Top 100 of the 70s (Just Press Play)

[michelej1]

[OK. It's another list. I know they're not worth much. Even so . . . This is Fifty Years of Great Music compiled by Just Press Play. They compiled the top 100 songs of the seventies and one FM song made the cut]

http://www.justpressplay.net/music/m...the-1970s.html

Fifty Years of Great Music: The Top 100 Songs of the 1970s
Written by Matt Medlock
Sunday, 17 May 2009

98. Rhiannon
by Fleetwood Mac
from Fleetwood Mac
1975 / Pop

Sometimes scorned as exemplifying “corporate rock” and being a hit that pushed forward the need for punk rockers to rebel against the music machine, there’s nothing generic about this song’s elements that would be deserving of displacement. Amplifying the spooky grace of Stevie Nicks’ dark arts gypsy aesthetic, her witchy vocal performance suits the arrangement, which glides along a subtle and dark dream dual guitar melody that never overplays its hand in incorporating ooh-aah back-ups. But it’s not discomforting pop; instead it soothes you into a treacherous place with an ethereal discord—Muzak in a madhouse? Even the indulgently prescient myth-mortalizing of its lyrics doesn’t overcome the tune’s most fundamental harmonic appeal. In fact, Fleetwood Mac never released a more engaging single.

[David]

It is a really great song, & it's a great track.
The members of Fleetwood Mac are to be commended for it.

[Skyveris]

It gladdens me to see that a truly fine song in Rhiannon graces the list, but at least two other legendary 70's-era Mac songs deserve a place on the list as well: Dreams and Go Your Own Way.

-Matt

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by David

It is a really great song, & it's a great track.
The members of Fleetwood Mac are to be commended for it.

They should. But despite the quality of that song, the album has only enjoyed moderate sales. I hope their next album isn't ignored completely, because I want to hear more from these promising talents.

Michele

[Sanne2]

Originally Posted by michelej1

They should. But despite the quality of that song, the album has only enjoyed moderate sales. I hope their next album isn't ignored completely, because I want to hear more from these promising talents.

Michele

I've heard that pretty girl is a witch!

[David]

Originally Posted by michelej1

They should. But despite the quality of that song, the album has only enjoyed moderate sales. I hope their next album isn't ignored completely, because I want to hear more from these promising talents.

Michele

They have a solid live show, some are saying. . . .

(Also, the boy has the girl's name & the girl has the boy's . . . oh, never mind.)