Mick Fleetwood wants the LB/SN rift to heal

[HomerMcvie]

The B sides weren't the singles/hits. (Normally)

Is there an echo in here?:woohoo:

[Villavic]

The B sides weren't the singles/hits. (Normally)

I agree. I just have that memory of that record that I wanted to share.

However, there were probably some exceptions or side Bs that became singles after their release? I remember I bought the Donna Summer single "Spring Affair" in 1977. Side B was "Winter Melody" and I loved that song too. It soon became popular in local radios. I read it reached #43 in the US but can't find info about the release details. Was a formal single (separated from Spring Affair) or was a side B too?

[Macfan4life]

I agree. I just have that memory of that record that I wanted to share.

However, there were probably some exceptions or side Bs that became singles after their release? I remember I bought the Donna Summer single "Spring Affair" in 1977. Side B was "Winter Melody" and I loved that song too. It soon became popular in local radios. I read it reached #43 in the US but can't find info about the release details. Was a formal single (separated from Spring Affair) or was a side B too?
Gold Dust Woman was never an official single but its probably one of the most played songs by the Mac on classic rock stations today. Its really crazy because some of the Rolling Stones most played songs you think were released as singles but they never were. Gimmie Shelter was never released as a single. Hard to believe, right? However that shows how good an album is when some of the most played songs were not official singles. I love the stories of B sides becoming hits over what was intended to be a single. For example, one of the biggest disco hits of the 70s "I will survive" was a B side to a song that never quite became a huge hit. Some DJ in New York started playing the B side and it became one of the biggest disco hits.

[Villavic]

For example, one of the biggest disco hits of the 70s "I will survive" was a B side to a song that never quite became a huge hit. Some DJ in New York started playing the B side and it became one of the biggest disco hits.

Oh I didn't know that. I bought it too, 1978. But I can't remember if it was a side B of Subsitute (just read it). I don't remember if it was in the same record, I don't even remember that song. :laugh:

[sue]

Is there an echo in here?:woohoo:

Just dropping off…(to sleep)…kind of..
I almost spit my ginger nut out, laughing….

[HomerMcvie]

Just dropping off…(to sleep)…kind of..
I almost spit my ginger nut out, laughing….

Well I'm just going to leave "ginger nut" laying right here, untouched. :lol:

BTW, whatever happened to Louie Golden, that used to be a mod here?

[SteveMacD]

Well I'm just going to leave "ginger nut" laying right here, untouched. :lol:


Story of my life.

[louielouie2000]

Well I'm just going to leave "ginger nut" laying right here, untouched. :lol:

BTW, whatever happened to Louie Golden, that used to be a mod here?

I love that “ginger nut” made you think of me :laugh: . I’m still around but just lurk because there hasn’t been anything new to say in years. I've pretty much stopped listening to FM music as well. There’s just nothing to care about anymore with Christine’s death and Lindsey’s ejection.

[HomerMcvie]

I love that “ginger nut” made you think of me :laugh: . I’m still around but just lurk because there hasn’t been anything new to say in years. I've pretty much stopped listening to FM music as well. There’s just nothing to care about anymore with Christine’s death and Lindsey’s ejection.

It's good to see you're still around.

Agreed. We're all just kind of hanging around at the wake, after the funeral.

Seven quarters.

[jbrownsjr]

Is there an echo in here?:woohoo:

Yes, Close your legs.

[HomerMcvie]

Yes, Close your legs.

Not even a pinky.

Do you still keep that 2x4 in your trunk?

[FuzzyPlum]

But what defines a hit? Talk to me peakest position was #4. Rooms on fire reached #16, and If Anyone Falls #14. I like those 3 songs but my favorite is IAF.

Statistically a hit would be a song that reaches the top ten? IAF wouldn't be a hit in that case, but it is to me, and since she included it in her compilations, and in setlists, it is to Stevie too.

In her last "best songs" compilation, Crystal Visions: The Very Best (I don't count boxsets cause they are not necessarily a GH collection), the list of songs are


1. Edge Of Seventeen
2. I Can't Wait
3. Sorcerer
4. If Anyone Falls
5. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)
6. Silver Springs
7. Dreams (with Deep Dish)
8. Rhiannon (Live)
9. Rooms On Fire
10. Talk To Me
11. Landslide (with The Melbourne Symphony) [Live]
12. Stand Back
13. Planets Of The Universe
14. Rock And Roll (Live)
15. Leather And Lace (Stevie Nicks & Don Henley)
16. Edge Of Seventeen (with The Melbourne Symphony) [Live]

IMO I wouldn't include Sorcerer and R&R as "hits", among others. In fact I agree she has not had a real hit this millennium. If we consider hits as songs within the general top 100, there were 14, all of them from the last century.

https://www.billboard.com/artist/stevie-nicks/chart-history/hsi/

I’d say what constitutes a hit has evolved over the years. Originally it referred to hit singles; songs that performed well on the singles chart. No clear definition but I’ve always considered anything in the top 40 to be a hit. I think we’ve learnt through FM and solo over that past 30 years or so that reaching the top 40 is a good/difficult achievement.

Also to consider….songs can be popular and perform well outside the US market and thus be hits.

I wouldn’t consider ‘best of’ collections to necessarily be full of hit songs. Though the term has probably evolved to cover songs that are in the public consciousness, irrespective of their chart placing or whether they were even released as singles. Thus; landslide, the chain etc.