Posted on 05/20/2022 10:46:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Entrancing, sensual and opaque, it’s apparently about Nicks’ friend marrying Mick Fleetwood, but could just as easily be about a passionate affair ending.
4. Don’t Stop (1977)
A glimmer of optimism amid Rumours’ romantic angst? Maybe. McVie’s Don’t Stop is actually the sound of a departing wife blithely telling her ex-husband to buck up, but its cantering rhythm and chorus are so impossibly, infectiously buoyant, the song so flawless, that it cancels out the unhappiness that provoked it.
3. Everywhere (1987)
With Nicks largely out of action, McVie’s songwriting went into overdrive on Tango in the Night. Everywhere is just an incredible song, its enduring power bolstered by the fact that, on an album with a very late-80s production, its sound still cleaved close to that of Rumours.
2. Go Your Own Way (1976)
Perfect pop distilled from passive aggression and, according to Buckingham, the Rolling Stones’ Street Fighting Man. The verses build tension, the choruses and the fantastic guitar solo are an angry, cathartic release. Nicks, however, was not pleased by her ex’s depiction of her: “I wanted to go over and kill him.”
1. Dreams (1977)
The crowning glory of Fleetwood Mac’s oeuvre and the apotheosis of a certain super-smooth 70s LA studio sound; supposedly rendered terminally unhip by punk, it has been endlessly imitated over the past 20 years. Of course, the melody is irresistible, but a chunk of Dreams’ lasting power comes from the way the lyrics, essentially Go Your Own Way told from a different angle, are at odds with everything else in the track – Nicks’ drowsy delivery, the laid-back rhythm, the hazy combination of acoustic strumming, spare lead guitar and electric piano – transforming their anger into a dismissive screw-you shrug, turning rancour and bitterness into something exquisite.
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Mine:
1. Gold Dust Woman
2. Gypsy
Stevie is dreamy.
Anything from Kiln House...awesome album with Buddy Holly and Elvis sound.
That said, Fleetwood Mac is still one of my favorite bands. They are especially good as a live band, their musicianship is incredible. Many people only think of Fleetwood Mac only in the Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham era of 1975 and beyond but they had a number of very decent albums before that featuring musicians such as Bob Welch, Peter Green and Danny Kirwan to name a few.
Unlike many others, I consider "Tusk" the best overall studio work of the band followed by "Mirage" and "Tango In The Night." I don't think I would have "Rumours" even in the top 5 as I would put "Bare Trees" and "Future Games" ahead of it as well.
Musical “genius” is just undetected plagiarism.
I am not sure who first said that but it’s definitely true
I liked the “Buckingham Nicks” album. Cover.
Temporary One. From zero to accelerated heartbeat in one second.
I like FM.
I’ll use this one to hijack again.
The beautiful band with pipes.............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAUoz7jimg
This song was written for his father in fact.
It helped him overcome a sudden death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizRRft3_8Y
Most folks wouldn’t identify this in with the FM sound but one of the best for me is Oh Well Pt 1. I think that was Koran and Green and boy do they rock it out - hard hitting bluesy riff. Even the title is like “yeah, so what? Putting the attitude in rock.
“The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)“ - none of their other songs before or since even comes close.
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