Lindsey Buckingham Goes In For A Mug Shot, Gets Screwed

I think it’s fair to say that Lindsey Buckingham^* probably got screwed a lot during his Fleetwood Mac heyday. Hell, he probably got screwed a lot after that, too. And there was assuredly some screwing before, from Stevie Nicks and possibly others. The point is the man did some screwing. Whilst listening to “Secondhand News,” I’ve had innumerable women make some offhanded remark to me about laying down in the tall grass and letting Lindsey do his stuff to them. Maybe it was the hair. Also, I hang out with a lot of women who like Fleetwood Mac.

Apparently, the gift of so many screws is ending up blurry, haggard, and gaunt. This cover is an almost complete repudiation of the “sex” portion of the rock and roll lifestyle. It’s like Lindsey is saying, “This is where all the screws got me! Now I look no different than the mug shot of the local wino who wears a bathrobe outside and smells like liquid smoke and vinegar!^** This was the Gift of Screws!”^***

^* It must be noted that I think Lindsey Buckingham is a genius, and that I would probably lay down in the tall grass and let him do his stuff to me.

^** This is a reference to an actual person. I used to work at a liquor store.

^*** Speaking of gifts from screws, this post gives me an excuse to post this kinda rad version of “Here Comes The Sun”, which is the perfect answer to the question “What would it sound like if Lindsey Buckingham covered ‘Here Comes The Sun’?”