Fleetwood Mac Sound Alike Songs

Musicman408 · #1 05-16-2009, 10:44 PM

I know we briefly mentioned a couple of songs that shared deep similarities to Mac songs- but I couldn't remember or find them- so I was thinking we could all post them here to keep them organized.

I remember there was one that sounded like Say You Will, and another one that was a Sting song.

Anyway, I'd appreciate it- and we can also post any others that we know of!!!

Much Love,
Ethan

Nico · #2 05-17-2009, 12:00 AM

The song Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley sounds like something off of Rumours. I'd say Dreams. Even lyrically, it could fit.

I guess the connection has already been stated about Paul McCartney's song Vintage Clothes sounding somewhat similar (in the intro) as Say You Love Me. (Psst: that's about all it has in common because VC is just a really crappy song, unfortunately).

LukeA · #3 05-17-2009, 12:06 AM

Stevie should have sucked it up and recorded "These Dreams" (later recorded by Heart) so she could have her solo #1/"Bette Davis Eyes" moment.

aleuzzi · #4 05-17-2009, 12:36 AM

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Stevie should have sucked it up and recorded "These Dreams" (later recorded by Heart) so she could have her solo #1/"Bette Davis Eyes" moment.

I don't think Stevie would've scored a #1 hit with that song. Her voice is so different from Nancy Wilson's, whose smooth, unremarkable voice was perfectly suited to the soft-rock focus of that song.

LukeA · #5 05-17-2009, 12:48 AM

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I don't think Stevie would've scored a #1 hit with that song. Her voice is so different from Nancy Wilson's, whose smooth, unremarkable voice was perfectly suited to the soft-rock focus of that song.

Stevie singing "every second of the night/I live another life" (with her rough RAL voice) would have become just as synonymous with the 80's as Michael Jackson "cause this is thriller/thriller night", Police (Sting) "how my poor heart aches/with every step you take", or anything similar you care to compare.

This song goes #1 for Stevie for a minimum six weeks in 1985. The lyrics were written for Stevie (which is most likely why she declined the song- too close to her own style)- and would have been a massive hit. You cannot convince me otherwise

LiamMcConville · #6 05-17-2009, 02:59 AM

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Stevie singing "every second of the night/I live another life" (with her rough RAL voice) would have become just as synonymous with the 80's as Michael Jackson "cause this is thriller/thriller night", Police (Sting) "how my poor heart aches/with every step you take", or anything similar you care to compare.

This song goes #1 for Stevie for a minimum six weeks in 1985. The lyrics were written for Stevie (which is most likely why she declined the song- too close to her own style)- and would have been a massive hit. You cannot convince me otherwise

"If I Were You" could've been Stevie's "These Dreams." Should have been lead single.

Sanne2 · #7 05-17-2009, 06:38 AM

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"If I Were You" could've been Stevie's "These Dreams." Should have been lead single.

I agree, "If I Were You" is my favourite RAL-track, And besides, I never got all the hoopla over "These Dreams", it's just a very bland and mediocre song to me

Peestie · #8 05-18-2009, 11:44 AM

Illume sounds like New York by Richard Ashcroft. I think that's come up a few times.

DigYourGrave · #9 05-18-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nico

The song Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley sounds like something off of Rumours. I'd say Dreams. Even lyrically, it could fit.

I guess the connection has already been stated about Paul McCartney's song Vintage Clothes sounding somewhat similar (in the intro) as Say You Love Me. (Psst: that's about all it has in common because VC is just a really crappy song, unfortunately).

Rilo Kiley-What Fleetwood Mac would have been like if there was no Lindsey, and Stevie was allowed rule the damn roost.. She seems to be heavily influenced by Stevie. I always thought it.

Livia · #10 05-18-2009, 05:54 PM

Didn't SPIN magazine dub Rilo Kiley the new FM on their cover?

There are a ton of popular indie artists out there who are constantly compared to Fleetwood Mac (not as a whole, but a song or two):

Midlake
Fleet Foxes
Bat for Lashes
The Decemberists

Have you heard M Ward's new album? It's very Tusk-ish. "Never Had Nobody Like You" is getting lots of airplay here, the fuzzy guitar sounds alone are very Lindsey-ish.

I've always thought the rhythm/bass line of Iron & Wine's "Boy With a Coin" sounds like Illume.

goldustsongbird · #11 05-19-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nico

The song Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley sounds like something off of Rumours. I'd say Dreams. Even lyrically, it could fit.

It does a little. The guitar actually reminds me of Rhiannon.

Musicman408 · #12 05-19-2009, 07:48 PM

Do you all remember the song that sounded like Say You Will?

Sugar · #13 05-19-2009, 08:18 PM

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Do you all remember the song that sounded like Say You Will?

C'mon People by Richard Ashcroft.

And I think the Sting song you're referring to is actually the Police song "Bring on The Night" that has an uncanny similarity to Edge of Seventeen.

trackaghost · #14 05-20-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Nico

The song Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley sounds like something off of Rumours. I'd say Dreams. Even lyrically, it could fit.

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Originally Posted by DigYourGrave

Rilo Kiley-What Fleetwood Mac would have been like if there was no Lindsey, and Stevie was allowed rule the damn roost.. She seems to be heavily influenced by Stevie. I always thought it.

It's funny you both say this because on the whole I don't think Rilo Kiley sound much like FM EXCEPT for the song Dreamworld, which isn't sung by Jenny but Blake. I think the guitar and vocal harmonies sound like something from Tango In The Night.
I think the "new FM" tag Spin gave them was due more to the whole Jenny-Blake romance/break-up than the actual music myself.

But the song Roscoe by Midlake has a real Rhiannon-vibe about it and there's a few Ladyhawke songs that sound very Stevie-in-the-mid-80s, particularly Back Of The Van.

Peestie · #15 05-20-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Have you heard M Ward's new album? It's very Tusk-ish. "Never Had Nobody Like You" is getting lots of airplay here, the fuzzy guitar sounds alone are very Lindsey-ish.

I've always thought the rhythm/bass line of Iron & Wine's "Boy With a Coin" sounds like Illume.

I'm going to have to check out that M Ward album now

I get what you mean about Boy With a Coin. They're built around similar chords which might be one reason, but I think there's a similar sort of swing and vibe to both songs as well.