trying to convert my mother to Fleetwood Mac
 

My mother asked me to put something in her old I-pod because she's not much of a technologist and my sister choose ****ty modern songs for her, so among all her other favourite artists (Queen, Elton John, David Bowie) I put a Fleetwood Mac playlist for beginners:

01 Second hand news
02 Dreams (from the official video)
03 Landslide
04 Say you love me
05 Go your own way
06 You make loving fun
07 The chain
08 Silver springs
09 Blue letter
10 Brown eyes
11 Rhiannon (from the Midnight Special)

Have you had similar experiences? What would you put on a list for beginners? and if my experiment is successful what would be best to put on her I-pod the next time?

I was thinking about making some sort of "Tusk for beginners" list.

"Tusk for beginners" is easy. It's:

"Over & Over"
"Sara"
"Think About Me"
"Save Me a Place"
"Storms"
"Angel"
"Honey Hi"
"Beautiful Child"
"Tusk"
"Never Forget"

45 Extended Play...
 

The Green Manalishi
I'm So Afraid (live)
Rhiannon
Sisters Of The Moon

No filler there. You'd get the impression
that Fleetwood Mac was a serious Rock group.

My mom enjoyed Stevie's 2005 tour with Don Henley when I invited her to come with me..She also liked FM too.

I had a hard time getting my Mum to sit down and listen to things at first. She already was familiar with the greater hits, I believe. Anyway, at some point, obviously something clicked for her (I think it might have been the solo material, IIRC), because now she reads here and seems to 'like' every second post on various Lindsey Facebook communities, lol.

:wavey:

Yeah, I was thinking about something like this but without ballads because she listens to it when she's doing house-cores or gardening or something else active so she prefers a mostly upbeat playlist.
Mostly I don't know what Lindsey's tusk songs would she appreciate because she doesn't like excessive quirkiness.

These actually are all the main tracks of my favourites playlist.
Instead my lovely mother, even if she is definitely a rocker, doesn't enjoy too heavy rock music, as you can see from her favourite artists Queen, Elton John, David Bowie. She likes anything that is catchy but with substance, from international pop-rock to italian classic folk singer-songwriters. One of the most long-lived fights between my parents is the debate between the Beatles (preferred by my mother) and the Rolling Stones (preferred by my father).

Its hard to convert anyone to a music group. But its a fun thread so I give it a try. I would download the amazing harmonies of the Mac and some of their pop hits. Tusk is not a beginner album IMHO. That is pure fan appreciation to understand the genius of that record. Once you are a fan then you really appreciate it. My beginner list is:

Love in Store
Gypsy
Tango in the Night
Isn't It Midnight
Think About Me
Rhiannon
Go your own way

Mmmm I could try to put some Don Henley-Stevie action. Mother doesn't disdain Eagles. She could maybe enjoy the tunes they sang together both for Bella Donna and the 2005 tour.

Both of my parents have never heard of Fleetwood Mac, here they aren't really a thing but I think they could sit well among their tastes. Father would enjoy very much the raspy and powerful tone of Stevie's voice.

Yeah, I thought about that too. Mother would be very much a Mirage type.
However I managed to convert both my sister and my bestfriend to my favourite movies, tv series and music so I won't stop. I'm a disturbing and pervasive little thing...
Again true, but it does have its listenable moments, it certainly isn't Pink Floyd, it's another kind of experimentation. Then again, Mother sometimes enjoyed Peter Gabriel. I think Tusk as a song could be fun for her.

Beginners (I tried to include songs from all five albums and represent the three songwriters fairly equally)-

Rhiannon
Landslide (even if your Mom doesn't like ballads, you have to have this one on here)
World Turning
The Chain
GYOW
YMLF
Dreams
Tusk
IKINW
SOTM
Hold Me
Gypsy
Little Lies


Tusk beginner-

Tusk
IKINW
Storms (another must ballad)
SOTM
Angel
Think About Me
Brown Eyes
Over and Over (Live version)
WMYTYTO
Sara

Yeah right, thanks. I haven't thought about What makes you think you're the one but it's perfect.

It's not that she doesn't like ballads, in fact she loves power-ballads, but she she's an active type and likes to listen to songs that accompany her in her activities (you wouldn't listen to Songbird while running for example).
That being said, she doesn't like too sad songs. For example she wouldn't like Songbird much but she could like Brown Eyes.

A Dad-Music Introductory Play List:

The Chain
Go Your Own Way
Big Love
Tano In The Night
Oh Well
Need Your Love So Bad
Trinity
Rhiannon
Isn't It Midnight
Man Of The World
Tusk
I'm So Afraid
Sisters Of The Moon
The Green Manalishi
Sad Angel
Station Man


A Mum-Music Introductory Play List

Show Me A Smile
Book Of Love
As Long As You Follow
Landslide
Hold Me
Dreams
Everywhere
Sentimental Lady
Gypsy
Oh Diane
Storms
Everywhere
Silver Springs
Do You Know
Say You Will
Dont Stop

VERY interesting!
Can I ask about your thinking process behind the DAD and the MOM lists?