Songs that Should have Made the cut...
 

Hey all,

I came across a demo of Juliet done with Fleetwood Mac for Tango In the Night. Of Course, Juliet eventually made it on The Other Side of the Mirror, but I think it would have made a cool FM song!

So what songs out there, demo or otherwise, should have made the cut on a Fleetwood Mac album, but didn't.

Thoughts?

MikeBangle

'Silver Springs', of course....but THE DANCE wouldn't have been THE DANCE if SS was "well-known"....kinda glad it was left off


"Smile At You" off Mirage


...That's all for me at the moment...I like most of the albums as is.



-Curtis

I agree, Juliet could have been a good choice. Another song would be Joan Of Arc - that should've been on Tango In The Night as well, in my opinion.

That demo of Juliet is unbearable. She sounds terrible.

I always thought If You Were My Love should've made it onto Mirage, the Mac version of it rocks.

Julia and Gold and Braid should've been on Bella Donna in place of Think About It and After the Glitter Fades.

Down On Rodeo should've been on SYW instead of Bleed To Love Her.

Anything could've taken the place of Sweet Girl on The Dance.

I agree completely witht those 3, but I'll expand on the Bella Donna one. Gold and Braid replaces ATGF but Blue Lamp replaces Think About It which should've been on Rumours 4 years earlier knocking IDWTK off the map completely.

Agreed. Would have been an awesome opener to the second side.



-Curtis

That's foremost on my list, too.

Also:

Bella Donna

• "Gold & Braid" instead of "The Highwayman"

• "Insider" instead of "Stop Dragging My Heart Around"

The Wild Heart

• "Destiny" instead of "Gate & Garden"

• "Sleeping Angel" instead of "Nothing Ever Changes"

• "Garbo" instead of "Enchanted"

Rock a Little

• "Lady from the Mountain" instead of "I Sing for the Things"

• "Jimmy Come On Back" instead of "No Spoken Word"

The Other Side of the Mirror

• "The Crystal" instead of "Whole Lotta Trouble"

• "Dial the Number" instead of "I Still Miss Someone"

• "Tragedy of One's Own Soul" instead of "Doing the Best That I Can"

Mirage

• "Smile at You" instead of "Straight Back"

Oh most definitely... this would've been an awesome addition to the album. They should put it on the Mirage reissue... should that ever be released. :laugh:

The other day I was going to post a thread about subbing LFTM for I Sing For The Things. Freaky.

But I disagree on Tragedy Of One's Own Soul. I much prefer Doing The Best That I Can. And No Spoken Word is terrific, as is The Highwayman.
And I would sub Garbo for Beauty And The Beast. Sue me.
If Sleeping Angel bumps anything, it should be I Will Run To You.

And I'd sub She Still Loves Him for Some Become Strangers or even HAEWAFY. Sorry.


I think Think About It from the remastered is great and would have done well on a Mac album, along with Planets.

But it works both ways. The Mac benefited from the BD leftover Gypsy.

- Jake

The version on Enchanted is better, IMO.

- Jake

I like the Dance version better than that one because she has some powerful vocals on it, especially at the end, but overall the song is pretty blah.

Man you guys know your stuff! :nod:

I think Twist of Fate would be a great FM song, with Christine and Stevie singing the chorus. This would have been a "perfect" song for a Christine guest spot on SYW, maybe replacing Bleed to Love Her. I love BTLH, but we already had a nice version of that on The Dance.

I do have to qualify this by saying I do NOT want Lindsey's solo work taken over by FM; I just think Twist of Fate is a very FM-y kind of song.

This could take a while :) so I'll limit myself to the FM albums:

On Rumours:
-"Silver Springs" instead of "Oh Daddy"

On Mirage:
- "If You Were My Love" instead of "Straight Back"
- "Smile At You" instead of "Oh Diane"
- "Goodbye Angel" instead of the horrific "Empire State"
- Any half-finished leftover demo/idea (yes maybe even "Teen Beat") instead of "Only Over You" :sorry: Ahem. Why not "Blue Monday"?

On Tango:
"Down Endless Street" instead of "Family Man"

On Behind The Mask:
- "Intuition" instead of "Stand On The Rock"
- "Victim Of Love" instead of "Do You Know"
- "Got No Home" instead of "When The Sun Goes Down"

On Say You Will:
"Down On Rodeo" instead of "What's The World Coming To"
"Space Needle" (among so many others) instead of "Silver Girl"

Mmmm, good one. Only I'd put it in place of Say You Will to make the dark feel of the album is more consistent.