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Mike wrote:Rumours is such a frustrating album. I goddamn adore a lot of songs on it but then there are those three songs sung by Christine McVie that I don't like at all. Guess I'll just have to pretend it's a 8 song album. 'Second Hand News', 'Don't Stop', 'Go Your Own Way', 'The Chain' and 'I don't want to Know' are all fantastic. :heartbeat:
I think Songbird and You Make Loving fun are gorgeous.
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There's something about her singing style that irks me. It's what I imagine when I think about soft-rock or adult contemporary. Kinda schmaltzy. I really enjoy the Stevie Nicks ballads, though.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
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Warm Ways and Over My Head are awesome
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Mike wrote:There's something about her singing style that irks me. It's what I imagine when I think about soft-rock or adult contemporary. Kinda schmaltzy. I really enjoy the Stevie Nicks ballads, though.
Embrace the schmaltz. I love her singing.
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Mike wrote:There's something about her singing style that irks me. It's what I imagine when I think about soft-rock or adult contemporary. Kinda schmaltzy. I really enjoy the Stevie Nicks ballads, though.
Embrace the schmaltz. I love her singing.
I tried. Maybe someday it will work for me.
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Do you like Joni Mitchell?
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I love Blue. Didn't get into any of her other albums, yet. I think I tried Court and Spark but it didn't stick with me.
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I hear the same kind of "softness" in her delivery and McVie's.
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Yeah, I can see the similarities. Joni just somehow works better for me. Maybe I could tolerate McVie more if I listened to an album of only her songs? On Rumours they kinda stick out and are really not what I'm looking for when listening to that album. It's as if I'm suddenly listening to a different album. Songbird following Never Going Back Again, Don't Stop and Go Your Own Way is weird.
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tragabigzanda wrote:With all the Talking Heads love in here the last couple days, I want to give a nod to the completely stellar My Life In the Bush of Ghosts.
i need to listen to them more...I really only know the hits
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Buckingham vocals used to annoy me for a while, particularly in Dont Stop. I have no idea why.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:With all the Talking Heads love in here the last couple days, I want to give a nod to the completely stellar My Life In the Bush of Ghosts.
i need to listen to them more...I really only know the hits
Go listen to Fear Of Music or Remain In Light.
chewm wrote:Buckingham vocals used to annoy me for a while, particularly in Dont Stop. I have no idea why.
I really love his vocals. Stevie and him singing together is even better.
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I listened to "Skylarking" today. Jesus, what a fucking masterpiece.

I need to listen to XTC more.
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Mike wrote:I really like all the Talking Heads albums I listened to but none of them come close to the glory of Remain In Light.
Time to rank:
Remain In Light
Fear Of Music
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Speaking In Tongues

I haven't listened to 77 and Little Creatures enough to rank them and haven't listened to their last two at all yet.
Fear of Music is a challenger for my favorite album of all-time, but it's otherwise really hard for me to choose between their first five albums.
Little Creatures is fun, but not essential. It's a solid sixth place.
True Stories is a miss, but I think that's mainly because those songs weren't written for the band but for Byrne's movie of the same name. And then for me, Naked just doesn't need to exist.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
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Skylarking is so good. But that band. Wow. Sort of an 80's Flaming Lips.

Big Express is a great example of that. Everyday Story of Small Town. :heartbeat:
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I've had Kiss from a Rose stuck in my head for literally a day and a half now. It's both awful, and awesome.
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Someone recommend me music like Fleetwood Mac's Pop Rock side (Second Hand News, Don't Stop, I Don't Want Know...). I need more.
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