Family Man - Page 2

petep9000 · #16 01-15-2010, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by skuncles

Yeah that's Lindsey singing background on that. Another case (like "Big Love") where he tweaked himself vocally. That's not Stevie singing on it either.

That sucks. Because it was sort of fun to imagine she allowed her voice to be made so comical with the "I am what I am what I am what I am..." part.
I have heard it was Lindsey for years, but in this instance I heard something so close to how her recorded vocal really sounded in this period. It's almost uncanny.

So now that we know it's not Stevie, that leaves 'Little Lies' as the only non-penned song she sang a vocal for on the TITN album. Mick's book says Steviemade a big hoo-ha about not being on 'Everywhere', but i dont' hear her.

HejiraNYC · #17 01-15-2010, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by petep9000

So now that we know it's not Stevie, that leaves 'Little Lies' as the only non-penned song she sang a vocal for on the TITN album. Mick's book says Steviemade a big hoo-ha about not being on 'Everywhere', but i dont' hear her.

Isn't she "ooh"-ing on "You and I Part II?"

And what about all of the over-the-top vamping she does on the 12" remixes of "Big Love" and "Family Man?"

petep9000 · #18 01-15-2010, 01:43 PM

You're right, the 12" mixes had some additional vocals. I forgot about them becuase they were seperate releases. I like her Little Lies vamps, actually. "ooo hoo hooo hooo hooo, sweet lies, lies, lies, lies..."

lilwing80 · #19 01-15-2010, 02:01 PM

I don't even get the song. He wasn't even a family man then.. I thought..Ehm, Mick??

Yes, it's very interesting that Lindsey sounds like Stevie when he manipulates his voice. I've always thought that too.

Street_Dreamer · #20 01-15-2010, 02:20 PM

Family Man is one of my top 10 favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. There, I said it.

Matt

badanimals87 · #21 01-15-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Folks paying too much attention to the silly vocals & not enough to the Spanish guitar!

I'm with you David. I've always found the repetitive lyrics ridiculous but the spanish guitar is the star of this song. I only wish they would not have faded the solo at the end. Those Macsters...always fading out on the best parts!

HejiraNYC · #22 01-15-2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lilwing80

I don't even get the song. He wasn't even a family man then.. I thought..Ehm, Mick??

Yes, it's very interesting that Lindsey sounds like Stevie when he manipulates his voice. I've always thought that too.

Well, just because he didn't have a wife or kids didn't mean he wasn't a "family man." This seems to be an homage to the nuclear family of his parents- "mother, father, brother..." which makes it especially sad that his own brother died suddenly shortly after TITN.

HejiraNYC · #23 01-15-2010, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by badanimals87

I'm with you David. I've always found the repetitive lyrics ridiculous but the spanish guitar is the star of this song. I only wish they would not have faded the solo at the end. Those Macsters...always fading out on the best parts!

It's the castanets that make the song. The castanets, I tell you!

badanimals87 · #24 01-15-2010, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

It's the castanets that make the song. The castanets, I tell you!

How could I forget the castanets?!?! I wonder if after hearing the track played back in the studio Stevie told them "if we do this on stage I could TOTALLY play that castanets again!"

HomerMcvie · #25 01-15-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

Family Man is one of my top 10 favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. There, I said it.

Matt

"I am what I am.....ak, ak, ak, ak, ak, ak, ak, ak, ak"
~Popeye~

vivfox · #26 01-15-2010, 04:07 PM

[QUOTE=sodascouts;865619]Perhaps because the silly vocals are ridiculously distracting. I will never understand why Lindsey thinks they are so clever and cool. The insipidity and repetitiveness of the lyrics doesn't help.

Worst. Mac. Song. Ever.[/QUOTE]

That award goes to Oh Diane.

badanimals87 · #27 01-15-2010, 04:22 PM

[QUOTE=vivfox;865670]

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Perhaps because the silly vocals are ridiculously distracting. I will never understand why Lindsey thinks they are so clever and cool. The insipidity and repetitiveness of the lyrics doesn't help.

Worst. Mac. Song. Ever.[/QUOTE]

That award goes to Oh Diane.

I'm one of the few that really enjoys Oh Diane apparently. I especially loved watching the lip sync performance from UK TV in 1982. Does anyone have a good copy of the tv appearance I'm referring to?

Tim

Street_Dreamer · #28 01-15-2010, 04:25 PM

[QUOTE=vivfox;865670]

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Perhaps because the silly vocals are ridiculously distracting. I will never understand why Lindsey thinks they are so clever and cool. The insipidity and repetitiveness of the lyrics doesn't help.

Worst. Mac. Song. Ever.[/QUOTE]

That award goes to Oh Diane.

You must have never listened to When You Say or The Second Time. Talk about a lifeless, dull and depressing song. Stevie's vocals on The Second Time almost make me wish that I had never been born.

Matt

badanimals87 · #29 01-15-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

You must have never listened to When You Say or The Second Time. Talk about a lifeless, dull and depressing song. Stevie's vocals on The Second Time almost make me wish that I had never been born.

Matt

I agree about The Second Time. Only Stevie song on a Mac album I always skip.

HejiraNYC · #30 01-15-2010, 04:35 PM

[QUOTE=Street_Dreamer;865674]

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Originally Posted by vivfox

You must have never listened to When You Say or The Second Time. Talk about a lifeless, dull and depressing song. Stevie's vocals on The Second Time almost make me wish that I had never been born.

Matt

Well, I'm going to stick my neck in a guillotine and vote for "Stand on the Rock." It's just the most insipidly generic, bland middle-of-the-road piece of bluesy-rock puff-pastry I've ever heard. It belongs on a Sammy Hagar album, not a Fleetwood Mac album.