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Post by winslet on Aug 28, 2012 17:09:16 GMT 1
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Post by raliverpool on Aug 28, 2012 20:04:37 GMT 1
Oh Diane has not made my Top 40 Fleetwood Mac songs, probably as my childhood is forever scared by a Mike Yarwood skit with him doing his not very good Prince Charles impersonation singing that song to his then wife.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 29, 2012 9:01:50 GMT 1
Oh Diane has not made my Top 40 Fleetwood Mac songs, probably as my childhood is forever scared by a Mike Yarwood skit with him doing his not very good Prince Charles impersonation singing that song to his then wife. :DI've never even seen that. I'll never get all the hate for 'Oh Diane' though.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 29, 2012 9:07:32 GMT 1
23. Sentimental lady From: Bare trees (1972)
It's been a while since we last had any Bob Welch, but this is a masterpiece of his that he re-recorded for his solo 1977 album 'French Kiss'. The Fleetwood Mac version is the better of the two, but that solo album is well worth getting if only for the song 'Ebony eyes', which is equally infectious.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 29, 2012 9:14:17 GMT 1
22. Need your love so bad From: The pious bird of good omen (1969)
Written in 1955 and originally recorded by Little Willie John, this is one that Peter Green took and absolutely made it his own. Not just one of the best blues songs ever, but possibly one of the greatest and most moving love songs ever made. I'm shocked it only made #31 on the chart.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 29, 2012 9:20:52 GMT 1
21. Big love From: Tango in the night (1987)
Originally intended for a solo Lindsey Buckingham album that he was working on at the time, this became the band's big comeback single in 1987 and eventually climbed to #9 on the chart. This is actually quite a dark sounding song and marked a distinct change in style for Lindsey and the band.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 29, 2012 19:34:05 GMT 1
'big love'! one of my favourites off that album! also glad that 'family man' got a nod as well, love that song. not sold on 'mystified' personally.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 30, 2012 8:26:50 GMT 1
20. Isn't it midnight From: Tango in the night (1987)
As I said earlier, Christine McVie was at her absolute creative best on the Tango album. This track was co-written by Lindsey Buckingham, which perhaps explains why she has gone down the alternate route and not her usual catchy pop route, but I'm so glad she did as it really works and I would like to have seen more of this kind of song from her. Unfortunately it only reached #60 on the chart, but it was released as the sixth single off the album. In fact the highest chart positions of the singles from the album are perhaps the weirdest I have ever seen as they went: 9, 56, 5, 54, 4, 60.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 30, 2012 8:33:46 GMT 1
19. Sara From: Tusk (1979)
It's the original six and a half minutes long version you need of this, which was featured on the original release of 'Tusk' and the 1988 'Greatest Hits'. Unfortunately the one-disc CD version only has the four minute single edit which really doesn't do the song justice. It seems unbelievable that this only reached #37 as it's probably one of the first songs you think of when you think of Stevie Nicks, and it never gets old.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 30, 2012 8:39:57 GMT 1
18. One together From: Kiln house (1970)
For me this is original band member Jeremy Spencer's masterpiece, and so different to the Elmore James blues numbers he was doing in the early days. Sadly, just as he was making brilliant tracks like this, he left the band after this album was recorded to join a cult. I urge people to give this track a listen, especially if you like the Beatles as this would rightly be regarded as a classic if they had written it, as it deserves to be a lot more widely known than it is. A real lost gem.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 30, 2012 8:45:45 GMT 1
17. Gypsy From: Mirage (1982)
This was dedicated to Stevie Nicks' best friend Robin Anderson after she died from leukemia. Another Nicks ballad that is widely regarded as one of her most famous, this fared even worse than 'Sara' and only reached #46 in the UK.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Aug 30, 2012 8:51:27 GMT 1
16. You make loving fun From: Rumours (1977)
As you may expect, there are a few songs from 'Rumours' still to come. This, the fourth and final single from the album, was written by Christine McVie and reached #45 in the UK, but I've come to realise that their singles chart positions are definitely not reflective of how popular the song is.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 30, 2012 10:11:21 GMT 1
'isn't it midnight', that's another fantastic one...
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Post by wonderwall on Aug 30, 2012 13:13:32 GMT 1
Big love best song they ever did in my opinion great song
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 2, 2012 9:04:12 GMT 1
15. Man of the world From: Greatest Hits (1971)
A Peter Green masterpiece. This is a heartbreaking tale about how he has everything money can buy, except the love of a good woman. Starting off as a tender blues ballad it builds up into a blast of heavy rock and then slows down again, making for a real rollercoaster ride of a song. Released as a single in 1969 it wasn't featured on any album before their 1971 Greatest Hits but is still one of the band's biggest ever hits, peaking at #2.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 2, 2012 9:11:04 GMT 1
14. Angel From: Tusk (1979)
This Stevie Nicks ballad has grown in time to become one of my all-time favourite songs of hers. There are some who claim that it was written about Mick Fleetwood, with whom she had a relationship with prior to the album, while others think it was about Lindsey Buckingham.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 2, 2012 9:18:47 GMT 1
13. Songbird From: Rumours (1977)
You can understand why 'Rumours' is as popular as it is when this universally known tender ballad was only ever an album track. Written and beautifully performed by Christine McVie, it became the closing track for the band's concerts and is possibly now the song she is most associated with. An equally gorgeous version reached #56 on the chart for Eva Cassidy and is also the title of her famous posthumous album.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 3, 2012 16:47:57 GMT 1
12. Beautiful child From: Tusk (1979)
This one is a real forgotten gem. Stevie Nicks' voice sounds so hauntingly beautiful and pure here and it definitely should have been a single. Never fails to give me goosebumps.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 3, 2012 16:55:39 GMT 1
11. Say you love me From: Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Even though it was the addition of Stevie and Lindsey that got the band back in the charts with this album, it was this Christine McVie track that was the biggest hit in the UK, reaching #40. I'm sure most people know this one as it's on their 'Greatest Hits' and 'Best Of' albums and has become one of their best loved tracks.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Sept 3, 2012 17:05:16 GMT 1
10. The chain From: Rumours (1977)
Even though it was never a single this is one of the band's most well known songs, in no small part due to the phenomenal instrumental section towards the end which anyone will know is the theme to the BBC's Formula One coverage. It's also the only Fleetwood Mac song credited to every current member of the band. The song has reached as high as #81 in the UK charts on downloaded sales alone.
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