at some point in the last few years "Gypsy" became my go-to FMac radio jam, but for a number of years "The Chain" was my shit, glad it made the cut.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
on the cassette of it's hard that i had, the end of eminence front was abruptly cut off
scarred me for lyfe
love the chain but kinda wish the bass/runnin in the shadows part rocked harder
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
i'm 0/5 so far
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
heads up, folx: believe it or not, we've got a three-way tie coming up for the ninety-three spot...
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GGJraHM.jpg
93. (tie) Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ 834 points. 14 votes, 1 first place vote
love these crazy thin point margins. This poll is going to be so unpredictable.
― intheblanks, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link
xxpost i'm still not sure whether i love or hate "lola," which i guess is just right.
gr80 that pic is amazing and OTM
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Yeah there were several more songs in the 800 point range that just missed the cut. For a while I was sure "Don't Stop Believin'" was out of the running entirely, which woulda kept people guessing a bit more.
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
i still believe
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
honestly a little stunned by DSB coming in so low.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
High five to the one first place voter!
― Jeff, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
That's me.
― campreverb, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
I had it at 28.
― Jeff, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
it's no stone in love
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 July 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
the first track from the top 100 to also appear on our "worst" list.... will it be the last??
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 July 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Hopefully not! I need "Takin' Care of Business" to make this poll.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
― mookieproof, Monday, July 28, 2014
it's not even "wheel in the sky"
wonder if either of those will make the cut...
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpGVUuvPKmk
― pplains, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
SS at the top there stands for "Steve Smith" naturally.
― pplains, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
that little turnaround they do on 'niiiiight' at the end of the chorus before it goes back to the intro chords drives me insane.
― campreverb, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
Heaven is a funky moose.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
I do kind of wish I felt the same way now about "Don't Stop Believin'" as I did when I first heard it.
― nxd, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
You stopped belevin'!
― Jeff, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Believin' too!
Feel like a poll of the same people 10 years ago would have led to far higher placement for Don't Stop Believin
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Expecting a few more Detroit shout-outs before poll is through
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
this is still one of my favorite viral videos ever (it is also from, like, 2000, pre-viral)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fCWD1PFkFQ
― maura, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
2001 iirc!
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
Probably no more for South Detroit, tho.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
shout out to windsor ontario
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
ehh, I love both big universal sentiment songs and concept albums, I'm kind of an outlier.
― campreverb, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
I still love this song, have never gotten burned out on it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
93/900 seems about right
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
lets drag out another hit....
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/kti9OJu.jpg
93. (tie) Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around834 points, 16 votes
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" has a particular statistical significance to the poll that I will explain later in the week...
― some dude, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
I love this woman and like this guy but this song bores the hell out of me.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
good song! I didn't vote for it though.
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
The Chain and SDMHA are two of the few times I can tolerate Stevie Nicks, obv because they aren't her dopey songs.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
she wrote most of "The Chain."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Ugh so fun to listen to twice and sing one part each time. I do the TP part best. Love the lyrics too, esp the stuff about knocking on the door. Who hasn't known, etc. Excellent song!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmfc67NfwOw
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
Thing I always notice about the video is that TP doesn't show up until 45 seconds in: http://youtu.be/6UD0c58nNCQ
― pplains, Monday, 28 July 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
sorry for the youtube embed, I meant to link it but didn't realize the https thing had been fixed
― Lewis - J'Agour (crüt), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
I thought she only wrote the lyrics to The Chain, and even Christine helped with those.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Monday, 28 July 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
Looks like our bits of biographical ephemera are spliced, much like the song itself:
According to interviews on the writing of Rumours, the final section of "The Chain"—beginning with a bass progression—was created by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics separately and thought they would be a good match; she and Christine McVie did some reworking to create the first section of the tune. Other elements were worked in from an early project of Christine's called "Keep Me There".[1] The blues-style piano motif was removed, and the remainder combined with a bridge from yet another piece manually using a razor blade to cut and splice the tapes. To complete the song, Buckingham recycled the intro from an earlier song from a duet with Nicks, "Lola (My Love)", originally released on their self-titled 1973 album.
Due to the spliced nature of the record - the drums and guitar were the only instruments actually recorded in each other's company - and its sporadic composition and assembly from different rejected songs, "The Chain" is one of only a few Fleetwood Mac songs whose authorship is credited to all members of the band at the time.[1]
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 July 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
Well then, to be on the safe side, I hate The Chain, too.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Monday, 28 July 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
>:(
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 July 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
a personal favorite coming up here
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 July 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZqkOgqM.jpg
93. (tie) The Knack – My Sharona834 points, 13 votes