Fleetwood Mac Songs That Have Grown on You

[FuzzyPlum]

Without a doubt….Sara.
I always thought it was a bit too boring. Now I appreciate its sheer brilliance and beauty. In fact it’s my favourite song.
I’d also throw in The Ledge. I thought it was completely embarrassing dross. Now I get it.

[DownOnRodeo]

Silver Girl

It's a vibe. (A vibe a younger me didn't need.)
And the mastering (?) and vocal is not as grating as on some of the other Stevie tracks on SYW.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Silver Girl

It's a vibe. (A vibe a younger me didn't need.)
And the mastering (?) and vocal is not as grating as on some of the other Stevie tracks on SYW.

Not to be debated, Silver Girl is GARBAGE.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by David

It hasn’t grown all that much on me, but “Smile at You” on the 2003 album has grown somewhat. I used to think it was a misfire and a mess (my view had nothing to do with the earlier demos), but now I kind of get it. It has something, though I know not what.

One thing it has is that lovely acoustic picking at the end.....

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

I’d also throw in The Ledge. I thought it was completely embarrassing dross. Now I get it.

The Ledge DEFINES Tusk. It's the perfect F*CK YOU to the Rumours audience.

And Law and Order is my favorite Lindsey solo album.

LINDSEY AND HIS WEIRD TENDENCIES ARE WHAT MADE THEM STAND OUT. They'd have just been another socal band without that freak. Even as part of the big machine, he always dared to be different.

F*cking freak.

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Not to be debated, Silver Girl is GARBAGE.

You cannot see my soul.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Looks like the ballads or slower numbers were rejected by folks here. I have always been the opposite, and some of the songs which had to grow on you guys were my instant favourites. In fact, my classic FM playlist will always be mostly the beautiful moving emotional slow ones.

Well actually Warm Ways, Over & Over and One More Night are songs I loved immediately. These last 2 from the Live Album, cause it was the first FM album I got. Yes, many songs I discovered, it was the live versions I heard the first time.

And the first time I heard Warm Ways was driving from NJ to DC, at my second trip to the US, 1988. Weird that a slow song is associated to driving on a highway, but that's the story.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

The Ledge DEFINES Tusk. It's the perfect F*CK YOU to the Rumours audience.

The Ledge is a song usually absent in my playlists.

[sue]

The album Say you Will…it took me a couple of years to really enjoy this album.
Now I like almost all of it, there’s a couple of tracks I really love, and a couple I’m not so keen on….
But most were growers. And I like Albums that stretch over the years.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by sue

The album Say you Will…it took me a couple of years to really enjoy this album.
Now I like almost all of it, there’s a couple of tracks I really love, and a couple I’m not so keen on….
But most were growers. And I like Albums that stretch over the years.

That album has grown on me too, but not enough. Not "meh", just like some songs but not enough to be close to my favorite songs. I enjoy far more BuckVie. And it has nothing to do with Stevie being in one and not being in the other. It's the sound, arrangements, songs, the sum of everything I guess.

[sue]

Originally Posted by Villavic

That album has grown on me too, but not enough. Not "meh", just like some songs but not enough to be close to my favorite songs. I enjoy far more BuckVie. And it has nothing to do with Stevie being in one and not being in the other. It's the sound, arrangements, songs, the sum of everything I guess.

I hate to say this..and I know I may be shot down but I am not that keen on BuckVie I don’t dislike it but I don’t love it..
And I don’t know why…..Wish I did.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

That album has grown on me too, but not enough. Not "meh", just like some songs but not enough to be close to my favorite songs. I enjoy far more BuckVie. And it has nothing to do with Stevie being in one and not being in the other. It's the sound, arrangements, songs, the sum of everything I guess.

It's because BuckVie is a FUN album(like Mirage). SYW is dark. Too dark. Gee, what was missing from SYW? SUNSHINE.

[David]

Originally Posted by sue

I hate to say this..and I know I may be shot down but I am not that keen on BuckVie I don’t dislike it but I don’t love it..
And I don’t know why…..Wish I did.

I think it needs one or two hard-rock tracks to prevent it from being “adult contemporary.”

But the biggest issue I have with it is Lindsey’s decision to do ALL his vocals in that grating, self-conscious, atonal, breathy style he’s been overrelying on for many years. I wish the guy would just SING normally and stop trying to sound so fey and precious and whispery on every song. Do it sparingly.

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by sue

I like Albums that stretch over the years.

Well said, Sue.

Tusk and Say You Will are albums I choose to play when I want to be taken on a journey, with peaks and valleys, storms and sunshine (if not quite rainbows), and surprises with every twist in the road. The terrain can be rough but rewarding.

In less poetic terms, Tusk has long been an album I play when I do a big house clean, and Say You Will is a go-to for road trips.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by David

I think it needs one or two hard-rock tracks to prevent it from being “adult contemporary.”

But the biggest issue I have with it is Lindsey’s decision to do ALL his vocals in that grating, self-conscious, atonal, breathy style he’s been overrelying on for many years. I wish the guy would just SING normally and stop trying to sound so fey and precious and whispery on every song. Do it sparingly.

That was my issue with it. His backup vocals on the verses of "Carnival Begin" are a bit creepy. And I HATED what he contributed to Christine's otherwise lovely and warm "Game of Pretend"--it ruined the song.

On his own songs, he refuses to belt. "On With the Show" is so good because you can hear the old Lindsey on it.

Still, I do love BuckVie. I only wish there were two more songs on it. 10 seems thin...