Rate Members In Order Of I.Q.

David · #1 08-25-2009, 08:15 PM

Rate the members of F. Mac in the order of their I.Q., highest to lowest. Do your best, even if you have a low I.Q.

1. Rick Vito
2. Danny Kirwan
3. Bob Brunning
4. Lindsey Buckingham
5. Dave Mason
6. Bob Weston
7. Bob Welch
8. Christine McVie
9. Bekka Bramlett
10. John McVie
11. Dave Walker
12. Mick Fleetwood
13. Peter Green
14. Stevie Nicks

I didn't rate Jeremy because it would be rude since he reads the forum, but I will say that I think he is one of the higher I.Q.s in the band's history. Stevie Nicks is easily the dumbest. But she's the biggest star, so there ya go.

**jbrownsjr** · #2 08-25-2009, 08:18 PM

music IQ or Life IQ?

**mylittledemon** · #3 08-25-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

music IQ or Life IQ?

Arent they, ultimately, the same?

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Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

Someday when I am famous and Stevie Nicks is my best friend,

HA! yeah, good luck with that...

fleetwoodtrick · #4 08-25-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

HA! yeah, good luck with that...

You sound like my parents.

But anything can happen!

**mylittledemon** · #5 08-25-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

You sound like my parents.

But anything can happen!

HA! I am an old man.

And you are right. I met Buckingham and McVie, so go figure

fleetwoodtrick · #6 08-25-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by David

14. Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks is easily the dumbest.

Someday when I am famous and Stevie Nicks is my best friend, I will make sure that she never goes on the Ledge.

David · #7 08-25-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

Someday when I am famous and Stevie Nicks is my best friend, I will make sure that she never goes on the Ledge.

Nobody but NOBODY sings Sisters of the Moon like Stevie Nicks.

She didn't need an I.Q. to create magick & smaf & castle-dwelling, windswept passions & wintry emotions, tasting like vanilla, pasteboard, & starched milk along my upper lip, where I need a towel to wipe it off gently, gently, gently into that good night.

Stevie Nicks influenced me as a poet. Here's my latest poem.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Get out of the bed
If you gotta go poo.

This ^ can be sung using the chord changes in Outside the Rain.

Erin · #8 08-25-2009, 08:37 PM

I'm not going to rate everyone's intelligence but I think John's the smartest. He has a keen ability to keep his mouth shut. I admire that.

rubytuesday · #9 08-26-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Erin

I'm not going to rate everyone's intelligence but I think John's the smartest. He has a keen ability to keep his mouth shut. I admire that.

.....didn't I hear he waws a republican though?

aleuzzi · #10 08-26-2009, 12:26 PM

Impossible to answer this question! All of them possess different kinds of intelligences. But if I was sticking to musical intelligence (itself a broad category), I'd say this...

1. Lindsey/Peter (in vastly different ways, they know how to get the sound they want when they want it)
2. Christine (it takes true wisdom and intelligence to play with subtlety for the sake of a group sound, as opposed to hogging spotlights and selfishly pushing oneself out front; she isn't as much reserved as she's generous...)
3. Danny (he knew how to create searing set guitar solos and to arrange music economically)
4. Stevie (she is not proficient in any instrument but she always knows what to do with her voice and how to wrap it around anyone else's...)
5. Bob Welch (he's not a great singer but he wrote great songs and knew how to talk-sing them in such a way that showed them off...)
6. Rick Veto, Jeremy Spencer...

Erin · #11 08-26-2009, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rubytuesday

.....didn't I hear he waws a republican though?

What does that have to do with intelligence? You may not like their views on issues, but it hardly makes them less intelligent. There are plenty of idiots in the Democratic party as well. For the record I'm an Independent, and don't have much use for either party.

fleetwoodtrick · #12 08-25-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Nobody but NOBODY sings Sisters of the Moon like Stevie Nicks.

She didn't need an I.Q. to create magick & smaf & castle-dwelling, windswept passions & wintry emotions, tasting like vanilla, pasteboard, & starched milk along my upper lip, where I need a towel to wipe it off gently, gently, gently into that good night.

Stevie Nicks influenced me as a poet. Here's my latest poem.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Get out of the bed
If you gotta go poo.

This ^ can be sung using the chord changes in Outside the Rain.

You know... I'm really not sure how to reply to that.

So here's a picture of a platypus that I hope you all will enjoy.

brysondt · #13 08-25-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Nobody but NOBODY sings Sisters of the Moon like Stevie Nicks.

She didn't need an I.Q. to create magick & smaf & castle-dwelling, windswept passions & wintry emotions, tasting like vanilla, pasteboard, & starched milk along my upper lip, where I need a towel to wipe it off gently, gently, gently into that good night.

Stevie Nicks influenced me as a poet. Here's my latest poem.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Get out of the bed
If you gotta go poo.

This ^ can be sung using the chord changes in Outside the Rain.

Oh David.....

1. Lindsey Buckingham
2. Stevie Nicks
3. Christine McVie
4. Mick Fleetwood
5. John McVie

I can't rate the others because I haven't heard them speak enough. However, I honestly think Stevie is smart. Of course she may be dramatic at times and even seem a bit flakey, but she really has a talent. Her lyrics are are so unique but also so universal in one's life. And the fact that she impresses Lindsey so much with her ability to just sit down and clunk on the piano and come up with something really cool, is proof that she is a sheer genius. Her geniusness plus Lindsey's brilliantness has equaled amazingness.

nailatixela · #14 08-25-2009, 08:50 PM

Well this is interesting.

I'll take a stab at how the band member's IQ always came off to me. Not really based of each person musically.

Lindsey Buckingham
John McVie
Bob Welch
Christine McVie
Rick Vito
Mick Fleetwood
Bekka Bramlett
Billy Burnette
Stevie Nicks
Peter Green
Danny Kirwan

Just how they come off to me from what I've heard about these people.

We don't really know for sure.

daniellaaarisen · #15 08-25-2009, 08:57 PM

So I don't think Stevie is a genius by any means, but I think she has better street smarts than we realize. No doubt about it-- the woman always knew how to play some very important cards if we entirely forget about 1986-1997.

And I also believe she is the best poet of the band, even if not the best lyricist. However, I don't believe she is super consistent with the quality of her writing. But read the words to "Crystal", "Rhiannon", "Gold Dust Woman", "Long Distance Winner", "Planets of the Universe", "Kind Of Woman", "Wild Heart", "Trouble in Shangri-La".... I could list many more.

I don't feel right judging the individual member's IQs but I do have my opinions on their innate musical ability. Stevie isn't high on my list in terms of natural born talent MUSICALLY, especially in the shadow of so many freakin' phenomenal guitarists and writers dating back to the very beginnings of Mac.