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Please don't get me wrong, I love your polls, they are one of the reasons I joined the Ledge, I'm just trying to provide some constructive discussion about over-interpreting the data (I deal a lot with statisticians in my real life, what can I say - I hear a lot of bias-calling!). As far as potential Lindsey wins, sorry I don't see that happening. Which of his songs would you predict might win SYW poll? Yes, Peacekeeper was the only radio hit from SYW, but I'm not sure it will even win Lindsey's songs there (he has too many good songs on SYW...). I would sooner expect maybe Thrown Down winning, or even Everybody Finds Out... but we'll see maybe I'm completely off! |
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Wrong? I want you to go out and poll people on which Fleetwood Mac member they recognize. It won't be either of them. |
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Frankly nothing is more tired than Rumours. That album has been worked to death, regardless of its undeniable quality. I can't speak for the US, but here in the UK, Stevie really isn't a well-known figure these days. Very few people under 30 would have a clue who she is. Fleetwood Mac were well-known as a band, without any individual standing out. Probably because Christine had the most hits, as many as Lindsey, with Stevie having very few. I'd take a stab and say that either "Albatross", "Everywhere" or "Little Lies" are the best-known Mac songs here, then "Don't Stop" and "Go Your Own Way". I'd be surprised if many people knew "Landslide" at all. The end of "The Chain" is very well-known thanks to TV, but I doubt many people know it's Fleetwood Mac. |
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Ah - I was jumping to the conclusions obviously, after just glancing over "... without Stevie, there is no Fleetwood Mac. ... the only song that people will always know is Landslide. ... I am in no way saying that Stevie is the most ... anything other than that she has become Fleetwood Mac. "
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Still can't get over how almost nobody in the US knows Albatross - from what I could remember it was as huge as something like "Smoke on the water" all around Europe at its time, and it's still played on every summer terrace... |
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If the radio stations played that in America it would be so much nicer than hearing the usual staple songs we get. It is a beautiful song! |
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Time how do you think they would be remembered? Or even worse, conitinued on with the line-ups of either of those two albums? If I joined Mick and John would it still be Fleetwood Mac? The only positive things to come from those two albums were the songs: Skies The Limit - Hard Feelings - Winds of Change And to answer your question, "should they have called it quits after Peter left?". Well the only reason I'm glad they didn't is obvious, it lead to Lindsey and Stevie joining. "Quit after Lindsey left?" YES. |
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Personally I glad FM never called it quits, look at what great music the world would have missed out on if they quit when Peter and others along the way left the band. FM could have easily ended when Welch quit. I'm sure Mick, John, Christine were fed up with the revolving door of guitarists, and could have just as easily "pick up their pieces and go home". As far as the Dance reunion two years after Time goes ,while people wanted the Fab 5 back together, people didn't want Stevie and Lindsey to quit to begin with. The "failure" of Time, does not mean fans wanted Stevie and Lindsey back. It just means that fans didn't like the Time album. One thing doesn't always mean or relate to some bigger thing. |
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fans, would have bought that album and wondered what in the world happened to the great Fleetwood Mac. "No Lindsey, no Stevie...you've got to be kidding", I can just hear them saying. Since we've all been talking about Time and Behind The Mask, I've been suffering through listening to these albums again. And while looking through BTM booklet I found an old review from an audio magazine. I'll post it later. |
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With some different song choices and better promotion, "BTM" probably would have done better and been more widely accepted by the public and perhaps even some of the Buckingham/Nicks-ites out there.
Had that line up lasted, then theoretically "Time" would have been a much better album with or without Stevie due to her solo career and back and forth issues with Mick. Rick and Billy could have further stretched their creative muscles (which are considerable both as a duo and as solo artists), and if Stevie had not stuck around for "Time", then (again theoretically) perhaps that would have been the change over to Bekka joining the band or some other female personnel change. But this is all theoretical/hypothesis/"what if" stuff.
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