'sara' vs. 'gypsy' vs. 'dreams' vs. 'rhiannon'

'tusk' isn't even a stevie nicks song, so you might as well vote for 'hey jude'

Listen, you wrote "best song" and cited four Fleetwood Mac tunes.

I usually like Christine's stuff least, but her songs on it are impeccable

On TITN? Hells yeah. "Big Love" aside, McVie saves the album.

I still don't understand this poll, though. Why omit the TITN and Say You Will Nicks singles? Or "Fireflies"?

cause only a crazy person would vote for them over these 4

Nah, I'd put "Thrown Down" and "Say You Will" up against them. I'd at least want to read what people write about'em.

those are great songs, but cmonnnnnnn

'say you will' can stand up to 'dreams'??? I mean really

I think I probably love Rhiannon most, and I really like the guitar at the end of Gypsy, but the Dreams that get bent posted upthread is so beautiful that I voted for that in the end.

'say you will' can stand up to 'dreams'??? I mean really

No. I'm just (again) wondering by what criteria where those four poll options picked. Whatever. We can create a Say You Will post.

I think they stand pretty clearly as the massive Stevie Nicks songs of the classic era (Self-titled / Rumours / Tusk)

See: SN songs on this album -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(1988_Fleetwood_Mac_album)

I feel like if I should have added anything else, it should have been 'Landslide'

oh wait, gypsy's on mirage...err...I'll just go w/ the greatest hits explanation then

Yeah I think the poll makes sense - these songs strike me as anthems in a way that the Say You Will songs aren't. I think "Thrown Down" and "Destiny Rules" and a couple of others on that album are amazing, but they feel more like album tracks (whether or not they were actually released as singles). Maybe the purpose of Nicks' songs on Say You Will was to prove that she could do astonishing album tracks, something I'd say she hadn't managed previously since "Beautiful Child".

i have a cousin named after rhiannon

hey, me too! i just met a woman who named her daughter "aja". remember that guy on the real world named "yes"? the world is a funny place. if i ever have a son i'm naming him "supertramp"

if i ever have a son i'm naming him "supertramp"

You're setting him up to be this guy though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless

Haha met a beautiful chick named aja a couple weeks ago - don't repost to braggin thread tho :-/

The girl I know who was named Rhiannon after the FM song now (understandably) hates it.

Rather than try to reflect my own music tastes, should I have children I'd rather bestow names that position them to host their own reality tv show as teenagers - I'm thinking "Status" for a boy and "Cachet" for a girl.

rhiannon
"this is a song about an old welsh witch..."

love the rotating camera during the solo.

I suppose a peak period McVie poll is next, no?

no "brown eyes" or "you make loving fun," no credibility

Rhiannon >> Dreams >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sara >> Gypsy

Silver Springs

i don't wanna be a cleaning lady...

now here you go again you say, you want your freedom

hey, me too! i just met a woman who named her daughter "aja".

Was she a Mission of Burma groupie?

okay I decided I'm going w/ dreams

Dreams.

Dreams is also the most awesome driving song ever

I'm voting for "Tusk."

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:59 AM

Me too.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:13 PM

'tusk' isn't even a stevie nicks song, so you might as well vote for 'hey jude'

― iatee, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:01 PM

Changing vote to "Hey Jude."

dreams is such a wonderful song to sing along with

and it's one of those songs too where i can almost feel the rain

I already said this, but the playing (guitar especially, but really all instruments) on the version upthread is just exquisite.

Voted for "Sara," of course – my favorite Mac ballad.

I was a bit stunned to read this. Not because I think it's wrong but because I never thought of it as a ballad. Then again, I suppose I've never had the opportunity to call it anything. What type of song do y'all call it?

In any event, I voted for "Sara" with a "Dreams" chaser.

I was a bit stunned to read this. Not because I think it's wrong but because I never thought of it as a ballad. Then again, I suppose I've never had the opportunity to call it anything. What type of song do y'all call it?

An incantation.

Gypsy > Sara > Dreams > Rihannon

― NoTimeBeforeTime

I'll go with this.

Gypsy: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" seems a curious opening line for a Fleetwood Mac song - they're not a very reference-y kind of band

listening to this in chronological order right now at work

The Velvet Underground was a head shop, I think.

Gypsy: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" seems a curious opening line for a Fleetwood Mac song - they're not a very reference-y kind of band

she's referencing a store, IIRC

xpost

she means the novel

haha

I thought she was referencing a goth club in Toronto.

She's talking about her privates.

"Rhiannon" all the way (because "Landslide" isn't an option). "Sara" actually seems like the slightest of these. I think I prefer "Storms".

"Dreams" is a close #2, obv.

Yeah, def "Storms" > "Sara"

This article has this quote about the velvet underground lyric:

"In basic ways, I haven't changed," she says. "In material ways, of course, I've changed a lot. Because I'm not starving now and I don't have to worry where my rent's coming from and that makes it a lot easier on my blood pressure. I still love all the same things. Every place I live still looks pretty much like my apartment in San Francisco.

"The clothes I wear...that doesn't change. I love long dresses. I love velvet. I love high boots. I never change. I love the same eye make-up. I'm not a fad person. I still have everything I had then. That's one part of me...That's where my songs come from. There's a song on the new FM album that says, "Going back to the velvet underground/Back to the floor that I love," because I always put my bed on the floor." She quotes from the song again. "To a room with some lace and paper flowers/Back to the gypsy that I was.' And that's San Francisco. That's the velvet underground. Those are the things that I can't give up."

well there ya go