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Hold Me is a classic. |
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You know it!
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recently i looked up the lyrics of one of the SN songs everyone's been quoting to me. the lyrics consisted of a single interesting great sounding phrase with tons of meaningless gibberish filled all around it. a reaction from a huge Stevie fan was "how dare you!" followed by something like - you just described lyrics of almost every single SN song. Hold Me is a complete package - some interesting turns of phrase, catchy melody, interplay of voices, fantastic arrangement / music, all that tightly packaged from the start to finish. this is the first time ever i heard Hold Me described as "annoying" and i can't wrap my head around it. why some songs stay popular while others do not? besides the initial quality, pure luck can have lots to do with it. Don't Stop might be one of the Rumours era FM most widely known songs (that we forgot to list in this thread!). why? because it was used in presidential campaign which brought it back in the spotlight to stay. sometimes it's deliberate marketing other times happy accident or pure serendipity.
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Well good for you Steve. Now maybe based on your opinion you could explain to us why you believe those are the most "successful" Mac songs. Successful, ugh.
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WHINY? Hasn't aged well? What could be worse than Stevie and her Nasal Symphony? Now THAT'S whiny and annoying. Now just admit that you are wrong, and we can all have wine.
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Like I said, the statistics speak for themselves. There are definitely bragging rights in having a #1 song. But lets say Dreams was at #2 for 7 weeks, would it not have been a bigger hit than #1 for 1 week? The end of year statistics would say yes. Just shedding some light on the casual acceptance Dreams was the Mac's biggest hit. It was their only #1 but that did not make it their biggest "hit." It very similar to when people thought Stevie Nicks was the lead singer in Fleetwood Mac because she had all the "hits" but then statistics show Christine has more hits than Stevie with the band. Its fun to pull back the curtain now and then
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I was just offering some ideas about why Hold Me may not be as well remembered today as some of FM’s other songs, even though back in 1982, it performed so well on Billboard. Those ideas aren’t necessarily how I personally feel.
Another reason might be that FM only performed it live for one tour. And even when the Mirage tour was released to the public, they left Hold Me off the concert. That’s pretty blatant right there about how FM may have felt about the song, because they left the lead single off their last album (to that point) off the concert, a song that performed very well on Billboard. Since the song was never captured live (except on bootlegs), the song had less exposure than, say, GYOW. |
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I agree with that. Feels like it was the real beginning of the 80s decade.
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https://americansongwriter.com/fleet...greatest-hits/
So, American Songwriter put together a list of Fleetwood Mac’s 10 greatest hits. Compiled based on data from Billboard charts, streaming analytics, record sales and more, the following songs are the definitive greatest hits of Fleetwood Mac David(Homer), I believe your information is sourced from 2013. This is more up to date. |
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But then, Dreams had some seriously stiff competition, too… |
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2013 vs 2021 for songs over 34 years old? what can be the difference? in 5 more years order will completely change again.
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Here is a list of 1982's biggest hits. Notable mentions
#100 Edge of 17 (even though it did not crack the top 10) #36 Stevie Nicks and Don Henley Leather and Lace #31 Hold Me Fleetwood Mac #30 Who Can It Be Now - Men at work OMG this was so HUGE and a #1 song and Hold Me is right behind it Clearly these hits are based on weeks on charts and not chart positions. For example Roberta Flack's Making Love only hit #13 but is #46 at year's end. It was just hanging out in the top 20 forever. #8 Hurt So Good - John Cougar #9 Abracadabra - Steve Millier band Are the songs that cock blocked Hold Me from the top spot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billbo...ingles_of_1982
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