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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr
WTWCT is a horrible way to start the album. It's such a dud.
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WTWCT is a horrible sounding song, it hurts my ears on so many levels.
i'm always impressed with the musical diversity of FM fans, and i think that's maybe the most clearly expressed when discussing SYW: SYW has several different styles that are a part of FM all put up against one another -
- your more classical Rumours-era sounding songs (the ones that most people argue should have been the only songs on that album such as SYHA, Thrown Down and BTLH),
- typical LB later style songs, and
- typical Stevie later style songs.
so people who like FM Rumours era sound are selecting and arguing a certain set of songs were the only songs that should have been on the album. people who are mainly fans of Stevie like stuff like Illume and her other songs on SYW. Christine fans cannot even listen to SYW, they miss the smooth FM glue that she is. and Lindsey fans like me adore Lindsey songs on SYW.
i became Lindsey fan that i am after hearing bootleg GOS. i still think that was probably his strongest set of songs, interesting both musically and lyrically. so i adore SYW as an album because of those Lindsey songs. and because the sound of those songs is redefining Fleetwood Mac as evolving and musically viable and fresh band, while still true to themselves.
that said, i do have to admit that as an album, SYW has no coherence and makes no sense. i tried and tried, but besides severely disliking WTWCT and Say Goodbye, i cannot make it through most Stevie songs on there. her sound just grates on me. (same as when she comes in on WTWCT - i attempted to give that song a chance, but once she comes in, that just makes it completely unlistenable for me and i have to turn it off).
and of course, i am forever unhappy that original GOS didn't come out as intended. a few of those songs sprinkled on SYW confuse many of middle-of-the-road FM fans, while make fans like me annoyed that there are not enough of them and that they are interspersed with other songs that don't belong. i am forever grateful that at least bootleg GOS exists so i can listen to those songs in order and enjoy them - complete bliss.
the whole coherent GOS would have had a different audience all together, especially if it was pushed out in 1998. if Lindsey had the business acumen to push it through right after the Dance, instead of sitting on it, listening to what WB bras were telling him, and waiting for Stevie to come back to FM from capitalizing on the FM fame rebirths after The Dance reunion. business-wise she was always savvy and smart one, he was always the exact opposite.