i should have done an albums ballot, rumours would have been #1!
― derek and cliiv (electricsound), Monday, 23 July 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
of course
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
ha. i foresee the upper reaches of the tracks being ridiculously close too.
that old poll has over a hundred votes and only one for the self-titled! poor fleetwood mac, always the bridesmaid.
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 23 July 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
despite the revisionism Rumours is still the better record
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
Only half of the submitters of ballots did the optional albums list; I should've made it mandatory!
― Clarke B., Monday, 23 July 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Tusk showed up on my album ballot, yet I did not include one track from it on my track ballot. The songs are all good, but none of them individually give me chills like many of their others do. I guess it just makes more sense to me as a coherent...well, "coherent" is maybe not the word for this collection of Lindsay's various manias...as a solid listen rather than a source of individual songs.
― JessFlip, Monday, 23 July 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
I put Tusk in as my #5, but could've just as easily chosen 3 or 4 other albums (in fact I should've, because I think we all knew Tusk was either going to be #1 or #2 in these results).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 July 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
whew, that's a relief. genuinely excited for this roll-out.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Same here! It's hard to wait until tomorrow morning (NYC time)... So, there was no love in the albums voting for Mr. Wonderful, Penguin, or Heroes Are Hard To Find (as far as studio recordings go). Isn't Penguin generally regarded as their worst record (of the '60s/'70s/'80s)? I own it but I honestly don't think I've played it more than twice.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for a track from Penguin, but the album's only just ok.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
I thought until the nineties Heroes Are Hard To Find was the worst (I haven't heard it).
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
I have that too and it's the same story--maybe played it twice... Nothing stuck.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol I also voted for a track from that one. Opening tracks of each, actually.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
Kiln House wuz robbed! I should've voted gosh darnit
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
Heroes > Penguin. Although I don't care much for the latter, I do kinda like "The Derelict" which is a real oddball of the Mac catalog, a rare Dave Walker song with a strong countrified flavor that sounds like nothing else they ever recorded.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
gageking67 14 days agoDave Walker should have stuck around. Penguin was the best album the Mac ever put out...
Dave Walker should have stuck around. Penguin was the best album the Mac ever put out...
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 07:39 (eleven years ago) link
Good morning! (Or afternoon... Or, if you're in Australia--God knows.) Last night was the second night out of the past three nights I've had a Fleetwood Mac-related dream. The top 60 rollout will begin in about half an hour or so...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
You're not going to tell us what it was?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, well, it was fairly pedestrian... I was holding down a job in a fast-food restaurant that was inexplicably linked to a record store by way of a short hallway. For some reason, I was sitting down at a desk while assembling sandwiches, but because I was a beginner I wasn't working very quickly and I was feeling frustrated. Boredom overcame me and I ducked over to the record store. I remember seeing Point of Entry by Judas Priest, and several Smashing Pumpkins records that don't actually exist (I wish I remembered the titles). But there was also a treasure trove of old Fleetwood Mac 45s in a section called "ROCKPILE"... Before I could browse heavily or buy anything, though, I felt a nagging sense of duty and slinked back to my desk to make sandwiches.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha what a great dream
― that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
I was hoping it involved being chased by that penguin...
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, there's always tonight! Well, let's go ahead and start things off:
#60: "Sands of Time" (Danny Kirwan, 1971)
http://static-l3.blogcritics.org/11/01/18/151809/Kirwan-1.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/gByiKYa72HU
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
Tell me that spidery intro isn't a happier, more well adjusted cousin of the main riff in "Poptones" by Public Image Ltd...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, and this time with the vital stats:
#60: "Sands of Time" (Danny Kirwan, 1971) - 57 points, 3 votes
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
Good start!
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
wow unexpected Future Games tracks right off the bat!
― that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
#59: "Dragonfly" (Danny Kirwan, 1971) - 62 points, 3 votes
http://www.7inchrecords.com/Discography/FleetwoodMac/SdragonflyDU.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/gS8haFRboRY
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
The guitar work in this song is indescribable...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
My last move on my tracks ballot was to cut a song (Nicks iirc) and re-add "Sands of Time."
― Neil Jung (WmC), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
From Wikipedia:
"Kirwan's former bandmate Peter Green said of "Dragonfly": 'The best thing he ever wrote... that should have been a hit.'"
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
You can definitely hear foreshadowing of "the Rumours sound" at 1:37 in "Sands of Time"...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
I didnt vote for it but now I'm kind of hoping "Dust" makes it
― that one guy (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
I had it at #2, and thought for a long time about making it #1 (dust).
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
#58: "Blue Letter" (Richard & Michael Curtis, 1975) - 63 points, 4 votes
http://portland-news-daily.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/72238_120621033237-rumours4-horizontal-gallery.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/H72BY1k9W_g
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
The story here goes that during the recording of the 1975 s/t, Fleetwood Mac were right next to Richard & Michael Curtis in the recording studio (Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA). They got to be friendly with each other and familiar with each other's material, and Lindsey took to this song in a big way.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ love this. A pure pop direction that FM rarely pursued without fucking with arrangements.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
My number 19! But man, this was a tight race for the top 20.
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
Different story here: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-curtis-brothers-mn0001239479
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting... I read that "studio neighbors" story on a fan site one time I believe. I'll try to find substantiating info on the web.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
Here's the Curtis Brothers' version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mN9rHWAQVY
Really interesting the way Lindsey re-interpreted the bit after "I won't be..."
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
#57: "Warm Ways" (Christine McVie, 1975) - 70 points, 3 votes
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l95wkjYS2b1qbvg22o1_1280.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/EZ4i6H70_LY
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
Oof - Dragonfly I *just* voted for, Blue Letter I just didn't. Glad I got it that way round.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
"Warm Ways" sounds exactly like the scenario therein: two lovers spooning after their first fuck.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
dragonfly was my #2sands of time my #6Glad I had them so high so they squeaked in
― buzza, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite McVie ballad tooxpost
#56: "That's Enough For Me" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 70 points, 3 votes
(NB: There were only two ties in the top 60, and I broke them based on which song received a higher placement on somebody's ballot.)
http://www.coldsplinters.com/audio/Lindsey-Buckingham.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/3JMd9eE-xe0
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Buckingham was so handsome.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
To clarify: I broke ties *first* based on which song got more total votes, but in the case of the above, since they both got 70 points and 3 votes, I looked to see which was ranked higher on somebody's ballot...
At 1 minutes 48 seconds this HAS to be one of their shortest tracks ever, right?
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I dig "That's Enough for Me," but it's pretty slight, imo, and not just in length. On the other hand, this seems about right -- it would probably crack my top 60.
― Neil Jung (WmC), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
#55: "Coming Your Way" (Danny Kirwan, 1969) - 71 points, 4 votes
http://caelumetterra.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/dannykirwan-petergreen-1.jpg
Track link: http://youtu.be/V7XCwC6WdJs
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 July 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link