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But I think we're just talking about the country they produced the songs in at the time and they country they called home at the time. (Rumours line up) Last edited by TerraRhiannon; 05-08-2013 at 10:14 AM.. |
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Rhiannon... do you remember SN doing it with Taylor Swift at grammys and all those tweets asking what is this song about Rhianna? Quote:
(btw thanks for the list, i was lazy to go look for it. ) Quote:
i agree with you on Landslide, GDW, The Chain, SHN and NGBA being "perceived hits". these songs are instantly recognized by anybody, and Landslide, GDW and NGBA were extensively covered by other artists and those covers are or have been in rotation on various stations (didn't someone tweet when NGBA started that FM is covering that song? ). i disagree with you on Silver Springs. i never hear that one on the radio and don't see it listed on any "greatest songs" list, and in concert general audience doesn't seem to be that familiar with it. it does seem to be iconic among shippers but those people are not your general audience. although, maybe we just listen to different radio stations. you may be listening to adult contemporary while i'm referring to classic rock. Quote:
it's probably a pretty easy argument to make that of all FM songwriters, over different incarnations, by far the most talented one (and i mean no competition whatsoever how far ahead he is!) is Peter Green. the number of iconic, amazing, lasting songs that man wrote in the short amount of time he was really active is astounding. if nothing else, is there anybody who hasn't heard Black Magic Woman? Quote:
Songbird was covered by Willie Nelson, among others. Songbird and ISA while concert staples, i would not necessarily count among any kind of radio hits. i don't think ISA ever had much or any radio play. Quote:
and Albatross. (but than there's embarrassment of Oh Diane charting in UK... , but i guess not in your country)
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oh talking about #1 hits - someone mentioned a huge number of Mariah's against only 1 for FM.
but remember, CCR never had a #1 hit?! Fogerty always proudly reminds people of that. and how many huge hits and iconic songs that everybody knows did they have?
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Elle, thanks for responding to some of my comments.
To clarify for people in other countries: since the American music industry is the largest in the world, the band directly refers to Dreams as their only number one. It's the Billboard Chart that is most important, for not only acclaim but also for industry respect. That being said, I'm sure Lindsey and Christine were thrilled that their songs went number one in other places. And in the long-run, as I said before, it doesn't really matter if you had a number-one hit or not, but that the song endures. That is certainly the case for this band, as they are packing the concert arenas (unlike other acts who had significantly more number ones). I'm glad that Fleetwood Mac did get one though. Quote:
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"Landslide" - Perhaps arguably the biggest (& most covered) Stevie/FM song of all time. "Gold Dust Woman" - Still in heavy rotation of Triple A & Classic Rock radio formats. "Silver Springs" - Which received heavy rotation as a B-side back in 77'-78', Then again as a "promo" single with "The Dance" release - which is why it didn't chart in 1997 - it wasn't eligible. Plus Lindsey's songs which also get notable airplay still: "Never Going Back Again" "Monday Morning" "Second Hand News" Christine did not have album cuts that became legendary, popular or heavily played as these 3 Stevie & 3 Lindsey album tracks. So essentially imo Stevie is tied with Christine for having as many popular or "hit" songs. Last edited by Christopher; 05-08-2013 at 12:17 PM.. |
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I saw someone who is a techie, not a music personality say she went to the jazzfest in a post and someone shot back, "Oh, please tell me they did Silver Springs." And she said no, that that would have been such an emotional high point, but she said that NGBA was a good substitute. Silver Springs seems to be on a lot of people's minds and I think it's liked by casual fans even more than focused fans. I don't think shippers look to Silver Springs for special moments. It's probably been 10 years or more since anything special happened during Silver Springs. Michele |
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The thing is, you don't have to try to recreate her vocals on YMLF. Just cover the song and interpret it your way and you still have the really nice guitar in it, which would be Lindsey's original contribution. I think they could make that work better than SYLM, if they'd wanted. Michele |
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John Mayer
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PS, I did not know you were not a fan of Oh Diane. |
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I didn't see that one in the same way I didn't see that car I almost smashed into today while taking a left turn out of a side street. If he hadn't of pounded the horn we would surely have crashed. |
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Ah, but she's talking about songwriting, correct? If Santana's version is what sold it to the masses then so be it, but Peter still wrote the song.
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Well, goodness. Stevie can't be blamed for the majesty that is Gypsy not cracking the top-10.
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John Mayer covered it? When? I know he covered Dreams as part of a mash-up with one of his songs, but I've never heard him play NGBA. Cool.
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