favorite songs

[buckingham101]

whats your favorite song before the White Fleetwood Mac album


mine is Oh Well by Peter Green

wish i could've seen him do it

[sjpdg]

That's a hugely broad question!!! But a great one!!!!

I would have to say that for me it would be "I Loved Another Woman" from the "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" album.

As for any of the other pre-Buckingham/Nicks era songs, that's a whole other story!!

Are we just talking PG's time with the band or any of the personnel involved from the beginning up to when Lindsey and Stevie joined?

[SteveMacD]

Hell, too many to list! I've never seen Green do Oh Well, but I've seen him do a few other classics. I just wish Jeremy Spencer and Bob Welch would play a Cincinnat/Dayton/Columbus/Indianapolis gig!

[buckingham101]

honestly i dont know what PG means on here but it has to be under the fleetwood mac for the artist

[aleuzzi]

My favorite Pre-White Album FM song? Oh, gosh, that's tough. But I'll go with Station Man.

Oh Well, Rollin' Man, Dust, Hypnotized, Why, and Bermuda Triangle (live) all are possible alternates.

[chriskisn]

This is a very hard question - perhaps impossible for me to answer...

Such Peter songs as Man of the World or Oh Well or Bob Welch songs such as Angel, Bermuda Triangle, Hypnotized, Silver Heels etc.

I also like Blood On the Floor, Coming Your Way, Purple Dancer, Dragonfly, the list goes on.

Oh and then there is The Derelict.

These are just the favourite songs I can come up with off the top of my head. It is far too hard to pick just one...

[buckingham101]

the true reason i made this thread was to hear the names of some other songs as i am only 13 and used to know nothing about Fleetwood Mac before Stevie and Lindsey

[DavidMn]

there are many but specifically:

Oh Well
Man Of The World
Fleetwood Mac(Instrumental)
Green Manalishi
Why
Future Games
Hypnotized
Safe Harbour
Bright Fire
Revelation
Woman of 1000 years

[michelej1]

honestly i dont know what PG means on here but it has to be under the fleetwood mac for the artist

PG means Peter Green.

You're good. I didn't have very exacting taste in music when I was 13 and maybe i still don't:o.

Michele

[chriskisn]

the true reason i made this thread was to hear the names of some other songs as i am only 13 and used to know nothing about Fleetwood Mac before Stevie and Lindsey

Well I may as well brainwash you now while you are still young...

Dave Walker is one of the better ex-Fleetwood Mac members. His song "The Derelict" is a standout track of the pre-Rumours era. Please don't question this, just nod and accept it... :nod:

Now repeat after me "The Derelict is one of Fleetwood Mac's best songs"...

I need all the support I can get on this one... :lol:

[DavidMn]

Well I may as well brainwash you now while you are still young...

Dave Walker is one of the better ex-Fleetwood Mac members. His song "The Derelict" is a standout track of the pre-Rumours era. Please don't question this, just nod and accept it... :nod:

Now repeat after me "The Derelict is one of Fleetwood Mac's best songs"...

I need all the support I can get on this one... :lol:As long as you dony say I'm A Roadrunner from Penguin. That has to be one of the most god-awful things Ive ever heard..:eek:

[chriskisn]

As long as you dony say I'm A Roadrunner from Penguin. That has to be one of the most god-awful things Ive ever heard..:eek:

Certainly not in the same league as The Derelict...

Great voice though... ;)

[DavidMn]

Certainly not in the same league as The Derelict...

Great voice though... ;)I must admit I dont care much for Dave Walker, but that's just a personal opinion, not a blanket statement. The Derelict isnt a bad song, I''ll give it that.:nod:

[sjpdg]

As long as you dony say I'm A Roadrunner from Penguin. That has to be one of the most god-awful things Ive ever heard..:eek:

I couldn't agree more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will say, in the interest of full disclosure, that I've agreed to give Dave Walker a decent try, but I'm not going back to "Penguin" to do it. I absolutely can't stand to hear the songs "Derelict" or "Roadrunner". They are absolutely awful!! It is like nails on a chalkboard, honestly. I just can't do it. I'm really open to the possibility that I've missed out on Dave Walker as an artist in some other musical situation outside of his short lived involvement with Fleetwood Mac. I'm not that closed minded. I just can't stand those two tracks on "Penguin", an album I've mentioned before that I think is the absolute weakest of all Mac albums from the beginning through "Say You Will", bar none.

[sjpdg]

honestly i dont know what PG means on here but it has to be under the fleetwood mac for the artist

Don't worry young man. I was the same way. I didn't know anything about Fleetwood Mac prior to Lindsey and Stevie either. Then I bought "Then Play On", and the world has never been the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made it my mission in life to collect everything I could from this band, I'm very glad I did and I'm sure you will be also. Take all this information from here and check out the songs we're recommending. All of them. Regardless of differing opinions!!:nod: (Just avoid the Derelict and Roadrunner. You'll be happier for it, trust me!!:nod:)

If you haven't already, check out the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band also. Great stuff. Mick and Rick Vito in a killer 4 piece band playing old Peter Green songs and some of Rick's material also. It's great. (Check out the "Post-Rumours" forum for more info.)

Good for you for taking a serious look at this much older music and appreciating it. You're a good man!! Well done!!

[sjpdg]

there are many but specifically:

Oh Well
Man Of The World
Fleetwood Mac(Instrumental)
Green Manalishi
Why
Future Games
Hypnotized
Safe Harbour
Bright Fire
Revelation
Woman of 1000 years

Great list!! You are obviously a fan of Bob Welch's contributions to the band. All good stuff.

[sjpdg]

This is a very hard question - perhaps impossible for me to answer...

Such Peter songs as Man of the World or Oh Well or Bob Welch songs such as Angel, Bermuda Triangle, Hypnotized, Silver Heels etc.

I also like Blood On the Floor, Coming Your Way, Purple Dancer, Dragonfly, the list goes on.

Oh and then there is The Derelict.

These are just the favourite songs I can come up with off the top of my head. It is far too hard to pick just one...

You honestly had me old friend, until you got to "Derelict".:D I like your list up to that point. Keep trying though. You may convert me yet!!:thumbsup:

[chriskisn]

You honestly had me old friend, until you got to "Derelict".:D I like your list up to that point. Keep trying though. You may convert me yet!!:thumbsup:

I was even thinking of you when I typed it in bold type... :lol:

[sjpdg]

whats your favorite song before the White Fleetwood Mac album


mine is Oh Well by Peter Green

wish i could've seen him do it

Check out youtube. There are tons of Peter Green videos there, and its free!!!

Enjoy!!

[sjpdg]

I need all the support I can get on this one... :lol:

No lie there!!!!!:]:D:thumbsup:

[sjpdg]

I was even thinking of you when I typed it in bold type... :lol:

:lol::lol:I somehow figured you were!!!!!!:lol::lol:

I meant what I said on my other post as well. I'm really going to give Dave an honest listen with his non Fleetwood Mac material. I will report back once I've done so. You have my word on that.

[Moz]

Just off the top of my head...

Jewel Eyed Judy
Bare Trees
Earl Grey
Oh Well
Sentimental Lady
Spare Me A Little
Believe Me
Shake Your Moneymaker
Doctor Brown
Future Games
Fighting for Madge
Station Man
Why
Keep on Going
Bright Fire
Hypnotized
Searching for Madge

[sjpdg]

Just off the top of my head...

Jewel Eyed Judy
Bare Trees
Earl Grey
Oh Well
Sentimental Lady
Spare Me A Little
Believe Me
Shake Your Moneymaker
Doctor Brown
Future Games
Fighting for Madge
Station Man
Why
Keep on Going
Bright Fire
Hypnotized
Searching for Madge

Great list. :thumbsup: A fan after my own heart!! I've always loved "Why". The slide work is fantastic, Christine's piano is superb and her vocals are awesome. Definitely one of her best in my book.

[becca]

I like The Derelict and Did You Ever Love Me? best from the Penguin album. I think with Road Runner Dave Walker was maybe trying to be as un Bo Diddley-like as he could with the song but it didn't do anyhting for me either.

Hmmm, what would appeal to a more Rumours less blues centric person from the earlier line-ups... just get the entire Mystery To Me album if you can, and proceed to Then Play On and Bare Trees... I think that would be a good start.

[Almost Simon]

Favourite Mac tunes from '67-74 would be:

Need Your Love So Bad
Drifting
Love That Burns
Woman of 1000 Years
Future Games
Dust

Could list a load more but that's a decent top 5 off the top of my head.

[chiliD]

#1 in heart & mind regardless of artist, is "Oh Well"....favorite song of all-time, ever!!

Regards to Fleetwood Mac, actually, I like EVERYTHING pre-1975 except:

"(I'm A) Roadrunner" on Penguin

and

"When You Say" on Then Play On


Other than those two, it's all great...not a stinker in the bunch. (maybe a case of "Elmore James overload" on the first couple of albums, but each song taken individually, they're well above par.)

Songs that stand out during that era besides "Oh Well":

Green Manalishi
Rattlesnake Shake
Love That Burns
Black Magic Woman
Future Games
Woman Of 1000 Years
Sunny Side Of Heaven
Dissatisfied
Revelation
Remember Me
Why
Hypnotized
Bermuda Triangle
Angel (Welch's)
Heroes Are Hard To Find

[becca]

"When You Say" on Then Play On


Yes, that one doesn't quite work out really does it? It doesn't happen, it sits there like a plank, not one that really gets off the ground as it were. And the version on the Christine Perfect album is the same story. I wonder if he was trying to be all sort of Incredible String Band minstrelishy...

[nicepace]

whats your favorite song before the White Fleetwood Mac album

Everyone in this thread is giving lists of songs. The question was, what is your favorite SONG (singular) from that period of the band? This is, of course, an extremely difficult question, but long ago I decided to bestow the title of "my favorite Fleetwood Mac song" to "Why."

So ... "Why" is my answer to this question.

[chriskisn]

Everyone in this thread is giving lists of songs. The question was, what is your favorite SONG (singular) from that period of the band? This is, of course, an extremely difficult question, but long ago I decided to bestow the title of "my favorite Fleetwood Mac song" to "Why."

So ... "Why" is my answer to this question.

Sadly asking for a favourite song is like asking someone to pick a favourite child...

[chiliD]

Sadly asking for a favourite song is like asking someone to pick a favourite child...

Why "sadly"? Nothing "sad" about it...more like "unrealistic expectations" of the asking person for people to be able to narrow it down to one song. Sure, it'd be easy if Fleetwood Mac was an "only child", but with a 7 year collection of material (and basically 6 separate songwriters in that time frame), chances of someone having an "only child" (ONE favorite song) would be extremely rare.

[David]

Why "sadly"? Nothing "sad" about it...more like "unrealistic expectations" of the asking person for people to be able to narrow it down to one song. But I have to -- that's the game! My favorite song is "Sands of Time."

But of course that means that "Dragonfly," "Man of the World," "Before the Beginning" & "Prove Your Love" can't be my favorite song.

Hey, Steve!! :wavey:

[sjpdg]

We should all keep in mind also that our originator in this discussion, "buckingham101" is only 13 and from what I gather, is looking for opinions and suggestions to help them develop their background and interest in the band.

For that reason, I think, many of us have given lists instead of narrowing it down to just one song.

[chiliD]

You honestly had me old friend, until you got to "Derelict".:D I like your list up to that point. Keep trying though. You may convert me yet!!:thumbsup:

Took me about 25 years or so until I finally started to appreciate "The Derelict".

I just wish they would've covered the Temptations' "Can't Get Next To You" instead of "Roadrunner". (listen to Savoy Brown's version with Dave on their Streetcorner Talkin' album) That's some damn fine Dave Walker vocals there. And, Savoy Brown at that point was basically post-Christine Perfect Chicken Shack with Kim Simmonds on lead guitar instead of Stan Webb (plus Dave Walker on lead vocals)...no WONDER that album is so great!

I like both Daves a lot...Walker and Mason....it just seems like Fleetwood Mac wasn't the best vehicle for either's material.

[jbrownsjr]

Why...................

[chiliD]

Why...................


Because....just because.











:D

[golddustdrummer]

I just love Hypnotized
the drums are great!!

[Hawkeye]

Peter

Long Grey Mare
World Keep On Turning
No Place To Go
Looking For Somebody
Sandy Mary
Show Biz Blues
Oh Well
Before the Beginning


Bob:

Hypnotised
Future Games
Revelation
Miles Away
Bermuda Triangle

Christine:

Bad Loser
Why
Did You Ever Love Me
Morning Rain
Homeward Bound
Remember Me


Danny:

Sands of Time
Woman of a 1000 Years
Tell Me All The Things You Do
Child Of Mine
Dust

[jbrownsjr]

Because....just because.











:D

hahaha ok i'll bite...

first time i heard it ... i was depressed and it made me feel better...

[jbrownsjr]

hahaha ok i'll bite...

first time i heard it ... i was depressed and it made me feel better...

oh and for the record... i consider this a solid FMac tune... where most consider it the writer's (CM) tune...

but the guitar, bass, piano... oh so pristine...