Fleetwood Mac Songs That Have Grown on You

[WalkAThinLine.]

For a large portion of Fleetwood Mac songs, I enjoyed them immediately on the first listen. These tended to be the Lindsey Buckingham songs, although I also gravitated towards the other songwriters as well. Even with a band as great as Fleetwood Mac, there are some songs that I occasionally skip, although on occasion, I attempt to give these songs another chance to redeem themselves. There are times where my initial thoughts hold true and the song is not worth the listen, but more often than not, I find a greater level of appreciation for some of these neglected songs.

Here are a handful of songs that I wasn't completely fond of on the first listen but later grew to appreciate.

Songbird
Silver Springs
Over and Over
What Makes You Think You're the One
Storms
Not That Funny
Never Make Me Cry
Walk a Thin Line
Wish You Were Here
Mystified
Welcome to the Room...Sara
You and I Part II
As Long as You Follow
Hard Feelings
All Over Again
Running Through the Garden
Smile at You
Steal Your Heart Away

[Villavic]

This is an interesting topic. In my case I enjoyed immediately a large portion of songs too, but more based on albums, not singers necessarily. So if I have to pick songs that have grown on me, I realize there are several from Tusk.

Save Me a Place
Not That Funny
Brown Eyes
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Honey Hi
Straight Back
Oh Daddy
Thrown Down
Say Goodbye

[jbrownsjr]

That's All For Everyone
That's All Right
Eyes of The World
Beautiful Child
Honey Hi
Family Man
Caroline

[David]

It hasn’t grown all that much on me, but “Smile at You” on the 2003 album has grown somewhat. I used to think it was a misfire and a mess (my view had nothing to do with the earlier demos), but now I kind of get it. It has something, though I know not what.

[HomerMcvie]

Mystified
Only Over Ewe.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Mystified
Only Over Ewe.

hahahahaha!!!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by David

It hasn’t grown all that much on me, but “Smile at You” on the 2003 album has grown somewhat. I used to think it was a misfire and a mess (my view had nothing to do with the earlier demos), but now I kind of get it. It has something, though I know not what.

For me, it was the interplay of Lindsey’s percussive guitar playing with John’s incredibly melodic bass playing. It was maybe John’s finest hour.

[WatchChain]

I Know I'm Not Wrong
What Makes You Think You're the One

Sheer brilliance! The live versions pack an even better punch. As stated by an earlier post, these songs require age and life experience to appreciate. As a 7-year-old kid in 1977, I was obsessed with Rumours - I wore out the record. However, "Tusk" left the 9-year-old me scratching my head. I had no schema, no frame of reference to grow into it.

Unpopular Opinion: The 53-year-old me is convinced that "Tusk" is a better album than "Rumours" - probably the best album in the Fleetwood Mac catalog.

I Know I'm Not Wrong is a masterpiece. On stage - it's a beautiful monster.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by David

It hasn’t grown all that much on me, but “Smile at You” on the 2003 album has grown somewhat. I used to think it was a misfire and a mess (my view had nothing to do with the earlier demos), but now I kind of get it. It has something, though I know not what.

One thing it has is that lovely acoustic picking at the end.....

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

Here are a handful of songs that I wasn't completely fond of on the first listen but later grew to appreciate.

Songbird
Silver Springs
Over and Over
Storms
Never Make Me Cry
Welcome to the Room...Sara
Hard Feelings
All Over You

All of these songs I totally had the same reaction. As a kid, I just couldn’t appreciate the beautifulness of Songbird and Storms, the heartbreak of Hard Feelings and Never Make Me Cry, or the lyrical intensity of Silver Springs and Welcome to the Room Sara. With some life experience, I came to really like these songs.