I assume that people who are really "into" music actually recognize good music when they hear it.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 June 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, whatta buzz killer. (And misinformed too: they get WAY more play on the FM stations!)
I choose "Never Going Back Again", such a pristine little miniature.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 7 June 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Finally a poll I care about. This one was really tough, but I voted for Second Hand News (It could just as easily been Chain or I Don't Want to Know.)
― I know, right?, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I always associate Fleetwood Mac with soulless, faceless, highly produced AM radio drivel. Have I been misguided for so long??
actually, I'm not sure this is intentional trolling -- both my parents think this, and they're not uniformly allergic to "good" music. I think there is a certain sect of people (esp those who had to live with FM being mega stars) who probably do think the record and the band are pretty much worthless and hollow.
― Dominique, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
But are obviously wrong.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
just saying is all
― Dominique, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I know, I know...
― I know, right?, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
"You Make Loving Fun"!
― DavidM, Thursday, 7 June 2007 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
never going back again!
― alexei, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I went for Gold Dust Woman, but this was stupid hard.
― kenan, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
when i told my dad that Fleetwood Mac was becoming my favorite band, he looked straight at me and said, maybe slightly less than half jokingly, "I don't even know who you are anymore". I voted Songbird. Primarily because a couple of my best friends think Rumours is one of the best albums ever EXCEPT for Songbird, which "sucks". I've been trying to convince them for a couple years now that it's the heart of the album to no avail. whatever.
― methanietanner, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted "Silver Springs" with "Second Hand News" a tad behind.
― van smack, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
No "Oh Daddy"s as of yet...
― Joe, Friday, 8 June 2007 01:27 (sixteen years ago) link
granted, I suppose (for me that's the weakest track).
― Joe, Friday, 8 June 2007 01:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"world turning" :D
― tricky, Friday, 8 June 2007 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
The 1-2-3 of "Second Hand News," "Dreams," and "Never Going Back Again" is kind of unstoppable.
― kenan, Friday, 8 June 2007 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>Wow-- I find it somewhat shocking that people who are really into music like this album. I always associate Fleetwood Mac with soulless, faceless, highly produced AM radio drivel. Have I been misguided for so long??</i>
Kind of lame even for a troll, as associating FM w/soulless, faceless, highly produced AM radio drivel = I never heard anything they did before 1975, at the very least.
Anyway, Don't Stop, which even the Clinstones couldn't stop.
― dlp9001, Friday, 8 June 2007 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"Dreams," but any given evening it could've been any of the other tracks.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Friday, 8 June 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I'll go with 'Dreams' but I'm sad that on one is cheering for 'The Chain', that breakdown before the coda is probably the best moment on the whole album.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 8 June 2007 08:28 (sixteen years ago) link
that was the theme for televised motorracing for many years in the uk.
― Frogman Henry, Friday, 8 June 2007 08:31 (sixteen years ago) link
What the flip is "Silver Springs?"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 8 June 2007 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
My question exactly, it is not on my vinyl (sorry, my mam's vinyl) copy of this. Is it the same as that Buckingham Nicks song?
― I know, right?, Friday, 8 June 2007 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Go Your Own Way - easy.
― SeekAltRoute, Friday, 8 June 2007 11:06 (sixteen years ago) link
from wikipedia: The track "Silver Springs" was released as a B-side to "Don't Stop" and "Go Your Own Way". The song, originally intended for release on the LP, was not included because of its length. The shorter Nicks song "I Don't Want to Know" was its replacement. The standard version of Rumours now includes "Silver Springs"
― van smack, Friday, 8 June 2007 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link
and nicks was pissed at the band for both removing "silver springs' and adding "i don't want to know."
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Lindsay's "Bow bow bow bow bow" vocal on "Secondhand News" is the best thing ever.
I might ultimately plump for "You Make Loving Fun" but it's so hard with this album.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
"The Chain" and not just because of...
http://www.worldmotorsport.com/murray/murray.gif
"Welcome to the 1987 Belgian Grand Priiix!"
― King Boy Pato, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted u make lovin fun
― deej, Friday, 8 June 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
The standard version of Rumours now includes "Silver Springs"
Standard, my ass. Was it ever on any vinyl version, the, um, standard for eons?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 9 June 2007 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
who cares? the song rules and got my vote
― electricsound, Saturday, 9 June 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
she was right about "silver springs," wrong about "i don't want to know," which i voted for. i don't actually know if it's my favorite on the album -- i tend to think almost every one is my favorite when i hear them -- but i love the way it buoys up the more contemplative back end. it's sort of a reprise of the spirit of the opening tracks, and i like how stevie and lindsey sing in tandem all the way through it.
what i remember about this album is being 7 years old and my parents and all of their friends playing it all summer. iconic moment for me is being crowded in the back of my dad's friend tom's green vw rabbit, riding down dirt roads to the pond we always went swimming in, wearing nothing but swimming trunks and towels, with the windows down and rumors on the tapedeck.
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 9 June 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I kinda love how "I Don't Want to Know" is almost never cited as part of her pantheon; it's the kind of song you only notice after years of living with the album anyway ("When you tell me then I'm crazy/That's nothing that I didn't know").
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 9 June 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
could be because it's the most lindsey-sounding of her songs (which could also be why she maybe didn't like it). but the lyrics are pure stevie.
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 9 June 2007 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Nor is it on the iTunes version of Rumours, the standard version right now. What the hell are they talking about?
My vote's for Gold Dust Woman.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 9 June 2007 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Like, with Gold Dust, you can feel yourself waking up on the carpet and the bowl's cashed and you can't find your old lady and the party's fuckin' OVER, man...
To speak of it in the vernacular.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 9 June 2007 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
There's still time to vote for "Silver Springs" folks!
― van smack, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I go for Dreams. Because when drunk with friends it always gets played and it makes everyone v happy.
― Drooone, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
YOU MAKE LOVING FUN FOR FUCK'S SAKE YOU STUPID FUCKS
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 14 June 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
this CD: stolen from my car today
― Dominique, Friday, 15 June 2007 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I Don't Want to Know
― humansuit, Friday, 15 June 2007 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
The Chain, partly because it's the only thing I can play on a guitar.
― dermoth, Friday, 15 June 2007 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted for i don't know want to know
― river wolf, Friday, 15 June 2007 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"GYOW" but mostly cos that scene with it in Casino when there's that sweeping shot of the desert and they're driving made me realise how great FM were. Too hard to pick properly, nearly anything on this is a sentimental fav and musically it's so good
― President Evil, Friday, 15 June 2007 06:20 (sixteen years ago) link
hey, did anyone notice how the writing on the back of the lp is in comic sans?
― creme1, Friday, 15 June 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Friday, 15 June 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Damn, only six votes.
― van smack, Friday, 15 June 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
for some reason, this is a total surprise, but..
Of course, odds are on "The Chain", "Go Your Own Way", or "Dreams" for scooping up the win...
...mentioning odds-on favorites in the original post should be outlawed!!
― Dominique, Saturday, 16 June 2007 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry... :)
― Joe, Saturday, 16 June 2007 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
That's the way they do it in Vegas, baby.
― kenan, Saturday, 16 June 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
That I enjoy this whole record goes without saying, yet 'You Make Loving Fun' is still my favourite track on this album by miles.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
I don’t really need to hear Dreams again for a long time. Fucking stop!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
let the kids have their fun
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
the tik-tok was actually pretty sweet; too bad it got driven into the ground
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
it’s only riiiight that you should play it like you feel it
― covidiot wind (voodoo chili), Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:23 (three years ago) link
xp it was worthy. my old ass retweeted it
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
only reason one should revive and complain about "dreams" on this thread is because didn't win imho
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 10 October 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
am i wrong in remembering a moment in one of those 60 minute classic albums programs where lindsey plays the backing tracks to "gold dust woman"? i remember being really charmed at the bit of wickedness placed into the song and it helped revive my interest in that era of the band years back.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
I will never get tired of dreams!!!
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
completely insane that it didn’t win here
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
i would've voted for "you make loving fun"
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
^ me too
― calstars, Saturday, 10 October 2020 06:18 (three years ago) link
I voted YMLF in the original poll but "I Don't Wanna Know" is v. underrated.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 10 October 2020 06:22 (three years ago) link
Cant remember if I voted but “ Never Going Back Again” for me.
That said Dreams >>>> Go Your Own Way
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
If loving The Chain is wrong...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
― Western® with Bacon Flavor,
Yes -- the mix is rich.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
"Dreams" slaps, et al.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Saturday, 10 October 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
Before my time here. My #1 would be the B-side, "Landslide." So that doesn't count. Probably "Silver Springs," but I still like "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams" a lot. Not "Don't Stop." In high school, we ran onto the court to "Don't Stop," picked by the coach. (He later served as Clinton's campaign manager, I believe.) I kept asking if we could switch to Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle." I remember running out to that at least once, so I had some measure of success.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 October 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
So many covers of tunes from Rumors. I like Hole's take on Gold Dust Woman.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 10 October 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
Afaik “Landslide” was a song on the previos self titled album not a b-side?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 October 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
*previous
It is...not sure why I thought it--did it ever turn up as a B-side?
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 October 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
I believe “silver spring” was a bside that was inserted into Rumours when the CD came out?
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 October 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
That's it then, I'm getting the two mixed up. It was "Silver Springs" I discovered years later.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 October 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
Silver Springs was left off the album because the overall length (at that time) would have meant sacrificing the bass response by narrowing the grooves.
Of course on CD that doesn't matter so it was restored.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 10 October 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
i love "dreams" and i think it's cool that it's becoming a hit for the second time
― dyl, Saturday, 10 October 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
If we count covers and remixes this is actually like the fifth time “dreams” is a hit.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 11 October 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link