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**jbrownsjr** · #1 07-28-2006, 01:10 AM

I love this line as the opening words of the album and how this song kicks off the album. This is a song i love to blast on great speakers...

Gailh · #2 07-28-2006, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love this line as the opening words of the album and how this song kicks off the album. This is a song i love to blast on great speakers...

Friend is my favourite song on ITM and on my list of all time favourite Christine songs

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW

Sigh!

Gail

macfan 57 · #3 07-28-2006, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Gailh

Friend is my favourite song on ITM and on my list of all time favourite Christine songs

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW

Sigh!

Gail

Same here. "Friend" sounds exactly like a Fleetwood Mac song, far more than any of the songs on SYW. I think it was the best CM single since "Little Lies" & it's right up there with her 1970's era singles. Great song.

Gailh · #4 07-28-2006, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

Same here. "Friend" sounds exactly like a Fleetwood Mac song, far more than any of the songs on SYW. I think it was the best CM single since "Little Lies" & it's right up there with her 1970's era singles. Great song.

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

Aisling · #5 07-28-2006, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gailh

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW
Gail

you're making me sad again!

but in all seriousness, i love this song as well. it's not my favourite on ITM (that distinction belongs to 'forgiveness'), but it places pretty highly!! and i agree it was a terrific way for her to open the album, i remember it grabbing me straight away from the start.

aleuzzi · #6 07-28-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gailh

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

He did.

Friend is a great song. And her voice sounds terrific on it. Had it been released as a single in 1984, at the time of her previous solo album, it would have been a smash. In fact, ITM would have probably gotten amazing reviews all the way around. As it is, it's 2006 and I'm blissfully happy to have thhese twelve songs which I listen to again and again.

Although I'm hoping for another recording (covers, originals, unplugged, plugged, anything...) ITM would be a fine swan song for her career.

macfan 57 · #7 07-28-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gailh

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

No, I don't think I ever said that. Patton does get a writing credit on the song, alongwith Chris, Dan Perfect & George Hawkins. I've never heard what each one of the four contributed to the song. In my opinion, those lyrics sound like Christine McVie lyrics. I suspect Chris was mostly responsible for the song with the other three adding a little here and there. Once again, this is something I would have liked to have asked Chris in that Q & A.

macfan 57 · #8 07-28-2006, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

He did.

Friend is a great song. And her voice sounds terrific on it. Had it been released as a single in 1984, at the time of her previous solo album, it would have been a smash. In fact, ITM would have probably gotten amazing reviews all the way around. As it is, it's 2006 and I'm blissfully happy to have thhese twelve songs which I listen to again and again.

aleuzzi, where did you hear that Robbie wrote the words to "Friend"?

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Although I'm hoping for another recording (covers, originals, unplugged, plugged, anything...) ITM would be a fine swan song for her career.

I agree. ITM is a great way to go out, but I hope she gets a little bored & starts writing again. I'd take anything...an album, iTunes tracks or something on her website...anything.

aleuzzi · #9 07-28-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

aleuzzi, where did you hear that Robbie wrote the words to "Friend"?

I thought I'd read on the credtis that he did. Maybe I was just deducing this because he'd written lyrics for her before. You are right in noting that the words sound like lyrics Chris could write. I was so certain I''d read he wrote them. Now I'm feeling moronic.

macfan 57 · #10 07-28-2006, 11:19 AM

Don't feel moronic.

I just checked the liner notes in the booklet & it doesn't say who wrote what. Chris has the first credit though. I'm not even sure that Robbie wrote lyrics with her before. They co-wrote "Hold Me", but I don't know who wrote what on that song either.

Aisling · #11 07-28-2006, 11:28 AM

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

HomerMcvie · #12 07-28-2006, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Aisling

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

I lost the acoustic version in my last crash. Anyone care to repost it?

I think Northern Star will always be my favorite. It's such a relaxing song.

Johnny Stew · #13 07-28-2006, 01:23 PM

"Friend (Acoustic Version)"

HomerMcvie · #14 07-28-2006, 01:36 PM

Thank you.

***ThePenguin*** · #15 07-28-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Aisling

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

I love that version. Prefer it to the album version!

-Lis