Top 10 Stevie Songs, for those who are primarily Lindsey (or whoever else) fans.

[wondergirl9847]

Well, Lindsey brought me to Fleetwood Mac (even though I was familiar with some of their songs from the radio in the 80's and 90's), but I do like most of Stevie's music, with some exceptions. Here are my faves in no particular order.

FM

1. Beautiful Child (Cut through me from that first listen)
2. Gypsy (Classic!)
3. Dreams (Still excited when it comes on the radio)
4. Gold Dust Woman (Dark and awesome)
5. Landslide (Her anthem and probably one of mine too)
6. Smile at You (LB turned this barnburner into some freaky Middle Eastern/Asian song and I love it! LOL)
7. Everybody Finds Out (I love her attitude)
8. Destiny Rules (Like elle said...that guitar outro is AMAZING, but I love the song too)
9. Storms (Such melancholy and those lyrics are spectacular)
10. Sisters of the Moon (I love creepy, dark and crazy!)

Solo

1. Edge of 17 (Classic!)
2. Stand Back (Another classic!)
3. If I Were You (So 80's!! Love it.)
4. Rooms on Fire (Breezy 80's....yes!)
5. Blue Denim (Such a feel good, sing-a-long song)
6. Battle of the Dragon (Wierd and interesting)
7. Planets of the Universe (Highlight of TISL)
8. Kind of Woman (Great vocal, lyrics and music.....awesomeness)
9. Twisted (AWESOME duet!!)
10. Blue Lamp (Love the guitar layers)

Special shout-out to Space Needle, because...SHEEBUS, I love that song!

[billwebster]

Well, I'm not a Buck-head but you might call me a Billy-head. Here's my try at a Top 10 of Stevie songs:

1) Gretta
2) Destiny Rules
3) Affairs Of the Heart
4) Twisted
5) Love Changes
6) Wide Sargasso Sea
7) Welcome To the Room, Sara
8) Trouble in Shangri-La
9) Paper Doll
10) Planets Of the Universe

Honorary mentions go to: Thrown Down, Freedom, Lay Down Your Arms (her duet with Ringo Starr), Running Through the Garden. I also dig the song Docklands a lot but that may be considered a frivolous thing to say around these parts. And of course, Gypsy, which I knew from the radio even before I got into Fleetwood Mac.

"In Your Dreams" is only sinking in now due to time constraints, despite being a few years old already, so the Top 10 is still subject to change.

[mitzo]

Dex:
I'm ashamed to admit, I really struggle with Say You Will in some ways. I love the songwriting, and Stevie's own pride at having self-penned such a "commercial" song is infectious, but... The vocal is just all wrong, to me. I love her vocals on most of the album, but here her voice is just too harsh for such a poppy little ditty, and I think that hurts it. Had Chris still been in the band, I'm inclined to think they'd have given it to her to sing.

Yes, the song is nicely crafted and the actual production is good too, but the vocal - harsh and heavy and about 5 notes too low a register. The lyrics and the vocals disappear in the mud, it sounds like.

[Phil]

The song "Say You Will" was such a wasted opportunity in my opinion. The keyboards should have been emphasised and been as prominent as they were in "Angel". It could have been such a funky little number if mixed better. However, the real stumbling block is Stevie's vocal. I normally don't mind her lower register, but her performance was so ill-suited to the arrangement that it just killed the song. If Christine had been part of the band at the time, she may have been able to rescue this one.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Phil

If Christine had been part of the band at the time, she may have been able to rescue this one.

Or the song never would have been born at all, since it seems created to fill a Christine spot.

Michele

[applebucked]

Mainly LB fans here...this is a POV from a mainly Christine fan, for a change. (but I love all the incarnations of FM for different ways). My faves change a lot, especially with the solo material

FM
1. Gypsy
2. Beautiful Child
3. Straight Back
4. Sara
5. Landslide
6. Angel
7. Silver Springs
8. Gold Dust Woman
9. Sisters of the Moon
10. Dreams

Solo
1. If Anyone Falls
2. Edge of Seventeen
3. Planets of the Universe
4. Rooms on Fire
5. Wide Sargasso Sea
6. Blue Denim
7. Sable on Blonde
8. Stand Back
9. Ghosts are Gone
10. her cover of Free Fallin'