Is that really Stevie at 3:21
yep!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
Does Mick Fleetwood ever look like he's not having the best time ever when he's playing drums?
SO otm.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
TOP 20 TODAY... Let's get to it:
#20: "Little Lies" (Christine McVie, 1987) - 325 points, 15 votes, 1 number one vote
http://i53.tinypic.com/2mdf0jp.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/kyE4CLM0QIA
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
Mr. Snrub, thanks for the kind words, and happy for you to have discovered the joys of Buckingham/Nicks... I'm finding the pics basically through Google image searches both semi-creative and straightforward. There's a trove of Mac-related pics out there, and they're such a great, odd looking bunch of people.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
I've never heard the Stevie Nicks version.
― how's life, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
"Little Lies" (Stevie Nicks
???
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
I listened to "Little Lies" again last night. What a perfect single. For many of us it was a sonic update of their signature sound.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
and, again, the 12" version has more Stevie interjections ("Tell me lies...OH!...Sweet little li-i-es...").
a sonic update of their signature sound.
Yeah, it was my only vote from Tango.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, whoops! You know, I've made that mistake for years, and I have no idea why. I always, always think of it as a Stevie song, and always have. I even have "McVie" right there on my spreadsheet staring me in the face. In any event, I apologize to Ms. C. Perfect for the snubbing! Let's try that again:
#20: "Little Lies" (Stevie Nicks, 1987) - 325 points, 15 votes, 1 number one vote
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_uIHP5F8KLg/TrcTmUNShxI/AAAAAAAAD2I/YZzjbtOHDz8/s1600/LittleLies45.jpg
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
ARGH.
#20: "Little Lies" (CHRISTINE MCVIE, 1987) - 325 points, 15 votes, 1 number one vote
"Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, okay? Kick this ass for a man, that's all. Kick my ass. Enjoy. Come on. I'm not asking, I'm telling with this. Kick my ass."--Marty Fufkin
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
^shouldn't that be Stevie Nicks?
― Frank O'Fiall (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha it's Artie
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Shit. I'm better at this when I'm hung over!
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
wow. quite a 'do on Stevie!
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
In any case, an effortlessly amazing song. It also has the exquisite status of being the first Fleetwood Mac song ever released as a cassingle.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
Now I might have to start a band called Exquisite Cassingles.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
btw being a 12 year old boy and hearing these two distinct voices behind the lead going TELL ME LIES/TELL ME TELL ME LIES, one of which is weirdly nasal, was a bizarre experience
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
I loved hearing "Little Lies" every time it came on the radio.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
I was overexposed to this song thanks to my mother's adoration of it. Its position as track one side two meant I could expect the occasional rewind in the car for a second play. At least her obsession eventually resulted in her taking me to see the Tango tour as a kid!
― Killer of Shrimp (Spectrist), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Double shot of Christine Tango masterpieces to start the day:
#19: "Everywhere" (Christine McVie, 1987) - 336 points, 14 votes, 1 number one vote
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/252691/Fleetwood+Mac.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/ThbMaq8hDEo
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
x-post: I'm so ridiculously envious of anyone who got to see Fleetwood Mac in the '70s or '80s... How many did? (Did anyone here see them in the '60s?!)
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
I fully expected "Everywhere" to be in the top ten with ease.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
Is there another band who are as 'tactile' as the Mac, nearly every photo they're draped around each other?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
It's my birthday, I've just been taken to lunch, and we're doing the Fleetwood Mac top twenty. I gotta say, today is a good day.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Hot Chip covered "Everywhere" a couple weeks ago
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
I like "Everywhere," but it has a generic adult-contemporary vibe such that I sometimes forget it's a Fleetwood Mac song.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
If most adult-contempo was as nuanced and melodically graceful as "Everywhere," I'd submit immediately.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Happy Birthday, IK
― Frank O'Fiall (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Those squishy synths and bop-a-bop Muppet harmonies are the bomb
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Thank you nbs. And I've got a Sopranos end-of-season for later. Now just waiting for Everybody Finds Out at no.1 and it'll be perfect.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
You didn't even have to use your A-K!
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IobDug0Ht1g
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
bop-a-bop Muppet harmonies
^ this!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
Harmonies and backing tracks in Fleetwood Mac and especially solo Buckingham are so precise, right down to the stereo separation, that they sound like Synclavier samples.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
i hear everywhere at so many parties
― just sayin, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
"Little Lies" was my #1, "Big Love" was my #4, and "Everywhere Was My #5". Other than that Cut Copy ripoff (which I've listened to a few times, starting with excitement but ending with an empty feeling), I don't know much else that sounds so utterly flawless and integrated and satisfying in the way that these tracks do.
― JessFlip, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
"Everywhere Was My #5"
This reads like a fIREHOSE song.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/happy-birthday-stevie-nicks.34595/
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:38 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
F'real
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
Christine turned 69 two weeks ago.
― 29 facepalms, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know much else that sounds so utterly flawless and integrated and satisfying in the way that these tracks do.
the apex of sleek eighties pop
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
BAWM BAWM BAWM BAWM BUH BUH BAWM
#18: "Second Hand News" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1977) - 338 points, 16 votes, 1 number one vote
http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/biographies/lindsey1.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/p6Fdm3-dnr0
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, that is young Buck
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:06 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Speaking of... Last night, I had a dream in which I was at a very small coffeeshop, and sitting on stage playing solo (yet with full-band sound) was Sir Phil Collins. He played a few of his hits, but I remember him playing a particular song that I thought was undeniably his best one (and I thought of it in explicitly that ILM-poll sense of "oh yeah, this is the one I'm voting for"). The thing was, it wasn't an actual Phil Collins song. My sleeping brain was somehow composing my Platonic ideal of a Phil Collins song and he was right there performing it for me and maybe 25 other people.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Two songs in a row here I want to say TOO LOW to.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
― just sayin, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:51 (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
has that balearic sheen, great set-ending qualities. was my number 3 and astonished it's not top 10.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
As a kid -- by which I mean an 8- or 9-year-old -- I thought "lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff" was both exciting (because it was obviously about SEX) and gross (because ditto).
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
That's one of my favorite lyrics ever.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
I honestly thought "Everywhere" was going to place higher, too...
― Clarke B., Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link