Companion thread...songs that SHOULD'VE opened an album

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Say You Will - Friend

Gail

I can only imagine this with SN and LB harmonies.

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by amber

Hey, there is a few albums i don't know the first song to. Has a Stevie song ever opened a Mac album??
AMber

Nope, I believe not.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Claudia

Nope, I believe not.

Yoy!! What's up with that? I wonder how that worked out, like did someone agree on it, or did they all just decide on the orders of the albums and it just so happened that none of Stevie's opened?
AMber

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by amber

Yoy!! What's up with that? I wonder how that worked out, like did someone agree on it, or did they all just decide on the orders of the albums and it just so happened that none of Stevie's opened?
AMber

It probably just happened... I don't think there is any evil conspiracy against Stevie opening Fleetwood Mac albums . She did close some albums though.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Claudia

It probably just happened... I don't think there is any evil conspiracy against Stevie opening Fleetwood Mac albums . She did close some albums though.

I didn't think there was an evil conspiracy, it just seems like it may have been done on purpose for some reason, me not knowing what that purpose was or who's purpose....you'd think Stevie would notice
perhaps it was her purpose?
AMber

[Claudia]

I think Stevie would notice... At least I hope she would. Whoever purpose was it, it worked.

But maybe her songs weren't just as good openers as closers and we are the ones making a conspiracy.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Claudia

I think Stevie would notice... At least I hope she would. Whoever purpose was it, it worked.

But maybe her songs weren't just as good openers as closers and we are the ones making a conspiracy.

I'm not!
I think SW coulda opened tango...gypsy coulda opened...but maybe they were afraid that people would only listen to the first song then... That would be a classic "chiffon head" statement, BTW...I don't really think that, though
AMber

[Claudia]

Chiffon Head?!

Of course you don't!

[Johnny Stew]

I've always assumed that a Stevie song never opened one of the Mac studio albums, because she tended to have less tracks than Lindsey & Christine.

So, instead of starting the album with one of her tracks, and then only having a couple left, they peppered them throughout the running order.

But then, maybe it wasn't thought out at all, and just happened that way.

She did have the opening song on 1988's 'Greatest Hits,' and 1992's 'The Chain' boxed-set though.

[amber]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I've always assumed that a Stevie song never opened one of the Mac studio albums, because she tended to have less tracks than Lindsey & Christine.

So, instead of starting the album with one of her tracks, and then only having a couple left, they peppered them throughout the running order.

But then, maybe it wasn't thought out at all, and just happened that way.

She did have the opening song on 1988's 'Greatest Hits,' and 1992's 'The Chain' boxed-set though.

Ah, definitely a logical theory...about less tracks
which 2 songs were those? I have 1 disk of the chain box set, but i don't know which disk it is..wait, I think paper doll starts it...is that it?
Hi, Johnny!
AMber

[chiliD]

"Rhiannon" was the lead-off track on the 1988 Greatest Hits album.

And, "Paper Doll" was the opening track of The Chain box-set.

[jbrownsjr]

I Don't Wanna Know kicked off some versions of the Rumours cassette tapes. I think this was in error however. I used to have one.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I Don't Wanna Know kicked off some versions of the Rumours cassette tapes. I think this was in error however. I used to have one.

My 'Rumours' cassette starts off with "I Don't Want To Know," too.
I think maybe it was to keep the sides of the cassette fairly even in length (therefore neither side would have a lot of blank space at the end).
Side One totals 20:01, and Side Two totals 19:52.

For years I only had the cassette, so I had just assumed "I Don't Want To Know" was a Lindsey song. Seemed more his style than Stevie's!
Boy, was I impressed when I found out she wrote it.

[jbrownsjr]

Yeah I never had the album, so i assumed it was LB too. I was 7 yrs old.

[GateandGarden]

Well, since y'all said some of the Rumours cassettes start with "I Don't Want to Know," I think that would be a good opener.

For Tusk, I'm thinking maybe "The Ledge," "I Know I'm Not Wrong," or "Think About Me."

For Mirage, "Gypsy"

I think Tango should have opened with "Little Lies."

Say You Will--"Thrown Down" and

I think "Believe Me" would have been a good opener for Mystery to Me, though I still think the track listing is fine the way it is.

Hillary