The "Do you like Juniper Poll"?

[Madness Fades]

Remember votes are anonymous so be honest with yourselves and each other.

Q) Do you like the song "Flying Down Juniper"?

[shackin'up]

to be honest, I love it. I even rank it way above It Was You, Down On Rodeo and Castaway dreams. Like Under The Skin, It's made of glass.

[Miss Vicky]

Definitely the weak link on an otherwise stellar album.

I don't own a stereo anymore so I hardly ever listen to my actual cds, but "Flying Down Juniper" is the only UTS song that is not on my iPod.

[gretchen]

I think it's a beautiful piece from start to finish. I love the way it moves.

[LukeA]

to be honest, I love it. I even rank it way above It Was You, Down On Rodeo and Castaway dreams. Like Under The Skin, It's made of glass.

Couldn't have said it better myself... although, It Was You and Down On Rodeo are at least halfway decent songs (cannot STAND Castaway Dreams).

[Madness Fades]

Well Castaway Dreams is better than Juniper. Again it not one of my favourites but I would have it over Juniper any day

[Miss Vicky]

What's with the Castaway Dream hate?

I think it's the best song on the album by far.

[xxxmx]

least favorite song on the album :eek:

the first time i played the album from start to finish, my eyes just kind of scrunched up. really? it's like Family Man II, but an 80s acid jazz version minus the flutes. well, to me.

the album ends with SGCYM for me, and like missvicky, it's the only song not on the 'pod.

[michelej1]

I think Juniper is awful, but then after Lindsey said that other people had told him that it was bad and Kristen thought it was the Love Boat song, at least I knew that he knew it was widely considered dreck and decided to go forwarded with it. I kind of respected that. So, I was content. Michele

[shackin'up]

What's with the Castaway Dream hate?

I think it's the best song on the album by far.

Who talks about Hate? There are eleven songs on an incredibly good album. I only rank it with the least favorites. The fact that it's possibly my nr. 11, doesn't say I hate it. No. I love it. There are only ten songs on it that I love more.:shrug::shrug:

[LukeA]

I think Juniper is awful, but then after Lindsey said that other people had told him that it was bad and Kristen thought it was the Love Boat song, at least I knew that he knew it was widely considered dreck and decided to go forwarded with it. I kind of respected that. So, I was content. Michele

To continue with the nautical theme, Castaway Dreams has always reminded me (musically and lyrically) of the cloying jingles typically used for pleasure boat rentals, or cruises. Or, for that matter, romantic surf n' turf joints, and timeshares in the Berkshires/Cape Cod/Poconos, etc. I don't know how anyone can listen to this song with a straight face, and would be quite happy to never hear (of) it again. Really the only black spot on what's, a year and a half later, still a very enjoyable album.

That said, re: Juniper- I'm not sure if it would work as a solo acoustic song with just Lindsey and his guitar (to compare with the TFTS Youtube video)- the arrangement of the song as it is on the album suits it quite well.

[Madness Fades]

This has been quite interesting and has given me an idea.
So Each day im gonna post a new poll based on the theme "Do you like (song name)"
Its good to see who likes what. Each song will be very random and from anyone of the four albums.

cool or what.

[Nico]

I love it. I've loved it since I first heard it and still love it now. If there were one song on UTS that I'd say was my least favorite it would probably still be Not Too Late.

[michelej1]

I don't dislike CAD, but I don't like it as much as some people do. I'm glad that it really seems to have captured some people, but I don't understand why. I consider CAD and It was You very hummable and fun to sing along with in concert, but that's about all I can see.

Now, when I heard Show You How, on the other hand, I thought, "Wow, if the rest of the album sounds even half that good, my heart will enlarge and burst." I played it so much before the album came out, that I risked burnout. I thought, madman out on a bad man's route, if that particular song had been the first I'd ever heard of Lindsey Buckingham's, I would have fallen in love with him all over again. The first 25 years wouldn't even have had to count.

Michele

[Hawkeye]

Junipers the only song I didslike on UTS, and Castaway Dreams is my favorite.

[face of glass]

Where's the "don't think it's that hot on its own but when I play the whole album it's the only track that makes me cry" option?

Seriously, the perfect thematic closer to UTS, tremendously moving. All you h8ers: let us go.

[michelej1]

Seriously, the perfect thematic closer to UTS, tremendously moving. All you h8ers: let us go.


For sequencing reasons and because of the context that you mentioned, I don't really make it a habit to skip over CD tracks. I take the whole thing. I still remember Mirage on vinyl and how satisfying Only Over You and Wish You Were Here as closers. Sometimes it would take me awhile to turn over the album, because I'd get comfy listening to it and feel too lazy to get up.

I think Say Goodbye and Goodbye Baby are nice at the end too. Although, it's a little like Burns and Allen: Say Goodnight Gracie. Goodnight Gracie.

Michele

[Lori40]

I think Juniper is awful, but then after Lindsey said that other people had told him that it was bad and Kristen thought it was the Love Boat song, at least I knew that he knew it was widely considered dreck and decided to go forwarded with it. I kind of respected that. So, I was content. Michele

Although I don't think that Flying Down Juniper is awful, I do agree with Michele. I like it because I'm a huge Lindsey fan, and he liked it enough to put it on his album in spite of what others thought of it.

[Gazza]

People probably don't like Cast Away Dreams because it's the catchiest thing on there. You know these arty farty types... If it's catchy, then it must be ****!

Juniper really is uninspiring drivel though. I think I remember Lindsey laughing about putting it on the album after people had told him not to because it was awful.

Cast Away Dreams is definitely superior to this and Not Too Late, which works reasonably well as an opener, but isn't much of a song.

[mylittledemon]

I like Juniper a lot. I was listening to it a lot when my Dad passed away. I can see how some folks can't identify with it. The thing Lindsey said about his wife saying it sounded "Love Boat-ish" I dont get. I think it's an emotional piece. Doesn't sound cheesy to me at all.

[chiliD]

I don't mind "Flying Down Juniper"...don't necessarily like it or dislike it. It's just kind of "ehhh". Depends on the context of how I hear it.

Now, "Not Too Late"...makes me want to hurl it's so narcissistic & self-absorbed...even on the "Lindsey scale" (which I can put up with a whole bunch of his self-absorbedness. But, NTL has become unlistenable to me...and actually makes me physically angry and want to just backhand him for being such a self-centered ****.)

[michelej1]

which I can put up with a whole bunch of his self-absorbedness.

Yes, you have a famously high threshold for tolerance.

Michele

[3rd World Man]

I personally LOVE Juniper! The song for me is so nostalgic, it takes me back to when I was a little boy flying down the street on my bike and being carefree and happy. I don't agree with Kristen Buckingham that it sounds like "The Love Boat" theme. What that's all about? Does someone have the Love Boat theme song to post?

[michelej1]

I personally LOVE Juniper! The song for me is so nostalgic, it takes me back to when I was a little boy flying down the street on my bike and being carefree and happy. I don't agree with Kristen Buckingham that it sounds like "The Love Boat" theme. What that's all about? Does someone have the Love Boat theme song to post?

No, but I can sing it for you. Love Boat, exciting and new, come aboard. We're expecting you . . .

Juniper sounds just a little creepy to me, as a matter of fact. I mean, once he explained it was a street in his neighborhood where they used to ride their bikes, I thought "fine." But before that I just thought it was the spirit of people flying. It seemed to mingle concepts of joy and death in an uneasy fashion. Michele

[Moz]

Yeah, I like it, even if it sounds a little 'creepy'. In fact, I'm listening to it right now.