Behind the Mask - Analyze Your Least Favorites

[MacShadowsBall]

The least favorite Fleetwood Mac song contest moves on to the Post-Rumours era with Behind the Mask.


Awful Lyrics -

Get Lindsey back ASAP! -

Should've been a hit single -

I like em, but nobody else does -

Much better peformed live -

Overall least favorite -

[KarmaContestant]

Awful Lyrics - - Stand On The Rock

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - - The Second Time

Should've been a hit single - - When The Sun Goes Down, Love Is Dangerous

I like em, but nobody else does - - The Second Time

Much better peformed live - - Eh...I don't know.

Overall least favorite - - Stand On The Rock

[Artemis]

Awful Lyrics - - Most of them. Apart from Christine's songs, Freedom + Love is Dangerous.

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - - The whole album could have benefited from his editing / production, I think.

Should've been a hit single - - Save Me, Skies The Limit.

I like em, but nobody else does - - When The Sun Goes Down. It's my guilty pleasure.

Much better performed live - - I have nooo idea, I haven't checked their live performances out with this lineup. Apart from a rather fabulous Rhiannon.

Overall least favourite - - In The Back Of My Mind.

[MacShadowsBall]

Start PM'ing me your predictions for Behind the Mask. This album is alittle different so here are the options....

Least Favorite Christine song - Skies the Limit; Save Me; Behind the Mask

Least Favorite Stevie song - Affairs of the Heart; Freedom; The Second Time

Least Favorite Billy song - In the Back of My Mind; Hard Feelings; When It Comes to Love

Least Favorite Collaboration - Do You Know; Love is Dangerous; When the Sun Goes Down

Least Favorite Song from Behind the Mask

[KarmaContestant]

Start PM'ing me your predictions for Behind the Mask. This album is alittle different so here are the options....

Least Favorite Christine song - Skies the Limit; Save Me; Behind the Mask

Least Favorite Stevie song - Affairs of the Heart; Freedom; The Second Time

Least Favorite Billy song - In the Back of My Mind; Hard Feelings; When It Comes to Love

Least Favorite Collaboration - Do You Know; Love is Dangerous; When the Sun Goes Down

Least Favorite Song from Behind the Mask

Stand On The Rock is missing...intentional?

[MacShadowsBall]

Stand On The Rock is missing...intentional?

"Stand on the Rock" is Rick's only song credited to him alone. His others were either duets/co-writes.

[RickRobert]

Awful Lyrics - Stand on the Rock

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - The Second Time

Should've been a hit single - Save Me!! Maybe When It Comes to Love

I like em, but nobody else does - The Second Time, Do You Know(I think?)

Much better peformed live - Er... nope

Overall least favorite - Stand on the Rock

[MacShadowsBall]

In case a few Ledgies haven't heard some of the these songs. Just click on the link and it will open up myspacemusic's playlist for Behind the Mask.

http://www.myspace.com/fleetwoodmac-45810092/music/albums/behind-the-mask-12841652

[holidayroad]

Awful Lyrics - Stand On the Rock, When the Sun Goes Down

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - Stand On the Rock, The Second Time

Should've been a hit single - Behind the Mask

I like em, but nobody else does - unsure

Much better peformed live - I really have no idea!

Overall least favorite - Between SOTR and WTSGD

[Dark Angel]

Awful Lyrics - Stand On The Rock

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - The Second Time

Should've been a hit single - Love Is Dangerous or Behind The Mask

I like em, but nobody else does - Freedom

Much better peformed live - In The Back Of My Mind

Overall least favorite - Stand On The Rock

[SteveMacD]

Awful Lyrics - Hard Feelings

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - Freedom. Though, I don't think the album necessarily suffers from his absence as a singer/songwriter/guitarist, but definitely as a producer. Greg was not a good fit.

Should've been a hit single - In The Back Of My Mind

I like em, but nobody else does - Do You Know

Much better peformed live - Stand On The Rocks

Overall least favorite - Freedom.

[MacShadowsBall]

Thought I'd continue the conversation on this thread...:cool:

... Christine had some good songs IMO just as good as her songs from Mirage/TITN. Stevie's aren't bad while Billy and Rick's songs are good, but nothing that's really "Wow"...

Part of the problem is that they played it too safe with the material. Rick had a moster that got cut called "Got No Home" while Billy had a great pop number called "Game Of Love." "Hard Feelings" and "Stand On The Rocks" would't have been my first choices.

Never heard of those songs! Rick and Billy both seemed to have alot of songs ready for the album, but were cut for one reason or another. I guess with 4 singer/songwriters on a single album not exactly alot of space for everybody. Plus it seemed they were "held down" and not allowed to "rock out" which I don't know what else a band with two guitarists are supposed to do! :laugh:

Also, IMO, Stevie kept her strongest material for her solo album, and gave the Mac filler. She should have given "Whole Lotta Trouble" to the Mac. I mean, when three people in your band are British blues legends and a fourth is an ex-Bluesbreaker, you gotta give them the blues song.

By the time TITN came around, Stevie's Mac songs were the album's lowpoints. "Whole lotta trouble" is one of my fav Stevie solo songs. I would have loved to see what the Mac would have done with that song.

[Street_Dreamer]

Awful Lyrics - The Second Time

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - None.

Should've been a hit single - When It Comes To Love

I like em, but nobody else does - The entire album, save Stevie's songs (other than Freedom)

Much better peformed live - Would have liked to see Freedom done live.

Overall least favorite - The Second Time

Matt

[chriskisn]

I like em, but nobody else does - Freedom



I rank Freedom in my top 10 best Fm songs ever

[ontheEdgeof17]

Awful Lyrics - "Stand on the Rock"

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - I would have loved his background vocals on "Skies The Limit"

Should've been a hit single - "Behind The Mask"

I like em, but nobody else does - "Affairs of the Heart" "The Second Time" "Hard Feelings"

Much better peformed live - "In The Back of My Mind"...love the merge with "The Chain"

Overall least favorite - "Stand on the Rock"

[Neal]

Awful Lyrics - "Stand On The Rock"

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - "Hard Feelings"

Should've been a hit single - "Freedom" or "Behind The Mask"

I like em, but nobody else does - "Freedom"

Much better peformed live - "In The Back Of My Mind"

Overall least favorite - "Hard Feelings" and "Stand On The Rock" I can't choose just one! :sorry:

[sjpdg]

The least favorite Fleetwood Mac song contest moves on to the Post-Rumours era with Behind the Mask.


Awful Lyrics - The Second Time, Affairs Of The Heart

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - Why?? With Rick and Billy there, there was plenty of talent to make up for Lindsey's absence. This is a lame portion of this poll.

Should've been a hit single - Save Me, Freedom, Behind The Mask, Love Is Dangerous

I like em, but nobody else does - Freedom, Do You Know, When The Sun Goes Down, When It Comes To Love, Hard Feelings

Much better peformed live - In The Back Of My Mind, that lead in to The Chain was just phenomenal!! I loved it!!

Overall least favorite - Affairs Of The Heart

[darklinensuit]

Awful Lyrics – Do You Know

Get Lindsey back ASAP! – Do You Know, Hard Feelings, Affairs of the Heart, Skies the Limit

Should've been a hit single – Freedom, When it Comes to Love

I like em, but nobody else does – Freedom, When the Sun Goes Down, When it Comes to Love

Much better performed live – In the Back of My Mind (hate it on the album, but worked well as set opener)

Overall least favorite – Do You Know

- Jake

[MacShadowsBall]

Awful Lyrics - Stand on the Rock

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - With the same songs, Lindsey's producing ability/style would have help alot, particularly in creating that one hit single.

Should've been a hit single - both Save Me and Skies the Limit are just as good Christine hit singles as Hold Me and Little Lies.

I like em, but nobody else does - Affairs of the Heart; love the vocal and the very Stevie-esqe lyrics.

Much better performed live - none of them were better live, but just as good as the album version

Overall least favorite - In the Back of My Mind; too long and too strange!

[RickRobert]

Overall least favorite - In the Back of My Mind; too long and too strange!

Cut off the trippy ending and it's hardly over-long or strange at all. Not counting the freaky-ish backing vox...

[MacShadowsBall]

Cut off the trippy ending and it's hardly over-long or strange at all. Not counting the freaky-ish backing vox...

I guess for me its more about the long intro. However, I do love the background vocals with Stevie echoing the verses and the vocal/tempo change with Christine taking lead.

[billwebster]

Somehow, I don't really dig Christine's solo songs on Behind the Mask, much opposed to her duets with Billy which I love. So sacrilegiously for most of you on the forum, my least fave would be one of those.

[Heartboy]

I think Christines songs are the best thing about this album and that's saying alot because I adore Stevie, although the Stevie bashers can cram it! :p

[sjpdg]

I rank Freedom in my top 10 best Fm songs ever

Freedom is one of my favourites on BTM and one of the ones I generally like overall as well. Good tune!!

[jeffd8382]

Awful Lyrics - "Stand On The Rock"

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - "Do You Know" .. it's really a pretty little song and I like it alright, but it probably makes me feel the absence of Lindsey the most

Should've been a hit single - "Freedom" .. always been such a catchy track for me .. loved it since I first heard it

In honor of "4th of July" here in the U.S., here is an enhanced version of "Freedom" for anyone who may have missed it (and who love the track like I do!):
http://www.mediafire.com/?xgsqny87qyl5kdd

I like em, but nobody else does - "Affairs of the Heart" .. seems a lot of people don't like this one

Much better performed live - I don't believe I've heard any of the songs performed live so "N/A"

Overall least favorite - [/QUOTE] "Hard Feelings" .. I'm tempted to add "Stand On The Rock" too, but it fares better than "Hard Feelings for me. What frustrates me about "SOTR" is that I love Rick Vito's style (as a guitarist/vocalist), but that song is very sub-par for me when compared to almost all of the other material I have heard from him.

[chiliD]

Really, for me the only "flushable" song (if it even QUALIFIES as "song") is that gooey, steaming turd called "The Second Time"...the rest of the album varies from "Great" to "Very Good".

[Villavic]

Awful Lyrics - - Not sure but I think it's The Second Time, since I almost never listen to it, so much so that sometimes I confuse it with that song that says whattamattababy.

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - Well actually I wish Lindsey had never left, but in that case this would be a completely different album.

Should've been a hit single - In the Back of my Mind, but I think the video didn't help it. Actually it ruined the song.

I like em, but nobody else does - I wouldn't say nobody, but I've read most ledgies don't like Skies. I do.

Much better peformed live - I don't know, I've seen very few videos of that era and most of them are not good quality.

Overall least favorite - Hard Feelings & Second Time are the songs I usually skip.

PS: I miss chili D, his different point of views were so interesting. So sad he is not in this world anymore.

[WalkAThinLine.]

Awful Lyrics - "Do You Know", "When it Comes to Love"

Get Lindsey back ASAP! - "Love is Dangerous", which could have been turned into another "Johnny Stew". "When the Sun Goes Down" could have also probably benefited from Lindsey's guitar work, similar to what he did with Christine's song "So Excited".

Should've been a hit single - I would not have minded if "Save Me" and "Skies the Limit" were a bit more popular. "Hard Feelings" should have at the very least received more airplay on adult contemporary radio stations.

I like em, but nobody else does - "Skies the Limit", "Affairs of the Heart", and "The Second Time".

Much better performed live - None.

Overall least favorite - "Love is Dangerous", although dishonorable mention goes to "Stand on the Rock".