Songs to win my friends over

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I have two friends who are huge music fans, mostly of guitar music; blues and lot of obscure, esoteric stuff.

Then get her stuff with Fleetwood Mac on there... People that tend to dislike Stevie will warm up to Fleetwood Mac a bit quicker. You can slip in some Mac tunes like "The Chain" from The Dance? Has some very cool Stevie vocalizing as well as Buckingham's killer guitar.

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by Angel69

How could I forget Fireflies!!!

Took the words out of my mouth. A killer classic.

[darklinensuit]

The one song that has won over many of my music-snob friends over the years in "Nightbird". Really shows off her voice without her having to belt, & it's catchy without being too poppy.

- Jake

[Allycattt]

Forest of the Black Roses! And China Doll. Her voice just sounds soo gorgeous on those two tracks(:

[jellyman10]

Really wish you good luck with this! If they truly 'can't stand' her voice, then I think you're on a hiding to nothing. However, if they're just a bit so-so about it, or they're just following the popular cant that she 'sounds like a goat' and it's cool to not like her, then maybe they can open their ears long enough to find something they like.

I'd play anyone the studio cut of 'Gold Dust Woman'. And if that didn't make them admit she's got the goods, I'd show them the footage of her doing it on the Rumours tour in Japan, where she's like a magnificent, imperial bouffant Jim Morrison.

Loz

[PenguinHead]

Thanks for everyone's responses and suggestions. I will change my list only slightly because of some comments (and will include Everybody Loves You). Moonlight is off the list for being a bit too Stevie.

Perhaps I misstated my objective. I'm not actually trying to convert my friends to become fans of Stevie, but gain a respect for her talent, and overcome the perception that her voice is unlistenable.

I went off the beaten path for several reasons. Most of her singles with and without Fleetwood Mac are mostly well-known songs Everyone in the world has heard them!
I wasn't looking to compile a comprehensive hits/classics list, but offer songs my friends have never heard before.

That's why I exlcuded her Fleetwood Mac songs and solo singles. Songs like Sisters of the Moon or Edge of Seventeen were excluded because they are too...airy fairy. My friends won't ever dig the airy fairy image and lyrics that Stevie leans to, so I mostly chose songs that were a little more straight forward.

Thanks again for your help. I'll you know next week how my friends responded.