Which "Mystery To Me" songs in 2013?
 

Since 2013 is the 40th anniversary of "Penguin" and "Mystery To Me", what songs from those FLEETWOOD MAC albums should FLEETWOOD MAC do in 2013?

My vote is for "Hypnotized", but with Stevie Nicks singing lead vocals. It fits her current vocal stylings to a tee.

Great topic! :thumbsup:

I would LOVE to discover "Hypnotized" and/or "Why" in their new setlist!

And you're absolutely right - Stevie should sing "Hypnotized". Lindsey almost ruined this masterpiece on stage back in the 70s.

Hypnotized or Forever, such a beautiful song.

"Why"! :blob2:

Failing that, "Hypnotized".

:D

I think they can do The City too. or Forever. But Hypnotized would be awesome!

Without the exception of Don't Stop, for which lead vocals on the original were shared with Lindsey Buckingham, I don't think Fleetwood Mac should attempt any Christine McVie songs on the 2013 Tour.

They tried this with Say You Love Me in 2009, and it fell flat. IF you can't get Chris to tour, then don't try to recreate flat versions of her songs. That being said, I LOVE the Mystery to Me album. "Why" without Chris McVie would be awkward. I could see the band doing "Hypnotized" though.

Mystery to Me is one of the great Fleetwood Mac records.

none.

why ruin perfectly good songs?

What about "Did You Ever Love Me," with Stevie Nicks on steel drum?

For real, though, I don't think Stevie would contribute a very cool lead on "Hypnotized" (and instrumentally it never gels IMO because you can't reproduce that gauzy echo-chamber ambience—it's drenched in reverb, like the studio track of "Sara"), but I think she could do a great lead vocal on "Emerald Eyes."

I love this. I actually envisioned a setlist with at least one Bob tune to honor him, and one Chris to honor her (if in fact she doesn't play a few dates).

Right away, Hypnotized stood out with Stevie on lead.

Of course, Why is most fitting to represent Chris, but I don't thinkthey can pull it off w/o her. So a good tune would be Hold Me.

also LB on Oh Well, again....but sadly, I think it's all a pipe dream :distress:

None of this will ever happen of course. Lindsey has voiced his dislike of playing Bob Welch songs and FM isn't all that adventurous these days.

However, if this were going to happen, It'd be cool to hear a hard, breakneck version of Miles Away with Stevie and Lindsey taking turns at the mic.

I agree with that except I would love for Lindsey to sing it, not Stevie.

Didn't John say that "Penguin" was one of his favourite albums, and Chris said that "Mystery To Me" is her favourite after "Rumours"

I may have totally misread Christine's comments in Mojo, but I thought she was saying Rumours was her third favourite album and Mystery was her first...

It's a nice wish but I don't see Fleetwood Mac playing a previous lineup song (I mean songs before 1975). Oh Well was played in the past by Lindsey, I think at Mick's request, but he said Lindsey didn't like to play old FM songs. There has been already anniversaries of Then Play On and other old albums and there has not been any tribute to them (except when Rick Vito was in the band)

Whenever I go read youtube comments (I know, why ever read youtube comments) of videos where Lindsey/Stevie sing on pre-75 Mac songs there are so many people expressing basically that they should just not mess with those songs. OTOH you have fans like the ones in these kinds of threads that would love to see the songs again for the sake of love of those songs. Guess it's a rock and a hard place thing. Too bad really.

Agreed... Hypnotized is in a Lindsey-friendly singing key, not a Stevie-friendly one. Stevie could provide some great gauzy background vocals, though. While I normally disagree with any Fleetwood Mac member covering a past member's songs on stage, I think in this case it would be a nice nod to the dearly departed Bob Welch.

No, she placed Rumours first. I went to look, for the wording. She said that MTM was a distinct third place. Rumours was first and then the white album.

Michele

Hypnotized, Did You Ever Love Me and Emerald Eyes are all inspired choices. I definitely would prefer a Stevie lead on these if they were attempted.

Oddly enough, I suspect she likes those three best for the same reason: The band saw significant gains in their popularity with those records.

I was daydreaming that she had sentimental, loving reasons for liking those three the best. Then, you had to be the pragmatist:distress:.

Michele

I loved the way he sang it back in the day(1975).

I loved all their renditions of the old songs. If it weren't for Stevie and Lindsey singing them I would have never had the desire to hear the originals.

I like them too, but then I tend to appreciate covers and don't constantly compare them to the originals. It's a flattering testament to the song at the least.