sara
― akm, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
sara - overratedrhiannon - underrated.so that.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
dreams
― iago g., Tuesday, 28 April 2009 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
^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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG SO OTM
anyway, lightning strikes, maybe once maybe twice
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sara" :: "Kashmir""Gypsy" :: "Ten Years Gone"
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
"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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think you can overrate perfect things
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:35 (fifteen years ago) link
'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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
the lyrics are just so scathing for a soft-rock hit...
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
"it didn't end up being silly at all" (sure, stevie)
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm voting for "Tusk."
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 11:59 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S RAINING
― mark cl, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Shouldn't "The Chain" be in here too? Just a thought.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Dreams > Gypsy > Rhiannon > Sara
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Either Dreams or Sara, I can't decide!
― ENBB, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Great poll. I don't know 'Gypsy' either, so treat for me. WIll report back.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
^^"Dreams"
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
just searched my library and discovered that I do have one FM track in my collection. Little Lies (Dub Mix). Good little mix too.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I got Tango In The Night at the weekend. It's better than I expected (and I was expecting it to be pretty good)
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was surprised at how much I liked TITN when I first heard it a year ago -- I think I had assumed that FM were solid for a few years in the late '70s and useless thereafter, but there are some fantastic pop songs on that album.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I usually like Christine's stuff least, but her songs on it are impeccable
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:59 AM
Me too.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ this is good
― iatee, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
Madness.
― Sundar, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
― (*゚ー゚)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 (thirteen years ago) link
I just listened to gypsy! like 3 seconds ago!
― iatee, Friday, 11 March 2011 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
what the hell is wrong with sara!!
― max, Friday, 11 March 2011 07:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously Tusk is beyond stanning. If anything its better than its ILM rep.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉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 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4EGaNrAp4
― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ first public performance of "rhiannon"
<3 you forever for this!
― Michael Bay, CEO of Transformers (Phil D.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
omg @ rhiannon right there
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think i voted, but dreams
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i would have voted for "gypsy." it's something in her delivery.
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
you know:
"so i'm backto the velvet
uuuunderground"
little lifts of smoke
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
i voted for sara and id do it again in a heartbeat
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
id do it a thousand times over
never change
― caek, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKIC_Kza4Ek
^^ 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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
dreams vs. sara was tough for me
― Last Friday Night (G.T.F.O.) (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 7 July 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe the Rhiannon youtube revive proves that song #1
― Muttley vs. Mumbly (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda think these are the four best fleetwood mac songs
― marcos, Friday, 13 October 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Thursday, July 7, 2011 12:49 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey me, you're an asshole and an idiot. the answer is either "sara" or "gypsy"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 13 October 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
Sara for sentimental reasons but gypsy would be my pick as that song is so uplifting and great to sing along to. Silver springs is up there too
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 13 October 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
sara vs dreams for me. very difficult
― marcos, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link