Which version of Crystal?

~GoldDustWoman~ · #1 09-01-2009, 05:34 PM

I think I prefer Lindsey's vocals and the background music from Stevie's. Which version do you guys prefer?

chiliD · #2 09-01-2009, 05:45 PM

I prefer the version on the Fleetwood Mac album EVERY SO SLIGHTLY over the Buckingham Nicks version, due to Christine's synth part on the fade out....and falling far behind in 3rd place is the version from the Practical Magic soundtrack.

**jbrownsjr** · #3 09-01-2009, 05:45 PM

Any version that has Christine's heart wrenching keyboard solo at the end...

GypsyBlueEyes · #4 09-01-2009, 05:50 PM

I haven't heard a version that I didn't like...but I really love Stevie's version.

FMlex · #5 09-01-2009, 06:22 PM

I've gotta go with the version from Buckingham Nicks.
It's the one I first listened to and fell in love with.

The others are distant, imo.

silvasprings · #6 09-01-2009, 06:41 PM

I really love the composition on the track from Practical Magic,

But the white album version is awesome!!!

louielouie2000 · #7 09-01-2009, 06:45 PM

I've always been in the minority, but I think the Practical Magic version blows all the others out of the water. I've just never understood why Lindsey would sing lead vocals on this one to begin with. It's such a quintessentially feminine Stevie song, it just doesn't make sense for him to sing it. Especially on the Fleetwood Mac version, when Stevie got shafted with only two songs on the whole album... SHE should have sung her own song!

I just LOVE the production of the Practical Magic version too. I wish Stevie would do an entire album full of acoustic folksy sounding songs like that. To me, I think her two Practical Magic entries capture the spirit of who she is far better than most anything she's released since the early '80s. I just love how her 'matured' voice sounds on this one too. "How the faces of love change, turning the pages. And I have changed, all but you, you remain ageless." That whole verse just means so much more when she sang it in '98 vs '73. And her voice has more soul now with age. I just think the Practical Magic version is just pure magic itself, as hokey as that may sound. I just love it, and I don't care if I'm in the minority

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GypsyBlueEyes · #8 09-01-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I've always been in the minority, but I think the Practical Magic version blows all the others out of the water. I've just never understood why Lindsey would sing lead vocals on this one to begin with. It's such a quintessentially feminine Stevie song, it just doesn't make sense for him to sing it. Especially on the Fleetwood Mac version, when Stevie got shafted with only two songs on the whole album... SHE should have sung her own song!

I just LOVE the production of the Practical Magic version too. I wish Stevie would do an entire album full of acoustic folksy sounding songs like that. To me, I think her two Practical Magic entries capture the spirit of who she is far better than most anything she's released since the early '80s. I just love how her 'matured' voice sounds on this one too. "How the faces of love change, turning the pages. And I have changed, all but you, you remain ageless." That whole verse just means so much more when she sang it in '98 vs '73. And her voice has more soul now with age. I just think the Practical Magic version is just pure magic itself, as hokey as that may sound. I just love it, and I don't care if I'm in the minority

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lol...we may be in the minority, but I agree with EVERYTHING you said

David · #9 09-01-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I've always been in the minority, but I think the Practical Magic version blows all the others out of the water.

I don't care for Nicks herself on that one, but I love the beauty of the arrangement. The combination of the fiddles & that extraordinary B3 all through it (who plays that? is it Benmont?) gets me right here.

That said, I also love the earlier, less portentous arrangements -- Mac doing it in '75 was a real hippie band, & it's gorgeous.

It's a hard song to ruin, I'd say. Stevie & Lindsey wrote a good one there.

**jbrownsjr** · #10 09-02-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I've always been in the minority, but I think the Practical Magic version blows all the others out of the water. I've just never understood why Lindsey would sing lead vocals on this one to begin with. It's such a quintessentially feminine Stevie song, it just doesn't make sense for him to sing it. Especially on the Fleetwood Mac version, when Stevie got shafted with only two songs on the whole album... SHE should have sung her own song!

Don't know if you're in the minority... but I couldn't disagree more... To me, when LB sings on her tunes magic happens... He saved When I See you Again, he makes SOTM even more special when he sings his line, and him singing this song for her was something I'm guessing she wanted.

Although I always did wonder why she got the short end of the stick on the White album. Especially because McVie/Buckingham did a tune together... In my opinion, Rhiannon, Crystal are some of her best work...

BellaDonna · #11 09-02-2009, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by FMlex

I've gotta go with the version from Buckingham Nicks.
It's the one I first listened to and fell in love with.

The others are distant, imo.

BN is my favorite version too! FM coming in 2nd but I still like Stevies practical magic version too. Just not quite as much as thoes.

aleuzzi · #12 09-02-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsyBlueEyes

I haven't heard a version that I didn't like...but I really love Stevie's version.

I do, too, and have not heard it in a while. I tried to buy it on I-tunes but it's not there. Is this version still available to purchase?

wheart · #13 09-02-2009, 10:36 AM

I've never heard the BN version but the White Album version is hard to beat. I can't stand Stevie's solo version. Her current voice (when she recorded it) is just too deep to pull it off.