Best song on "Tusk" - Fleetwood Nac

People never talk about "Think About Me". There's something so deliciously self-effacing/ironic about how Lindsay sings the "I don't drag you down..." harmony.

That said it's gotta be "Sara".

The guitars sound GREAT on "Think About Me" and even better on the single version.

i voted for "think about me"!

Walk a Thin Line for me. today.

honey honey honey
what could be sweeter than you?

i've got to pick angel. i love her ad libs at the end, all passionate restraint until that awesome coital moan - "oooooooOOOOOH, that girl was me". it's a shame lindsey buckingham had such a habit of cutting her short, i could listen to that outro forever.

there's a live version of this on youtube where the band speed up and really rock out, as stevie performs this amazing kind of flapper dance.

WTF this is so obviously Sara!

"That's All for Everyone"...one of the best Buckingham ever wrote.

I always groups this w/Beach Boys' 'Til I Die, and both are amazing

"save me a place," with a couple other buckingham songs close behind.

It's "That's All For Everyone," by light years.

For some reason right now I have the biggest urge to pick "Storms", but I think I'll go with "I Know I'm Not Wrong"

"Sara." Now and forever.

As with Rumours, I'm turning my back on Buckingham, who is one of my absolute heroes. He owns Tusk, and yet my favorite track is "Brown Eyes." McVie's vocal and Fleetwood's drumming are the very definition of coiled restraint.

But actually, once I start Tusk, it usually plays all the way through, so in a way the whole album is my favorite song on the album.

STORMS

another example of a nicks song that could go on forever

i chose Never Make Me Cry

saaaaaaaaara

i majorly dig the outtake version on the reissue too with all the blather about being a cleaning lady

It's "That's All For Everyone," by light years.

Yup.

Over and Over followed by Honey Hi. Over and Over has a plaintive and nostalgic feel, yet is lyrically straight-forward in a way that sets you up for the madness and disfunction to come. And what can I say, I'm a sucker for McVie.

On Camper's version, I'd go with Storms followed by Tusk. I think that CVB actually played Storms with more soul and tension than Nicks could muster, especially benefitting from the addition of the violin. Their Tusk went into jarring depths of estrangement that Buckingham could only hint at.

From both albums, I like Walk a Thin Line equally.

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Thank you, ILX System. Don't forget to vote for "That's All For Everyone" like I told you.

NEVER FORGET. VOTE NOW.

Over and Over has a plaintive and nostalgic feel, yet is lyrically straight-forward in a way that sets you up for the madness and disfunction to come

I think it was Douglas Wolk on the Tusk thread who remarked on the guts it took to open a double album with a meandering ballad. And to think that it's followed by "The Ledge"!

i like "over and over" - it's sad and the guitar is wonderfull but the song itself seems to end too soon, while the instruments just playing forever.(with some "over and over" at the back)too bad,cause it could be perfect,for me at least

Fleetwood's drumming on "Over and Over" -- in the last minute or so -- is absolutely brilliant.

the results here will be intersting, i have no clue what will be the best track, and it looks like the votes will more or less be divided equally between most of the songs

And to think that it's followed by "The Ledge"!

Yeah, the effect is something like "la, la, la, la...wait, dude...what?" The Ledge would benefit from a jew's harp or a washboard. I always picture Lindsey in overalls and a straw hat singing this song.

I also like to imagine it getting played at some frat party back in '79, and when the Ledge comes on they get all pissed, take the record off the turntable, throw it out the window, and listen to "Off the Wall" instead. Everybody gets laid and "Tusk" becomes a "lost classic."

"That's All For Everyone," which I choose for the melody and best vocal overdubbing imaginable. But it barely wins over "Save Me a Place," "Over and Over," and "What Makes You Think You're the One."

ILM in Tusk obsession shockah!

No love for "Storms" so I'm voting that, even though, as illustrated here, this is an impossible poll and Tusk is a masterpiece.

strgn otm upthread re: Radio City

Oh, and I voted "Storms" because of the way Stevie sings "and I did not deal with you, I know..." - goosebumps every time!

'over and over' lovers MUST check out the beautiful version on 1980's Fleetwood Mac Live

Ah hell, you guys have got me rooting for Over & Over now! I'll have to listen to that live version, thanks.

I think this is the first poll where I'll agree with whatever wins.

I know! When folks were mentioning Storms, it was real hard to keep quiet. That song kindof haunts me for weeks after playing it.

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And Sarah is #1, as it should be.

I was embarrassed after casting my vote for not voting that.

Still, Over & Over is the be all end all, isn't? What the hell is wrong with these Buckingham freaks who ruin this poll until "Storms" makes an appearance.

But you NEVER TOLD ME
BOUT THE FIRE

IN THE CITY OF LOVE

WHERE EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO DROWN
NOW IT's GONE

"What Makes You Think You're The One" and "Never Forget" should be higher.

"I Know I'm Not Wrong" is my 10th or 11th favorite song on the album.

Bless you, Alfred.

"thats enough for me" is a great song, he should got much higher than 0 votes - those fast country guitars...

plus - "not that funny" and "what makes you think:" should be much higher too.
there are some songs there that i tend to skip all the time, and i really don't know them that well (angel,honey i , never gorget)

I'm surprised by the "Sara" fandom. I created a thread a couple of years ago and got good-to-meh responses.

It's "sea of love," Bimble, not city.

I'm only surprised by how high "Tusk" ended up - if there's a skippable song on the album, that's the one

THREE? THREE?!

I don't think I'm enough of an adult - or a contemporary, for that matter - to understand what people find so special about Sara.

It's got nothing to do with being adult or contemporary -- it's spectral, subversive, obscure.

See, I can't hear the subversion. And I admit this opinion is probably entirely a failing on my behalf, seeing as the consensus seems to favor it overwhelming, but I prefer every Nicks song on the album to Sara.

I think that one of my main complaints is that, for whatever reason, the piano riff sounds to me like the theme song for some sitcom that I can't quite put my finger on.

I'll have to put this one on repeat.

I can't believe I was the only vote for "Honey Hi."

Likewise with "Over and Over."

OTM. I won't deny that she's a snooze on her own, but the word "context" was meant for her.

Are any McVie solo albums worth picking up? i assume from that post the answer is no.

Download "Got A Hold On Me." That's all you need.

"never make me cry" is one of my favorite songs on this record

"sara" would've gotten my vote ultimately

I'm sorry, I've really looked through a lot of threads on Fleetwood Mac and I can't find the bit where someone turned me on to the 1980 live stuff. The version of "Dreams" on that is to die for.

Oh my GOD if the live 1980 version of "Rhiannon" doesn't curl your toes...nothing will.

That enthusiasm!

Tusk is Lindsay's show as far as I'm concerned.

I know there are folks who feel that way, but ignore Christine???? Christ we could fight all night about this. I choose peace.

Big Lindsay show on "Oh well" on this 1980 live thing. Yay-uh. Fabulous stuff.

I'm only half there on the McVie entries. I mean, Over and Over is obviously fantastic, and so is Honey Hi and Brown Eyes, but she almost cancels it out with Think About Me, am I the only one squarely annoyed by this song? A lot of it may have to do with the production on it, I don't think Buckingham really got this one. At all.

Okay, I really want to hear this by the way.

has this thread always been called Best song on "Tusk" - Fleetwood Nac

Fleetwood Nac, there you go. Brillaint.

Look, this live 1980 thing as almost as good as heroin, I imagine. Don't deprive yourself.

That's very good, but you're not telling me anything else about it!

And I care, I really do!

YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN CALL IT ANOTHER LONELY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

Dude, there's only like 4 other bands as good as Fleetwood Mac in the whole world. Serious.

I KNOW FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEEEEEEEEEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!

DROWNDED IN THE CITY OF LOVE

Call me home. Listen to the freakin' reggae guitar on the live version!!! It's a freakin' orgasm is what it is.

LACES UNDOING THE LACES

SARA
SARA
SARA
SARA
SARA
SARA
SARA

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHH!

Back on topic, how did "That's all for everyone" place second? It's easily the worst track.

Uhh, missed this one. My vote for "Walk A Thin line" went missing too :(

Back on topic, how did "That's all for everyone" place second? It's easily the worst track.

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THANKYOU! Its Lindsey's worst at least.

same planet, different worlds

*meanwhile on the same planet: man goes n'orders 'hmself a christine mcvie solo album*

Sara??? seriously? I like at least 8 songs on Tusk for than that one (basically all of Lindsey's). I'm sad that "That's Enough for Me" got the goose egg. And "Save Me a Place" with 1 vote? What is this world coming to?

yeah opinions and assholes etc...

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Think About Me, am I the only one squarely annoyed by this song? A lot of it may have to do with the production on it, I don't think Buckingham really got this one. At all.

This song is fabulous, one of those great Christine-Lindsey collabs that melds his talent for subversion with her melodic smarts and sexual heat. I just love how the guitar sounds, especially after the second chorus. John does his trademark rock-steady thumping until he plays a few extra notes as the guitar plays major chords. As for the chorus, it's one of those Bernard Sumner-esque moments of lucidity that looks stupid on paper ("I don't hold you down/Maybe that's why you're around") but accrues more meaning when you don't separate it from the arrangement.

It took me a while to warm to this song (it was the third single too), but now it's probably Christine's best punchy rocker.

I think what is great about that couplet is the fact that both singers sound like they only realise the second line after they've sung the first. It's fabulous.

That said "What Makes You Think You're The One" is the song most cruelly robbed by this poll.