Worst Stevie Mac song

[secondhandchain]

When I see you again. I'm only picking from the Rumours era lineup. . Her voice during the Rock a little/ Tango era was so over the top and annoying.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I agree .Whats with all the negativity with these "WORST_Fill in the blank______ Mac Song" threads lately.

Wheres the love for our favorite band.

In truth, I only created this and the Lindsey "worst song" threads because I was tired of only seeing Christine get the brunt of the negativity. Since there's a worst song thread for her, I thought there should be one for each of the three songwriters.

In truth, I love much more of the music than not and, with a few very obvious exceptions, find them to be remarkably consistent in quality.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

In truth, I only created this and the Lindsey "worst song" threads because I was tired of only seeing Christine get the brunt of the negativity. Since there's a worst song thread for her, I thought there should be one for each of the three songwriters.

In truth, I love much more of the music than not and, with a few very obvious exceptions, find them to be remarkably consistent in quality.

Sorry it was no offense to you and others.I was just wondering what was up.Everybody has a right to make a opinions on their favorite and non favorite songs and notice more of it lately.

I did notice the Christine thread getting hammered with negative thoughts of her songs there too which I was very surprised.


My only gripe with this band is please play different setlists on their tours and not the same stale setlist every night.Other then that.I love them all.

[Macfan4life]

I take these threads with a grain of salt. We are all die hard fans but are each so different in our likes and dislikes. I don't see we are being negative but just engaging in conversation on a slow day on the board..
No one is more frustrated than me. I don't believe Christine has a bad Mac song and her thread is the longest

[Missy]

Stevie's Klonopin era wasn't great. There were a lot of bad judgments. Unfortunately that's the era when I first started being aware of pop music, so my first impressions weren't great. Since I discovered the back catalog though I've been a fan.

I've always been biased toward Stevie and it took longer to warm to Christine. But I loved her on the last tour and realized how vital she is. Many of her songs charted very well for FM. I may not be crazy about all of her material but many others seem to like it and it's hard for me to believe she could write a truly bad song. I respect her a great deal. She plays beautiful keyboard and her smoother voice is a good counter balance to Stevie's tone.

As performers and artists, I think they all have their own individual strengths and weaknesses. But they balance each other and when together it's an interesting dynamic.

[Artemis]

I've been listening to SYW a lot recently, and I actually really LOVE Silver Girl. It has a few clunky lyrics, but the music is gorgeous and the chorus is pretty great. I also love WISYA, just because it's so revealing of where Stevie was at that moment in time.

Welcome to the room... Sara, on the other hand... Sigh. If only she'd swapped that for Joan of Arc!

I also really really really despise the SYW version of Smile At You. I can't get away with it at all. I've tried. Numerous times.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

In truth, I love much more of the music than not and, with a few very obvious exceptions, find them to be remarkably consistent in quality.

Likewise. I like pretty much all of Fleetwood Mac's work, but there's always going to be songs that we like more or less than others.

Originally Posted by Artemis

I also really really really despise the SYW version of Smile At You. I can't get away with it at all. I've tried. Numerous times.

Oh gosh, yes, that one.

[landslide95]

Welcome to the Room Sara and Sisters of the Moon for me. No other songs I can think of.

[jbrownsjr]

Silver Girl
Second Time

She was always accused of saving her best work for solo. That is nonsense and I beg to differ. She has so many bad solo songs. Sometimes It's a Bitch comes to mind. Among many others in her collection. It's bound to happen. She has the most prolific solo career out of the 3 writers.

I think her stuff with FM is solid.

I don't mind WTTRS or WISYA. Of course, Lindsey and Christine's backing vocals smooth things out a bit. When Lindsey takes the lead on WISYA, it really moves me. And I'm the farthest thing from a Shipper you can be. I don't think they've really connected musically since Tusk. But WISYA, has really emotional lyrics. I think of Stevie saying goodbye to everyone and they both move on farther with their lives. And of course, he moves on to get married and have children and she eventually gets clean and maintains her ever fading star status. But their story is inspiring and it's a good story.

[sadmabelnormand]

Originally Posted by DauphineMarie

I do think Joan of Arc could have been the saving grace for Tango, imho.

I feel that would've been a good closer instead of You and I Part II.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I don't mind WTTRS or WISYA. Of course, Lindsey and Christine's backing vocals smooth things out a bit. When Lindsey takes the lead on WISYA, it really moves me. And I'm the farthest thing from a Shipper you can be. I don't think they've really connected musically since Tusk. But WISYA, has really emotional lyrics. I think of Stevie saying goodbye to everyone and they both move on farther with their lives. And of course, he moves on to get married and have children and she eventually gets clean and maintains her ever fading star status. But their story is inspiring and it's a good story.

To me, the best part is when Stevie's vocals end and Lindsey's come in, and he changes it from "When I See You Again" to "If I See You Again". It's truly devastating. Also maybe it was foreshadowing to him leaving the band?

[nicole21290]

Originally Posted by sadmabelnormand

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To me, the best part is when Stevie's vocals end and Lindsey's come in, and he changes it from "When I See You Again" to "If I See You Again". It's truly devastating. Also maybe it was foreshadowing to him leaving the band?

The change of lyrics at the end and ESPECIALLY Lindsey coming in to sing? Makes that song very worthwhile to me.

"How do you like my slow song with Lindsey singing at the end? That's one of my favorite things. I made him sing with me. I said, 'Lindsey, you're gonna sing on all my songs whether you like it or not - you have to sing this with me.' So we went out and sang 'If I see you again, will it be over...' We sang it in unison, then I snuck in and took my voice off. Otherwise, I'd have never gotten him to do it. See, Lindsey's pretty shy and he's singing differently there than he is on anything else on the record. He wouldn't think to do that, to sing on my song at the end. He would think to sing with me, but he wouldn't want to end it. But that's what I wanted, to leave people feeling they are really talking about each other."

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by sadmabelnormand

I feel that would've been a good closer instead of You and I Part II.




To me, the best part is when Stevie's vocals end and Lindsey's come in, and he changes it from "When I See You Again" to "If I See You Again". It's truly devastating. Also maybe it was foreshadowing to him leaving the band?

It really is a wonderful FM moment.

[GypsySorcerer]

When I See You Again

Honorable Mentions: Welcome to the Room...Sara; The Second Time; Everybody Finds Out; Silver Girl