Spare Me A Little "Don't Stop" Lovin'

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I'd rather watch him than the Christine that just stands there and acts like she doesn't want to be performing.

Eh, I think quiet class trumps tacky any day of the week. My problem is that he just doesn't know when to quit. Showmanship is a great thing, but too much of it borders on the cloying, IMO.

But if you enjoy him, more power to ya.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by dissention

Nice choice of words.

I like the song a lot, but I really didn't like it this past tour. The changes were kind of irritating. I think the most revolting change was when she sang "If your life isn't good for you, welllllllllllllll, think what tomorrow will do." Her singing the song didn't bother me that much, but the changes, my word. Awful.

Leave it to Stevie to throw a "Well" into a song that's not hers. I actually LOVED the SYW Don't Stop and seriously think Don't Stop is one of the many highlights of LIB. Stevie really put so much UMPH into the song.

As for the studio version of the song, ehhh it's OK, but not even close to one of her bests, not by a longshot. Now from that very same album, You Make Loving Fun and Oh Daddy are MASTERPEICES.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I hate to say this but.....

Tuggle's piano playing on Don't Stop on this past tour was more lively and dare I say, better?

OH NO!

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by dissention

Eh, I think quiet class trumps tacky any day of the week. My problem is that he just doesn't know when to quit. Showmanship is a great thing, but too much of it borders on the cloying, IMO.

But if you enjoy him, more power to ya.

Dissention could we actually be agreeing about something

I agree with you. I have never seen a "disinterested" Christine on stage. She just has class and at very laid back which is a good balance to Lindsey's "craziness".

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I hate to say this but.....

Tuggle's piano playing on Don't Stop on this past tour was more lively and dare I say, better?

Well, if you call beating one key on the piano with your elbow exciting.......

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by dissention

I thought it was garrish beyond belief. But that's the way I feel about recent Mac concerts in general; they're too theatrical. I miss Christine and her reserved presence.

Words from my own heart. I COULDN'T have said it better....

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I'd rather watch him than the Christine that just stands there and acts like she doesn't want to be performing.

No way. Class & elegance do it for me. Chris is VERY English & I love her cool English reserve. I despise ego driven showboating.

[David]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Well, if you call beating one key on the piano with your elbow exciting.......

Essentially it's the difference between the barrelhouse style of Chicago blues piano & the more reserved, percussive, part-dependent style of Texas piano. As to why the Texas style & not the Chicago style should have influenced British blues pianists like Christine McVie & Bob Hall, I couldn't say -- except that maybe in Christine's situation it was a case of matching style to her personality & her less advanced technique.

Nevertheless, my opinion is that Brett is technically a more proficient player than Chris (as Chris herself would probably admit to), but because of that proficiency, he sounds like hundreds of other players -- I can't discern a "Brett Tuggle style." Whereas Christine, who plays pop parts that lock in to the rhythm section groove, seems to be able to command a very unusual separation between her hands: the left can keep the "Don't Stop" V-VI shuffle going like a metronome (like Mick's drumming, in fact) while the right tosses off casual-sounding little blues & pop riffs with a slight creep (again, just like Mick's drumming). It's interesting to note that Brett (& Dan Garfield & Steve Thoma before him) doesn't bother attempting to duplicate Christine's arrangement for "Don't Stop" -- he & Dan & Steve just barrel through in a far more conventional way.