Okay, confess.

[BlueGrass]

Okay, here are some of my unpopular Mac opinions...

I Love "Sugar Daddy."

I think "Save Me A Place" and "Walk A Thin Line" are too bland.

"Family Man" is one of my fav songs, if not my fav on TITN.

I like Lindsey's "Here Comes The Sun" interpretation.

I hate Stevie's raspy voice from the mid to late 80s.

I dislike her voice now, in general. I think she is washed up.

I like Lindsey's voice now than when he was singing in the 70s. I liked his voice the best from the L&O & Mirage era.

"Don't Stop" makes me wanna throw up.

Christine looked better during The Dance then she did her whole life.

[ERigby818]

Dreams is my LEAST favorite Stevie "hit" song with FM, and I hate the way she sings it now.

I LOVE Stevie's new songs, but I don't like what's happened to her voice.

It really makes me cringe when Lindsey goes off-key in a live performance. He usually doesn't do it for very long, but he does it too often.

Hehe, SaraRhiannon, I can't stand HAEWAFY either. It makes me want to yack.

Lindsey's Tusk songs are my least favorite of any albums he's been on (which doesn't say much because I still like them)

I like Lindsey's eyeshadow phase (I think he could never not be sexy)

I LOVE Lindsey's guitar solos, but they are all too similar. I wish he would vary the melodies in his solos a little more. This is probably why I LOVE Miranda. It's classic Lindsey, but it's totally different.


I hate all of Christine's songs on Mirage except Hold Me.
Oh yeah. And I HAAAATE Songbird.

Stevie's Tango songs have totally grown on me.

I can't listen to the regular white album version of Rhiannon anymore. I HAVE to listen to the Rosebud live version (constantly). I'm spoiled. The song to me is not complete without the last verse.

I hate the way Stevie's solo songs in the 80's were instrumentally dominated by keyboards (except Stand Back and the ones that are actually piano-sounding and not synth, Like If Anyone falls- ICK!). I still love the songs, I just hate most of the keyboard parts.

I'm disturbed by the fact that John still drinks.

I like the Dixie Chicks version of Landslide.

Here's the big one: I like Mick's drum solos.

I feel better now.

-Sonia

[The Croz]

- Tango is much more interesting album than Mirage

- Stevie Nicks' contributions to Tango & Mask are down right pathetic.

- SYW is Stevie's best showing since Tusk

- I miss Burnett’s and Vito's Hair

- SYW, does not work as an album, but contains some of the best music of FM's career. SYW, wouldl have been perfect with 6 less songs & 4 McVie tunes added

- Lindsey's material on SYW grows on you tremendously

- Red Rover is my favorite track

- Mask is my least favorite Mac Album, but my favorite album cover

- Tusk stands out as FM's greatest achievement & last time I checked their 2nd or 3rd biggest seller

- Make me a Mask should never have been included on the Boxed Set

- I love all of those cheezy 80's Mac Videos

- Lindsey left the band at a perfect time before nostalgia creeped in

[glitter-fades]

Originally posted by The Croz
- Tango is much more interesting album than Mirage

- Stevie Nicks' contributions to Tango & Mask are down right pathetic.

- SYW is Stevie's best showing since Tusk

- I miss Burnett’s and Vito's Hair

- SYW, does not work as an album, but contains some of the best music of FM's career. SYW, wouldl have been perfect with 6 less songs & 4 McVie tunes added

- Lindsey's material on SYW grows on you tremendously

- Red Rover is my favorite track

- Mask is my least favorite Mac Album, but my favorite album cover

- Tusk stands out as FM's greatest achievement & last time I checked their 2nd or 3rd biggest seller

- Make me a Mask should never have been included on the Boxed Set

- I love all of those cheezy 80's Mac Videos

- Lindsey left the band at a perfect time before nostalgia creeped in

Not so fast. Unpopular? I agree with nearly everything you've said. How's that?

[ryan8472]

-Mirage is better than Tango (tho i guess this isnt too unpopular anymore.)

-Empire State is one of my favorite songs on Mirage.

-I hate the original I'm So Afraid, but it's great live.

-I don't mind Stand Back being on the new set list.

-Mick's "balls" also disturb me.

-I dont like EFO either.

-I miss the Penguin on all of the albums.

-Stevie's hair was a little too big for my tastes during the OSOTM era.

-I wish they'd do Blue Letter more often.

-Stevie needs to drop Dreams and/or Rhiannon, no matter how popular they are. It's getting repetative, and I guess boring. What ever happened to Sara? SOTM? Crystal? There are many alternatives.After a while she could bring back Dreams and Rhiannon, when everyone starts to miss them again.

There, I got it all off my chest!

[go6car]

I've been having a blast reading all of these, LOL!

Thanks for asking about my re-emergence! I've been away just due to being SWAMPED with home/work/life! Was first on this board in 1997, I think. It was a while ago. Used to post under "x", then someone took that name, so I switched to "first x" (how original). Those were the old boards, too, with the old site address. Gosh it really has been a while!

Seen many incarnations of this site and am really impressed by how it's evolved! Anyway, I've been an obsessed Mac fan since birth and have been lucky enough to meet everyone except Lindsey (still kicking myself for that one!) I just love reading everyones' POVs! Nice to see we all share the same obsession! Hopefully y'all won't mind me chiming in now and then...


Thanks!

[darklinensuit]

Recent posts have inspired this:

I don't get why so many people love Fall from Grace but hate Freedom. Both are fast-paced, angry, non-Lindsey-produced, guitar-driven, sometimes lyrically straightforward & sometimes metaphoric.

- Jake

[The Tower]

--- "The Second Time" is one of Stevie's best songs EVER!!!

--- Most of Lindsey's noodling on Tusk is pretty crappy- "I Know I'm Not Wrong" and "Not That Funny" being the worst

-- Tango in the Night is really not that great of an album

-- "Rhiannon" is a DEAD song that now blows chunks and should never, ever be performed again- unless Stevie decides to take a chance again.

-- "Sara" is the ultimate FM classic, and I can't believe that they're not doing it on this "last" tour. Makes me sick.

I have too many to mention....

[Mac Fan]

Originally posted by jmn3

*People who think I'm weird for being a 22 year old guy and liking bands like Fleetwood Mac, the Rolling Stones, Bruce, and so on...

LOL. People are like that with me.(I'm 14)
I can't stand people who say they hate FM< but have only heard one song.(my brother did this, and he think s thta Pete Green is rubbish)

[darklinensuit]

Here's one that I think I stand alone on: (a recent post reminded me of this opinion, so I'm resurrecting this thread)

I don't like World Turning at all. Not on the album, not in concert. Really don't care for it.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Remember this thread? I dug it out because I have a doozy to unload.
They are both overproduced, but I think I Can't Wait is worlds better than Everybody Finds Out.

And one more thing. I'd forgotten my World Turning comment just above this. What a difference a few months can make. I love it on this tour. (Well, the parts where Mick isn't doing the solo, anyway.)

- Jake

Originally posted by David
As far as unpopular FM opinions, I've got a doozy. I only really loved Fleetwood Mac when most of the members were stoned on cocaine or pot (in Christine's case, I could totally dig her when she was either drunk or sober). Related to that, I think they were more interesting in their 20s & 30s than they have been in their 40s & 50s.

hahahahahaha!!!!

LMAO!!! and i agree!

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Remember this thread? I dug it out because I have a doozy to unload.
They are both overproduced, but I think I Can't Wait is worlds better than Everybody Finds Out.

And one more thing. I'd forgotten my World Turning comment just above this. What a difference a few months can make. I love it on this tour. (Well, the parts where Mick isn't doing the solo, anyway.)

- Jake

I agree! Partly, though. I love EFO, but ICW has *much* better lyrics.

My new confession:

I hate having to hear *any* Rumours song in concert. I don't want to hear anything from that damn album. Not even Gold Dust Woman or Go Your Own Way. I'd much rather hear new stuff. I think the Rumours songs should be banned from ever being done live again.

And I DESPISE the album version of HAEWAFY. The song can only be done justice in a live setting.

[whitesoxx]

Okay, this thread is fun! :-) Here are some of mine:

- I LOVE Silver Girl!

- Tusk is absolutely unlistenable, I only ever play the Stevie songs which I love to death!

- Mick needs to get a new snare drum, his drum sound is crap and dated!

- I hope Lori rejoins Stevie for live stuff now that Mindy is pregnant since I think Mindy's voice is too "sweet"

- But of course Sharon(a) rules!!!

- Stevie sings off key live all the time, but I love her for it!

- Christine? No emotion whatsoever in her face AND her songs! Good riddance!

- With a few exceptions (Beautiful Child, Landslide) Stevie's best songs are on her solo albums!

- With the possible exception of Stevie, FM now are only in it for the money

- FM before BN joined were sooooo boring!

Hmmm, I could on for a bit, but I won't

[SmthngOfADreamr]

I hardly know any of the lyrics to I Can't Wait to be able to judge whether it's better than EFO becuase I find I Can't Wait completely unlistenable. It's the biggest piece of dated pop trash, and I think it's a disgrace that Stevie recorded it. It doesn't resemble her style at all. I can't believe that it and Sister Honey made it onto an album. They both make me cringe!