Does Weird Al Yankovic take requests? If so, would someone please forward mine? I think this Lindsey Buckingham tune screams out for use as a salute to the current world’s richest man and second-greatest egotistical con artist, Elon Musk. C’mon, Al! A waiting world needs “Musk.”
“Tusk” might be Fleetwood Mac’s unlikeliest hit — it reached No. 8 after its 1979 release as the title track and first single from the band’s 1979 follow-up to “Rumours,” but its pounding tom-toms and loud horns make it sound unlike anything else in their catalogue.
The brass was provided by the University of Southern California marching band, whose 112 members made this the Top 10 hit featuring the most musicians. Their participation also helped make the tune a marching-band staple, still heard in football stadiums around the country every fall.
The video was shot in Dodger Stadium, but John McVie was in Tahiti at the time, which is why Mick Fleetwood carries a cardboard cutout of the bassist in a few shots.
