Top 10 Fleetwood Mac Songs

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Rolling Stone, March 29, 2013 by Andy Greene
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Fleetwood Mac are days away from launching a huge world tour. They have a catalog that stretches back nearly 50 years, but don't expect to hear many songs that predate the Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham era. The band's popularity spiked in a huge way when the two of them joined in 1975, and it kicked off an incredible period of success. They went from a half-forgotten 1960s blues-rock act to one of the biggest bands in the world. We asked our readers to vote for their favorite Fleetwood Mac songs, and it's no surprise that 90 percent of the top 10 songs come from the Buckingham/Nicks era.

no Christine's songs among 10?????? i mean, come on!! her songs are still huge!! just think Don't Stop if nothing else! those voters either have extremely short memory span, or Christine's songs were never even put in the pool for voting.

[FierySequences]

Originally Posted by elle

no Christine's songs among 10?????? i mean, come on!! her songs are still huge!! just think Don't Stop if nothing else! those voters either have extremely short memory span, or Christine's songs were never even put in the pool for voting.

Yeah, as much as I love Stevie...there is something "off" about this article. Even I don't LOVE SN that much! LOL

She received 8 out of 10 mentions? Really?
IMO, she only deserved 2-3 at best with the other (forgotten) immensely talented songwriters.

[MikeInNV]

Yes, the list does seem a little biased, but maybe it speaks to why Stevie was the breakout star. Chris has tons of good songs, but I'm not sure how many would make my Top 10 Favorites. She's rock solid, completely reliable, and everything she turns in will be pretty and/or catchy. On a scale from 1-10, probably 95% of all her material is an 8, and she's probably never done anything worse than a 6. For me, though, Stevie provides the wow moments. Not everything she does is a 10, but when she nails it, she NAILS it. That's why I like Chris a lot, and why I'm completely over the moon for Stevie.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

no Christine's songs among 10?????? i mean, come on!! her songs are still huge!! just think Don't Stop if nothing else! those voters either have extremely short memory span, or Christine's songs were never even put in the pool for voting.

I wouldn't put Don't Stop in the top 10, but of course, I would have others of hers there.

Michele

[michelej1]

I'm sure there are some people who don't like Oh Well being #7.


Michele

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by elle

no Christine's songs among 10?????? i mean, come on!! her songs are still huge!! just think Don't Stop if nothing else! those voters either have extremely short memory span, or Christine's songs were never even put in the pool for voting.

This was a readers choice poll. I think if anything it speaks to the absence of Christine retiring from the group (and the limelight) over 15 years now. Stevie is without question the most visible member of FM by far, esp. after her media blitz she did during "In Your Dreams" print, Internet, TV & concert promotions, and recently again with Sound City (she was prominently featured.)

Stevie has also had another renaissance & interest from the younger twenty-something generation -- Stevie is clearly an icon with a long romanticized & storied rock n roll mythology that captivates peoples imagination. Christine clearly wrote some great songs, but theres not nearly as much interest in her as a person, and that makes a big difference and impression. Stevie's has also seen her UK profile rise higher in the last 7 or 8 years as well, with bands like Bats For Lashes, Florence & The Machine, Ellie Goulding, etc., citing Stevie with reverence and as a big inspiration.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Christopher

This was a readers choice poll.

no, really??

you know what i've noticed, that with the recent blitz of Everywhere, people didn't even know that is FM song - just a song that was a hit in the 80s. so it's possible people don't even get what all songs are FM, same as many people here describe their process before they became a fan, and didn't realize that all those diverse songs are by the same band.

in addition to other stuff listed, i have a feeling that a month or so of Dave Grohl featuring SN prominently in Sound City Players and the movie did much more for raising SN's visibility with new audiences than all IYD promotion together. great move on her part! so that's what i refer to with the short memory span which is true in music, politics, whatever. SN has been hugely in the spotlight in the last couple of months, also prominently featured in several recent RS magazine articles... so it makes sense to see results like this in that whole context. they do these kind of polls every now and then and results always seem to be completely different from one time to another.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by elle

you know what i've noticed, that with the recent blitz of Everywhere, people didn't even know that is FM song - just a song that was a hit in the 80s. so it's possible people don't even get what all songs are FM, same as many people here describe their process before they became a fan, and didn't realize that all those diverse songs are by the same band.

This is a perfect example of what basically I was conveying in my previous post. People know generally of Christine's songs, but she has such a benign presence and presentation - by which she essentially is not much of a personality, and has always been modest in rock theatrics in general. On top of having been out of the FM spotlight for over 15 years.

btw I did not bother to cast any vote in this RS readers poll.
I'm not surprised that Stevie would dominate this list, It's Stevie's FM songs that still dominate the playlists of classic rock stations I happen upon. "Rhiannon", GDW, "Landslide", "Dreams"", The Chain", "Oh Well" & GYOW are still satples played on adult rock alternative or classic rock stations here in Denver. While "Gypsy" & "Say You Love Me" seem to be mostly played on adult comtemporary stations.
I haven't heard "Hold Me", "Little Lies", "Everywhere", "Big Love" or "Sara" for that matter on radio in recent memory at all.

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by Christopher

"Rhiannon", GDW, "Landslide", "Dreams"", The Chain", "Oh Well" & GYOW are still satples played on adult rock alternative or classic rock stations here in Denver. While "Gypsy" & "Say You Love Me" seem to be mostly played on adult comtemporary stations.
I haven't heard "Hold Me", "Little Lies", "Everywhere", "Big Love" or "Sara" for that matter on radio in recent memory at all.

Same is true here as well. I guess it's because radio is just one big conglomerate, so we all pretty much listen to the same stations.

[michelej1]

I don't know if what I hear in public (like at the salon) are classic rock stations or soft pop, but I know I don't hear Stevie's songs more than I hear Christine's on the radio. Of the 3, I would probably hear Christine songs more than the other 2.

Michele