'sara' vs. 'gypsy' vs. 'dreams' vs. 'rhiannon'

Dreams > Gypsy > Rhiannon > Sara

I'm going for Sara, but hey, if Dreams wins, it's not like a big deal or anything. I think I've got more childhood nostalgia around Dreams, anyway. Gypsy is an excellent track, but certainly at the bottom of this ranking. I'm glad mark cl has discovered them! I often talk to music fans about them and you'd be surprised how many people scratch their heads as though actively investigating them is the weirdest idea in the world.

Toughie - either Sara or Dreams.

Both are so perfectly excuted. Dreams for it's pop-ness appeal but Sara for the tingles felt on each hearing; Sara creates such a tense mood but so beautiful!

I voted Dreams 'cos I ain't too deep,

Either Dreams or Sara, I can't decide!

Great poll. I don't know 'Gypsy' either, so treat for me. WIll report back.

Lindsey doesn't look well in those first couple of clips. Great guitar at the end on Gypsy. I seem to remember Rhiannon having some blistering guitar too. This is hard.

I have only ever heard Fleetwood Mac on the radio. Which ever song has the 'thunder only happens when it's raining' lyric is the one i'd vote for.

^^"Dreams"

just searched my library and discovered that I do have one FM track in my collection. Little Lies (Dub Mix). Good little mix too.

I got Tango In The Night at the weekend. It's better than I expected (and I was expecting it to be pretty good)

Yeah, I was surprised at how much I liked TITN when I first heard it a year ago -- I think I had assumed that FM were solid for a few years in the late '70s and useless thereafter, but there are some fantastic pop songs on that album.

I usually like Christine's stuff least, but her songs on it are impeccable

I'm voting for "Tusk."

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:59 AM

Me too.

'tusk' isn't even a stevie nicks song, so you might as well vote for 'hey jude'

Listen, you wrote "best song" and cited four Fleetwood Mac tunes.

I usually like Christine's stuff least, but her songs on it are impeccable

On TITN? Hells yeah. "Big Love" aside, McVie saves the album.

I still don't understand this poll, though. Why omit the TITN and Say You Will Nicks singles? Or "Fireflies"?

cause only a crazy person would vote for them over these 4

Nah, I'd put "Thrown Down" and "Say You Will" up against them. I'd at least want to read what people write about'em.

those are great songs, but cmonnnnnnn

'say you will' can stand up to 'dreams'??? I mean really

I think I probably love Rhiannon most, and I really like the guitar at the end of Gypsy, but the Dreams that get bent posted upthread is so beautiful that I voted for that in the end.

'say you will' can stand up to 'dreams'??? I mean really

No. I'm just (again) wondering by what criteria where those four poll options picked. Whatever. We can create a Say You Will post.

I think they stand pretty clearly as the massive Stevie Nicks songs of the classic era (Self-titled / Rumours / Tusk)

See: SN songs on this album -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(1988_Fleetwood_Mac_album)

I feel like if I should have added anything else, it should have been 'Landslide'

oh wait, gypsy's on mirage...err...I'll just go w/ the greatest hits explanation then

Yeah I think the poll makes sense - these songs strike me as anthems in a way that the Say You Will songs aren't. I think "Thrown Down" and "Destiny Rules" and a couple of others on that album are amazing, but they feel more like album tracks (whether or not they were actually released as singles). Maybe the purpose of Nicks' songs on Say You Will was to prove that she could do astonishing album tracks, something I'd say she hadn't managed previously since "Beautiful Child".

i have a cousin named after rhiannon

hey, me too! i just met a woman who named her daughter "aja". remember that guy on the real world named "yes"? the world is a funny place. if i ever have a son i'm naming him "supertramp"

if i ever have a son i'm naming him "supertramp"

You're setting him up to be this guy though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless

Haha met a beautiful chick named aja a couple weeks ago - don't repost to braggin thread tho :-/

The girl I know who was named Rhiannon after the FM song now (understandably) hates it.

Rather than try to reflect my own music tastes, should I have children I'd rather bestow names that position them to host their own reality tv show as teenagers - I'm thinking "Status" for a boy and "Cachet" for a girl.

rhiannon
"this is a song about an old welsh witch..."

love the rotating camera during the solo.

I suppose a peak period McVie poll is next, no?

no "brown eyes" or "you make loving fun," no credibility

Rhiannon >> Dreams >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sara >> Gypsy

Silver Springs

i don't wanna be a cleaning lady...

now here you go again you say, you want your freedom

hey, me too! i just met a woman who named her daughter "aja".

Was she a Mission of Burma groupie?

okay I decided I'm going w/ dreams

Dreams.

Dreams is also the most awesome driving song ever

I'm voting for "Tusk."

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:59 AM

Me too.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:13 PM

'tusk' isn't even a stevie nicks song, so you might as well vote for 'hey jude'

― iatee, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:01 PM

Changing vote to "Hey Jude."

dreams is such a wonderful song to sing along with

and it's one of those songs too where i can almost feel the rain

I already said this, but the playing (guitar especially, but really all instruments) on the version upthread is just exquisite.

Voted for "Sara," of course – my favorite Mac ballad.

I was a bit stunned to read this. Not because I think it's wrong but because I never thought of it as a ballad. Then again, I suppose I've never had the opportunity to call it anything. What type of song do y'all call it?

In any event, I voted for "Sara" with a "Dreams" chaser.

I was a bit stunned to read this. Not because I think it's wrong but because I never thought of it as a ballad. Then again, I suppose I've never had the opportunity to call it anything. What type of song do y'all call it?

An incantation.

Gypsy > Sara > Dreams > Rihannon

― NoTimeBeforeTime

I'll go with this.

i have been listening to "storms" a lot lately, too; the quality of stevie's voice on it is so ;_;

"storms" is my favorite fleetwood mac song and is better than any of these okay sorry

this poll is vicious but right now i could listen to the little ascending guitar bits in the chorus of 'gypsy' forever.

well not the chorus. whatever that section is. the 'to the gypsy that remains' bit. what is that! why does it only appear once!

i kinda think these are the four best fleetwood mac songs

"storms" is my favorite fleetwood mac song and is better than any of these okay sorry

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Thursday, July 7, 2011 12:49 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey me, you're an asshole and an idiot. the answer is either "sara" or "gypsy"

Sara for sentimental reasons but gypsy would be my pick as that song is so uplifting and great to sing along to. Silver springs is up there too

sara vs dreams for me. very difficult