Mirage: Favorite Non-Hits

[Aussie W/Heart]

I love Straight Back, & i think it could of easily been a hit if given the chance on radio at that time. I also went with That's Alright

[Artemis]

That's Alright and Straight Back, although Eyes of the World veeeeery nearly beat Straight Back. The rest of them, apart from Empire State, are just.... blech.

[MacShadowsBall]

My two votes go to Wish You Were Here and Straight Back. When I make a FM favorite playlist, both of the songs are on it.

[PenguinHead]

I love Mirage as a whole, warts and all.

The release of Mirage was a big deal at the time. and the press deemed it as the "reunion" of Fleetwood Mac, since it had been almost three years since their last album! How times (and expectations) have changed!

I wasn't crazy about Lindsey's retro-style songs at the time, but they've really grown on me over the years. I'm not ashamed to say I like Empire State! The line "Big Apple, taking a bite of me" is very witty.

[AliceLover]

BLECH! I can't believe how many votes there are for 'That's Alright' and 'Straight Back.' Those two can go in the 'Street Angel' bucket for me. Lindseys songs on this album are highly underrated. I have huge admiration for 'Eyes of the World,' Can't Go Back,' and 'Book of Love.'

[bangdrum]

I can't believe Straight Back has almost twice as many votes as Eyes Of The World!

I think I'm the only person who's not entirely crazy about Can't Go Back.

I don't remember if I posted what my votes were... I went for Eyes and Wish You Were Here.

I do love almost all of Mirage though.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

BLECH! I can't believe how many votes there are for 'That's Alright' and 'Straight Back.' Those two can go in the 'Street Angel' bucket for me.

Originally Posted by bangdrum

I can't believe Straight Back has almost twice as many votes as Eyes Of The World!

Stevie's songs are doing really well in this contest. However, her downfall is coming up in a week or so, Tango in the Night.

[elle]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

Stevie's songs are doing really well in this contest. However, her downfall is coming up in a week or so, Tango in the Night.

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by elle

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

We could declare When I See You Again and Welcome to the Room, Sara as "hits" then they wouldn't be in the poll.

I'm really rooting for Christine for TITN, esp Isn't It Midnight.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by elle

you know better than that! if there's at least one SN song in the poll, however crappy it may be, it will win!

The ironic thing is, people who are primarily Stevie fans are far more likely to vote for one of Lindsey's or Christine's songs in these polls, than CM fans & LB fans are to vote for a Stevie song (take a glance at who chose what, in the above results).

I guess the cream just always rises to the top. (Sorry, I couldn't resist teasing after the "however crappy" zing. )

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

We could declare When I See You Again and Welcome to the Room, Sara as "hits" then they wouldn't be in the poll.

You don't have to worry -- those two songs always get slaughtered, come voting time. "When I See You Again" is actually one of my all-time favorite songs, and I know it has a snowball's chance in hell of ever making it past round one (or, as Sheldon Cooper says, "a Snowball's chance in a CAT scanner"), but it's still always fun to watch how the voting plays out.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

You don't have to worry -- those two songs always get slaughtered, come voting time. "When I See You Again" is actually one of my all-time favorite songs, and I know it has a snowball's chance in hell of ever making it past round one (or, as Sheldon Cooper says, "a Snowball's chance in a CAT scanner"), but it's still always fun to watch how the voting plays out.

if it's only SN song in the poll, i wouldn't bet on it not winning - and i would be pleasantly surprised if it doesn't happen.

again, look at the overall breakout of the voters:

Christine McVie 18
Lindsey Buckingham 26
Stevie Nicks 64

in this current poll, you have one stellar/fun song (EOTW), one song that many FM fans seem to claim is great (BOL), one highly hated song (OD), one song that SN fans seem to love a lot (That's Alright), and then the rest of the songs should probably get about equal split (yeah i'm biased but still c'mon)... and which two songs are in overwhelming lead?

EDIT: that said, people are supposed to vote for their favorite songs, and if they strongly prefer one of the songwriters, it makes sense that they are voting for that person's songs.

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

The ironic thing is, people who are primarily Stevie fans are far more likely to vote for one of Lindsey's or Christine's songs in these polls, than CM fans & LB fans are to vote for a Stevie song (take a glance at who chose what, in the above results).

Yes, for all the heat Chiffonheads have to take for their zealous devotion, there are "Anti-Chiffons" who are just as determined to beat her down no matter what.

Originally Posted by elle

in this current poll, you have one stellar/fun song (EOTW), one song that many FM fans seem to claim is great (BOL), one highly hated song (OD), one song that SN fans seem to love a lot (That's Alright), and then the rest of the songs should probably get about equal split (yeah i'm biased but still c'mon)... and which two songs are in overwhelming lead?

And maybe this is an example of what I mean? Favorites are subjective and votes are personal. How can you declare one song to be stellar, as if that's fact for all of us? Personally, I think EOTW is great live but nothing special on record. I also didn't know BOL was so well liked. I know lots of people think LB, and even moreso CM, are weak on Mirage, so there is no reason Stevie doesn't deserve a win here. I probably wouldn't take you task for this if I thought Stevie had a chance in hell of winning Tango. She won't, and there won't be any reason to declare "voter fraud."

[MacShadowsBall]

Yeah, I want people to vote for their favorite and not be afraid to. We're just discussing trends and such!

One thing I do is look back on my corresponding polls in 2010 fav song contest and last years least fav song contest. For example in 2010, Christine won favorite song from Tango in the Night, Little Lies. As far as Mirage is concerned, Stevie killed it in 2010 with Gypsy while Lindsey won least favorite Mirage song last year.

FYI, just click on my profile and view my threads then you can sort them from back to 2010.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I guess the cream just always rises to the top. (Sorry, I couldn't resist teasing after the "however crappy" zing. )

no problem! as long as we are having fun while discussing songs and not trading personal attacks on each other, i'm all for having disagreements (obviously!). it makes for more interesting discussion.

as i said before:

Originally Posted by elle

people are supposed to vote for their favorite songs, and if they strongly prefer one of the songwriters, it makes sense that they are voting for that person's songs.

- since we have many more people who prefer one songwriter over the other two combined, the result will almost always be skewed. that's why i told MSB before he started this round of polling that i'll try to stay out (obviously not very successfully so far ) - pitting songwriters against each other just takes the fun out for me. and i've heard the same from several other people.