Nit picks I have about Rumours

[Wdm6789]

1. Christine should sing both verses on Don't Stop and the "I know you don't believe that it's true, I never meant any harm to you" line. Then the chorus should be all three of them singing.

2. Christine and Stevie's voices should sound like Christine and Stevie's voices on the chorus of Go Your Own Way. It kinda just sounds like two or three Lindseys singing.

3. They should have done the vocals on the album version of The Chain like they do when they perform it live. Also, I really like Christine's keyboards on The Chain live, the keyboards should be a little more prominent on the album version.

4. They should have put Silver Springs on the album instead of I Don't Want to Know.

5. I really like Oh Daddy, but not as much as I like Why. I wish they did a Rumours version of Why in place of Oh Daddy. Why sounded so good when they played it live in 1975-76.

6. I like in the live version of Gold Dust Woman that they all three sing "go home" twice together and then Stevie sings it once more at the end of the singing part. They should have done that on the album as well.

[sadmabelnormand]

I agree with you on most of those points. I'm sorry, but you can't tell me that I Don't Wanna Know should've been on Rumours instead of Silver Springs! I also agree about the vocals on The Chain. If they had the harmonies like they do on the live version (or here's another creative idea: each vocalist sings the chorus a different time, Lindsey first, then Christine, then Stevie), the track would have been even more perfect.

[Macfan4life]

The full version of Silver Springs would not fit on Rumours. You would have to nix more than "I Don't wanna know." What would be your other song to nix?

I am brave enough to say Never Going Back Again would be the other sacrificial lamb to make it work.

Other than that... Rumours is perfect the way that it is. I think Lindsey singing on Don't Stop adds a cool element.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The full version of Silver Springs would not fit on Rumours. You would have to nix more than "I Don't wanna know." What would be your other song to nix?

I am brave enough to say Never Going Back Again would be the other sacrificial lamb to make it work.

I was never a fan of Songbird. Silver Springs would have been the perfect replacement.

[Wdm6789]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The full version of Silver Springs would not fit on Rumours. You would have to nix more than "I Don't wanna know." What would be your other song to nix?

I am brave enough to say Never Going Back Again would be the other sacrificial lamb to make it work.

Other than that... Rumours is perfect the way that it is. I think Lindsey singing on Don't Stop adds a cool element.

Yeah probably Songbird. I like songbird and it's a signature song of Christine's. It's kind of like Rumours' Landslide, but it's not one that I will turn on in my car and jam out to.

[iamnotafraid]

Though I love Silver Springs, I wouldn't change
a thing concerning Rumours.

Love the album but love this thread too! Much like the last album I want more Stevie to make it perfect...

Stevie should be on Don't Stop, much like World Turning... She enhances the live version.

I like the versions of Oh Daddy and You Make Living Fun much better on the out takes albums with Stevie doing the harmony line. Why was it changed?

Go Your Own Way ends too soon with that fade out on the vocals! Same with The Chain.

Silver Springs should have fitted on somehow! Much as I love all the songs, it's one of the best. Maybe Rumours should have been a double album instead of Tusk?! With Silver Springs, The Dealer, Planets of the Universe, Doesn't Anything Last, Keep Me There, Think About It... We're over half way there! I guess they weren't big enough to do a double album by then but it would have been amazing.