NOMINATIONS: Favorite Song
 

Yeah these will probably be the hardest for everybody, but we all new that this day would come...:nod:

After agonizing forever. I HAD to go with The Chain. It's not my fav Mac song, but out of those it is.

Mick

So far, we got a bunch of one-vote songs, but The Chain is in the lead with 4 votes

Now, sit tight and tomorrow, I'll post some of my favorite vids from the 3 songs currently in the lead

Why :thumbsup:

Why. Absolutely no contest.

Not much love for Lindsey in this poll, huh?

I'm going to sit tight a bit before casting my vote. :)

i feel your pain ;)

it will probably be even more funny looking at the end of this round... with epic songs like Black Magic Woman and Oh Well competing... Hypnotized not half bad either... and the chosen songs will probably be The Chain and two out of three Stevie songs currently offered:shrug:. Or just all 3 Stevie's songs (none of which are too my taste:sorry:).

Now that I slept on it, The Chain is in the lead with 7 votes (I didn't see that coming :laugh:), with Sara and Why tied with 3 votes each. Everyone else has either 2, 1, or nada.

I still don't understand how In the Back of My Mind won the post-Rumours. I feel like the Bekka, Billy, Dave, Stevie, Christine winners weren't part of hte poll. Am I crazy??!! Did I miss something?!

I voted Gypsy. I think the top 3 (of those remaining) should be Rhiannon, The Chain, Gypsy.

How ironic, that's been my prediction the whole time. Those 3 always seem to nail the most number of votes each, and something tells me The Chain is gonna win the whole thing

Favorite Billy song: In the Back of My Mind
Favorite from BTM: Save Me
Favorite From Time: Nights In Estoril

These three were then the Finalists for Post Rumours songs. Bekka's and Dave's songs were included in the Time battle which Nights In Estoril won.

Oh jeeze, this was hard. I kind of just clicked on Gypsy without thinking, went for the gut instinct. Kind of wish I'd gone for 'Oh Well' now, or 'The Chain' but that will probably win the round anyway!

The only song that matters....




OH WELL!

It's funny, my prediction about The Chain (7 votes), Rhiannon (5 votes), and Gypsy (5 votes too) being in the lead is coming true. Why has 4 votes so far and the others have 3 or less

I went for Rhiannon. It's the song that got me into the band, and therefore, it'll always mean that little extra something special for me.

I was just looking over the nominees and noticed the variety of styles these songs represent. There really is something for everybody here and with Fleetwood Mac's song catalogue in general. :)

don't know about that, a lot missing from this list :distress:

Rhiannon and The China have been neck-and-neck, with The Chain just getting ahead with 8 votes to Rhiannon's 7

That's true. Lindsey doesn't have song, but Peter has 2. Heck even Bob Welch and Billy Burnette managed to have a song in the top 9!

And the fact that "Why" has made it so far, where as Christine's other songs have failed is freakin' awesome!:D

A little surprised about Rhiannon. Didn't really do that well in the Favorite Stevie rounds...:shrug:

....why? :/ ;)

For what it's worth, here's how I would have voted if we could have picked our favourites on this list in our order of preference. (Not to be taken as a criticism of the poll or its maker!! :-))

Oh Well
Black Magic Woman
The Chain
Why
In The Back Of My Mind
Hypnotized
Gypsy
Rhiannon
Sara

And that you so much MacShadowsBall for doing all these polls. It has been really cool to see all the discussion and how the voting has gone. Excellent work!!!!

Not much has changed, but Rhiannon (9 votes) and The Chain (10 votes) are neck-and-neck, and Gypsy is starting to catch up with 7 votes. Next up is Why with 5 votes, and everyone else has 4 or less. And Hypnotized and In the Back of My Mind have zilch so far!

Compared to the other rounds, this one was actually pretty easy for me: the Chain.
I think it might turn some people off that it's too "obvious." And yes, I've probably heard it a few too many times. But it's still a favorite of mine, and on a symbolic level, it does seem the perfect choice to represent the band.

I appreciate that a lot! It has been interesting and I myself have learned quite a few things about the Mac's songs from this experience. :cool:

OK so now The Chain is in the lead with 13 votes, Rhiannon is second with 10, and Gypsy is in third with 7. And, strange as it may sound, Black Magic Woman, Hypnotized, and In the Back of My Mind all still have a big fat goose egg

We still have one more day before nominations close. :nod:

I was noticing that "The Chain" is the only song from Rumours that made to these nominations. When I started this I assumed the Rumours album songs would do very well. Not sure if I was right or wrong? :shrug:

More people need to vote!!! I know people are busy, but this is far fewer votes than the last round had!!

yeah the Rumours era nominations had 62 votes and I think one of the other nominations had like 70 something votes!

Nominations Update
 

With the choices listed, I selected The Chain. The best song from the best era listed. Lotsa great songs to choose from though, I wish FM would play a bit more older tunes on occasion. I know they play Oh Well which is an awesome song, but Hypnotized is a good one among others to add.

Yeah, I'm glad they play Oh Well in concerts again.

Hypnotized is a great song, it's a shame it has zero votes here. But if you look at 1975 concert versions on youtube, Lindsey didn't do it nearly the justice it deserves:distress:... although maybe now when he's older and has a completely different voice, he might do it better.

Nominations close in 1 hour. I voted for my favorite, Gypsy. :)

i can't vote, but I would've gone with The Chain

Nominations Results
 

And here are the results...

The Chain - 16 nominations
Rhiannon - 11 nominations
Gypsy - 10 nominations
Oh Well - 5 nominations
Sara - 5 nominations
Why - 4 nominations
Black Magic Woman - 0 nominations
Hypnotized - 0 nominations
In the Back of My Mind - 0 nominations

The Chain, Rhiannon, and Gypsy are moving on to the Favorite Song Finals. :angel:

Oh Well, Sara, Why, Black Magic Woman, Hypnotized, In the Back of My Mind are all out of the battle of the songs. :sorry:

Check back Monday evening for the Finals in the Battle of the Songs.

I had originally thought that Silver Springs was gonna win the whole thing (I found a poll on the Penguin from a few years ago that had it winning by a landslide, no pun intended :lol:). Now, once the poll got underway, I had a feeling one of those 3 would win it.

i originally thought it was going to be go your own way (i still think it should be, but:laugh:)...

I had afeeling it was gonna be Go Your Own Way too. In fact, it came fifth on this poll from 2000 and yes, I know it's was done when i was in the 4th grade, but when i found it, I initially thought this poll could serve as a basis for this contest.

EDIT: i realized 2 things: this poll was done 3 years after The Dance, so the Silver Springs from it could still be strong in fans' minds. And the fact that it was done when i was in the 4th grade, and considering I'm a college junior now, kinda says something about how old it is :lol: