list songs you love from your non-fave FM songwriters

[redbird]

Christine's 80's songs are the categorical lesser for me, but I can't say that Christine is a disliked songwriter at all, nor even least favorite. Because I love her 70's stuff consistently and don't even know how I'd began to compare to the different ethos of the later era.

So if 80's Christine McVie is my least favorite songwriter then a song that I love by 80's Christine McVie is "Little "Lies".

[elle]

Originally Posted by redbird

Christine's 80's songs are the categorical lesser for me, but I can't say that Christine is a disliked songwriter at all, nor even least favorite. Because I love her 70's stuff consistently and don't even know how I'd began to compare to the different ethos of the later era.

So if 80's Christine McVie is my least favorite songwriter then a song that I love by 80's Christine McVie is "Little "Lies".

so you would say you are primarily an FM fan (since you seem to imply you love SN's and LB's FM songs equally, as well as CM's 70s songs), not a fan of a particular songwriter who draws you into liking FM as a whole?

[redbird]

Originally Posted by elle

so you would say you are primarily an FM fan (since you seem to imply you love SN's and LB's FM songs equally, as well as CM's 70s songs), not a fan of a particular songwriter who draws you into liking FM as a whole?

I came to Fleetwood Mac from whatever was on the radio, and whatever was on the radio was a whole lot of Rumours and the white album and the hits from later on, plus some solo Stevie stuff. Because of that, I know more of Stevie on her own than the others, but I might like the others' solo stuff as much/more if I explored them more. Right now I'm spending my time marinating in the Welch era, because I didn't know it at all before. Solo Lindsey, solo Christine, Chicken Shack era Christine, that's going to have to wait.

It might be that I'll find that I have a songwriter that I prefer over the others, but I don't really know that right now (and I'm not really in a rush; it'll come to me when it comes, if it comes). I do have a special attachment to Stevie because she writes and talks about things I can relate to as a woman, like many of her devotees I appreciate her vulnerable/steely dichotomy and while I've never been in rock'n'roll, she has always been notable as a girly girl in a man's world, she was aggressive but also very feminine ("airy fairy", etc) unlike Christine who could be one of the guys. In my own way I can relate to that.

But that doesn't mean I find her the superior songwriter. I guess right now I think I feel like at her best she is the best lyricist, and at her best she is (was) the best vocalist, but not the best composer, nor, am I thinking, the most consistent.

And my favorite Mac song is a Lindsey song, and no other song really comes close to the experience and attachment I have to that song, despite my considerable admiration for them.

So yeah I guess I'm a Mac fan first, even though I don't consider the three equal in every way and I find Stevie more visible and thus more familiar. As far as I can tell so far, I think they are all at their best with each other.* Sorry for the wall of text response.

*ETA: At least, they were. Maybe they don't bring out the best in each other any more, I don't know. Time will tell.

[elle]

Originally Posted by redbird

So yeah I guess I'm a Mac fan first, even though I don't consider the three equal in every way and I find Stevie more visible and thus more familiar. As far as I can tell so far, I think they are all at their best with each other.* Sorry for the wall of text response.

*ETA: At least, they were. Maybe they don't bring out the best in each other any more, I don't know. Time will tell.

i love this response, nothing to apologize for - i think it addresses perfectly what i was asking. thank you!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by redbird

Solo Lindsey, solo Christine, Chicken Shack era Christine, that's going to have to wait.

I have Christine's Chicken Shack work but it doesn't engage me. I might not have given it enough of a chance. But I have to say that's not in my wheelhouse.

Michele

[cantgoback]

My fav. is Stevie and yes not all her songs are great, but i think she has the greatest SONGWRITING abilities and i'm a fan of her solo stuff.

Blue Letter
Warm Ways
Over My Head
World Turning
Second Hand News
Go Your Own Way
The Chain (does that count?)
You Make Loving Fun
Oh Daddy
Over and Over
The Ledge
Think About Me
That's Enough For Me
Brown Eyes
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Tusk
Never Forget
Love in Store
Eyes of the World
Wish You Were Here
Little Lies
Everywhere
Tango in the Night

[elle]

Originally Posted by cantgoback

My fav. is Stevie and yes not all her songs are great, but i think she has the greatest SONGWRITING abilities and i'm a fan of her solo stuff.

Blue Letter
Warm Ways
Over My Head
World Turning
Second Hand News
Go Your Own Way
The Chain (does that count?)
You Make Loving Fun
Oh Daddy
Over and Over
The Ledge
Think About Me
That's Enough For Me
Brown Eyes
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Tusk
Never Forget
Love in Store
Eyes of the World
Wish You Were Here
Little Lies
Everywhere
Tango in the Night

thank you for playing and contributing.

it still surprises me every time that you don't love Can't Go Back, cantgoback

[redtulip]

Here goes.

Blue Letter (Lindsey didn't write it)
Say You Love Me
Dreams
You Make Loving Fun
I Don't Want to Know
Gold Dust Woman
Sisters of the Moon
Angel
Hold Me
Isn't It Midnight
Running Through the Garden
Destiny Rules