Wish You Were Here

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Originally Posted by vivfox

I'm always curious to know what song it was that hooked you in to Fleetwood Mac as a new fan?

Sitting in my dorm room in the mid-70s listening to my roommate's Fleetwood Mac albums (the five Bob Welch era albums) there were two songs that leaped out at me as extraordinary bits of music, that "hooked" me.

Those two songs were "Homeward Bound" and "Why."

"Homeward Bound" because I was a strong feminist (still am) and loved piano music (still do), and I was just blown away by this incredible piano music being played by a woman in an accessible, toe-tapping pop song with a beat you could dance to and lyrics you could relate to. (Not some esoteric jazz or blues recording.)

"Why" for obvious reasons ... because it's such a moving and beautiful piece of music, with that incredible lead vocal and extraordinary harmonies, and an extraordinarily simple yet universal lyric. And I was also a big fan of psychedelic music (particularly Jefferson Airplane) and I really dug the psych elements of the song (the somewhat meandering intro).