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It\u2019s almost impossible to think of the idea of pop music before The Beatles<\/a>. <\/p>\n As much as the Fab Four liked the idea of giving fans what they didn\u2019t know they wanted, the groundwork that they left for everyone else turned out to be the blueprint for what every great pop artist should do in the future, from working in new mediums or trying out an unconventional approach and seeing what happens with it. <\/p>\n And while Fleetwood Mac had certainly reached the same level of fame that The Beatles experienced by the mid-1970s, Lindsey Buckingham knew that he could find a way to channel the Fabs in other ways as well.<\/p>\n Because, as catchy as The Beatles\u2019 tunes were, are we going to ignore the fact that a lot of them were pretty weird as well? Yes, there are tunes like \u2018She Loves You\u2019 that are perfect examples of pop songs, but half of what\u2019s going on on Sgt Peppers didn\u2019t seem to have any origin. This was a band stretching the boundaries of what music could be, and when listening to a song like \u2018Within You Without You\u2019, you could tell they were no longer constrained to the typical rock and roll chord progressions.<\/p>\n Although Buckingham was already interested in using the studio like an instrument all the way back to his first Fleetwood Mac album, Rumours could have been considered his answer to Sgt Peppers and Pet Sounds.<\/a> Everything sounded pristine once everyone\u2019s soaring harmonies were layered on top of each other, and in Stevie Nicks, Buckingham had the Lennon\/McCartney friction that kept the songs interesting, if only to hear what they had to say to each other in song.<\/p>\n When going for their massive follow-up, though, the rock world looked a lot different from the one that Buckingham started in. Everyone was now listening to the biggest names in punk and new wave music, and Buckingham wasn\u2019t about to get lost in the lurch. He wanted to work on something new, and that meant getting a little bit freaky when making Tusk, even if it meant alienating his bandmates.<\/p>\n