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07-08-2009, 08:21 PM
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FAVORITE Fleetwood Mac songs?
There's been enough negative energy circulating around here in the thread about the few songs by Fleetwood Mac that we hate. We're all here because we adore this band, so I want to hear about the songs you love. Explain what it is you like about the song: the musical merit, a strong identification with the words, or possibly a good experience that you correlate with the specific song(s) you consider your favorite(s).
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07-08-2009, 09:36 PM
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'Monday Morning', from the FM album. When Stevie comes in with her harmony the hair on my arms stands up. She was so sweet, and the song conjures up so many nice memories for me in 1975 when I was just a wee tyke. I love it just as much from the 'FM Live' album, except that we were hearing a much different Stevie there, right? Instead of this bubbly, California girl, she sounded shrouded, mysterious and low....
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07-08-2009, 09:37 PM
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Sara is my absolute favourite. It is how I discovered the band, and after that, the song was there for me in every crisis/problem/sad day/etc I've been through. It always manages to come through for me in a completely different way each time. That's the great thing about Stevie's lyrics...different things to different people at different times. I think the production of it is amazing...especially if you listen through a really good pair of headphones. The dream harmony vocals...
So yeah...that's my fav Honorable mention goes to Gypsy, for almost the same reasons. It reminds me of my sister.
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07-08-2009, 10:02 PM
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I can't pick just one.....
Storms Gypsy Thrown Down Bleed to Love Her
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07-08-2009, 10:05 PM
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Go Your Own Way is both my favorite song, and my favorite Fleetwood Mac song, funny how that works. I know it's not very original, but I didn't grow up with a big Fleetwood Mac influence in the house, my parents are not fans at all, and when I finally heard Rumours and GYOW and really what I had been missing out on, it was like the first cut. The deepest one of all; this is a dream right? Haaa, ew. Anyway, it made an impression. Plus I wanted to throw my panties at that guitar solo.
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07-08-2009, 10:33 PM
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I'm So Afraid
Greatest song ever written, IMO.  I'm listening to the Dance version of the song right now and nothing compares to ISA. When I listen to it I'm in...another world. I believe Lindsey says more in that solo than anyone could say in words. I've seen him play it live lots of times and I never fail to be moved by it. My other favorites are too many to mention but ISA is just a cut above all for me. Red Rover runs an extremely close second though.
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07-08-2009, 11:04 PM
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Angel!!!!
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07-08-2009, 11:10 PM
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The Chain
Dreams Go Your Own Way I'm So Afraid Gypsy Hold Me Sara Rhiannon Blue Letter Oh Well Silver Springs Thrown Down Bleed to Love Her Little Lies
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07-08-2009, 11:44 PM
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07-09-2009, 02:10 AM
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Oh I just realized that I haven't said mine! It's really, really difficult for me to narrow mine down, but if I absolutely had to, I would say my favorite is...
Rhiannon: I feel really, REALLY cliche saying that, so for a long time I kinda denied my love for the song. When people ask me why I admire Stevie Nicks as much as I do, I want to play this song for them-- not because it is the absolute best music or writing I've ever heard, but because Stevie is, in my eyes, the earthly Rhiannon-- the one with the flaws and occaisonally a lack of subtlety. The song made me realize what attributes I want to aquire for myself, and then I further began to see them in the writer  . I just LOVE the idea of being "taken by the sky," of being comparable to the mundane things in life ("cat in the dark") but being exquisitely distinct despite of that-- BECAUSE of that ("the darkness"). To rule one's life ("like a fine skylark") even when all the guiding light is gone and you're ruling unrecognizable terrain (starless sky)-- even when that terrain is inside of you. "Dreams unwind, love's a state of mind"... perfect. A close second by... Crystal: As a writer myself, I love seeing Stevie write as a poet before a songwriter. I don't think she does that much anymore (albeit "Illume", maybe, which I don't like as a song but I LOVE the imagery). "Crystal" is the prime example of Stevie's ability to make relatively common images blend in a way they haven't before. The lyrics make no sense, but they make total sense if you FEEL them, not analyze them. Plus, the last minute of the song is musically awe-inspiring. It revives my soul everytime I hear it. The Chain: In the context of the band, it COMPLETELY blows my mind away every time I listen. Silver Springs: The first Fleetwood Mac song I ever really really loved. I heard it when I was five years old . I used to sing it in the car with my mom since she played The Dance nonstop for all of 1997. The slightly crazy bitch aura of the ending lines ("time cast a spell on you...") is so honest. I remember realizing (yes, at 5) the unbelievably sense of raw truth behind those words. I see The Dance performance as Stevie's "turning over a new leaf" experience with Lindsey-- as if she was finally admitting to him that they would always have something phenomenal and there will always be that pent up resentment, but now that the air is cleared for good, they could move on. Beautiful Child: Need I say anything? Obviously the song is gorgeous. I first heard it while I was in the throes of growing up WAY too fast, so the timing and subject matter has stuck to my bones forever. Sisters of the Moon: Kinda along the same lines as why I love "Rhiannon". I apologize for how long this is.... hahaha
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07-10-2009, 08:46 AM
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I feel the exact same way
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07-11-2009, 12:06 AM
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Hands down, Silver Springs. No other song can touch it.
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07-11-2009, 04:49 AM
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That's Alright
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07-09-2009, 10:13 AM
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I love every single song very, very much but if I have to pick just a few (it's quite impossible but however...) it'll probably be Beautiful Child, Landslide, Dreams, Rhiannon, The Chain, I'm so afraid and all the other Fleetwood Mac songs, haha! But those are the once I got those chilss when I hear them...And everytime Stevie's harmony comes into a song I get those same chills. Her voice is magical!!!
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07-09-2009, 10:28 AM
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Favorite Fleetwood Mac songs...
Oh Well (done by anybody except Lindsey or Kenny Wayne Shepard) and...well, it's just easier (and MANY less keystrokes) to list the Fleetwood Mac songs I don't like: When You Say (I'm A) Roadrunner Not That Funny (studio version....live version is cool) Oh Diane Welcome To The Room...Sara No Questions Asked Stand On The Rock (Sorry, Rick! "Got No Home" should've been on the album instead) The Second Time Eight songs out of the entire 40 year Fleetwood Mac catalogue...that's a pretty good percentage of "Favorite Songs".
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