Am I missing a bit? I don't think that song's mentioned in the piece you linked.
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 11:56 (ten years ago) link
Then Play Long on the mysterious case of the disintegrating band: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/fleetwood-mac-tango-in-night.html
― agincourtgirl, Thursday, 27 November 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
That's really great!
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Thursday, 27 November 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
ooh
― föllakzoidberg (electricsound)
missionary
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
This has, weirdly, developed into my favourite Fleetwood Mac record. Even 'Caroline' and 'You and I, Part II' have grown on me.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Sunday, 1 January 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
9. "Welcome to the Room...Sara" (Nicks) – 3:37 7
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 1 January 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
How did seven wonders get no votes
― monotony, Sunday, 1 January 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
Was wondering that myself, the two mcvie masterpieces are impossible to deny, though
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 1 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
Family Man sorta robbed here
― Wimmels, Monday, 2 January 2017 02:13 (seven years ago) link
"Isn't it Midnight" is an astonishingly brilliant song. Can't believe it got no love here.
― beamish13, Monday, 2 January 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the votes for Welcome To The Room are baffling. Probably Stevies worst song on a Fleetwood Mac album. Undeniable as Christine's two mega hits are Ive probably listened to Caroline or the title track most by choice. Tango (the song) is just so fantastically overblown with those long held chorus notes and the I'm So Afraid pt 2 outro solo.
― Dan.S., Monday, 2 January 2017 12:19 (seven years ago) link
"Welcome to the Room...SARA!" reminds me of this all-time thread: A thread for Steve n.'s list of songs that his boss sings
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
FRONTLINE BAYBY
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
All the songs that got 0 votes are incredible, IMO.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
I remember listening to Tango In The Night (the song) as an eleven year old and wondering if that was what heavy metal sounded like
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Also the version of I'm So Afraid on the sublime 1980 live LP
― There shouldn't be a thread for Dennis Perrin tweets (stevie), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
*etta james voice* at last
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fleetwood-mac-unearth-rare-tracks-for-tango-in-the-night-reissue-w462942
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
yessssss
― niels, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
TAAAAANNNNGOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
hoping the remastering here is as revelatory as mirage's
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
Kind of a dick move to make the 12-Inches exclusive to the big box.
Still, YAY!
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
At least I'LL have remastered versions of "Down Endless Streets" and Y&I Pt. 1.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
There seems to be a combined version of both parts of 'You & I', which I'm eager to hear.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/71658-fleetwood-mac-share-unreleased-early-version-of-seven-wonders-listen/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
― just sayin, Friday, 17 February 2017 10:49 (seven years ago) link
hey Brad Nelson, nice review of the Tango re-ish.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22976-tango-in-the-night-deluxe-edition/
― nomar, Monday, 13 March 2017 04:11 (seven years ago) link
"Big Love" FTW. What a weird song. I've heard five interviews with Lindsey where he can't even describe the damn thing. The Pitchfork description of it as austere and detached gets closer. This is a man way removed from real life and emotions trying to reconnect from his mansion. Usually that kind of thing probably results in total crud but here it's fascinating.
― yesca, Monday, 13 March 2017 06:32 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if this has been linked elsewhere but I happened to watch it last night and it's amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBSWt0b4K8E
― nate woolls, Monday, 13 March 2017 09:45 (seven years ago) link
OOOHAH
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
That Pitchfork review was excellent
― Dysphagia Nutrition Solutions (stevie), Monday, 13 March 2017 12:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah great stuff, Brad. beautiful writing
― flopson, Monday, 13 March 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
also ty for this great trivia
She howls her way through “Seven Wonders,” a song written mostly by Sandy Stewart. (Nicks receives credit because she misheard “All the way down you held the line” as “All the way down to Emmiline”; for Nicks—and I don’t disagree—sometimes accident and authorship are indistinguishable.)
― flopson, Monday, 13 March 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Stevie mishears a lot of things. "Edge of Seventeen" exists because she misheard Tom Petty's wife say "age of seventeen."
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 March 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
lmao love u stevie
also thanks y'all
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
I love the idea that Nicks deserved a writing credit.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever),
cocaine in her ears iirc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
cool stuff in the deluxe edition that got cut from the review
- the reconstituted "you and i" is awesome and had it ended tango it'd probably be my favorite fleetwood mac record even with the disintegrating stevie songs- i've had the extended remixes for years but i still get really surprised when i hear a long lost stevie backing vocal woven into them, especially in "big love" and "family man" which i always thought of as (and which, afaik, are) solitary lindsey affairs
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
or the TELL ME LIES. WHOA. SWEET LITTLE LIES. OH NO NO YOU CAN'T DISGUISE that suddenly appears as a mixing decision in the "Little Lies" 12-inch.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Reissue's not out until the end of the month, right? That's a pretty early review.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
I love the idea that Nicks deserved a writing credit.― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 13, 2017 3:26 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 13, 2017 3:26 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's like something straight from the Mike Love school of earning writing credits.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
/Then Play Long/ on the mysterious case of the disintegrating band: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/fleetwood-mac-tango-in-night.html🔗
That said, I don't think stuff that sounds like Nicks on "Little Lies" is Buckingham.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 13 March 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
The three are on "Little Lies" – that's the beauty of the chorus, where each gets a line (and the beauty of the 12" is exposing listeners to the rest of Nicks' vocal).
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
x-post:
I'd probably go as far as saying that it ranks as one of Nicks' worst ever vocal performances on record.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
the christine/stevie/lindsey tradeoff in the chorus is the most they ever feel like a band on the record and it's also just really sharp arranging, it's the part of the song that's like burned into my memory forever xp
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
yep!
It's the Mac song I remember most as a kid, thanks to that nasal Nicks hook in the chorus.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
i heard it on the radio for years as a kid without ever identifying it as a fleetwood mac song. which persisted even after i became a fan; they didn't perform it the dance, which was my gateway
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
er, on the dance*
I used to wake up to the clock/radio every morning, and one of my formative memories is waking up to "Little Lies" one day. It was the sleepy-eyed equivalent of hearing something amazing and needing to pull the car over. 1987, so must have been middle school. Not sure when I even realized pre-'80s Fleetwood Mac existed, to be honest. What's weird is that I didn't buy the record until much, much later.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Posted before I got here...Like all the singles, would have voted for "Mystified."
― clemenza, Monday, 13 March 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
I had completely forgotten about "Big Love"
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Monday, 13 March 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
For me, I heard stuff like 'Albatross' and 'Oh Well' first and I pretty much thought of Fleetwood Mac as being something to be put in the same bracket as Cream or something. British blues rock. But then later I'd see videos for Fleetwood Mac songs from different eras on VH-1 and I'd think "huh, wut?" ... I'd see 'Albatross' one day, 'Big Love' the next, then something like 'Rhiannon' and it'd be a bit confusing. It wasn't until I saw the Rock Family Trees episode on Fleetwood Mac circa 1994-1995 or thereabouts that I became aware of how it all fit together, then the Classic Albums episode on Rumours. That was basically my gateway... then suddenly it was like: "huh, so that's where the intro music from the Formula One comes from..."
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 13 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link