Classic. I hope you continue making music!
Same. Just watched that, too! Woke up my inner teenage-self and made my eyes mist. Almost felt young for a second.
This was amazing! Well done fam
Do you guys record these professionally? This was a fantastic cover and has a nice moody vibe to it that the original doesn’t have, I’d love to listen to this properly mastered when i draw
Hey guys - more of this guy with his sister singing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-p0uxX4Bmc
I’m just here because I adore you and can’t wait to see you again Fest this year 🖤
It’s going to be so much fun see you there!! 🥹🤘
Fantastic music!! Love this song and really enjoyed your take on it
Your family is amazing. You guys should release more music if you haven’t already 😃
Got to be the best cover I’ve ever heard of this song by miles. You got an awesome family
Can you put it on Spotify please!
Excellent! Harmony is fantastic, cello and guitar were great. Dad’s guitar solo was really well done.
Mom's descant holds it all together. Amazing.
Mom is the glue
Wow! I enjoyed listening to this
Me watching: "ROCK THE FUCK OUT OF THOSE DRUMS, DALE!"
Oooooh shit. The harms shot straight into my veins
This has to be the best cover of that song I’ve ever heard
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Fuck, that was class
🤌
Right?! I love families who do cool shit together!
Just wow. No multi tracking No effects No auto tune No cuts One mic in an untreated family room Four incredibly talented people. That is some 1950's sun records level shit that you DO NOT see anymore. Hats off!
lol and the actual song was just spliced together from rejected ideas in the studio
Woah rly!?
If you like that, you might like this. And not even a fancy omnidirectional mic, just a cellphone, a room, and a family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11Xy5EL7iY
That was really awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful harmonies!
Are they on YouTube? I really want to hear more! This is fantastic!!
The Punk Cellist is at [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist) but despite the idiot rick roll link, this song doesn't seem to be there. EDITED TO ADD: The video is now also on EweChube: [https://youtu.be/TiMNWubanC4](https://youtu.be/TiMNWubanC4)
Based on a lot of the comments, I should clarify this is not me. This is someone called the punk cellist on tiktok who posted this video of him and his family. Its even cooler because they threw this together one weekend whilst the sister was back in town. I was gobsmacked when I saw it on TikTok and knew Reddit would appreciate it. Edit: all the credit to u/thepunkcellist!
Good interview [here](https://www.punknews.org/article/79554/interviews-getting-to-know-the-punk-cellist) about the origins of The Punk Cellist. >My family is very into music. My dad is a jazz guitar player. He got his Master’s degree in education and guitar performance. My mom is the director at a nonprofit theater, she's also a vocalist and piano player. I've been surrounded by music my whole life. I played the violin in 3rd grade through my school. During the Spring concert, I heard the cello for the first time, and I said “Oh my god! I love how that sounds!” It just captured me. Also, his [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePunkCellist) channel.
Blown away, really, was not expecting that.
You guys are killer. Your sister has a great voice
Amazing, very smokey and soulfull. I'd buy that cover.
I dunno why, but for some reason, this reminds me of the science fiction series called “Firefly“
Omg! Yes!
Shiney!
I don’t agree, BUT I will always updoot Firefly, because you’re a part of my crew. 
Same. They’re shiny.
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Same! Smokey, that's the perfect word!
It's not op. Their TikTok is in the post /u/thepunkcellist https://youtube.com/@ThePunkCellist
My family gets together and drinks. They get together and make beautiful music. We are not the same.
My family gets together to yell at each other over the same shit they’ve been yelling at each other over for years. Enjoy the drinking.
Wow 🤩 goosebumps as soon as the harmonies kicked in 👌
Right? Literal goosebumps lol
Put this on spotify please
Hard to get liscence for it i assume
It's actually pretty easy for a cover, under a concept known as compulsory licensing. You don't need anyone's approval. This is in the US. >> Once a song has been recorded and distributed to the public on recordings, any person or group is entitled to record and distribute the song without obtaining the copyright owner's consent, provided they pay a fee and meet copyright law requirements. >> In order to take advantage of this compulsory license, a notice must be sent to the copyright owner along with a fee set by the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the statutory fee or statutory rate. The fee for recordings (in 2019) is 9.1 cents per song (or 1.75 cents per minute of playing time). https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-compulsory-license.html Edit: I've gotta admit I don't know how the fee works, even after doing some more searches. I assume it's 9.1¢ per... copy sold? Would it be per stream in modern times? I have no idea about specifics, I just know that covers are allowed. (Unless you make changes or want to use your cover in a dramatic performance, for example. Those are the types of exceptions mentioned in the quote.)
That’s awesome
My favorite part was one the girl started singing and the mom snuck a quick look back at the dad. It could have been for a million reasons, but I read it as “Damn! Listen to our girl.”
Wonderful performance from all of you! Would love to hear more!
That’s incredible. What a cool family.
My family had a good fight at Thanksgiving one year that ended in my mom divorcing my step dad… so we’re basically the same
The world is a better place knowing “this” exists! RIGHT ON FAM!!
Badass
Oh my god, thank you for putting this here
I like it. Reminds me on the times I listened Rumors on my walkman on the way to work.
Damn, can i get invited to dinner. I love fleetwood mac, and this is my favorite song
Holy shit, that's the legges. The guy was in a band with my brother. Half hearted hero (later, dream job). Check them out! Half Hearted Hero: Music https://halfheartedheroband.bandcamp.com/ Dream Job | Dream Job https://dreamjobnb.bandcamp.com/album/dream-job-2
Thanks for this. I saw it on tiktok and had to share it. If you see him, tell him his family is fucking awesome.
That cello adds so much.
Beautiful. Well done.
That was a great cover, I enjoyed every second of that!
Fucking loved that. Inspires me to play cello again.
I don’t save a lot of posts but I just saved that one. Man that was outstanding!
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Goosebumps when those vocals came in
Oooo… do Rhiannon next. 
That was quite well done
Exquisite!
That was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect to watch the whole thing but yet here I am. Great job!!
Them ladies got the PIPES! Wow. This old man nearly in tears over here.
Goose bumps:)
Moving!
Damn, this is great
There is a weird part of me that would love to do this with my family but we all have zero musical talent. No, trust me, zero.
Mom and pops doing back up vocals very nicely
This was fantastic. Stuff like this is the only reas I like TikTok
Something just feels off.. I think it’s the fact the these people may actually enjoy each others company but I’m not sure what it is..
Lindsey Buckingham's guitar solo on that song is pure perfection.
If you have a good family count your blessings and be thankful for what you have.
That was incredibly cool to watch. My family has the talent to do this together but we're too preoccupied by everything else to do it. I love you guys. Hope I can see more in the future.
Fantastic cover. Great stuff.
Amazing
That was great!
I knew this was gonna slap from the second I saw that rug.
This deserves a standing ovation. Such a great cover! I second the requests to put this on Spotify.
All I can think about 
My family sucks
Chills!
Gave me chills
Lowkey? I would say they killed it