Christine on the new tour... a back up singer?

[DownOnRodeo]

You know what would have made much more sense (while being equally ridiculous)?

If Stevie had plonked out those five notes on the keyboard, instead of Mike Campbell.

It's her song, and she's a bona fide plonker.
They could even put sticky dots on the keys she had to press.

Actually, how about a xylophone?

[David]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Actually, how about a xylophone?

How about triggering the part on a workstation module? It's kind of weird to see the grizzly old guitarist saunter over to the board and play a short part every so often. It's like watching Thomas Dolby, surrounded by instrumentation, playing with both hands and feet.

A - C - D - F
D - C - A - G
A - C - D - F
D - C - A - G - A

[DownOnRodeo]

Or replace Mike Campbell with Mike Oldfield.

#tubular_bells

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Or replace Mike Campbell with Mike Oldfield.

#tubular_bells

Hahahaha!!!

[David]

Christine's suppleness and ability to articulate and navigate the keyboard are compromised by age (it could be chronic pain, too, like arthritis). A gal can't play deftly forever. But she was definitely playing still-fantastic piano in 1997: she played hard triplets in E major with blues grace notes on the "Don't Stop" outro and velvety Fender Rhodes funk on "You Make Loving Fun" with no loss of earlier dynamics or muscle memory. But the years of piano neglect (she admitted she stayed away from the piano after retiring in 1998) coupled with age seem to have eroded her keyboard ability, and it's sadly obvious now.

Songbird last year

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by David

Christine's suppleness and ability to articulate and navigate the keyboard are compromised by age (it could be chronic pain, too, like arthritis). A gal can't play deftly forever. But she was definitely playing still-fantastic piano in 1997: she played hard triplets in E major with blues grace notes on the "Don't Stop" outro and velvety Fender Rhodes funk on "You Make Loving Fun" with no loss of earlier dynamics or muscle memory. But the years of piano neglect (she admitted she stayed away from the piano after retiring in 1998) coupled with age seem to have eroded her keyboard ability, and it's sadly obvious now.

Songbird last year

Explains why Lindsey played a guitar solo on it during the OWTS tour.

[jbrownsjr]

Her fingers look crooked when she's doing those weird hand gestures.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by David

Christine's suppleness and ability to articulate and navigate the keyboard are compromised by age (it could be chronic pain, too, like arthritis). A gal can't play deftly forever. But she was definitely playing still-fantastic piano in 1997: she played hard triplets in E major with blues grace notes on the "Don't Stop" outro and velvety Fender Rhodes funk on "You Make Loving Fun" with no loss of earlier dynamics or muscle memory. But the years of piano neglect (she admitted she stayed away from the piano after retiring in 1998) coupled with age seem to have eroded her keyboard ability, and it's sadly obvious now.

Songbird last year

That's very interesting David. I'd think playing would be like riding a bike, or at least with a little practice it would come back fairly quickly.

[Storms123]

Originally Posted by jwd

That's very interesting David. I'd think playing would be like riding a bike, or at least with a little practice it would come back fairly quickly.

OWTS should have been it for all of them. Stevie and Lindsey could pull Mick and John into their solo work, well Lindsey could. Christine and Lindsey could do another duets. The Grammy Museum could have pulled all 5 of them out for nostalgia shows here and there. But at least their legacy would be in tact. Total farce now

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jwd

That's very interesting David. I'd think playing would be like riding a bike

Imagine riding a bike with arthritis in your hips and knees.