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Originally Posted by cliffdweller
Anyway, as far as the topic at hand, I think the studio version of Rhiannon is fantastic
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It is fantastic. It's one of the great seminal studio tracks by the then-new Fleetwood Mac. It's a beautiful conception that is executed perfectly.
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I don't get the milquetoast responses to it.
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People don't know a good performance when they hear one. Although, luckily, the radio audience did back then because the song was a big radio hit. Kind of ironic that today's typical Machead doesn't appreciate its qualities -- qualities that radio audiences appreciated back in 1976.
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I think the F.M. Live album version IS the best, but the studio version is just magic imo.
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Remember that the "Live" recording was from April 1977, not the Tusk Tour.
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Stevie has never sounded sexier, more mysterious or more ethereal in any other studio recording she has ever done.
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Excellent point. But that's not the only reason to be in love with the track. Listen to what the band is doing, too. It's extraordinary.