Unpopular FM Opinions

[welcomechris]

1. Time is way better then Kiln House
2. Say You Will was mixed horribly
3. Behind the Mask wasn't that bad. When It Comes to Love and the Second Time sucked though.
4. I Got It In For You is a terrible song
5. Although the songs on Extended Play we're good Lindsey's high pitched solo album voice came through and it just sucked. High pitched voice from Lindsey....No. That was a commercial disappointment.... One week on the Billboard 200? Greatest Hits as been on the hot 200 since like last November. #48 is no better then his solo album. "It Takes Time" belongs on a solo album not on the only Fleetwood Mac recording in ten years.

[SisterNightroad]

I have just a single huge one: Fleetwood Mac (1975) is better than Tusk.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

I have just a single huge one: Fleetwood Mac (1975) is better than Tusk.

Brave soul!!!

I would agree on some days. It's a band recording. It has more successful hits. They recorded it quickly. Stevie's voice is smoother. More cohesive in my opinion. Instrumentally better.

[welcomechris]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

I have just a single huge one: Fleetwood Mac (1975) is better than Tusk.

I agree!!!!!!!!

[jbrownsjr]

I Don't Want To Know is a better fit for Rumours than Silver Springs.

[brad975]

* Live versions of "Rhiannon" and "Dreams" since the '70s fall kinda flat since Stevie can't hit the notes that originally gave the songs melodic interest.
* "Monday Morning" is irritating.
* Rumours really needed the uptempo "I Don't Want to Know." But "Silver Springs" still should have shoved aside "Oh Daddy."
* Lindsey should have saved some of his most grating solo material on "Tusk" for a solo album and made room for more Stevie and Christine songs.
* "Mirage" is hugely underrated.
* I like "Empire State."
* I don't really care much for any of the singles from "Tango in the Night."

[wheart]

1. I think The Second Time is one of the best song Stevie has written

2. I much prefer the Dance version of Silver Springs to the original

3. I enjoyed the 2013 Tour more than 2014...even without Christine. I hate to put this in writing but it's true. I am happy Chris is back but after 16 years, I honestly feel it was a little too late. They learned how to survive and even prosper without her. Had she returned sometime after SYW when the band had more years ahead of them and perhaps more motivation to work together, it may have felt different. I still think they should have gone right into the studio and put out a new album THEN toured.

[brad975]

Thunder often happens when it's not raining

[elle]

1. Say You Will is one of 3 "classic-era" Mac top albums, containing some of the best and most interesting FM songs.
   
2. majority of EP songs, and particularly Sad Angel and It Takes Time are great, making the whole EP very interesting and vetting my appetite to hear the rest of the 2012 recorded songs, in one way or another. Sad Angel is perfect amalgam of "fleetwood mac-y" sound with some of LB's more recent solo directions (think punkish That's The Way Love Goes).
   
3. warning - being judgmental here: FM fans dismiss EP because of Stevie's lackluster presence there, not because EP is objectively bad.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by brad975

Thunder often happens when it's not raining

Hahaha!! Players can NOT love you when they are playing..

[louielouie2000]

1. I think the 1975 'white album' is middle of the road and boring.
2. Rhiannon should have been pulled from the set 30 years ago- post Betty Ford Stevie can't do the song justice.
3. I'd rather the band not tour again, but instead focus their remaining years on recording new albums.
4. I think some of Stevie's Say You Will songs like Illume and Destiny Rules rank among the best she's ever recorded. I easily put them along side with Gold Dust, Gypsy, etc.
5. Only Over You and Mystified rank among my favorite Christine songs.
6. The quality of material on the EP is an abomination.
7. I tend to think there is more truth to Carol Ann Harris' book than fiction.
8. I find albums like Penguin & Heroes Are Hard to be delightful; their warts only make them more interesting to me.
9. Some of Christine's best songwriting is outside of the presence of Buckingham Nicks- her pre 1975 Mac albums and In The Meantime contain some incredibly revealing lyrics.
10. Bare Trees makes me want to gouge my ears out. It's so incredibly derivative and behind the musical times of that era.
11. I find Bob Welch to be a more interesting musician than Peter Green.
12. I think the original Silver Springs sounds unfinished, and would have been a poor fit for Rumours.
13. The material Lindsey released on his 21st century solo albums is better than most anything he ever did with Fleetwood Mac.
14. Songs like When I See You Again and the Second Time are some of the most revealing of Stevie's career. They truly impart how far she'd fallen, and their shocking audio quality really enforces the subject of the songs.
15. I love the hell out of FM cover songs, they fascinate me endlessly. Hearing how new artists interpret these old songs really sets my mind afoot. I especially love the Just Tell Me That You Love Me tribute album from a few years ago.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by wheart

1. I think The Second Time is one of the best song Stevie has written

2. I much prefer the Dance version of Silver Springs to the original

3. I enjoyed the 2013 Tour more than 2014...even without Christine. I hate to put this in writing but it's true. I am happy Chris is back but after 16 years, I honestly feel it was a little too late. They learned how to survive and even prosper without her. Had she returned sometime after SYW when the band had more years ahead of them and perhaps more motivation to work together, it may have felt different. I still think they should have gone right into the studio and put out a new album THEN toured.

I forgot one:

4. I've always loved Silver Girl. Not only a great song but Lindsey's production is top notch.

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by brad975

"Mirage" is hugely underrated.

I totally agree.

[Frankenstein]

I actually like the EP.

Gold Dust Woman live during the last 2 tours is the best it's ever been.

If I never heard Landslide again, that would be just fine.

I prefer to watch Lindsey perform more than Stevie these days. If he's tired of doing his songs for the millionth time, it never shows.

Only Over You and Temporary One are two of my favorite Christine songs.

[WildHeart97]

I like Empire State and Family Man. This may not be unpopular, but Stevie hasn't had a consistent set of songs on a Mac album since Tusk.