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v., fled (flĕd), flee·ing, flees.

v.intr.
  1. To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night.
  2. To pass swiftly away; vanish: "of time fleeing beneath him" (William Faulkner).
v.tr.
To run away from: flee the scene of an accident.

[Middle English flen, from Old English flēon.]

fleer fle'er n.

verb

    To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation: abscond, break out, decamp, escape, fly, get away, run away. Informal skip (out). Slang lam. Regional absquatulate. Idioms: blowflythe coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free/unfree.


v

Definition: run away to escape
Antonyms: face, meet, stand, stay, wait

Review

After leaving Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult, Jeremy Spencer was not heard from until the late seventies, when he put together this release. Pleasingly lightweight, nothing here burns with the fire he had when he was a member of the Mac, but nothing grates on your nerves, either. ~ James Chrispell, Rovi

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IN BRIEF: To run away from.

pronunciation To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and the beginning of wisdom is to have got rid of folly. — Horatius (65-8 BC).

Tutor's tip: A dog should not "flee" (to escape) his owner's "flea" (a parasitic insect noted for its jumping powers) powder application.

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Flee
Studio album by The Jeremy Spencer Band
Released June 1979[1]
Genre Rock
Label Atlantic
Producer Jeremy Spencer, Michael Fogarty
The Jeremy Spencer Band chronology
Jeremy Spencer and the Children
(1972)
Flee
(1979)
Precious Little
(2006)

Flee is an album by British blues rock musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967–71, and "The Jeremy Spencer Band" (composed of members of the Children of God new religious movement), with particularly strong input from Michael Fogarty. Released in 1979, this is Spencer's third album apart from Fleetwood Mac, and his second recorded while a member of the Children of God.

Contents

Background

This was Spencer's first recorded work in seven years, and was musically far removed from his previous work. It showed his continuing preference for parodying other bands; in this case the songs on Side 2 bear a strong resemblance to the contemporary sound of Fleetwood Mac, i.e. a breezy Californian rock style with female vocalists, and a solid thumping drum sound reminiscent of Mick Fleetwood. A coincidence seems unlikely given Spencer's past membership of that band, with the fact that his female backing vocalists are credited as "The Songbirds" – "Songbird" was a very popular Fleetwood Mac song from the Rumours album just a couple of years earlier.

Spencer and Fogarty sang on several tracks, but for the hit single "Cool Breeze", the lead vocal was taken by Jeanne Hendricks. Hendricks performed on a number of tracks, and was featured in the album photographs, but was not credited as a vocalist. She also sang with Spencer on the follow-up single, "Travellin'".

Promotional advert for Flee featuring uncredited vocalist Jeanne Hendricks.

The album features a heavy disco treatment given to the songs on Side 1, which Spencer was very unhappy with.[2] "Sunshine" was a reworking of "When I Looked to See the Sunshine" from the Jeremy Spencer and the Children album of 1972.

"Cool Breeze" and "Travellin'" were issued as singles in various territories, and "Cool Breeze" charted at Number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts, although the album was not a commercial success.

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Deeper" (David Rugely)
  2. "Sunshine" (Jeremy Spencer)
  3. "Love Our Way Outta Here" (Michael Fogarty)

Side Two:

  1. "Flee" (Spencer, Fogarty)
  2. "Cool Breeze" (Fogarty, Spencer)
  3. "You've Got the Right" (Fogarty, Spencer)
  4. "Travellin'" (Fogarty, Spencer)

Personnel

  • Jeremy Spencervocals, guitar
  • Michael Fogarty – keyboards, vocals
  • Jeanne Hendricks – vocals on side 2, lead vocal on "Cool Breeze"
  • Jeff Schoen – keyboards
  • Neal Jason – bass guitar
  • Al Izzo – drums
  • Buz Buchanan – drums
  • Victor Salazar – percussion
  • "The Songbirds" – backing vocals on side 1

Production

  • Produced by Jeremy Spencer and Michael Fogarty
  • Executive producer – Ahmet Ertegün
  • Tracks 1–3 produced in association with Silvio Tancredi and Israel Sanchez, mixed with the use of the Aphex Aural Exciter
  • Tracks 1–3 arranged by Armando Noriega with vocal concepts by Phil Anastasi
  • Tracks 4–7 arranged by Jeremy Spencer and Michael Fogarty

References

  1. ^ http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=113
  2. ^ Jeremy Spencer interviewed by Martin Celmins, Classic Rock magazine, March 2006.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - flygte, forsvinde, fly
v. tr. - løbe væk fra, flygte fra, undgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
vluchten, ontvluchten, verdwijnen

Français (French)
v. intr. - fuir, s'enfuir, (fig) s'envoler (littér)
v. tr. - fuir

Deutsch (German)
v. - fliehen, flüchten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φεύγω, τρέπομαι σε φυγή

Italiano (Italian)
fuggire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fugir

Русский (Russian)
спасаться бегством, пролететь

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - huir, darse a la fuga, fugarse
v. tr. - huir, darse a la fuga, fugarse, desaparecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fly

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
逃, 消失, 逃避, 逃走, 逃跑

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 逃, 消失
v. tr. - 逃避, 逃走, 逃跑

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 벗어나다, 서두르다
v. tr. - ~을 피하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 逃げる, 消えうせる, どんどん過ぎ去る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفر , يهرب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נמלט מ-, ברח, נעלם, חדל, נפטר‬
v. tr. - ‮נמלט מ-, ברח, עזב באופן פתאומי, התרחק‬


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