Ten Best Fleetwood Mac Covers

[michelej1]

July 24, 2012 Hipstercrite
http://www.hipstercrite.com/2012/07/...wood-mac-song/

Ok, so my blog has been on a Fleetwood Mac kick lately.

I’m just so excited that:

1.) The band announced they’re touring next year!

2.) A new Fleetwood Mac tribute album titled Just Tell Me That You Want Me is coming out in August and featuring Best Coast, Lykke Li and MGMT.

3.) I’m doing a ticket giveaway to see Lindsey Buckingham at Antone’s on August 22nd! Check back soon for the giveaway.

As for the cover album, Pitchfork has leaked Lykke Li’s cover of “Silver Springs” and The New Pornographers’ “Think About Me”. So far, the album sounds great! A lot of diverse talent including The Kills, Marianne Faithful and St. Vincent covering famous and obscure FM songs such as “Albatross”, “Storms” and “Sisters of the Moon”.

The tribute album got me thinking about my favorite Fleetwood Mac covers. What is your fave?

Who: Lykke Li
Song: “Silver Springs”
Why It’s Awesome: Lykke Li gives a nice shoegazey twist to this lyrically haunting song.

Who: The Kills
Song: “Dreams”
Why It’s Awesome: These new bands do an excellent job of capturing the ethereal quality of Nicks’ FM songs and taking ‘em up a notch.

Who: Vampire Weekend
Song: “Everywhere”
Why It’s Awesome: Vampire Weekend’s light and poppy sound lends nicely to this equally light and poppy song.

Who: Best Coast
Song: “Storms”
Why It’s Awesome: Though Best Coast’s cover is not my fave, I give them props for covering this lesser famous (and my favorite) FM song. The guitar is a little too harsh for this soft melody, but Cosentino’s vocals are beautiful.

Who: PS22 Chorus
Song: “Landslide”
Why It’s Awesome: I’ve never been a fan of either the Smashing Pumpkins’ or Dixie Chicks’ cover of “Landslide”. PS22′s rendition is probably the most heart-warming one out there.

Who: Hole
Song: “Gold Dust Woman”
Why It’s Awesome: Love’s vocals give a nice gutteral edge to this gritty song about drug use. Fitting.

Who: Lissie
Song: “Go Your Own Way”
Why It’s Awesome: I’ll be honest, I’m not really familiar with Lissie, but her cover of “Go Your Own Way” blew me away. Spot on cover while making it uniquely her own.

Who: Camper Van Beethoven
Song: “Tusk”
Why It’s Awesome: Kudos to Camper Van Beethoven for remaking the album Tusk in its entirety. Though this cover of the song “Tusk” is a little too jammy, I enjoy its psychedelic edge. It’s also freakin’ creepy.

Who: Waylon Jennings
Song/Album: “Rhiannon”
Why It’s Awesome: It’s Waylon.

Who: Mates of State
Song: “Second Hand News”
Why It’s Awesome: Another faithful cover while being uniquely independent. The dueting male and female vocals work perfectly for this song.

[michelej1]

Boston Globe, June 20, 2013
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/musi...JpO/story.html

Covers Fleetwood Mac Served 15 Ways

Last year’s “Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac” was merely the latest in a string of bands putting their spins on Mac classics. A few months later, MOJO magazine curated “Rumours Revisited,” featuring indie artists such as Yeasayer and Julia Holter reworking that seminal 1977 album.

It got us to thinking: What are some of the more intriguing Fleetwood Mac covers? Trolling YouTube and iTunes, we came up with these 15 renditions that revealed something new about the originals. From reggae to outlaw country to alt-rock, they’re worth hearing (if not always better than Fleetwood’s version, obviously).

JAMES REED

“Gold Dust Woman,”

Waylon Jennings (1978)

“Silver Springs,”

Lykke Li (2012)

“Black Magic Woman,”

Santana (1970)

“Everywhere,”

Marcia Griffiths (1989)

“Rattlesnake Shake,”

Aerosmith (live recording from early ’70s)

“Go Your Own Way,”

Lissie (2011)

“Don’t Stop,”

Elton John (1998)

“Landslide,”

Smashing Pumpkins (1994)

“Hypnotized,”

the Pointer Sisters (1978)

“Rhiannon,”

Redd Kross (1988)

“Oh Well,”

Joe Jackson (1991)

“Little Lies,”

Anna Ternheim (2005)

“Dreams,”

Letters to Cleo (1995)

“You Make Loving Fun,”

the Besnard Lakes (2012)

“Save Me a Place,”

Camper Van Beethoven (2002)

[redbird]

I thought Best Coast took a lot of depth out of "Storms", Bethany Cosentino's vocals are really more about a certain pose than about that kind of emotiveness Stevie traded in especially on Tusk.

The Lissie "Go Your Own Way" was on some soundtrack recently, I really like her and wanted to like her cover better, but while slowing down the song is different, I also feel it's too easy. But it's a lot better than The Cranberries' and Wilson Phillips', IMO. I liked The Lumineers' and The Head and the Heart's covers better though.

I do really like the Lykke Li and The Kills covers (all "Dreams" covers sound very similar, except The Kills'), and Anna Ternheim's.

[KarmaContestant]

The best cover of Storms is by Jessie Baylin. None other can even compete.

http://soundcloud.com/jessiebaylin/04-storms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gQf3o9xYjo

[redbird]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

The best cover of Storms is by Jessie Baylin. None other can even compete.

http://soundcloud.com/jessiebaylin/04-storms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gQf3o9xYjo

Very gentle and expressive, as it should be.

[Phoenixgypsy]

I would still love to hear a full version of Melba Moore covering "Dreams". From the brief listen I've been able to find online-she does a great job!

[bethelblues]

Here's another really good cover that's been posted here before, I think. Anna Ternheim's Little Lies. I see it listed in the Boston Globe above, but definitely check out the live version, which I enjoy more than the studio version since it includes background voices for the refrain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2uy4ipoWek

[mylittledemon]

I like Letters To Cleo's version of Dreams... The Cranberries GYOW... and this one...

[chiliD]

Here are the ones that come to mind off the top of my head (way more than 10):

1) World Turning - Leo Kottke
2) Black Magic Woman - Santana (duh!)
3) Songbird - Eva Cassidy
4a) Oh Well (part 1 only) - The Black Crowes w/Jimmy Page
4b) Oh Well (both parts 1 & 2) - Billy Sheehan
5) Hypnotized - The Pointer Sisters
6) Everywhere - Chaka Khan
7) Green Manalishi - The Melvins
8) Rattlesnake Shake - ZZ Top (performed live only...circa '76-77)
9) Rhiannon - Pamela Stanley
10) Stop Messin' Round - Aerosmith

Honorable mentions:
Show Biz Blues - Rory Gallagher
Man Of The World - Midge Ure (of Ultravox)
Sisters Of The Moon - Walter Egan
Oh Well (part 1) - Billy Gibbons
You Make Loving Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Gold Dust Woman - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Landslide - Dixie Chicks
Never Going Back Again - Matchbox 20
The Chain - Kick Axe
I Don't Want To Know - Goo Goo Dolls
Go Your Own Way - The Cranberries
Don't Stop - KC & The Sunshine Band
Dreams - The Corrs
Stand Back - Rod Stewart (hey, Fleetwood Mac plays it in concert, it counts as a Fleetwood Mac cover! )
Don't Let Me Down Again - Richard Torrance & Eureka (see "Stand Back")
Think About It - Rusty Wier (released his version 4 years before Stevie)
Man Of The World - Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues)