it's not rhiannon but beyond that I dunno.
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
what criteria are we using here?
― private static void (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
best song
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
anyway the answer will probably be sara either way
xpost
― private static void (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
best song = everything about the song, including production etc.
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
SARA
is perfect.
― fillibustar superstar! (Abbott), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
sara
― akm, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
sara - overratedrhiannon - underrated.so that.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
dreams
― iago g., Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
plus, rhiannon is the first Mac song that ive heard, so it's childhood nostalgia,xpost to myself
― Zeno, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
^i suspect it was the first mac song i heard too - certainly it was either that or go yr own way
― private static void (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
i had that 70's collection on cassette, and that was the song they chose.but yeah, go your own way is also one of the first songs ive heard
― Zeno, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
the lack of a moroder mix of this shows a failure of imagination on somebody's part.
(also, where's "gold dust woman"?)
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 06:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
Real hard this one. After years of worshipping sara, i think i'll go with dreams in the end
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 06:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
Voted for this
For what sounds like 4/4, Fleetwood/MacVie are pretty unstoppable here. Always liked the guitar bit at the end.
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 06:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
OMG SO OTM
anyway, lightning strikes, maybe once maybe twice
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 06:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
lol xpost but 2/2 LAilxorz agree!
i dunno, 'dreams' and 'rhiannon' are pretty even for me. though miles better than the other two.
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 07:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
Probably "Sara", but I love how "Gypsy" is like a compressed version of the others, combining the witchiness and yearning of "Rhiannon", the resignation and pop perfection of "Dreams" and the wispiness and production nous of "Sara". Guitar solo at the end shreds.
But um, still can't go past "Sara". ALL I EVER WANTED!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Sara" :: "Kashmir""Gypsy" :: "Ten Years Gone"
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
i have the full concert that 'sara' clip is from on vhs somewhere, first mac i ever saw, on television when i was eleven or something, and that whole show is INSANE.
― What an ego stroke that would be! (stevie), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 09:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Dreams" is great, but it's also one of the most overrated FM tunes.
Gypsy > Sara > Dreams > Rihannon
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
i always find it hard to think of tracks from 75-79 period FM as overrated, i love them all as if they were my children
― private static void (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
I don't think you can overrate perfect things
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
'Rhiannon' is maybe my favourite FM song, so that. It's all about the harmonies in the chorus. I'd rank the other three Sara>Dreams>Gypsy.
― Gavin in Leeds, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
omg the bit in the rumours doc where you hear the bare harmonies from dreams... chills i tells ya
― private static void (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
i voted "dreams" but honestly i could throw a dart at any of these choices and hit an amazing song.
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
the lyrics are just so scathing for a soft-rock hit...
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
"it didn't end up being silly at all" (sure, stevie)
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm voting for "Tusk."
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Wow, this is tough -- these are all easily in my Fleetwood Mac top 10.
Right now, I am thinking Sara = Dreams > Gypsy > Rhiannon.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Nice to see some people repping for "Gypsy," which has long been my favorite FM track. I've heard it a thousand times, and the bridge, with Stevie building towards her vocal climax and Lindsey playing those staccato guitar arpeggios, can still make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
― naturally unfunny, though mechanically sound (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
No "Seven Wonders"?
Voted for "Sara," of course – my favorite Mac ballad.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING
― mark cl, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
dreams is basically perfect. sara is too though
seriously! the lyrics are bruuuuutal
i think dreams > sara > rhiannon > gypsy
― mark cl, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
on a different day i could sara though
*vote
listened to sara on my way to work like 6 times in a row--so perfect for this weather. last minute and a half are my favorite.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Gypsy. Perfect track.
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
These days I might even prefer the edited version from the original CD and the 1988 greatest hits: it packs even more of a wallop and contains more mystery within the limitations of a four-minute pop song.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
guys i'm so happy that i 'discovered' fleetwood mac for myself literally about one week ago! like how is that possible??!! but i'm so glad i finally did. like i always knew dreams and 'go your own way' but didn't even know that 'don't stop' was them.
listening to s/t right now and these guys are like the best pop band evah
― mark cl, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
Shouldn't "The Chain" be in here too? Just a thought.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
Nah. These feel of a piece - The Chain and even Gold Dust Woman are a different category.
The thing about dreams is it's all (gently) downhill from the first verse.
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Dreams > Gypsy > Rhiannon > Sara
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm going for Sara, but hey, if Dreams wins, it's not like a big deal or anything. I think I've got more childhood nostalgia around Dreams, anyway. Gypsy is an excellent track, but certainly at the bottom of this ranking. I'm glad mark cl has discovered them! I often talk to music fans about them and you'd be surprised how many people scratch their heads as though actively investigating them is the weirdest idea in the world.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Toughie - either Sara or Dreams.
Both are so perfectly excuted. Dreams for it's pop-ness appeal but Sara for the tingles felt on each hearing; Sara creates such a tense mood but so beautiful!
I voted Dreams 'cos I ain't too deep,
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
Either Dreams or Sara, I can't decide!
― ENBB, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
Great poll. I don't know 'Gypsy' either, so treat for me. WIll report back.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
Lindsey doesn't look well in those first couple of clips. Great guitar at the end on Gypsy. I seem to remember Rhiannon having some blistering guitar too. This is hard.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
I have only ever heard Fleetwood Mac on the radio. Which ever song has the 'thunder only happens when it's raining' lyric is the one i'd vote for.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
"I Don't Wanna Be A Cleaning Lady"
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
Also, Rhiannon can pretty much suck it. I've decided Gypsy is better than Rhiannon, sorry.
O T M
yes landslide is the only song that the logic of this poll calls for that is absent. and the answer is, when it's all said and done, dreams. as much as we love sara, we must conclude that dreams is the better song - for its dynamics, the thunder crash of the chorus, the unity of lyrical theme and music, and of course a hook for the ages.
― uptown churl, Saturday, 9 May 2009 22:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ha! BLASPHEMER!
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 22:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 9 May 2009 23:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
Going for dreams because of the harmonies in the chorus. But neither of these are among my favourite Fleetwood songs.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 10 May 2009 14:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 10 May 2009 23:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
wow! Justice is done...but look how close!
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Sunday, 10 May 2009 23:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
not close enough. ILM, this time your Tusk stanning has gone too far.
― jesus is the man (jabba hands), Monday, 11 May 2009 00:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
ohno! rhiaaaaaaaaannnnnnnon
― cnn and the holograms (daria-g), Monday, 11 May 2009 02:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
Seriously Tusk is beyond stanning. If anything its better than its ILM rep.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Monday, 11 May 2009 02:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
I have Gypsy on my new iPod. It is almost enough to feel complete as a human being. Almost.
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Monday, 18 May 2009 05:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is one of the best threads on the entirety of this board, just saying. I'll be quiet now, but this one is a doozy.
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Monday, 18 May 2009 05:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
Okay last post for tonight, but Fleetwood Mac are the best band in the universe. I don't care if it's Lindsay or Christine or Stevie singing. It doesn't fucking matter. It just doesn't fucking matter at all. I've made a special exception for New Order just to do this post, because everyone knows New Order are Bimble's fave band. I made a special exception. I even overrid the Beatles. THANKING U.
I want lots of friends who love Fleetwood Mac. If you don't like them, well...
― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Monday, 18 May 2009 06:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
Had I seen this poll I would've voted Rhiannon, just because I've been playing it quite a bit recently.
― DavidM, Monday, 18 May 2009 10:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
^^^ this is good
― iatee, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
OH yeah, damnit. Oh yeah. She can kick the shit out of any rock and roller that happens to get into a 400 mile radius. Just sayin'.
― Sacriligiously Dead (Bimble), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've just had a complete and total Fleetwood Mac moment. Thanks iatee. Can't believe some of the original "Gypsy" video is in that. It's almost too much.
― Sacriligiously Dead (Bimble), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
And then you can play the studio version of Gyspy and almost triumph over the whole of life. You can almost transcend death. You know I went to a graveyard this morning in the sunshine and it was so beautiful it's like pins & needles in my heart.
But yeah, Fleetwood Mac.
― Sacriligiously Dead (Bimble), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Madness.
― Sundar, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Inconceivable alternate reality, from that article linked above:
"Well, "Tusk" wasn't MY album. "Tusk" was mainly Lindsey's conception, dream, everything he ever wanted to do. Everybody just figured that for whatever his reasons were, it was important that he do that and we just sort of sat back and let him do it. I don't mean to sound blase or anything. I was there. I just didn't have very much to do with it. Because if I had had much to do with it, it wouldn't have been a double album and it wouldn't....it wouldn't have been crazy."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
I pledge allegiance to the Buckingham guitar solo at the end of Gypsy, I promise. He can get an honorary Brit award or something, for that. Right?
― Sacriligiously Dead (Bimble), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:45 AM (1 year ago)
starting to think Gypsy=Dreams>Rhiannon>>>>>>Sara
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Friday, 11 March 2011 05:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I just listened to gypsy! like 3 seconds ago!
― iatee, Friday, 11 March 2011 06:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
what the hell is wrong with sara!!
― max, Friday, 11 March 2011 07:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
fuckin nothing is wrong with sara
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Friday, 11 March 2011 07:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Monday, 11 May 2009 03:09 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― just sayin, Friday, 11 March 2011 11:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ first public performance of "rhiannon"
<3 you forever for this!
― Michael Bay, CEO of Transformers (Phil D.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's amazing that on the demo she already found the right vocal melody for "Gypsy." It's almost identical to the released one.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg @ rhiannon right there
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
dreams and rhiannon both all time faves of highest order, while sara and gypsy both bore me to no end. think Fleetwood Mac only band to really hit these extremes for me
― Dominique, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
never saw this thread but i would've voted for "Gypsy." never really occurred to me but i'm not that big on Stevie Mac -- generally prefer both the FM hits by other singers and her solo stuff
― hoovers like jagger (some dude), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think i voted, but dreams
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would have voted for "gypsy." it's something in her delivery.
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know:
"so i'm backto the velvet
uuuunderground"
little lifts of smoke
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh hell, "rhiannon" for all time. wish i'd voted.
and thanks for that live version, aero! too fast & tough, but still so great.
― Looking for that #Swagu? (contenderizer), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
i voted for sara and id do it again in a heartbeat
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
id do it a thousand times over
never change
― caek, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, July 5, 2011 5:01 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
People slag the bridge in that tune, but for me what makes the song is the way that Stevie ends on a lower note for each line of the first half while Lindsey's arpeggios imply the rest of the band is climbing for something; then in the second half, she ends on the same note three times before reaching for that last high one. It's spine-chilling.
― Michael Bay, CEO of Transformers (Phil D.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
now i am reading hilariously written interpretations of the lyrics to "sara" online
Though the years were hard, her years with Lindsey, at least at the start, were basked in a joyful love, one that shined and gave off this promised light of happiness. Behind this light, though, was another source, this one more emotional and intense, such as the flames of a fire.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ this version of gypsy almost makes me want to vote for it. but, no, its sara! sorry guys!
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was watching Stevie duet w/ one of the competitors on The Voice last week and she flutters her fingers while performing even more than any impression of her could ever hope to convey
― hoovers like jagger (some dude), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
dreams vs. sara was tough for me
― Last Friday Night (G.T.F.O.) (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 July 2011 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay maybe "sara" is correct. i have been listening to "storms" a lot lately, too; the quality of stevie's voice on it is so ;_;
― horseshoe, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I believe the Rhiannon youtube revive proves that song #1
― Muttley vs. Mumbly (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have been listening to "storms" a lot lately, too; the quality of stevie's voice on it is so ;_;
"storms" is my favorite fleetwood mac song and is better than any of these okay sorry
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
this poll is vicious but right now i could listen to the little ascending guitar bits in the chorus of 'gypsy' forever.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:21 (8 months ago) Permalink
well not the chorus. whatever that section is. the 'to the gypsy that remains' bit. what is that! why does it only appear once!
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:54 (8 months ago) Permalink