Non-Album Survivor Rounds 4-5

[face of glass]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

And, for the record, although Lindsey Buckingham is a guitarist at heart, he has shown us the singer/songwriter side of him on more than just a few occasions. In fact, he seems to show this side on at least one song from every album he's released, both solo and with the band. The first and probably one of the best of which was Buckingham Nicks' "Without A Leg to Stand On."

When I referred to Lindsey Buckingham's singer-songwriter side, I was mainly thinking of albums like Plastic Ono Band and Blood On The Tracks, both albums that are considered the cream of the genre (and isn't POB considered to be one of those albums that initiated the whole wave of singer-songwriters? Not to mention Dylan's influence on the genre as a whole.) Both are very intimate albums where the singer's voices are close to the listener during the fragile moments. To me the only pieces in Lindsey's catalogue that remind me of such moments are "Save Me A Place", "Street Of Dreams" and "Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind". Although yes, something like "What Makes You Think You're The One" isn't far off from the harrowing screams of "Well Well Well" (but then I don't think either is necessarily a singer-songwriter piece anyway).

I'm also interested in which you think are Lindsey's singer-songwriter pieces on Law And Order and Go Insane, or Mirage and Tango In The Night for that matter. From OOTC onwards I can understand your statement, due to the increasing introspectiveness in his lyrics, but as for the earlier work I'm having difficulties with it. Personally I could call "Without A Leg To Stand On" a piece of Californian pop-rock, I do not see what makes it particularly singer-songwriterish.