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Old 05-13-2013, 04:41 PM
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Very smart thinking, elle, about youtube hits/counts!

Intriguing converstation about what are Fleetwood Mac's most iconic songs. For me its about the story and message behind the song that makes a song iconic. Also the instant recogination a song brings about to the average music listener. Songs that are still played on radio also add to a songs iconic status, meaning it passed the test of time.

Three songs that definitely are deemed iconic are Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, and Dreams. Very popular hit songs, each possessing their own story of how they came to be and the message behind the songs, also representing Christine, Lindsey, and Stevie.

After those three, it can be a great number of songs...

Albatross - Mac's only #1 hit in the UK

Black Magic Woman - Santana, anybody!

Oh Well - #2 hit in the UK, oldest Mac song still performed today

Sentimental Lady - solo version big hit for Bob Welch

Hypnotized - perhaps Bob Welch's most iconic, memorable song

Over Me Head - their first US top 40 hit, #20

Rhiannon - story behind the song, set up Stevie's "witchy" persona

Say You Love Me - top selling single, helped to send the new Mac into stardom

Landslide - Budweiser, anybody!

Songbird - sad, simple just Christine's iconic voice and piano

The Chain - how the song came to be, representing Mac's most iconic album

Silver Springs - dropped from Rumours, epic/iconic 1997 performance

Gold Dust Woman - added to Stevie's persona, covered by other artists

You Make Loving Fun - top 10 hit, incredible beat, still sounds fresh today

Tusk - Lindsey's answer to Rumours, marching band and all(I heard a local high school band play it a year back)

Sara - story behind the song that we don't really know

Gypsy - incredible production and video on the new MTV , Stevie's last big, memorable Mac song

Hold Me - top 10 hit, vocal chemistry between Christine/Lindsey, like Gypsy one of the first video's on MTV

Big Love - Lindsey's last hit Mac song, very '80s

Little Lies - another 10 hit from Christine, covered my artists today

Everywhere - recent popularity spike in Europe, the Mac's last big hit
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