Five Songs Fleetwood Mac Covered

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by michelej1

3. “Farmer’s Daughter” by the Beach Boys

By the time a reconstituted, L.A.-based Mac found fame in the ‘70s with frontcouple Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, blues influences had receded into the background. As this clip shows, the world-beating version of the band drew more inspiration from the warm, breezy West coast pop perfection of Beach Boys tunes like this harmony-heavy nugget originally found on Brian Wilson and company’s Surfin’ USA album
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I just listened for the first time the BB version of FD. Since I knew Beach Boys just released an album few weeks ago, I started to listen to the new songs, and looking for oldies I didn't get yet. Then I recalled to look for Farmer's Daughter.

I like the Fleetwood Mac version far more. I remember also years ago somebody posted a live (1997) version of FM, and the harmonies really sucked. However it didn't sound that bad when I saw them that year in NYC. It sounded like this, not so bad: