Pedro Pascal’s favourite Fleetwood Mac song
Between Game of Thrones and The Last of Us, Pedro Pascal is currently one of Hollywood’s most sought-after stars. The Chilean-American actor burst onto the scene just a decade ago, but in that time, he’s landed a series of high-profile roles—including a recent part in Gladiator II—and earned a place in the hearts of producers and internet fans alike.
But not only is he making waves on the big screen, but he also has impeccable music taste. In various interviews, he has sung some of his favourite songs, everything from Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ to Billy Idol’s ‘White Wedding’. However, there’s also a particular Fleetwood Mac song that Pascal holds closer than any other.
The Mandalorian star admitted that ‘Dreams’, taken from the 1977 classic album Rumours, was his favourite song by the British-American delegation. It’s a wise choice, adored by millions of fans and indeed marking Fleetwood Mac’s only stop atop the Billboard charts in the US. But although it may be fairly universally loved, that’s not to say that the story behind it was necessarily as rosy.
Even though it’s considered a ballad, ‘Dreams’ has a sharp little beat that we’ve probably all enjoyed belting along to in the car or five pints deep at karaoke without ever properly realising the depths of the lyrics behind it. In fact, Stevie Nicks’ acerbic words – “Women, they will come and they will go” – are actually aimed at not one but two of her fellow bandmates, forming more than a bit of a messy love triangle at the heart of the band’s glory days.
Nicks’ turbulent relationship with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, whom she had previously been in a band with prior to Fleetwood Mac, was coming to a dramatic end at the height of recording Rumours, and either in a moment of madness or an act of revenge, the frontwoman turned to the band’s founder, Mick Fleetwood, for a brief affair. All in all, the situation was far from straightforward. However, the resulting effort was the album, exploring these intimate heartbreaks and petty animosities, but lapped up by fans the world over.
Pascal, being the cultured man that he is, no doubt recognises the skill that makes this song of lyrical slingshots so perfect. It’s as brutal as it is tantalising, harsh as it is harmonic, perfect for singing in the shower, but also a great one to sit down and really do a deep dive into, uncovering all the hidden layers of tension and conflict that go along with it.
In many ways, just like Pascal’s acting career, surprise is what makes something all the more endearing. No one would have expected a small role actor to suddenly have been catapulted into the landscape of global mega fame and take it all in his stride as smoothly as he does, and equally, Fleetwood Mac might never have imagined their most tender and vulnerable moments to be the catalyst for their overall rock and roll legacy – but all these things tend to come along in the ways you least expect.
