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Future Games/Bare Trees backing vocals
I listened to Future Games and Bare Trees back-to-back last night and came to realise (unless I'm mistaken) just how much the individual writers dominate their tracks vocally, with no background vocals from the others. Sentimental Lady is a bit of an exception, though. It's hard to remember Christine, for example, singing on Danny's songs on those albums (does she on Trinity? Memory fails me) although she's clearly on Station Man, before she officially joined and on Purple Dancer, of course. Maybe she's on there somewhere on Dragonfly too.
Maybe there's something there, but it's perhaps too subtle for me to hear. Just an observation. Last edited by Mr Scarrott; 10-28-2015 at 04:46 PM.. Reason: changed Spare me a little to Sentimental Lady |
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Meanwhile, all three voices are singing on Spare Me a Little. When Danny left, Bob and Christine harmonized and double-tracked a lot. The harmonies on Remember Me, Dissatisfied, Revelation, and Nightwatch are lovely and sophisticated. They're even better on Emerald Eyes and Hypnotized. |
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They were never destined to be a unified vocal group like Crosby Stills & Nash (which had their fair share of solo moments).
It is a bit baffling that they sometimes passed on the opportunity to capitalize on their very capable vocal harmonies. But they have always been such individualized singer/songwriters. It's a characteristic that has carried through the entire span of their history.
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That's very well and succinctly put. I suppose they were finding their feet with the new-line up. Maybe Danny was a bit protective of his songs- Christine vocalising on parts of Sands Of Time would have improved it, I think. I like the track but it's perhaps a little long as it is. Bob and Danny made good use of her keyboard skills, though, to be fair. I'm struggling to hear Chris on Dragonfly. I thought it was Danny harmonising with himself. She's on that live version on German TV (with Bob). You're not getting confused with that one, by any chance? Maybe she's on at the very end of the studio version? |
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I think you also have to consider that the band didn't do much in the way of background / harmony vocals on studio tracks in their earlier years either (some on Kiln House, mostly Danny Kirwan on Jeremy Spencer's songs), so they had little history of doing it. And if I recall correctly, some of the early attempts at harmony vocals on live recordings after Christine McVie joined the band are not that great. Seems like it took them awhile to get it figured out.
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Was there a Heroes tour?
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