'75 Fleetwood Mac: Non-Hits - Round 2

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

I try not to put out too much of my opinion when I run these contests, with that said, I hope Stevie doesn't win every single album with a whole bunch of her songs in the finals.

I agree 100%.

I know it's just my opinion, but I don't get it. Crystal was a great standout track on Buckingham Nicks. On this Fleetwood Mac album? Not so much...I mean there's a good reason it wasn't a concert staple. Snooze....

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I agree 100%.

I know it's just my opinion, but I don't get it. Crystal was a great standout track on Buckingham Nicks. On this Fleetwood Mac album? Not so much...I mean there's a good reason it wasn't a concert staple. Snooze....

I feel completely the opposite. I thought it was boring on the B/N album.. (which I love that album). But it just didn't have the emotional expression that the McVie's and Fleetwood give it.

When LB is singing "to the sea" I felt the keys were the waves of the ocean.. going in and out... mind you I was very young when I heard both versions...

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I feel completely the opposite. I thought it was boring on the B/N album.. (which I love that album). But it just didn't have the emotional expression that the McVie's and Fleetwood give it.

I guess I wasn't clear. What I meant was the song isn't performed live because it's a bore. Beautiful in both incarnations, yes, but utterly boring - and I'm a guy who loves sappy ballads.

On the whole BN album, Crystal is one of the better tracks, both lyrically and quality of performance. On the whole FM/FM album, Crystal is not one of the better tracks. Not that it's not good on it's own - it's just not one of the best overall. My opinion of course, but that's what I was trying to convery in my earlier post.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by vivfox

The Ledge is dominated by SN fans. Without us there would be no Ledge. But I picked Monday Morning not because I like it better than Crystal but because that is a song I would listen to first when I listen to the white album.

True the Ledge has a lot of Stevie Nicks fans. I'm not really a Stevie Nicks fan nor am I a fan of Lindsey, Christine, Mick, John, Peter, Bob B, Jeremy, Danny, Bob Welch, Dave W., Bob Weston, Billy, Rick, Dave M, or Bekka - I am a fan of the group known as Fleetwood Mac.

Originally Posted by elle

exactly why i don't like to participate in polls where songs from different songwriters are pitted against each other. the polls turn into who is the most popular songwriter among people who are registered members of the ledge - and we already know the answer to that.

I definitely agree, but I do want people to vote and to vote for which song they geniunely like, whether that be Stevie's FM songs, Lindsey, or Christine's.

Originally Posted by elle

so why not do a poll of different SN songs in SN forum to find the most popular of her solo songs (and i guess her mac songs in Rumours forum?), different LB songs in LB forum (we are planning to do that soon , we might do his mac songs in this forum), and CV solo songs in CV forum / her mac songs here? might get a bit more interesting and diverse results.

EDIT: of course, when MSB put a version of the option i describe above for a vote, it didn't win, so

You answered your own post there elle!!

On Stevie's forum they ran a Stevie song contest comprising her FM songs and her solo songs and came up with a list of their favorite Stevie songs.

Sounds like you borrowed one of my options to do for Lindsey's FM/solo songs? That's cool.

[bangdrum]

I'm a Lindsey fan first and foremost, but I still voted for Crystal. I'm not crazy about World Turning and I wouldn't pick Monday Morning as the best song on the album either. FM Crystal is so much better than BN Crystal, so it got my vote.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I guess I wasn't clear. What I meant was the song isn't performed live because it's a bore. Beautiful in both incarnations, yes, but utterly boring - and I'm a guy who loves sappy ballads.

On the whole BN album, Crystal is one of the better tracks, both lyrically and quality of performance. On the whole FM/FM album, Crystal is not one of the better tracks. Not that it's not good on it's own - it's just not one of the best overall. My opinion of course, but that's what I was trying to convery in my earlier post.

I do understand completely what you mean this time. I'll have to go back and listen to it from that perspective.