You Make Polling Fun: FLEETWOOD MAC POLL RESULTS, ILM Artist Poll #22

#23: "The Ledge" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 281 points, 13 votes, 1 number one vote

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Track link: http://youtu.be/8fVPUoUJ8nQ

COUNTING ON MY FINGERS COUNTING ON MY TOES

Love "The Ledge" so much. One of the most paranoid-sounding songs I've ever heard.

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It's so ridiculously manic.

The backing vocals are terrifying!

"The Ledge" gives me agita... But I like it. Only Lindsey could make such a strange, busy melody so catchy.

The Ledge is a perfect reintroduction to lindsey, he sounds so much YOUNGER than he does when you last hear him on rumours.

#22: "Think About Me" (Christine McVie, 1979) - 291 points, 12 votes, 1 number one vote

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Track link: http://youtu.be/4xjNTJK6N6o

My favorite Buck-McVie duet.

I really dig the guitar work on "Think About Me"--busy and creative without at all getting in the way.

a masterpiece of treble too

Haha, Storms-Brown Eyes-Ledge is a great run-of-three! One evening in 2003 I set The Ledge on repeat for hours and tried being paranoid and daring myself to go down to Brixton and score some coke. I didn't of course, it'd've been most unlike me, but I did get to feeling rather *on edge* and it was hard to get to sleep afterwards.

My only Tusk vote

"The Ledge" gives me agita... But I like it. Only Lindsey could make such a strange, busy melody so catchy.

^^^

Why it was my top-ranked Tusk track.

Yeah, Tusk is ripping it up today! That's a hilarious anecdote...

(To Ismael)

BABY ONCE IN A WHIIIIILE

The relative commercial failure of the "Think About Me" single puzzles me - this is one song on Tusk that could have easily fit on Fleetwood Mac or Rumours, and is catchy as all hell, and can't figure as to why it wasn't a big hit.

It was the third single.

Lindsey strikes me as someone who probably mutters, hums, talks, exclaims, etc, to himself all the time... Like creatively productive Tourette's Syndrome.

still glad that "Tusk" and "Sara" made the top ten on career momemtum.

also gave points to I Know I'm Not Wrong, 100% because of that sound (harmonica? fiddle) that makes the song sound like it escaped the Sandinista! track listing and burrowed into Tusk.

For years I had no idea, but the remaster made it pretty clear it was a harmonica. Lindsey's been playing this live lately.

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Last one for today, class... Fitting for "Christine's day":

#21: "Say You Love Me" (Christine McVie, 1975) - 320 points, 15 votes

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Track link: http://youtu.be/YAhwY3FuM1Y

Good day, but still not a lot that I voted for. Either my taste in Fleetwood Mac songs is really common, or I'm an obscurist.

One more wrap-up today:

#60: "Sands of Time" (Danny Kirwan, 1971) - 57 points, 3 votes
#59: "Dragonfly" (Danny Kirwan, 1971) - 62 points, 3 votes
#58: "Blue Letter" (Richard & Michael Curtis, 1975) - 63 points, 4 votes
#57: "Warm Ways" (Christine McVie, 1975) - 70 points, 3 votes
#56: "That's Enough For Me" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 70 points, 3 votes
#55: "Coming Your Way" (Danny Kirwan, 1969) - 71 points, 4 votes
#54: "Seven Wonders" (Sandy Stewart, 1987) - 76 points, 4 votes
#53: "Sisters of the Moon" (Stevie Nicks, 1979) - 76 points, 4 votes
#52: "Show Me a Smile" (Christine McVie, 1971) - 87 points, 3 votes, 1 number one vote
#51: "Not That Funny" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 87 points, 5 votes
#50: "I'm So Afraid" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1975) - 90 points, 4 votes
#49: "Keep On Going" (Bob Welch, 1973) - 96 points, 4 votes
#48: "Spare Me a Little of Your Love" (Christine McVie, 1972) - 102 points, 4 votes
#47: "Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1975) - 109 points, 5 votes
#46: "Book of Love" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1982) - 109 points, 5 votes
#45: "Don't Stop" (Christine McVie, 1977) - 111 points, 6 votes
#44: "Woman of 1000 Years" (Danny Kirwan, 1971) - 113 points, 6 votes
#43: "Dust" (Danny Kirwan, 1972) - 114 points, 4 votes, 2 number one votes
#42: "Crystal" (Stevie Nicks, 1975) - 117 points, 6 votes
#41: "Sentimental Lady" (Bob Welch, 1972): 123 points, 5 votes
#40: "I Don't Want to Know" (Nicks, 1977) - 124 points, 6 votes
#39: "Songbird" (McVie, 1977) - 133 points, 8 votes
#38: "Honey Hi" (Christine McVie, 1979) - 143 points, 7 votes
#37: "Never Forget" (Christine McVie, 1979) - 145 points, 8 votes
#36: "Man of the World" (Peter Green, 1969) - 155 points, 7 votes
#35: "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green, 1968) - 158 points, 8 votes
#34: "Beautiful Child" (Stevie Nicks, 1979) - 161 points, 8 votes
#33: "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)" (Peter Green, 1970) - 168 points, 7 votes, 1 number one vote
#32: "Future Games" (Bob Welch, 1971) - 168 points, 8 votes
#31: "I Know I'm Not Wrong" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 185 points, 8 votes, 1 number one vote
#30: "Over My Head" (Christine McVie, 1975) - 217 points, 11 votes
#29: "Big Love" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1987) - 219 points, 11 votes
#28: "That's All For Everyone" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 231 points, 11 votes, 1 number one vote
#27: "Never Going Back Again" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1977) - 243 points, 10 votes, 1 number one vote
#26: "What Makes You Think You're the One" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 252 points, 11 votes
#25: "Storms" (Stevie Nicks, 1979) - 276 points, 15 votes
#24: “Brown Eyes” (Christine McVie, 1979) – 280 points, 12 votes
#23: "The Ledge" (Lindsey Buckingham, 1979) - 281 points, 13 votes, 1 number one vote
#22: "Think About Me" (Christine McVie, 1979) - 291 points, 12 votes, 1 number one vote
#21: "Say You Love Me" (Christine McVie, 1975) - 320 points, 15 votes

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jon via chi, you can't really go wrong with any fleetwood mac album up to and including 'tango in the night' imo. the best thing about grabbing all of those albums is if you didn't know any better you'd think you were listening to 4 different bands.

Thanks, I think I'll just dive in and grab whatever ones I happen to come across.

Loving the Tusk-heavy stretch tonight! 'Brown Eyes' has always been my favourite from that album so had hoped it might be higher but never mind.

are there any more green/welch/kirwan songs that could make it or is it the lindsey and stevie (and maybe a little christine) show from here on out?

There are two Green songs and at least one Welch still to come

I can think of one Green and one Welch for sure. Not sure what the other Green song Ismael is thinking of might be.

Their only UK #1 single is yet to come, and features the original line-up.

I voted for all three!

I seriously was expecting to see Storms in the top 5.

The other one was a UK no.2 and they still do it in concert. It's also in two parts, but only the first is likely to place.

"Albatross," mais oui

That's the one I was counting on, but even though I'm partially familiar with the Green era I can't think of what the other one is.

xp 'still' = it's on the 1980 live album. I thought it was on The Dance, but actually it's not.

I'll give you a hint: it starts, "duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh"

Figured it out by looking at chart placements on wiki. I like that track okay, but...oh well.

Part II is this weird pastoral thing, sort of like an instrumental first-half-of-stairway-to-heaven. There must have been something in the air in 1970.

Apparently due to some sort of studio/mastering error, there's an inadvertently repeated one-minute section of part 2. Never noticed it.

Also, there's four different track listings of Then Play On that have been issued, some with tracks not on the currently-available CD.

pretty sure "eyes of the world" won't make it at this point... but here's a live version from 2004! it cooks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TV6BEwJEKI

sad to see think about me (my #1) so low

and this performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1siQIq6CGEg&feature=related

Stevie looks great!