Sunday Music: Fleetwood Mac
Oct. 20th, 2013 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowNote: The Five Stairsteps' First Family of Soul is alphabetically next, but I have nothing to say about it, so I'm skipping.
Album Title: Fleetwood Mac
Why I Bought It: Fleetwood Mac burst on the scene about the time I went to college, and I bought this LP and Rumours. (I never did buy Tusk, though.) After the CD revolution, I upgraded both albums.
What I Like (Creepy): "I'm So Afraid". One of the rare male-lead FM songs; Lindsey Buckingham (whose first name is my middle) does a fine job depicting an amorphous fear.
What I Like (Obscure): "Crystal". "...drove me like a magnet to the sea." What does that even mean? But as a depiction of irresistible attraction, the song works very well. (Another male-lead song.)
What I Don't Like (Gold Digging): "Sugar Daddy". Basically, she's telling her lover he doesn't spend enough on her. A weird and head-shaking song.
Overall: There's a lot of comfortable stuff here ("Monday Morning", "Warm Ways", "Say You Love Me") and an oddity or two ("Landslide"); I like most of it. "Rhiannon" drew the most attention, way back when, but it strikes me as unnecessarily mythed-up, and I've never liked Stevie Nicks' voice per se very much - although when the song is right for her, she does well. Not a favorite album, but a mostly pleasant one.
Album Title: Fleetwood Mac
Why I Bought It: Fleetwood Mac burst on the scene about the time I went to college, and I bought this LP and Rumours. (I never did buy Tusk, though.) After the CD revolution, I upgraded both albums.
What I Like (Creepy): "I'm So Afraid". One of the rare male-lead FM songs; Lindsey Buckingham (whose first name is my middle) does a fine job depicting an amorphous fear.
What I Like (Obscure): "Crystal". "...drove me like a magnet to the sea." What does that even mean? But as a depiction of irresistible attraction, the song works very well. (Another male-lead song.)
What I Don't Like (Gold Digging): "Sugar Daddy". Basically, she's telling her lover he doesn't spend enough on her. A weird and head-shaking song.
Overall: There's a lot of comfortable stuff here ("Monday Morning", "Warm Ways", "Say You Love Me") and an oddity or two ("Landslide"); I like most of it. "Rhiannon" drew the most attention, way back when, but it strikes me as unnecessarily mythed-up, and I've never liked Stevie Nicks' voice per se very much - although when the song is right for her, she does well. Not a favorite album, but a mostly pleasant one.
