I can’t find information about whether the video was played on American Bandstand, but it could well have been.Since the number one authority on Eric's career decided to Nonetheless, as far as I can tell, the music video you see on YouTube was played on a) Top Of the Pops in the UK on the 11th of October and the 1st of November 1979, and on b) Countdown in Australia (after a short interview with Buckingham and Fleetwood) on the 21st October 1979. Unfortunately, Tusk was not a record that was intended to be a straightforward compilation of a bunch of big hits (or if it was, Lindsey Buckingham’s thinking was quite cocaine-addled at this point), and ‘Tusk’ the song did not excite the public as much as 'Dreams' did a couple of years previously.
#Official video for peacemaker by fleetwood mac mac#
As well as filming footage for the video, that day they also taped audio of the USC marching band’s performance to be used as an element in the final recording of the song released in the album (apparently paying the college student performers a dollar each).Ĭirca the release of ‘Tusk’, the single, in late September 1979, Fleetwood Mac were following up two enormously successful albums featuring the singer-songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham ( Fleetwood Mac and Rumours), and their next move was very hotly anticipated. The film you see in the video was filmed, according to Rob Trucks’ 33 1/3 book on Tusk, on June 4th 1979 at Dodger Stadium with the USC marching band. As such, given they were relatively ephemeral promotional material, most music videos of the era (before the public had the chance to see them over and over again) were rather cheaply filmed ‘Tusk’ with its use of a stadium and marching band would definitely have been on the expensive side of such videos at the time - it was to some extent a statement of ‘look at us hiring out a big stadium! We are a very big famous band’. But for big international acts like Fleetwood Mac, these shows were often willing to play video clips specifically created for the purpose of being played on such shows. Such shows generally preferred to host acts in the studio miming to their recordings - they wanted the connection between band and audience to be visible. Basically the only place to see music videos was on short chart-focused shows like Top Of The Pops, Countdown in Australia, and American Bandstand in the US.
Circa 1979, when ‘Tusk’ was released, there was no MTV (or on-demand internet services like YouTube where you can call up any video ever, pretty much). That is indeed the music video for ‘Tusk’. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly. Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules. Serious On-Topic Comments Only: No Jokes, Anecdotes, Clutter, or other Digressions. Provide Primary and Secondary Sources If Asked. Write Original, In-Depth and Comprehensive Answers, Using Good Historical Practices.
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