New Fleetwood Mac tribute album to be released September 14

[Christopher]

NPR's All Songs Considered is streaming Best Coasts cover of "Rhiannon"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/20...?sc=tw&cc=twmp

"Best Coast covers Fleetwood Mac's 1975 smash "Rhiannon" on a forthcoming tribute album — a task which clearly requires quite a bit of reverence, to the point where singer Bethany Cosentino even channels Stevie Nicks' warbling rasp. And, while the song's familiar guitar line is replaced with a dramatically simplified piano melody, the result captures the melancholic yearning of "Rhiannon" — its mystical side, its understanding of unattainable love — without losing the beach-bound giddiness of Best Coast's simple, shiny sound. (Which should come as no surprise: Few albums this year mix shininess with melancholy quite like Best Coast's The Only Place.)

Best Coast's "Rhiannon" cover will appear on Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, out August 14. The New Pornographers' version of "Think About Me" is already kicking around, while other album participants include Antony Hegarty, MGMT, Marianne Faithfull, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, St. Vincent, Lykke Li, The Kills and many others."

[nailatixela]

You can take a listen to Oh Well, Rhiannon, and Think About Me.

http://www.justtellmethatyouwantme.com/

Think About ME sounds awesome!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Christopher

"...And, while the song's familiar guitar line is replaced with a dramatically simplified piano melody...."

Ummmm...I guess they meant "just like the song was original written".

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ummmm...I guess they meant "just like the song was original written".

Yes, the song was written on piano, but that's not how the song was originally written... the chord progression in the Best Coast version is totally different.


Not to mention that their cover is the most horrible thing I have ever laid ears on and I wish I had never clicked play. So many questions: namely, WHY.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Not to mention that their cover is the most horrible thing I have ever laid ears on and I wish I had never clicked play. So many questions: namely, WHY.

It is bad ..but to be fair Stevie Nicks originals are very difficult to cover .For the most part La Nicks herself is the only one that can make them really work.A testament to her originality.

[britt0308]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

It is bad ..but to be fair Stevie Nicks originals are very difficult to cover .For the most part La Nicks herself is the only one that can make them really work.A testament to her originality.

^THIS. I agree 100%.

Here's a soundcloud link for all 4 songs now officially available. On my way to work they had also released Landslide & Future Games, but have since updated and removed them when I just went to post the link!

http://soundcloud.com/concordmusicgr...t-you-want-me/

Giving major props to Silver Springs..WAY better than the live post I found last week. Stays true to the original yet makes it sound 'modern' if that's even accurate. I don't know but I'm digging it!!

Rhiannon..not so much but then again what would we be satisfied with?!

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by britt0308

^THIS. I agree 100%.

Here's a soundcloud link for all 4 songs now officially available. On my way to work they had also released Landslide & Future Games, but have since updated and removed them when I just went to post the link!

http://soundcloud.com/concordmusicgr...t-you-want-me/

Giving major props to Silver Springs..WAY better than the live post I found last week. Stays true to the original yet makes it sound 'modern' if that's even accurate. I don't know but I'm digging it!!

Rhiannon..not so much but then again what would we be satisfied with?!

Really, I think SS blows hard!

[Artemis]

I really like Silver Springs by Lykke Li, Rhiannon by Best Coast is something of a disappointment though, but there are no words to describe how much I like the New Pornographers cover of Think About Me, I've had it blasting in my car all week.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by britt0308

^THIS. I agree 100%.

Here's a soundcloud link for all 4 songs now officially available. On my way to work they had also released Landslide & Future Games, but have since updated and removed them when I just went to post the link!

http://soundcloud.com/concordmusicgr...t-you-want-me/

Giving major props to Silver Springs..WAY better than the live post I found last week. Stays true to the original yet makes it sound 'modern' if that's even accurate. I don't know but I'm digging it!!

Rhiannon..not so much but then again what would we be satisfied with?!

Thanks for the Link!

"Silver Springs" is incredible! It has a very Phil Spector "wall of sound" quality. And I love the melancholic sonic quality -- beautiful and haunting --without trying to imitate the yearned for angst of Stevie's performance.

"Think About Me" has really grown on me! And Billy Gibbons & Co. successfully turned "Oh Well" into a swampy lizard dirge with TEETH!

Now, I have to say the first time I listened to Beast Coasts "Rhiannon" I was appalled & turned away in disgust. Upon 2nd & 3rd listen, it has some charm, but ultimately, to me they reduced it to a nursery rhyme, 1st grade attempt devoid of any feeling or maturity.

[michelej1]

Comments on Hegarty's rendition
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/2012/07...rty-landslide/

July 2, 2012

In which Antony makes hitting the bittersweet mark on “Landslide” seem easy with a solid rendition of Stevie Nicks’ great breakup tune. Had a feeling this would be a standout from the new Fleetwood Mac
covers set, and it did not disappoint. Hegarty keeps things understated with light, fingerpicked guitar faithful to the original and his fragile-as-glass voice. “Well, I’ve been afraid of changing, ’cause I built my life around you.” That’s still one of the best overt yet completely moving lyrics ever in my book. Hear his cover above (via Noisey).

http://www.prefixmag.com/media/anton...c-cover/66856/

Despite all their other hits, Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" is very arguably the band's finest moment, a Stevie Nicks-led lament with beautiful finger-picked guitar. And for his contribution to the 16-track Fleetwood tribute JustTell Me That You Want Me, out August 14, Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons took the 1975 track for a spin. Overall, Antony's is very much similar to the original, save for his familiar, androgynous tone that's hard not to get carried off with.

http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHe...wood_mac_cover

By Josiah Hughes

As we learned last month, a large group of indie artists have teamed up to cover Fleetwood Mac on a new compilation called Just Tell Me That You Want Me. We've already heard contributions from the New Pornographers and Lykke Li, and now Antony Hegarty's contribution is available to stream.

Taking on the 1975 classic "Landslide," Hegarty sounds a lot like himself, pushing out his haunting and unique vocals atop some gently picked guitars. It's straightforward, but it works like a charm.

[UndoingTheLaces]

Originally Posted by Christopher

NPR's All Songs Considered is streaming Best Coasts cover of "Rhiannon"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/20...?sc=tw&cc=twmp

"Best Coast covers Fleetwood Mac's 1975 smash "Rhiannon" on a forthcoming tribute album — a task which clearly requires quite a bit of reverence, to the point where singer Bethany Cosentino even channels Stevie Nicks' warbling rasp. And, while the song's familiar guitar line is replaced with a dramatically simplified piano melody, the result captures the melancholic yearning of "Rhiannon" — its mystical side, its understanding of unattainable love — without losing the beach-bound giddiness of Best Coast's simple, shiny sound. (Which should come as no surprise: Few albums this year mix shininess with melancholy quite like Best Coast's The Only Place.)

Best Coast's "Rhiannon" cover will appear on Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, out August 14. The New Pornographers' version of "Think About Me" is already kicking around, while other album participants include Antony Hegarty, MGMT, Marianne Faithfull, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, St. Vincent, Lykke Li, The Kills and many others."

I like this a lot but I'm surprised on the few covers of Rhiannon I've heard over the years that nobody seems to venture into the uncharted territory of the live versions or the piano demo. It would be really cool to hear a punk band do it in the style of the Buckingham Nicks live performances. Or maybe a goth band start out with the piano demo and move into the wild ferocity of the Rosebud live version. There's so many great versions to be inspired by but when the let it fade at "dreams unwind" it always makes me wish there was more.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

I like this a lot but I'm surprised on the few covers of Rhiannon I've heard over the years that nobody seems to venture into the uncharted territory of the live versions or the piano demo. It would be really cool to hear a punk band do it in the style of the Buckingham Nicks live performances. Or maybe a goth band start out with the piano demo and move into the wild ferocity of the Rosebud live version. There's so many great versions to be inspired by but when the let it fade at "dreams unwind" it always makes me wish there was more.

Obviously I'm completely insignificant, but the few times I've played Rhiannon at coffee houses and such I've done it acoustically but I went the whole way through, down to every last "all the same" lmao.

[tothegypsy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxnF...layer_embedded

I love Antony, and this version is quite nice, but I'm surprised how faithful he was to Stevie's rendition.

[Bryan]

The more tracks I hear from this "tribute" album the more of a travesty it appears to be. YIKES. Just a load of the trendiest "cool" artists trying to say heyy dudes FM was a total inspiration to us.I bet ya half 'em never listened to an entire Mac album in their lives

[shackin'up]

This tribute is one of the coolest things FM could hope for. It's real impressive list of indie artists from today and long ago. I'm totally psyched about Gibbons deconstruction of Oh Well, brilliant, The New Pornographers captured the soul of Think About Me in an impressive way, so did Lykke Li, and I'm touched by Antony's Landslide. But who's not touched by Antony and the Johnsons. MGMT really freaks out ( I love that!). I'm looking forward to hear Tame Impala, who I like very much just as Bonnie Prince Billy and my old heroes Ranaldo from Sonic Youth and J. Mascis from Dinosuar Jr.

This is a very deep bow to FM's history, all their innovative era's are represented, by a string of very influencial indie-acts. This is what I call a tribute.