cause only a crazy person would vote for them over these 4
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
those are great songs, but cmonnnnnnn
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
'say you will' can stand up to 'dreams'??? I mean really
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
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'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
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'
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait, gypsy's on mirage...err...I'll just go w/ the greatest hits explanation then
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
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".
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i have a cousin named after rhiannon
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
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"
― chocolatepiekid, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
if i ever have a son i'm naming him "supertramp"
You're setting him up to be this guy though.
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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 :-/
― autogucci cru (deej), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
rhiannon"this is a song about an old welsh witch..."
love the rotating camera during the solo.
― sknybrg, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I suppose a peak period McVie poll is next, no?
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
no "brown eyes" or "you make loving fun," no credibility
― MRSA Marchant (get bent), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Rhiannon >> Dreams >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sara >> Gypsy
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Silver Springs
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't wanna be a cleaning lady...
― wallabout eve (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
now here you go again you say, you want your freedom
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:15 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, me too! i just met a woman who named her daughter "aja".
Was she a Mission of Burma groupie?
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
okay I decided I'm going w/ dreams
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Dreams.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Dreams is also the most awesome driving song ever
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
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."
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
dreams is such a wonderful song to sing along with
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
An incantation.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Gypsy > Sara > Dreams > Rihannon
― NoTimeBeforeTime
I'll go with this.
― Hazy, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
listening to this in chronological order right now at work
― carne asada, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
The Velvet Underground was a head shop, I think.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
she's referencing a store, IIRC
xpost
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
she means the novel
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought she was referencing a goth club in Toronto.
― Sundar, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
She's talking about her privates.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"Rhiannon" all the way (because "Landslide" isn't an option). "Sara" actually seems like the slightest of these. I think I prefer "Storms".
― Sundar, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dreams" is a close #2, obv.
― Sundar, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, def "Storms" > "Sara"
― Sundar, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
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."
"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."
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
well there ya go
― mark cl, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
For the sake of completeness:
"Beautiful Child" > "Sara" > "Gypsy" > "Dreams" > "Crystal" > "Landslide" > "Storm" > "Silver Spring" > "Rhiannon" > "Gold Dust Woman" > "That's Alright" > "I Don't Want To Know" > "Sisters of the Moon" > "Angel" > "Straight Back"
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I cant believe people are putting Rhiannon at the bottom of their list for this poll. Maybe I like it best because it's the most rocking of the choices?Rhiannon > Gypsy > Dreams & Sara
― Mulvaney, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I think you mean <
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
different kicks for different tricks I guess
― Mulvaney, Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link