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Originally Posted by bethelblues
***Tango in the Night songs don't make the cut, since I don't think they are as iconic as these, really pervading pop culture. Remember, this isn't about best songs but most iconic. Again, Stevie was really the person who most facilitated that. Tango songs aren't performed besides Big Love, and there really is no call by fans demanding for them, saying aw shucks I want Little Lies.
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But not being performed live isn't necessarily indicative of how "iconic" a song is, is it? Sara wasn't performed live very often for a long while, too. I think Little Lies is a song that'd be very difficult to get right in a live context. Also, Christine McVie hasn't been in the band for 16 years which is largely why we don't hear those. So that leaves Big Love. Little Lies and Everywhere are songs that I hear very frequently on the radio, and
everybody seems to recognize them and respond with enthusiasm. Sounds iconic to me. But that may vary with your geographic location, as well.
I promise, if I was going by "best" instead of "most iconic", my list would've been quite different.
ETA: Ulpian, you beat me to it!
And yes, I'm not sure how Oh Well and Albatross can be treated as one song. That seems an odd choice on Rolling Stone's part.