Does anyone have any Stevie solo songs they wish were Fleetwood Mac songs?

Wdm6789 · #1 03-24-2014, 11:56 AM

I love the song "sleeping angel" I'm not sure if it was on Bella Donna but it was on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack.

I always thought that song would be better if Fleetwood Mac did it, Lindsey on guitar and Christine on keyboard. It would have sounded nice on Mirage.

michelej1 · #2 03-24-2014, 12:20 PM

I love Moonlight and I don't wish it was an FM song, but part of me wishes I could know what FM would do with it.

I mean, Moonlight already has an eerie quality (Strange ...) but what would it be like if John's bass was pulsing through it? If FM brought the same approach to Moonlight that they did to Rhiannon?

I think about that, but really Moonlight is great just the way it is.

Michele

louielouie2000 · #3 03-24-2014, 01:38 PM

The only song that immediately comes to mind is Crystal. It has always irked the hell out of me that the song was written by Stevie, but sung by Lindsey on both Buckingham Nicks and the white Fleetwood Mac album. When Stevie finally recorded her own solo version of the song for the Practical Magic soundtrack, it was a revelation for me. That song should have been sung by Stevie from the start.

Other than that, I can't really look at Stevie's solo vs Mac songs terribly objectively anymore. I've just known them for what they are for too long. Plus, we now know that the Mac doesn't necessarily make Stevie's songs better. Watching the Destiny Rules documentary, Stevie's early solo demo of Silver Girl is vastly better than what emerged on Say You Will.

RavenOfRhiannon · #4 03-24-2014, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

. Plus, we now know that the Mac doesn't necessarily make Stevie's songs better. Watching the Destiny Rules documentary, Stevie's early solo demo of Silver Girl is vastly better than what emerged on Say You Will.

Smile. At. You.

Phoenix · #5 03-25-2014, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

The only song that immediately comes to mind is Crystal. It has always irked the hell out of me that the song was written by Stevie, but sung by Lindsey on both Buckingham Nicks and the white Fleetwood Mac album. When Stevie finally recorded her own solo version of the song for the Practical Magic soundtrack, it was a revelation for me. That song should have been sung by Stevie from the start.

Other than that, I can't really look at Stevie's solo vs Mac songs terribly objectively anymore. I've just known them for what they are for too long. Plus, we now know that the Mac doesn't necessarily make Stevie's songs better. Watching the Destiny Rules documentary, Stevie's early solo demo of Silver Girl is vastly better than what emerged on Say You Will.

YES. to this entire post.

san-l-bar · #6 03-31-2014, 12:23 PM

How about Bombay Sapphires? I love that song, but lets face it, Macy did lousy harmony - but I could totally hear Lindsey claim it.

WildHearted · #7 03-31-2014, 01:09 PM

In truth... every one of them.

Not that I don't love her solo songs. But if they all could have been recorded with FM between 1975 and 1982, you know, I wouldn't complain.

BLY · #8 03-31-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

In truth... every one of them.

Not that I don't love her solo songs. But if they all could have been recorded with FM between 1975 and 1982, you know, I wouldn't complain.

If You Ever Did Believe would have been great with Lindsey, Christine, John and Mick.

nightbird28 · #9 04-01-2014, 07:18 AM

Miss You
Kick It
I Sing for the Things
Juliet- I would have loved to hear it on Tango in the Night.
Twisted-This would have been great as an FM tune.

I could go on, but these are my top.

san-l-bar · #10 04-01-2014, 11:42 AM

I Sing for the Things is a good one to imagine Lindsey tackling. Any of Stevie's clunkers I feel Lindsey could have saved with a different take on arrangement.