Stevie, Lindsey or Christine?

[elle]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I have his latest cd, which is great. Heard him live on the last FM tour in Rochester. Unless something miraculous has happened, I'm not thrilled with his voice live.

i know what you mean re FM tour, saw youtube footage.

and i don't know what happened, but his solo live voice has been incredible all last year. you can argue that some of that has been pre-engineered and mixed in at live shows, but we've also heard him sing live at 92Y, without even a proper mic let alone any engineering (check a bit earlier in this thread for Hejira's recording of one of the songs he did then).


EDIT: and, i hate what he did to his voice on SWS. all 6 songs from that album are much better live, with his regular voice - imo, of course.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by elle

i know what you mean re FM tour, saw youtube footage.

and i don't know what happened, but his solo live voice has been incredible all last year. you can argue that some of that has been pre-engineered and mixed in at live shows, but we've also heard him sing live at 92Y, without even a proper mic let alone any engineering (check a bit earlier in this thread for Hejira's recording of one of the songs he did then).


EDIT: and, i hate what he did to his voice on SWS. all 6 songs from that album are much better live, with his regular voice - imo, of course.

Well it's great to know he got his voice back. I guess it is very possible, with the right living, etc... Christine's voice in 1984 was much worse off than it was in 1987.

[elle]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Well it's great to know he got his voice back. I guess it is very possible, with the right living, etc... Christine's voice in 1984 was much worse off than it was in 1987.

could be a part of it, i don't know whether he's using some kind of vocal coach or something too...

i wouldn't necessarily say he's got his voice "back" because he definitely doesn't have the high range anymore, not surprisingly. a lot of his sounding so good might be due to putting his songs in the key he can actually sing them in. just a speculation, but might be possible that with FM, with both his and SN's voice loosing range, they cannot find the range in which both of their voices can do their best.

another caveat, i don't like his young high girly-sounding voice. the voice he has now is lower, much fuller, and all around pretty impressive when you hear it during solo shows.

[wild-heart]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

You got a good heart wild-heart

ahahaha thankyou.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by elle

could be a part of it, i don't know whether he's using some kind of vocal coach or something too...

i wouldn't necessarily say he's got his voice "back" because he definitely doesn't have the high range anymore, not surprisingly. a lot of his sounding so good might be due to putting his songs in the key he can actually sing them in. just a speculation, but might be possible that with FM, with both his and SN's voice loosing range, they cannot find the range in which both of their voices can do their best.

another caveat, i don't like his young high girly-sounding voice. the voice he has now is lower, much fuller, and all around pretty impressive when you hear it during solo shows.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

i don't like his young high girly-sounding voice. the voice he has now is lower, much fuller, and all around pretty impressive when you hear it during solo shows.

You know, I really appreciate his deeper "normal" voice after the helium thrill ride of Gift of Screws. We have that high, rapid manipulated voice throughout the song and then at the end you have regular Lindsey coming in and sing-talking "to the left, to the right, up and down, in and out, that's right baby, that's right" and I think it is such a hot, jarring contrast. My ears like the testosterone perk.

But I had a similar experience when I first heard Michael Jackson's 2000 Watts. I was thinking, "whoa, who is this man? Where's Michael been hiding him?"

Michele

[sushud82]

To be hyperbolic, this was a real Sophie's Choice for me. I'm a "package deal" kinda gal. I do love all of Lindsey's solo albums (as opposed to about 75% of Stevie's) but ultimately had to vote Chiffon in 2012. I have a tambo tattoo, 'nuff said.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by sushud82

To be hyperbolic, this was a real Sophie's Choice for me. I'm a "package deal" kinda gal. I do love all of Lindsey's solo albums (as opposed to about 75% of Stevie's) but ultimately had to vote Chiffon in 2012. I have a tambo tattoo, 'nuff said.

"Chiffon in 2012" - I LOVE that!!

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by michelej1

You know, I really appreciate his deeper "normal" voice after the helium thrill ride of Gift of Screws. We have that high, rapid manipulated voice throughout the song and then at the end you have regular Lindsey coming in and sing-talking "to the left, to the right, up and down, in and out, that's right baby, that's right" and I think it is such a hot, jarring contrast. My ears like the testosterone perk.

But I had a similar experience when I first heard Michael Jackson's 2000 Watts. I was thinking, "whoa, who is this man? Where's Michael been hiding him?"

Michele

Brilliant comparison b/w MJ and LB voices.

I don't care if Lindsey is high or low, I just want the whisper-voice to go!

As for my pick: I am thinking... Stevie may be the glamorous glue. But I'm not ready to vote yet.

[estranged4life]

LB (With all respects to Christine), burnt out on Stevie.

[elle]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

LB (With all respects to Christine), burnt out on Stevie.

<3 <3

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

LB (With all respects to Christine), burnt out on Stevie.

wow!

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

wow!

I am burnt out bigtime Stevie, to the point I have yet to purchase her latest album

[elle]

good to see people kept voting on this one... current status (with 110 votes so far):

Christine McVie 18 16.36%
Lindsey Buckingham 26 23.64%
Stevie Nicks 66 60.00%

[elle]

Originally Posted by elle

who is your favorite Rumours-era singer/songwriter?

i may be wrong, but i have a feeling that most people on these boards have a clear preference for one or the other singer/songwriter, so this will be a very easy decision.

for people who are purely FM fans and love them all together and equally, or 2 of them equally (BN fans?), i understand this may be really hard, but please try to still pick just one...

from reading various forums here, my estimate would be there are maybe 5-10 Christine fans, ~20 Lindsey fans, and probably way more than 30-40 Stevie fans that are active at least occasionally... but i might be completely off.

very old poll... bumping since there appear to be many new members around here in the last 2 years, or so.

the most recent results:

Christine McVie 20 16.53%
Lindsey Buckingham 28 23.14%
Stevie Nicks 73 60.33%
Voters: 121.

i expect the ratio to remain about the same, but we'll see. it's easily possible that some Christine fans joined or came back since she ended her retirement.