Round 2 (late 1970's to mid 1980s) - #2 Fleetwood Mac vs #7 Queen
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Not sure how this match up will play out. Seems that it could be a close one.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
I’m going with the Mac. Close call, though.
Queen had a lot of brilliant songs no doubt BUT they never had a complete album on par with, say, Rumors or Fleetwood Mac (1975). You can't get an album like Rumors without major sloppy seconds amongst band members.
Pretty much everything Nicks and Buckingham wrote was aimed at the other. Call it soft or sappy or whatever if you want. I used to brush them aside as soft, sentimental rock but they meant that shit and a lot of it hits pretty hard.
Plus they we're really good live and Buckingham was an underrated guitarist.
Plus they we're really good live and Buckingham was an underrated guitarist.
I used to be a Fleetwood Mac hater because of 1992 and "Don't Stop Believing". Then I got over myself and grew to love them. Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac are two of the bigger course corrections in my rock listening.
Dennis_DeYoung
New Fish
Basically this. I am really into easy listening pop-rock. So, there’s that too.
I like Fleetwood Mac but Queen is going to the next round. They are all tim.
oregonblitzkrieg
New Fish
Two talented queens here but I'm sticking with the white witch. Too many dicks and not enough pussies are moving on to the next rounds.
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Going to be hard from Fleetwood Mac to come back from down 9 votes, with 37 votes in. Queen into the Sweet 16 and a tough match up with Van Halen. Looking increasingly likely that AC DC is into the final 4 rather easily.
This one really blows me away. Queen has like 2 or 3 songs that I can stand. I had no idea they we're still so well liked. I hear their name and think of bicycle and you're my best friend, neither of whuch are listenable to any man still in possession of his balls.