Mirage: Favorite Non-Hits

[MacShadowsBall]

Enough worrying about what's gonna happen to the Ledge and lets get started voting for your favorite non-hits from Mirage!

Vote for 2 songs as your favorite non-hits from Mirage.

Poll closes in 4 days.

[bluefox4000]

Well nothing on this album really does ANYTHING for me except Eyes of the World.....so that's it.

Mick

[CADreaming]

I chose Can't Go Back and That's Alright. Can't Go Back is just a really neat song. I love the "brightness" in the guitar - phonics maybe? Is that the word I'm looking for? Anyway, I love that sound. And the lyrics, "a face as soft as a tear in a clown's eye". That's just a great line. And, of course, I love That's Alright - BN throwback. It's not as great as the demo but the change in Stevie's voice sort of makes it (or her) sound a little harsher than in the demo. But, I love this song no matter the version. It's a foot tapping country song and it's catchy. Love the harmonies as usual.

I really do love Eyes of the World, but I prefer the live version over the recorded version. Thanks to whoever pointed out to me in the LB section a while back that EOTW is indeed "Stephanie". Really cool to finally hear that.

[tilthefirefades]

Ugh, another poll that I can't choose. Love them all so much, and really That's Alright is probably my favorite. But even Empire State sounds incredibly brilliant to me at times.

[vivfox]

Straight Back and That's Alright. Not because it's Stevie but these are the 2 songs I'd listen to first, probably.

[KarmaContestant]

Empire State & That's Alright are my favorites on this album, and really the only tracks I listen to other than Gypsy and Hold Me.

Yeah, so what, I like Empire State.

[windbecame]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Straight Back and That's Alright. Not because it's Stevie but these are the 2 songs I'd listen to first, probably.

me too!!

[MacShadowsBall]

My two votes go to Wish You Were Here and Straight Back. When I make a FM favorite playlist, both of the songs are on it.

[PenguinHead]

I love Mirage as a whole, warts and all.

The release of Mirage was a big deal at the time. and the press deemed it as the "reunion" of Fleetwood Mac, since it had been almost three years since their last album! How times (and expectations) have changed!

I wasn't crazy about Lindsey's retro-style songs at the time, but they've really grown on me over the years. I'm not ashamed to say I like Empire State! The line "Big Apple, taking a bite of me" is very witty.

[AliceLover]

BLECH! I can't believe how many votes there are for 'That's Alright' and 'Straight Back.' Those two can go in the 'Street Angel' bucket for me. Lindseys songs on this album are highly underrated. I have huge admiration for 'Eyes of the World,' Can't Go Back,' and 'Book of Love.'

[bangdrum]

I can't believe Straight Back has almost twice as many votes as Eyes Of The World!

I think I'm the only person who's not entirely crazy about Can't Go Back.

I don't remember if I posted what my votes were... I went for Eyes and Wish You Were Here.

I do love almost all of Mirage though.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

BLECH! I can't believe how many votes there are for 'That's Alright' and 'Straight Back.' Those two can go in the 'Street Angel' bucket for me.

Originally Posted by bangdrum

I can't believe Straight Back has almost twice as many votes as Eyes Of The World!

Stevie's songs are doing really well in this contest. However, her downfall is coming up in a week or so, Tango in the Night.

[elle]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

Stevie's songs are doing really well in this contest. However, her downfall is coming up in a week or so, Tango in the Night.

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by elle

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

We could declare When I See You Again and Welcome to the Room, Sara as "hits" then they wouldn't be in the poll.

I'm really rooting for Christine for TITN, esp Isn't It Midnight.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by elle

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

The ironic thing is, people who are primarily Stevie fans are far more likely to vote for one of Lindsey's or Christine's songs in these polls, than CM fans & LB fans are to vote for a Stevie song (take a glance at who chose what, in the above results).

I guess the cream just always rises to the top. (Sorry, I couldn't resist teasing after the "however crappy" zing. )