Fleetwood Mac Songs That Have Grown on You

[aleuzzi]

Two songs I used to think were "meh" but have since become favorites are:

Never Make Me Cry
Only Over You (thanks to the alternate version on Mirage Deluxe)

Songs I used to think were "meh" that I now like a lot:

The Ghost
Silver Heels
Born Enchanter
Big Love
Tango In the Night

Songs I still can't warm to (though you didn't ask):

Blood on the Floor
Straight Back
Oh Diane
Welcome to the Room, Sara
When I See You Again
No Questions Asked
Skies the Limit (and most of BTM)
Paper Doll
Smile at You
Silver Girl
Come
Goodbye Baby

[mitzo]

Looks like the ballads or slower numbers were rejected by folks here. I have always been the opposite, and some of the songs which had to grow on you guys were my instant favourites. In fact, my classic FM playlist will always be mostly the beautiful moving emotional slow ones.

[sleepless child]

For me it's "Over and Over" and "Family Man". I have grown to love these two songs

[soul_drifter333]

The main one for me is the song Tusk. I remember being baffled when I ran out and got the single before the album was released. Even more baffling was the B-side Never Make Me Cry. I think that Tusk has been played on every tour, both group and solo, and I have become a big fan of the song due to the live performances. A couple of honorable mentions is the live version with the marching band on The Dance, the demos on the box set, and the version from the 3rd disc of the Live box set.

Still don't care for Never Make Me Cry, although the alternate version on the box set is an improvement. I pretty much loved every Stevie song up until 1990 because they were the most commercial and I was such a fan.

[FuzzyPlum]

Without a doubt….Sara.
I always thought it was a bit too boring. Now I appreciate its sheer brilliance and beauty. In fact it’s my favourite song.
I’d also throw in The Ledge. I thought it was completely embarrassing dross. Now I get it.

[DownOnRodeo]

Silver Girl

It's a vibe. (A vibe a younger me didn't need.)
And the mastering (?) and vocal is not as grating as on some of the other Stevie tracks on SYW.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Silver Girl

It's a vibe. (A vibe a younger me didn't need.)
And the mastering (?) and vocal is not as grating as on some of the other Stevie tracks on SYW.

Not to be debated, Silver Girl is GARBAGE.

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Not to be debated, Silver Girl is GARBAGE.

You cannot see my soul.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

I’d also throw in The Ledge. I thought it was completely embarrassing dross. Now I get it.

The Ledge DEFINES Tusk. It's the perfect F*CK YOU to the Rumours audience.

And Law and Order is my favorite Lindsey solo album.

LINDSEY AND HIS WEIRD TENDENCIES ARE WHAT MADE THEM STAND OUT. They'd have just been another socal band without that freak. Even as part of the big machine, he always dared to be different.

F*cking freak.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

The Ledge DEFINES Tusk. It's the perfect F*CK YOU to the Rumours audience.

The Ledge is a song usually absent in my playlists.

[sue]

The album Say you Will…it took me a couple of years to really enjoy this album.
Now I like almost all of it, there’s a couple of tracks I really love, and a couple I’m not so keen on….
But most were growers. And I like Albums that stretch over the years.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Looks like the ballads or slower numbers were rejected by folks here. I have always been the opposite, and some of the songs which had to grow on you guys were my instant favourites. In fact, my classic FM playlist will always be mostly the beautiful moving emotional slow ones.

Well actually Warm Ways, Over & Over and One More Night are songs I loved immediately. These last 2 from the Live Album, cause it was the first FM album I got. Yes, many songs I discovered, it was the live versions I heard the first time.

And the first time I heard Warm Ways was driving from NJ to DC, at my second trip to the US, 1988. Weird that a slow song is associated to driving on a highway, but that's the story.