Better Choices For LIB CD?
 

(Ugh. My second time posting this. I keep getting bumped off. :rolleyes: )

Sorry if someone has posted this topic before, but I'm disappointed in many of the selections for the CD.

Of the songs on the DVD, which would you include on the CD? Remember, only 10 songs, 5 from Stevie & 5 from Lindsey. No Sara or IKINW (they're not on the DVD).

For me, I don't need another Landslide, Silver Springs, or Big Love so soon after The Dance when there are only 10 songs to be had, though I do like the new versions. On the other hand, IMO this Rhiannon is much better than 1997's. And I'm surprised that Beautiful Child was left off; as proud as Stevie supposedly is of it, I'm sorry she didn't fight (or fight harder?) to include it. It's not like it would have been a big risk.

My picks:

Eyes Of The World
Stand Back
Come
Beautiful Child
Second Hand News
Gypsy
Tusk
Rhiannon
Never Going Back Again
Goodbye Baby

- Jake

My picks, in the perfect running order:

Eyes of the World
Gypsy
Beautiful Child
What's The World Coming To
Come
Rhiannon
Never Going Back Again
Gold Dust Woman
Goodbye Baby
Say Goodbye

Well, folks, fear not.

Releasing the CD with mostly songs that had already been released in other CDs was not an accident by any stretch. This was of course geared to making the highest possible profit off this material.

Rest assured that at least some of other Live in Boston tracks will be released commercially in a way to maximize profits.

Already, four more songs -- Say You Will, Gold Dust Woman, Never Going Back, and Don't Stop -- are available for download from iTunes as an EP. You may buy the songs individually for 99 cents apiece or as an EP for $3.96. The EP is titled Selections from Live in Boston, Vol. 1. Presumably there would be a Vol. 2 and perhaps more. I don't know if the exclusive arrangement with iTunes covers only a limited time, but I wouldn't be surprised to see this stuff show up in CD form in stores at some point.

So, you see, you may get your wish of having all these songs in audio format mixed professionally. You'll just have to keep paying for them.

Or you can just be happy with the decent downloads that someone made available a few weeks ago.

:laugh: Fleetwood Mac never fails to do exactly what I expect them to. :laugh:

I downloaded all the songs and burned them onto a couple CDs, I don't need to buy 'em. Surely the band and the record company knew people would rip the tracks from the DVD before buying them separately.

I downloaded them all and burned them but they sounded terrible when I tried to play them. Did anyone else have this problem?

My choices....
 

Eyes of the World
Rhiannon
Come
Beautiful Child
Say Goodbye
Gold Dust Woman
What's the World Coming To
Stand Back
Never Going Back Again
Goodbye Baby

Here ya go, in no particular order:

Eyes of the World
Come
Never Goin Back Again
Second Hand News
Say Goodbye
Stand Back
Beautiful Child
Gold Dust Woman
Rhiannon
Goodbye Baby

Terrible? Hmm... Mine sound OK. I cleaned up most of the ones I downloaded with my editing software though. Overally, the sound is pretty muddy, especially on the songs with a lot of instrumentation. But things like Say Goodbye and Never Going Back Again sound great.

Even the official released CD sounds muddy. It's just the way the live sound was built.

I did have a worse problem than that one - when I play the mp3s on my computer the sound is... adequate at best. When I play them on an external mp3 player, they are all speeded up so you actually hear Alvin & The Chipmunks' take on "Dreams", duetting with a sick cat or something. I really don't know what happened. :rolleyes:

I can see Say Goodbye which was better live, but I really did not enjoy the live WTWCT.

- Jake

My picks...
 

The Chain
Eyes Of The World
Gypsy
I'm So Afraid
Dreams
Go Your Own Way
Gold Dust Woman
Come
Stand Back
Don't Stop

That's alright because I think Say You Will the song blows chunks live. Incredibly dull, flat, and monotonal. :nod:

Um. Can I slap you? :rolleyes: I think it's adorable live. Stevie has an absolute ball performing the song during the show with all of her little hand motions and I have to say, I enjoy doin' em with her. I like the song live. Pfft. :p

Jake, I like your picks. I thought you didn't like Come??

:lol: Don't slap me, I might enjoy it too much, Marissa. :p

The hand gestures are cute for what they are, but the song is just uninspired and boring. She sings it way too low, it sounds like she's talking instead of singing.

And who's idea was it to drag out the song by singing the chorus over and and over and over and over and over after the guitar solo? At least repeat a verse or something. :rolleyes:


-Curtis