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Get all the lyrics to songs on Future Games and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Future Games is a song written by Bob Welch and featuring as the title track of Fleetwood Mac's fifth album released in 1971. The song was written after an evening of debating the turbulent state of the world with friends and the potential outcome of events happening at the time. Dec 17, 2012  (Using mobile equipment borrowed from The Rolling Stones, the band would record four albums at Benifold: Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin and Mystery to Me.) In September 1971, the band released the first Fleetwood Mac album featuring Bob Welch, Future Games.

Bare Trees is the sixth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in March 1972. This is their last album to feature Danny Kirwan, who was fired during the album's supporting tour. In the wake of the band's success in the mid-1970s, Bare Trees peaked at No. 70 and achieved Gold status in 1976 and certified platinum in 1988 for selling over a million copies.

Mick Fleetwood was particularly impressed with Kirwan's contributions to the album. 'It's a well-rounded album. Like Lindsey, Danny had the chops with layering techniques, and the ability to know what's right and wrong in the studio.'^[1]

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'Child of Mine' alludes to Kirwan's biological father not having been part of his life (Kirwan was his stepfather's surname). 'The Ghost' was later re-recorded by Bob Welch for His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond, Vol. 2 in 2006, albeit this version was only available on the digital edition. 'Homeward Bound' alludes to Christine McVie's then dislike of flying and touring, also alluded to in her 1997 track Temporary One. 'Sunny Side of Heaven' was an instrumental, which, at the time, was mixed in with some radio station sign-offs.^{[citation needed]} The piece was also performed with Lindsey Buckingham on guitar for some shows in the mid 1970s.^[2]

'Bare Trees' shares a theme both with the album's cover photography by John McVie and the closing poem 'Thoughts On a Grey Day'Sentimental Lady' was released as a single. It was later re-recorded by its composer Bob Welch (with Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham backing him) for his solo album French Kiss. Welch would record the song again for His Fleetwood Mac Years & Beyond in 2003. 'Danny's Chant' features the use of wah-wah guitars. The title is somewhat ironic in that the track is largely an instrumental, although it does have rhythmic, non-verbal backing vocals in the mix.

'Spare Me a Little of Your Love' became a staple of the band's live act from 1972–1977. It was also covered by Johnny Rivers on his studio album New Lovers and Old Friends in 1975. Jackie DeShannon recorded a version for her 1972 album Jackie although this did not make the final cut and was not released until 2015. The lyrics for 'Dust' were taken from a poem about death written by Rupert Brooke in 1910^[3]. Unlike W H Davies who received a credit for the words to Dragonfly, Brooke was not credited here as his copyright had expired.

The final track on the album, 'Thoughts on a Grey Day', is not a Fleetwood Mac song, but a monaural recorded poem written and supposedly read by an elderly woman, Mrs. Scarrott, who lived near the band's communal home, 'Benifold', in southern England. Bob Welch, however, said in a Penguin Q&A in 1999, 'The spoken thing Mick does about 'Trees so bare' was written, I think, by this sweet old lady that lived near Benifold ... Mick did an affectionate 'schtick' on her to close the album.'^[4]

Five of the ten tracks were penned by Kirwan. 'Trinity', another Kirwan song recorded at the sessions, was subsequently released in 1992 on the 25 Years – The Chain box set.

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Personnel[edit]

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• Danny Kirwan – guitar, vocals
• Bob Welch – guitar, vocals
• Christine McVie – keyboards, vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• 'Special thanks to Mrs Scarrott for her readings, recorded at her home in Hampshire.'

Production

• Producer: Fleetwood Mac
• Engineer: Martin Birch
• Remix engineer: Bob Hughes
• Remastering: Lee Herschberg
• Cover photo by John McVie
• Recorded at DeLane Lea Music Centre
• Remixed at Record Plant Studios

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References[edit]

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1. ^Farber, Jim. 'Fleetwood Mac's Forgotten Hero'. Music Aficionado. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
2. ^Doerschuk, Bob. 'From the Archive: Christine McVie'. KeyboardMag. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
3. ^Dust By Rupert Brooke
4. ^'The Penguin Q&A Sessions: Bob Welch, November 8–21, 1999'. The Penguin. 21 November 1999. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
5. ^Mason, Stewart. 'Bare Trees – Fleetwood Mac'. Allmusic. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2006.
6. ^Christgau, Robert (August 1972). 'The Christgau Consumer Guide'. Creem. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
7. ^Scoppa, Bud (8 June 1972). 'Fleetwood Mac Bare Trees > Album Review'. Rolling Stone (110). Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
8. ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
9. ^'Allmusic: Bare Trees : Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
10. ^'American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 19 May 2012.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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