5 least favorite songs by each writer
 

I apologize if this is groansomely old hat around here, but I'm working on a paper and need to procrastinate for just 15 minutes so I thought I'd throw it up in case anyone bites.

I was curious what everyone's least favorite band songs were by each of the three Rumours era writers. You can include pre- and post- Rumours era songs by each writer if you want, you don't have to order if you can't, and if 5 is too restricting or too much do however many you need to properly express your dislike ;) Here's mine:

LB
1. Family Man (TITN)
2. Goodbye Angel (25YTC)
3. What's the World Coming To (SYW)
4. Caroline (TITN)
5T. Tango in the Night (TITN)
5T. Come (SYW)

CM
Never Make Me Cry (Tusk)
Skies the Limit (BTM)
Save Me (BTM)
All Over Again (Time)
I Do (Time)

SN
1. Welcome to the Room...Sara (TITN)
2. Say You Will (SYW)
3. Sweet Girl (Dance)
4. Illume (SYW)
5. Silver Girl (SYW)
(I'm irrational about "When I See You Again".)

GREAT TOPIC!!! :thumbsup:
Lindsey - Not That Funny
Empire State
Teen Beat (WTH was that???)
Make Me A Mask
Come
Christine - Sugar Daddy (VOMIT)
Oh Daddy (More Vomit)
Honey Hi (how is this a song?)
Never Make Me Cry ( again SO short it's like 1/3 of a demo??)
Temporary One
Stevie - Crystal (really because I want her to sing the lead vocal in 75)
Angel (this is my LEAST fav song of her's EVER)
Welcome to the Room...Sara(but love it 10X more than Angel)
No Questions Asked (there's NO Chorus whatsoever???)
The Second Time (i actually love this, BUT she sounds DRUNK)

Christine McVie:
Mystified (Tango in the night)
Warm ways (Fleetwood Mac)
Wish you were here (Mirage)
I do (Time)
Sugar daddy (Fleetwood Mac)

Stevie Nicks:
Welcome to the room...Sara (Tango in the night) AWFUL!!!
The second time (Behind the mask)
When I see you again (Tango in the night)
Affairs of the heart (Behind the mask)
No questions asked (Greatest Hits) - I only like the bridge in that song...the rest is boring.

Lindsey Buckingham:
Can't go back (Mirage)
Teen beat (25 years / Mirage)
My little demon (The dance)
What's the world coming to (Say you will)
Fou you and I, Part 2 (Tango in the night) - I like Christine's version of that song much more (Eyes wide shut)

So far, so good :)
Tschoe
Tobi

LB

Save Me a Place



SN

The Second Time
Welcome to the Room, Sara
Running Through the Garden


CM

I like all of her songs w/FM

Lindsey
My Little Demon
Empire State
What's The World Coming To?
Book Of Love
Can't Go Back

Stevie
That's Alright
Angel

Christine
Don't Stop
Sugar Daddy
Never Make Me Cry

Lindsey:
Red Rover
Family Man
Murrow Turning over in his Grave
Make Me a Mask
Empire State

Stevie:
When I see you Again
Welcome to the Room Sara
Seven Wonders
No Questions Asked
Paper Doll

Christine:
Only Over You (to me is her one and only Mac misstep, I like the rest of her material)

For me, Lindsey has the most songs that I don't like, but that is because he's the one that takes the most creative liberties when recording, and is willing to do something different. With Christine, even her worst songs are not bad - they're just generic. I'm a Stevie fan at heart and I like most of her material, though I do think she's had a few Mac selections that were questionable.

Lindsey:
Save Me A Place (I really don't like whiny songs)
Oh Diane
Can't Go Back
Family Man
My Little Demon
Red Rover

Christine:
Love In Store
Skies The Limit

Stevie:
Paper Doll
No Questions Asked
Smile At You (a great song robbed of it's musical identity)

Stevie -

Freedom
That's Alright
Storms
When I See You Again - although am starting to like it now.

That's it - I love every other song from her including No Questions Asked (one of my faves), Paper Doll, Say You Will and even Silver Girl.

Christine -

Oh Daddy and everything from Tusk except Think About Me and Never Make Me Cry

Lindsey -

Come
Red Rover
and all his stuff on Tusk except for Tusk itself.

LB

Red Rover
Not that Funny
Family Man
Empire State
Murrow Turning over in his Grave


Christine

Only Over You
Honey Hi
Mystified
Everywhere
Never Forget


Stevie

Silver Girl
When I See You Again
Welcome to the Room...Sara
Goodbye Baby
The Second Time

SN

Landslide
Sara
Welcome to the Room Sara
That's Alright
Crystal

CM
Only Over You
Honey Hi
Warm Ways
Oh Daddy
Never Make Me Cry

LB

Make Me A Mask
Say Goodbye
Family Man

Going just by the studio albums...

Lindsey
1. Book of Love
2. That's Enough For Me
3. Miranda
4. Say Goodbye (zzz...)
5. Empire State
(honorable mention for Peacekeeper's dumb kazoo refrain)

Stevie
1. Angel (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...)
2. Silver Girl
3. Welcome to the Room... Sara
4. Affairs of the Heart
5. That's Alright (Only song of Stevie's I've heard multiple times where I couldn't remember a note of it if you asked me)

Christine
1. Over My Head
2. Only Over You
3. Hold Me
4. Mystified (just for the xylophone)
5. Never Forget (though I don't dislike it)

If co-writes count then put You and I Pt. 2 at 1. for both Christine and Lindsey

Lindsey:

Make Me A Mask
You and I part 2
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
My Little Demon
Not That Funny

Christine:

Warm Ways
Only Over You
Mystified
Ricky
Honey Hi

Stevie:

When I See You Again
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Self confessed Chiffon-head :thumbsup:. WISYA is the only Stevie-Mac song I cannot bare. I love the rest. Including the songs that seem to get a lot of stick, like "Paper Doll", "Silver Girl" and "The Second Time". I will never understand how it's possible for anybody not to love "Angel" and "That's Alright"

I was surprised myself that 'Save Me a Place' did not end up on my Lindsey list, but I think I am finally coming around to it. It has a quirky charm to it that at the very least keeps it from being bland.

LOL @ the kazoo refrain from 'Peacekeeper'. That's the one part of the song I really dislike, otherwise I think it's somewhere between okay and good.

Christine's was the hardest for me to do simply because she has so many damn songs, I wonder if my list would change if I did this next week. I agree that she's the most consistent and basically her "bad" songs come down to being bland. For me Lindsey's bad songs are miscalculations of medium-to-big ideas and Stevie's are where her lyrics just get really awkward.

I don't hear what any of you are saying about "Angel" la la la la la :p No but really, keep them coming.

L
SMAP
TAFE
WATL
Make Me A Mask
?

S
Straight Back (it's just a weird pick, but then again so is That's Alright)
The Second Time
No Q's Asked
Illume
Smile At You

C
Only Over You
Songbird
Mystified
Oh Daddy
Don't Stop

LB

I'm So Afraid (the vocal doesn't work--the instrumental track is great)
Empire State
Oh Diane
Make Me a Mask
Come

CM

Skies the Limit
All Over Again
Morning Rain (Atypically Bad Vocal)
I Do
Do You Know

SN

Welcome to the Room...Sara
When I See You Again
Silver Girl
No Questions Asked
Paper Doll

Honorable Mention: Goodbye Baby