Seven Wonders

[SpyNote]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

While I enjoy listening to Seven Wonders and I'm glad I got to see them play it live, I always thought it was one of their weaker songs. They didn't even write the lyrics. Stevie has so many other better songs. Seven Wonders just sounds like a generic 80s pop/rock song to me, you can tell it's Fleetwood Mac though. The music video is good also.

...which is probably why it was ultimately dropped from the latest tour. Stevie didn't have much invested in it, except for a few words. If AHS hadn't used it, it would have stayed buried in the song graveyard!

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by KenB

Another consideration would have been: which other track would you eliminate in order to include Seven Wonders on Greatest Hits, which already had 14 tracks? At that time, 14 tracks was A LOT to include on an album, and more than that would have been almost unheard of.

Well, except for the fact that the European and Australian release had 17 tracks compared to the US release which had 16. The European release included "Oh Diane" because it was a hit single over there as well as "Seven Wonders" They eliminated "Over my head". Still with an extra track space on a CD probably wasn't an issue.

[Dreamz19]

Originally Posted by Wdm6789

While I enjoy listening to Seven Wonders and I'm glad I got to see them play it live, I always thought it was one of their weaker songs. They didn't even write the lyrics. Stevie has so many other better songs. Seven Wonders just sounds like a generic 80s pop/rock song to me, you can tell it's Fleetwood Mac though. The music video is good also.

I feel the same about it even though it is a decent song. I just was never a huge fan of it though and I would have much preferred to hear Sara over it when I saw them in October. I honestly like WISYA and WTTRS more than Seven Wonders.

[secret love]

Seven Wonders is an excellent song. I am really hoping that it will be reprised for Fleetwood Mac's concerts in Sydney later this year.

People go on and on about "she didn't even write it" but whenever I read that I think, who ****ing cares?

Yes, Stevie Nicks did not write Seven Wonders. Well, Sandy Stewart wrote Seven Wonders but she has never released her own version of the song (I wish she would!) and it is for all intents and purposes, a classic Fleetwood Mac song.

It is probably the most popular, most well-known, best Fleetwood Mac song that was not written by a band member.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by secret love

Seven Wonders is an excellent song. I am really hoping that it will be reprised for Fleetwood Mac's concerts in Sydney later this year.

People go on and on about "she didn't even write it" but whenever I read that I think, who ****ing cares?

Yes, Stevie Nicks did not write Seven Wonders. Well, Sandy Stewart wrote Seven Wonders but she has never released her own version of the song (I wish she would!) and it is for all intents and purposes, a classic Fleetwood Mac song.

It is probably the most popular, most well-known, best Fleetwood Mac song that was not written by a band member.

THIS! I totally agree with you. Love it, don't care how 80's it sounds, don't care that Stevie didn't write it, etc. I'm glad they performed this last year at MSG here in NYC.