Christine News!
A friend of mine who lives near Uckfield in lower Sussex sent me the following email this week...
Alan, Hello across the pond! Hope this finds you well my friend and in a crouching position as you will most certainly be chuffed with the latest concerning our beloved Chrissie. What I have gathered from numerous and extremely reliable sources is that she has been writing exstensively and indeed plans a new album for 2009. She has been asked to record for a new Mac album this year but declined sorry to say :( I will update you as I hear anything further! Cheers, Robert I pray that this news is true! A new Lindsey and Christine CD along with an upcoming FM album is more excitement than my heart can take!!!:blob1::thumbsup: |
This is truly unbelievable, so Chris is going to have another solo album?!?!?!?! And did i understand correctly that she is not going to participate in the Fleetwood Mac album 2009?
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Thanks soo much for the news by the way!
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That's what he said but I still have alot of questions. A new Christine album would be awesome if she uses a different producer. Her last album was hit and miss with me. I loved the songs "Friend", "You Are", "Northern Star" and the closing track but the rest were mis-matched IMO. I love the Mac but am missing her terribly! |
You and I together mate, I neeeeeed her to be in Mac.... it's like a drug for me.
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A new album? Does this mean she's fallen in love again? :xoxo:
I hope this is true. the bit about the album I mean. Not that it wouldn't be nice if she'd fallen in love again.... (oh shut up Gail) Gail |
I hope this is true. I don't want to get my hopes up though if it's not true.
I'd prefer a CM solo album over her on a FM album anyway since I'd get more CM songs on a solo album. |
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If it's one or the other I'll take the solo album Gail |
It would've been nice for her to be on the new FM album, but even nicer for her to do the tour.
That being said, I think it is very cool that she is doing a solo album. I would most certainly have to but that thing. |
She should do the Mac album. It's very disappointing to me that they can't come to an agreement on this. Even without her on tour. I also think her nephew should co-produce the Mac album with Lindsey.
That said, I would rather have a solo album than nothing. . . sigh :( |
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Seriously, if this is true then perhaps Christine just doesn't fancy travelling to L.A. to record or getting "sucked back" into the strange world of Fleetwood Mac. Gail |
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I've always said they could find a way if there was the collective will to make some music together. Perhaps the lack of will is on Christine's side. I'd like this news to be true but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. Gail |
Brilliant news if this is true! :nod:
I think ITM had a lot of potential, and I liked it, but it was (intentionally) not marketed extensively nor did it have the involvement of a wide range of producers/music label people. I think given that help, Christine could make a big splash with something new. :blob2: |
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The lack of a tour was what did for the sales. Before it's release it was high in the pre-release charts but when it was released everyone who'd expressed an interest bought it but no one else. Not much press and radio and in the UK no TV didn't help either. Gail |
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Agreed. She definitely seemed to want it that way, and so couldn't have been too surprised when it didn't sell millions! But such is the nature of the music industry now, it's so different, and certainly more difficult for 'older' artists whose fan base is less concerned about downloading tracks and more about paying the mortgage (to paraphrase Stevie in that SYW doc)! I think you mentioned that ITM was maybe being 'reworked' for wider release though? Was that something Martin Wyatt mentioned, and if so is it maybe something to do with this? (Maybe a parallel project?) I know Christine wouldn't get label execs involved as she doesn't want the hassle, but I do think that with more involvement from people like that behind the scenes any future release might reach a wider audience. However, I'd be equally glad if she just released something like ITM again! Anything to hear more of what she's been writing :D |
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I am a bit surprised she turned down the offer to record for the "last" Mac album, since I'm sure she could have done this without touring, but I'm also oddly happy about it (if it's true) because it shows she has put the past behind and is thinking of her self in the present. |
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I would far, far prefer a new Christine solo record to her participation in a Fleetwood Mac album.
I think the small handful of us who are Chris fanatics (we know who we are!) would agree on this point. Of course, I'd welcome her participation on a Fleetwood Mac album too, but as one of the other posters said, if she will only do one, not both, I'll take the solo record. I like 'In the Meantime' a whole lot, even though I would have made some different production choices. Specifically, I would have featured Chris' keyboards more prominently, and in particular I would have had a grand piano accompaniment for "Calumny." When you think about it, why shouldn't Chris do another solo record? Musicians don't just stop making music. I like to think of her dabbling with creating an occasional song on a piano in her country home in Kent. There is no pressure on her to create anything. She has plenty of money, and obviously doesn't care much about critical acclaim or record sales. It's the perfect scenario for her to make some new music. Let's hope this is for real. |
I think she didn't really like the FM direction anymore.... And that's fine, she can go hew own way... I would love to see her get a little more instrumental and jam more.... plus it saves her voice....
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Her voice was still very much up to par on her last solo album and the woman is pushing 70!!!!! Most women lose thier range and vobrato along with a deepening of the vocals as they grow older. Chris still has it!!!!!!!!
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So (if this is true) she is not fully retired. She just doesn't want to leave England and work in the US to record a mac album. Yes maybe if the band agree to record in England, though it wouldn't be fair for their families,,..
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Agnetha Falskog , the blonde from ABBA suffers from a panic stricken fear of flying----which hinders her from traveling any longer unless its in her native Sweden.
Her last english album was recorded with her Warner label understanding that she would not tour in promotion of it. :confused: |
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If Christine really wanted to participate in the next FM project she'd find a way. It would only mean her being in L.A. for a couple of weeks and Lindsey coming over here for a couple of weeks. I think that if this story is true we have to face the fact that she DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN FLEETWOOD MAC ANYMORE - sorry to shout. Gail |
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But. . . why? |
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We have to remember that she is 65 years old and although we hope she is healthy you do tend to slow down as you get older. I may be wrong but I think that at the back of her mind she thinks they might try to bully her into touring again which she clearly doesn't want to do. I don't believe there is any sinister reason - she is happy where she is and what she is doing with her life. Good for her! Gail |
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I absolutely agree. We all tend to forget that Christine wanted to retire from music back in 1970, before she even joined FM properly! From the ITM publicity we know how much she loves her life back home in the UK and that any involvement in something big and flashy (i.e. an FM album) which was done on terms other than her own would just lift her out of that happiness. Also, as you say, at 65 I think she simply wants to do things her way and at her pace, and I say fair enough! |
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Could this be a big joke on the Christine fans....
No offense to the originator... but we've been had before... Our own little Gift of Screws... |
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But it's fun to speculate on a possible new Christine album, and looking at her low-key, no-expectations approach to 'In the Meantime,' I don't think it's impossible she'll do a similar project again. She apparently had fun recording that record. There was no media circus, no late nights, no months at a time on the road. If she DOES do a new album, would it be too much to hope for that she'd do a couple of low-key acoustic gigs to back it up? |
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I loved her preachiness in Bad Journey... "never thought you'd tear me apart..." etc etc... |
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So there's still hope for Christine yet! |
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As for any live stuff - I think we can forget it. although she might lead a sing-song in her local pub :laugh: So it's everyone down to The Rose! Gail |
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I'm hopeful, but very skeptical until we get credible confirmation that this is true. |
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Rumours.....:)
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