Stevie returns to American Horror Story

[DownOnRodeo]

PLAY MISTY FOR ME



Fig 1. In this still from the new season of AHS, Stevie Nicks (played by Lily Rabe playing Stevie Nicks playing Misty Day) hears a Lindsey Buckingham tune on the radio and stabs his portrait in torment.

[annabellee]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

PLAY MISTY FOR ME



Fig 1. In this still from the new season of AHS, Stevie Nicks (played by Lily Rabe playing Stevie Nicks playing Misty Day) hears a Lindsey Buckingham tune on the radio and stabs his portrait in torment.

And what radio station plays Lindsey Buckingham tunes?

[The Chain]

Originally Posted by annabellee

And what radio station plays Lindsey Buckingham tunes?

Oh, I hear them all the time..Gypsy, Everywhere, Dreams.. .. oh wait, I get it, you were only counting songs he wrote/sung himself (Go Your Own Way), not Stevie or Chris's ok-to-good songs he took to stratospheric greatness or flat out saved from being plodding drivel

[annabellee]

Originally Posted by The Chain

Oh, I hear them all the time..Gypsy, Everywhere, Dreams.. .. oh wait, I get it, you were only counting songs he wrote/sung himself (Go Your Own Way), not Stevie or Chris's ok-to-good songs he took to stratospheric greatness or flat out saved from being plodding drivel

Not Fleetwood Mac songs - I was referring to Lindsey Buckingham solo songs.

[The Chain]

Originally Posted by annabellee

Not Fleetwood Mac songs - I was referring to Lindsey Buckingham solo songs.

well to me, and I'm sure many others, there's hardly a difference

[annabellee]

Originally Posted by The Chain

well to me, and I'm sure many others, there's hardly a difference

In my mind, songs that were recorded under the FM name are FM songs and solo songs are solo songs. I never liked it when FM performed Stand Back or Go Insane. They have too deep a treasure trove to chose from to play solo stuff as a band. I'm hoping not to hear any solo stuff from Stevie or new members on the upcoming tour.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by The Chain

Oh, I hear them all the time..Gypsy, Everywhere, Dreams.. .. oh wait, I get it, you were only counting songs he wrote/sung himself (Go Your Own Way), not Stevie or Chris's ok-to-good songs he took to stratospheric greatness or flat out saved from being plodding drivel

I know I'll get roasted for this, even though it's a genuinely sincere question, but I would love an actual adult conversation about this: why is it that Lindsey's songs, with FM and solo, aren't hit singles? Go Your Own Way, Tusk, Big Love, and Trouble are the only hit songs he's written and performed. To this day, I'm confused as to why Holiday Road only peaked at #82, I think. It gets more airplay today than Trouble, certainly.

With FM, is it because more of his songs weren't actually released as singles? Monday Morning seemed like an obvious single, and so did Second Hand News. I think those two songs would have been hits, so why weren't they released?

Solo songs, after Trouble, Lindsey never seemed to get radio airplay. In fact, the radio would play Big Love by FM, but I always suspected if it had been a solo record, it would have been ignored by radio. Always seemed weird to me. Anybody have any theories. And can we keep it polite, with no snarky comments on either side?

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I know I'll get roasted for this, even though it's a genuinely sincere question, but I would love an actual adult conversation about this: why is it that Lindsey's songs, with FM and solo, aren't hit singles? Go Your Own Way, Tusk, Big Love, and Trouble are the only hit songs he's written and performed. To this day, I'm confused as to why Holiday Road only peaked at #82, I think. It gets more airplay today than Trouble, certainly.

With FM, is it because more of his songs weren't actually released as singles? Monday Morning seemed like an obvious single, and so did Second Hand News. I think those two songs would have been hits, so why weren't they released?

Solo songs, after Trouble, Lindsey never seemed to get radio airplay. In fact, the radio would play Big Love by FM, but I always suspected if it had been a solo record, it would have been ignored by radio. Always seemed weird to me. Anybody have any theories. And can we keep it polite, with no snarky comments on either side?

Because the songs are pretentious and annoying as is his voice and delivery.

[The Chain]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Because the songs are pretentious and annoying as is his voice and delivery.

lmao.. I'm pretty sure you just described the bulk of Stevie's output post 1983

[Feather Blade]

Originally Posted by The Chain

lmao.. I'm pretty sure you just described the bulk of Stevie's output post 1983

Pretty good sales figures for that to be the case.

[annabellee]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Because the songs are pretentious and annoying as is his voice and delivery.

Have to disagree with this statement. Out of the Cradle, Gift of Screws and Under the Skin are all great solo records and probably should have spawned radio hits for Lindsey. I'm not sure what the public bias is, but I enjoy Lindsey's solo work as well as his work with FM.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by annabellee

Have to disagree with this statement. Out of the Cradle, Gift of Screws and Under the Skin are all great solo records and probably should have spawned radio hits for Lindsey. I'm not sure what the public bias is, but I enjoy Lindsey's solo work as well as his work with FM.

His stuff just lacks mass appeal, the music and he himself do not have an allure or mystique to most, in fact they are just irritating. Sorry.

[dreamsunwind]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I know I'll get roasted for this, even though it's a genuinely sincere question, but I would love an actual adult conversation about this: why is it that Lindsey's songs, with FM and solo, aren't hit singles? Go Your Own Way, Tusk, Big Love, and Trouble are the only hit songs he's written and performed. To this day, I'm confused as to why Holiday Road only peaked at #82, I think. It gets more airplay today than Trouble, certainly.

With FM, is it because more of his songs weren't actually released as singles? Monday Morning seemed like an obvious single, and so did Second Hand News. I think those two songs would have been hits, so why weren't they released?

Solo songs, after Trouble, Lindsey never seemed to get radio airplay. In fact, the radio would play Big Love by FM, but I always suspected if it had been a solo record, it would have been ignored by radio. Always seemed weird to me. Anybody have any theories. And can we keep it polite, with no snarky comments on either side?

I heard that some of his songs in the 80s played on the radio somewhat frequently. Idk how well they charted but I remember watching one of his weird music videos from I think Go Insane and in the comments people were talking about how they remembered the song and video from their college days and things like that.
Holiday Road is different because it was just another movie theme song when it first came out but later on became a cult classic alongside the movie itself. People love that song and I can see why because it's literally just a catchy hook repeated over and over.

[Jondalar]

Holiday Road is a classic. It puts a smile on everyone’s face.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Holiday Road is a classic. It puts a smile on everyone’s face.

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That’s for sure. It has to easily be his most recognizable solo song. Someone somewhere failed miserably marketing the song at least for Lindsey’s sake. The popularity of that song is not properly owned by Lindsey. Sure it mainly just goes hand in hand with the movie series, but there should have been a slightly better effort to push the fact that it was a Lindsey Buckingham Song.