Break down of Mystery to Me
I couldn't find a thread for this, and it appears that someone else always starts these things (obviously, seeing how I'm new) but I LOVE this CD, so I really wanted to start this thread.
Beyond Amazing: "Why," "Hypnotized" Amazing: "Keep On Going," "Miles Away," "Believe Me," "Forever," Quite Good: "Emerald Eyes," "Just Crazy Love," "Somebody" Good: "The Way I Feel," "The City" Still a Mystery to Me: "For Your Love" (Just don't like this cover). Hillary |
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Flawless: Why, Hypnotized
Great stuff: Just Crazy Love, Keep On Going, Miles Away, Believe Me, Emerald Eyes Good: Somebody, Forever, Miles Away, For Your Love Just no: The City |
BEYOND AMAZING: everything except...
SIMPLY AMAZING: The Way That I Feel, Somebody |
Amazing: Why, Believe Me
Great: Keep On Going, Hypnotized, Just Crazy Love, Miles Away Very Good: The Way I Feel, For Your Love, Emerald Eyes, Forever So-So: The City, Somebody I was just watching my video of the 1973 band doing 'Miles Away' and 'Believe Me' the other night. Gosh did they kick *ss. Bob Weston was quite a hottie LOL. And John was pretty darn hot himself w/ his sexy cap on. To be honest they all looked great in that performance, except for Mick, who was sort of repulsing me the way he kept sticking his tongue out all over the place....sort of gross. -Lis |
Awesomely Euphonious: Everything except perhaps,
Amazing: The City, The Way I Feel Shamus :) |
Love: Why, Believe Me, Emerald Eyes, Hypnotized, Just Crazy Love, The Way That I Feel
Like: Keep on Going, Miles Away Not So Much: The City, Somebody, Forever -Curt |
I love them ALL. It is absolutely my favorite album(I JUST finished listening to it before seeing this thread!). Oddly, I find it summer music(if that makes any sense). I love listening to it at the pool. It just seems to go with beautiful weather.
This album should've been their BIG breakout album. I love it alot more than Rumours. Why, Hypnotized, and Emerald Eyes would have to be my top three songs. The rest are amazing, too. |
Simply The Best: Keep On Going, Hypnotized, Why
Great: Just Crazy Love, Forever, Miles Away, For Your Love Good: Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, Somebody Ok: The City, The Way I Feel |
A gift from God: Why(one of the best songs ever written by anyone)
Amazing: Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, Hypnotized, The Way I Feel Great: Just Crazy Love, Forever, Keep On Going, The City, For Your Love Good: Miles Away, Somebody This is the best Fleetwood Mac album. It puts all the others to shame, in my opinion. |
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The shame is that this lineup exploded. What might've been....... |
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Rumours, but this one seems to mesh better. Quote:
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Beyond Amazing: Hypnotized, Keep On Going, Why, For Your Love
Amazing: Miles Away, Believe Me, Somebody, The Way I Feel Very Good: Just Crazy Love Good: Emarald Eyes, The City Bad: Forever |
Amazing - Believe Me
Awesome - Why, Hypnotized, Keep on Going, Emerald Eyes Good - The Way I Feel, Forever, The City Okay - Miles Away, For Your Love, Somebody Ew - Just Crazy Love -Kate |
I think this has to be their best album, maybe along with Rumours. At least it's one of my favorites, solid, really solid pop/soft rock. So...
Beyond the boundaries of perfection: Why A gift from the Gods: Emerald Eyes, Hypnotized, The Way I Feel, Just Crazy Love, Keep On Going, Believe Me, Forever Truly fantastic songs: Somebody, Miles Away, The City Really good: For Your Love |
AMAZING: Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, Hypnotized, Keep On Going, Miles Away, For Your Love, Why
GOOD: Somebody, Just Crazy Love COULD LIVE WITHOUT: Forever, The Way I Feel GREAT MUSIC, CRAPPY LYRICS: The City |
The Best~~ Why, Hypnotized, Believe Me, Emerald Eyes, Just Crazy Love
Fair~~~ For Your Love, Keep On Going, Miles Away, The Way I Feel, Somebody, Forever Not My Cup Of Tea~~ The City |
AMAZING: Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, Hypnotized, Keep On Going, Miles Away, For Your Love, Why
EXCELLENT: Somebody, Just Crazy Love, The City(agree that the lyrics are average) SOLID: Forever, The Way I Feel This is a solid album, and I think it's reaches amazing heights. Most people say Christine shined during Tango, but I think she shined her too. Bob Welch was just as solid. Emerald Eyes have jazz harmonies that really please my ear. AAAhhh I love those harmonies and that drum kick! |
I create 5 categories for this jewel of an album:
1. These songs are among the best the band-community ever did- I am thrilled listening to: Hypnotized, Forever, Miles away, Keep on going, Emerald eyes (A+) 2. Believe me ledgies - these ones are great: Believe me, Just crazy love, The city, Why (B) 3. I'm not somebody who totally loves: Somebody (C) 4. I`m not feeling too excited listening to: The way I feel (C-) 5. I want to be Miles away when this song starts to play: For your love (D) Stefan :wavey: |
Seriously addicted to: Believe Me, Why, Hypnotized, Keep on Going, Just Crazy Love, The Way I Feel
.. and the rest is great too :woohoo: I can't get enough of "Believe Me" since I heard the Rumours Rehearsals versions of it, those are just brilliant. |
One of my favourite albums!
Amazing - Why, Hypnotized, Keep On Going, Believe Me, Emerald Eyes, The Way I Feel
Very Good - Miles Away, Forever, Somebody Good - Just Crazy Love, The City, For Your Love |
Gotta love digging up some of these older threads ... :p
Simply The Best: Bob Welch shines with 14 karat gold! :thumbsup: Great: Hypnotized, Keep On Going, Miles Away, Why, Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, The Way I Feel, Somebody Good: The City, Forever, For Your Love Ok: Just Crazy Love All around * CLASSIC * middle era Mac Of Note: - Bob Welch + Bob Weston guitar interplay, and Weston's knockout arrangement of Christie's Why - Christie's first huge album splash with the Mac, and her dynamite delivery on Welch's Keep On Going :angel: - great strings too! - Mick and John's rhythmic muscle - For Your Love (the old Yardbird's cover) replaced Welch's Good Things (Come To Those Who Wait) on the album just before official release (too bad too) |
I enjoy this record a lot. When I first heard it (back in 1982) I remember comparing it to Penguin and Heroes (which I already owned). I recall thinking some of the raw spark from Penguin was missing but none of the studio murkiness from Heroes was there. In all, I thought it was good: not great.
As I got older, I returned to the record and thought quite differently. At least half of the album is excellent. The rest is good--not exceptional. To my ears, only "For Your Love" and "The City" are genuine duds. Here's my breakdown: Excellent: Emerald Eyes, Believe Me, Hypnotized, Keep on Going, Miles Away, and Why Good: Just Crazy Love, Forever, Somebody, and The Way I Feel My favorite moments of the record are when Christine backs Bob Welch vocally on his tunes. "Hypnotized" is a classic in large part BECAUSE of her presence on that song. Her harmonies on "Emerald Eyes" are amazing. Her lead vocal on his "Keep on Going" is a revelation. |
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aleuzzi: To my ears, only "For Your Love" and "The City" are genuine duds.
The City?? :eek: With those great guitar licks, and novel talk box guitar, all circa 1973? Move over Peter Frampton, Welch and Weston rip! Then there's the put down of NYC. That should count for extra points! aleuzzi: My favorite moments of the record are when Christine backs Bob Welch vocally on his tunes. "Hypnotized" is a classic in large part BECAUSE of her presence on that song. Her harmonies on "Emerald Eyes" are amazing. Her lead vocal on his "Keep on Going" is a revelation.. We can thank one Mr. Kirwan for introducing harmony to Fleetwood Mac. Christy did it additional justice, working so well with the guys in the band right to the very end, to include Bob Welch. Keep On Going is one of the few times you'll see a Mac song composed by one but handed over to another for vocal treatment. Bob tried his voice at it initially, felt it didn't hit the intended mark, and asked Christie to give it a go. Instant magic! |
Actually I can't separate the songs on this album, they are all great. I just love the Bob Welch stuff from this album, Penguin and Heroes. I think he really started doing great stuff once Danny had gone.
I bought this album (along with Penguin and HAHTF) from a second hand shop many years ago and played them until my parents were sick of hearing them! Maybe thats why they wanted me out of home? ;) |
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I liked Christine's cyberchat when she observed, "The nature of the beast, singing with them in 3 part harmonies, along with Stevie and Lindsey, created some chemical reaction that, even to this day, I don't know what it really is. With Bob Welch, there was not as much chemistry. It was harder work. Not that the sound was not as good, but just a different sensation altogether."
I've also seen her discuss how in the earlier days singing with another person would throw her off key, but then it began to feel natural SnL. Michele |
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Christine always found it harder to work directly with Danny, so that may attribute to the seeming tailing off you're perceiving (she was also not as sure of herself, or her place, as she was later). We have to remember, Kirwan came to FM for Peter, and not Christie or Jeremy - or to front the unit! His only true failing in the group was not being able to go front and center with confidence, shades of Green and Spencer before him. Varying degrees of insecurity got to them all, much of it drug or substance fueled. Kirwan was also innately shy and reserved (except with the guitar), which didn't help -- nor did the abrupt departure of his mentor Green. Danny also kept the great instrumental card on the table after Peter left. Welch and Weston kept it alive during their tenures, but I'm drawing a blank as to whether Buckingham added much to it, or at all. I remember Stephanie from B&N, but surely there was more. Someone set me straight! The Mac kind of lost me somewhere around Tusk city (and beyond). Not fully mind you, they still turned out some pleasant (and at times inspired) stuff, just as a willing accomplice. |
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Good to know there is something left of the tradition right into the B&N era. I also like your Christy quote from earlier. Says a lot, and directly from the source! |
Compilation only I now see
Oh no, I see it never made it onto an original release! That appears to mean the great instrumental bonus track went down with Welch. Noooooooooooo. :sorry:
Lindsey, for gawd's sake, do something about this before it's too late! (wonder if he ever stops in here for pointers). :rolleyes: |
mystery revisited
It took me a couple of days to have time to focus on this Album
This is my take: Well I will send in next transmission back in a momentEmerld Eyes: pop song Bad choice for first cut. Probably what made it get few listens when it was released\ Believe Me soft rock, nice no substance Just crazy Love nice song with no guitar solo when band finally gets groove Hypnotized: best song on Album, should have been First cut topical reference to Scientology, Budism, Carlos Castenada, which begs the question of if Bob was taken in by any or all of above. Forever, pseudo Rasta beat breaks into nice groove and back. Aimless Keep on Going, Take off on Masquerade by George Benson. Without groove of Bensons tune The City. Take off on Don Nix’s Going Down, a lot of riffing but no gut when it counted at the end Miles Away, Messrs McVie and Fleetwood do a solid on this and band grooves, second good song throughout. Brings back another reference to Carlos Casteneda.. Might Welch have been hypnotized. Somebody: This song appears to be a screed aimed at Peter Green. Awhile back I read on Welch’s website his encounters with Green. I sense animosity turned into contempt. Song is not memorable in any event. The way I Feel. Another pop song For Your Love not a straight cover, song can’t make up its mind. So so Why: third good song, starts off with a nice slide part. A cross between Showbiz Blues and Ry Cooder’s rendition of Vigilante Man. Then the song shfts to Christine showing her possibilities. |
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I could have said Freddie King's Going Down....still the best by anyone. |
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The City, a lot of riffing but no gut when it counted at the end Well then enjoy the early talk box guitar novelty. That riffing is great, only a blues fanatic couldn't appreciate it. "Animosity bordering on contempt"? Welch has and holds nothing against Green! He always points to Peter's brilliant guitar takes (though he does state Kirwan pretty much matched it - could that be the issue here?). Kindly want to furnish a few quotes to back up yer accusation? Inquiring minds would love to see them. :D Your read of Why is good though. That slide is Bob Weston, who also arranged the song (later converted to strings nearly note for note, sans Weston credit). Great CM composition for sure. Keep on Going, Take off on Masquerade by George Benson. Without groove of Bensons tune. Uh, hate to ring your bell big boy, but how can that be a rip-off of Benson's Masquerade when it was recorded + released 3 years prior? Maybe Benson was ripping off Welch, eh! Groove-wise, Masquerade burns no brighter imo. So 3/12 = 1/4 good. :eek: I'll say it again, getouttahere! |
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lyrics to "Somebodt" Don't think your dreams are sane They're taking over your life I stuck to you but I found out That you was the crazy kind Now way inside your heart Do you have a grain of love for me 'Cause all I see is decadence And the end of everything You can bend over backwards I ain't gonna kiss your ring Somebody I looked into your eyes And saw a real bad thing I saw desires that burned in you The need for power to be a king And I saw that you would use this world You know you might have to crawl But it's one of my eyes for one of yours And you'll never get no love at all what do you think? as far a s which came first. I did not check the dates but that is hardly relevant to what they sound like. comparing two pop songs is judged by which gets airplay. "truly the work of the devil" and if it were true that Benson got inspiration from Welch...thats good aint it? Benson moved into the Pop realm too. Oh Well There are thousands of incredibly gifted musicians. I don't trash em. It does not mean that everything they do is gold. I have heard all stars play badly together. doodyhead as far as "getoutahere" I wish you would stop saying that unless you mean it in the "brooklyn sense" |
Lost in The Blues
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in 1973 I was a working musician in a "blues band". The blues boom had subsided and I got a day job. I never stopped listening to music. My tastes evolved. I don't know what you remember of the 60's and 70's but Fleetwood mac was not on the top of everybody's musical tastes in any era including PG to B/N to poor dave mason. The pop event of the non music side of FM has obviously had a wilder ride I am still a musician and I do respect the abilities of Bob Welch and Mr Weston. taste is relative when it comes to how a song is presented doodyhead |
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