Lookin’ out for love.
Big, big love.

Listen to Fleetwood Mac’s “Big Love” on The Dance performed by Lindsey Buckingham. How many guitars do you think that is? I’ll post the answer at the bottom while you look and listen.

The original album version of “Big Love” was not good. It was very 80s sounding. In the 90s Fleetwood Mac did a live tour called The Dance and Lindsey Buckingham rearranged the song. Everything you hear on the live version is just Lindsay playing live with his acoustic guitar. One guitar. That’s Lindsey Buckingham playing “Big Love” solo.

“Big Love” shows Lindsey Buckingham at the top of the game and establishes him as one of the greatest guitar players of all-time. Also, one of the most under-rated guitar players ever.  It is baffling that he can get all of that sound out of the guitar at the same time that he sings. It is simply superhuman. And the guitar arraignment is extremely unique. The precision and speed is mind-blowing.

The vocals on the song sound great. I am ambivalent about the oohs and ahhs at the end, but whatever. It is a difficult vocal to perform. His voice often gets overlooked because he is in a band with two other great vocalists: Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. The concept of “looking for a big love” is solid, but there is not much to the lyrics.

Check out another deep cut of Fleetwood Mac that feature’s Lindsay.

Big Love Lyrics

Looking out for love.
In the night so still.
Oh, I’ll build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill.

Lookin’ out for love.
Big, big love.

You said that you love me.
And that you always will.
Oh, you begged me to keep you
In that house on the hill.

Lookin’ out for love.
Big, big love.

I wake up
Alone with it all.
I wake up
But only to fall.

Lookin’ out for love.
Big, big love.
Just lookin’ out for love.
Big, big love.

written by Lindsay Buckingham