Which version of Crystal?
 

I think I prefer Lindsey's vocals and the background music from Stevie's. Which version do you guys prefer?

I prefer the version on the Fleetwood Mac album EVERY SO SLIGHTLY over the Buckingham Nicks version, due to Christine's synth part on the fade out....and falling far behind in 3rd place is the version from the Practical Magic soundtrack.

Any version that has Christine's heart wrenching keyboard solo at the end...

I haven't heard a version that I didn't like...but I really love Stevie's version.

I've gotta go with the version from Buckingham Nicks.
It's the one I first listened to and fell in love with.

The others are distant, imo.

I really love the composition on the track from Practical Magic,

But the white album version is awesome!!!

I've always been in the minority, but I think the Practical Magic version blows all the others out of the water. I've just never understood why Lindsey would sing lead vocals on this one to begin with. It's such a quintessentially feminine Stevie song, it just doesn't make sense for him to sing it. Especially on the Fleetwood Mac version, when Stevie got shafted with only two songs on the whole album... SHE should have sung her own song!

I just LOVE the production of the Practical Magic version too. I wish Stevie would do an entire album full of acoustic folksy sounding songs like that. To me, I think her two Practical Magic entries capture the spirit of who she is far better than most anything she's released since the early '80s. I just love how her 'matured' voice sounds on this one too. "How the faces of love change, turning the pages. And I have changed, all but you, you remain ageless." That whole verse just means so much more when she sang it in '98 vs '73. And her voice has more soul now with age. I just think the Practical Magic version is just pure magic itself, as hokey as that may sound. I just love it, and I don't care if I'm in the minority :D.

lol...we may be in the minority, but I agree with EVERYTHING you said :thumbsup:

:D I remember making a thread like this when I first joined the ledge; an early attempt to look like I knew what I was was talking about no doubt.

I think I remember expressing a preference for the Buckingham Nicks version.
I like the slightly "orchestral" sound to it.

Don't like the practical magic version, combination of dull sounding band, and stevie does seem to struggle a bit :distress:

Love johns bass "outro" on the fleetwood mac version.

not really answered the question have I.

I don't care for Nicks herself on that one, but I love the beauty of the arrangement. The combination of the fiddles & that extraordinary B3 all through it (who plays that? is it Benmont?) gets me right here.

That said, I also love the earlier, less portentous arrangements -- Mac doing it in '75 was a real hippie band, & it's gorgeous.

It's a hard song to ruin, I'd say. Stevie & Lindsey wrote a good one there.

I like them all, but my first preference is Buckingham Nicks followed by FM. I really like Stevie's version, it was just a nice shake up to finally hear her sing it. I also really like the ending on that version.

"Crystal" may be my favorite Stevie-penned song of all time. Yes, as in tied with "Rhiannon". Big deal.

I think the softness of FM's version really captures the song, but honestly, all versions give me chills. As David said, I think its hard to mess up.

I hate that it's "first, initial feeling". :shrug:

clearly you don't have the special knowledge that holds truth.

I certainly knew in the crystaline knowledge of you. :shrug: