The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
Is there a more timeless band than Fleetwood Mac (or specifically the version with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham)? Their peak was in '77, when their album Rumours was released, I listened to them endlessly during my college years (shout out to old pal Jason Ligday, the biggest Mac fan I know!), and just last year their song Dreams went viral when it was set to a video of a guy skateboarding to work while drinking cranberry juice. While some of my favorite bands from the '60s and '70s sound as if they're straight from a time capsule, I believe Rumours could be released today and sound as fresh and incisive as when I was five years old.
The most difficult decision for this particular year was which song from the album to pick-the aforementioned Dreams? Gold Dust Woman? Go Your Own Way? You Make Loving Fun? It was a difficult and easy choice at the same time-The Chain has been the song from the band that has resonated with me in most recent years. Perhaps it's John McVie's solo bass line before the crescendo that closes the song. We'll go with that.
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