Dreams or Landslide demos or outtakes?

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by mikebise

The 1975 album version of "Landslide" is the least listened to of Stevie Classics for me. To me, it doesn't even sound like Stevie. The first time I heard "Landslide" was in February 1982 on Fleetwood Mac Live, and LOVED it! I got the 1975 album a month later and was shocked to think it was the same song/woman!

In November 1982, I got Buckingham Nicks, and the even younger Stevie sounds more closer to the real Stevie than the 1975 "Landslide".

Hell, I listen to the 1997 CD-single remixes of the album version of "Landslide" more than I ever had the original version.

Well at least I'm not the only one who is not particularly fond of the album version. It's such an odd song, if you think about it. It doesn't sound like her. It really has no chorus. It's essentially a Buckingham Nicks track on a band album. It starts abruptly as an upbeat rocking song ("Say You Love Me") fades out. It's an unlikely hit single- both as a cover and a remix. I just don't hear "classic" when I hear that version.