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Originally Posted by Christopher
Plus Lindsey's songs which also get notable airplay still:
"Never Going Back Again"
"Monday Morning"
"Second Hand News"
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Do these songs get notable airplay?? On Classic Rock stations? I'm hesitant to call Monday Morning a hit, or a 'perceived hit.'
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Originally Posted by michelej1
The thing is, you don't have to try to recreate her vocals on YMLF. Just cover the song and interpret it your way and you still have the really nice guitar in it, which would be Lindsey's original contribution. I think they could make that work better than SYLM, if they'd wanted.
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I hear you! I'd like them to give such a treatment to Little Lies.
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Originally Posted by Christopher
Christine did not have album cuts that became legendary, popular or heavily played as these 3 Stevie & 3 Lindsey album tracks. So essentially imo Stevie is tied with Christine for having as many popular or "hit" songs.
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This. Well-said. And to be frank, because Stevie created a stage persona and was more visible than Christine and Lindsey, her songs have become the most iconic of all the band's work. As I said in an earlier post, I think Rhiannon is one of the Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac's most important songs. Stevie gave the group instant rock cred, first seen through that song, not Christine who gave the band's it's pop sound and not Lindsey who still remains criminally underrated as a rock guitarist.
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Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber
Stevie has talent in songwriting, but she also does not play an instrument beyond a very basic level. She needs help in bringing her songs to fruition. She even brought in a song written by an outside writer when it came time for Tango. Why do that for such a supremely talented songwriter who is better than the other songwriters in the band? In fact, I skip her own songs on Tango because they just aren't good, and even her Mirage don't do anything for me, "Gypsy" aside. I love her songs on the first three albums though.
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Not being a virtuoso musician in my eyes does not take away from Stevie's songwriting ability. Without her songs, the band would probably not have seen the same success. And it took a while for the band to realize that and for Stevie to have more power within the group. Had Silver Springs been written later on, it would have never been cut from the album. They needed an iconic frontwoman. I see your point on Tango in the Night, but the only writer who really brought their A game for that album was Christine. And as much as I enjoy her output and musicianship, most of those Tango songs haven't been played since 1990. In my opinion, Stevie has written the group's most iconic songs, those most unique and singular of Fleetwood Mac's output. That doesn't mean, however, that they are necessarily my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs...but it does make sense with the recent Rolling Stone poll how Stevie's songs dominated.