Cold Songs Top Ten Hot Love, Cold World (#8)

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What a beautiful, relatively warm (45F) day! A perfect day to issue a “state of emergency” for the forthcoming winter storm. Also a good day to give you another song with “cold” in the title. Hey, I can use this one in six months for the “hot” songs! Here’s today’s song. #8 Hot Love, Cold World - Bob Welch There are things in this world I simply cannot understand. Bob Welch is one of them. When Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the original members were inducted, along with the “superstar era” members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Despite his importance as transitioning Fleetwood Mac to a “more rock, less blues” (or “commercial,” if you will) band, Welch was not included. Y’know, that’s pettier than Tom. Shortly before the induction Welch sued the band for non-payment of royalties, so that may have had something to do with it. (Too bad the band, not the Hall of Fame themselves, called that shot. ) Whatever, it’s a crying shame that Welch was not included, because he was an essential part of Fleetwood Mac’s legacy. After he left Fleetwood Mac, paving the way for Buckingham and his girlfriend to join, Bob Welch had a band called Paris. They broke up before they could record their third album, so Welch made a solo album. And, hey, it was a success! The big hits were his remake of “Sentimental Lady” (which he’d recorded with Fleetwood Mac on Bare Trees) and “Ebony Eyes.” This was a smaller hit from the album as well. I loved that album, and I still do. Hot Love, Cold World Written by Bob Welch and John Henning Recorded by Bob Welch From French Kiss, 1977 Now there is a way to say “I love you”: