Do you remember,The face of a pretty girl [Archive]

macfan 57

10-30-2005, 06:41 AM

Wild_Heart03

10-30-2005, 07:30 AM

I remember when I first bought TITN, and just being totally impressed by this song. For some reason, I love that distinct metallic sound (almost sounds like someone hitting a fence) that they play right before Christine starts to sing the chorus.

David

10-30-2005, 11:27 AM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!It was a super-duper rocker, marred only by the xylophonic hardware. They didn't need the damn ticky-tocky in a touring band already devoted to crowding the arrangements.

The line is a beautiful one -- Timothy White said it was an evocative representation of romantic alienation, or something like that.

Gailh

10-30-2005, 02:07 PM

Great song, but definitely doesn't work in concert. :eek:

I've always thought the live version was better than the studio version.

The studio version sounds like (in keeping with a lot of her Tango in the Night songs) it has been speeded up

Great song though!

Gail

goldustsongbird

10-30-2005, 02:21 PM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

Depends on which versions you have, I guess! The three or so that I own aren't really impressive...

ontheEdgeof17

10-30-2005, 04:59 PM

They should have milked TITN a little longer and released this as a single.

macfan 57

10-30-2005, 05:03 PM

They should have milked TITN a little longer and released this as a single.

They did do that in the U.K. Unfortunately, they released "Family Man" as the fifth single here in the U.S.

GypsySongbird

10-30-2005, 06:18 PM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

yea me too! i think the tango live version is amazing! one of the best on the dvd! i especially love the live harmony part when they sing "do you remember" and also the well.....s before the chorus, the only thing with that harmony is that i love chris singing the chorus, theres just something really special about her voice there, especially on the "do you remember" line -which i also love by the way - that i just fell in love with, i dont know what it is, her voice is just so beautiful!

& i love the lyrics of this song, maybe her best! the chorus is just amazing!!!! i would love to know what was really in her mind when she wrote this song!

AliceLover

10-30-2005, 07:39 PM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

When I first saw the tango video I fell in love with this. I think I can truthfully say this id my favorite Christine McVie song. It totally worked live and was in a great spot in the set. The crowd also ate it up.. Everytime she introduced it on the MASK tour she got an overwhelming reponse.

macfan 57

10-31-2005, 06:33 AM

i would love to know what was really in her mind when she wrote this song!

She has said she wrote this song about someone she had a relationship with years & years before, probably someone we've never heard about. She said she was just thinking about him & wondering if it was midnight where he was. He must have lived far away from her at that time.

GypsySorcerer

10-31-2005, 08:54 AM

She has said she wrote this song about someone she had a relationship with years & years before, probably someone we've never heard about. She said she was just thinking about him & wondering if it was midnight where he was. He must have lived far away from her at that time.
Some of have speculated it's about a possible Christine/Lindsey romance while they were recording her '84 solo album.

GateandGarden

10-31-2005, 09:01 AM

Some of have speculated it's about a possible Christine/Lindsey romance while they were recording her '84 solo album.Not to sound like a particular dumb blonde, but I must say, "That's hot."

macfan 57

10-31-2005, 11:58 AM

Some of have speculated it's about a possible Christine/Lindsey romance while they were recording her '84 solo album.

Now wait a minute.;) :D 1984 was around the time when Chris & Eddy first started getting hot & heavy. I don't think Lindsey spent much time with her making that album, maybe a week or two. The only Chris/Lindsey rumor that I've heard was around Mirage time...and I don't believe that one.:laugh:

David

10-31-2005, 02:09 PM

The only Chris/Lindsey rumor that I've heard was around Mirage time...and I don't believe that one.:laugh:Those two . . . hmmm. . . .

When she said, "It's never been so gratifying" in People mag in '80, the tendency was to assume that it was Dennis Wilson she was talking about. But maybe it was Lindsey! :shocked:

GypsySorcerer

10-31-2005, 02:13 PM

Now wait a minute.;) :D 1984 was around the time when Chris & Eddy first started getting hot & heavy. I don't think Lindsey spent much time with her making that album, maybe a week or two. The only Chris/Lindsey rumor that I've heard was around Mirage time...and I don't believe that one.:laugh:
I don't really think they had any kind of romance, but I wouldn't be surprised if they took a roll or two in the hay. :)

jbrownsjr

10-31-2005, 02:50 PM

mondaymornin1

10-31-2005, 05:08 PM

Not to sound like a particular dumb blonde, but I must say, "That's hot."

:thumbsup: Heh heh. Not to completely piss off the SnL fans, but I've always thought the same thing. I guess it goes back to my obssession with the "Hold Me" video!:laugh:

jbrownsjr

10-31-2005, 06:47 PM

Lindsey and I were hanging out in the shhhtudio, and I was gonna bugger off, but I said, "hold me" and he shtooped me right there on the mixing board. Isn't that weird.

goldustsongbird

10-31-2005, 07:06 PM

Lindsey and I were hanging out in the shhhtudio, and I was gonna bugger off, but I said, "hold me" and he shtooped me right there on the mixing board. Isn't that weird.

LMAO!

... that is pretty weird.

chiliD

10-31-2005, 07:33 PM

Great song, but definitely doesn't work in concert. :eek:
:shocked:
Au contrAIRE! It KICKS live! What live recording of the song are YOU listening to?:shrug:

goldustsongbird

10-31-2005, 07:40 PM

:shocked:
Au contrAIRE! It KICKS live! What live recording of the song are YOU listening to?:shrug:

The one I have is from Salt Lake City, '87.

chiliD

10-31-2005, 07:44 PM

The one I have is from Salt Lake City, '87.

Oh. Yeah, well, ok. They WERE kind of hit & miss early on. Try and get a version from the 1990 tour...you'll be "Wow-ing" in no time. :thumbsup:

goldustsongbird

10-31-2005, 07:58 PM

Oh. Yeah, well, ok. They WERE kind of hit & miss early on. Try and get a version from the 1990 tour...you'll be "Wow-ing" in no time. :thumbsup:

Got a copy you could share? :wavey:

aleuzzi

11-01-2005, 12:01 AM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

I agree: The live version of "Midnight" is the strongest performance on the Tango live set with Burnette and Vito...

macfan 57

11-01-2005, 07:50 AM

Got a copy you could share? :wavey:

Here's a copy of "Isn't It Midnight" from the 1990 BTM tour. It's from Manchester, one of the very few boots I have from this tour. By the way, I didn't have a problem with the way they did on the Tango tour either. I just think this song worked great live on both tours.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SIUEGJB8PUR61TK5UBV26RL4N

GypsySongbird

11-02-2005, 12:57 PM

u know they did

those two were more friendly than all of you think

tell me lie tell me sweet little lies

i have always believed LB told Chris he might leave the band while they were in the very early stages of Tango

ive thought that before, also, in the dance video, i think its in bleed to love her, but it could be something else as well, there are some EXTREMELY intense looks going on between c & l, & lindsey is definently not looking at stevie, you can tell watching it that hes looking right past/over her at chris.

GypsySongbird

11-02-2005, 12:59 PM

Those two . . . hmmm. . . .

When she said, "It's never been so gratifying" in People mag in '80, the tendency was to assume that it was Dennis Wilson she was talking about. But maybe it was Lindsey! :shocked:

oh and by the way, what exactly has "never been so gratifying"??!!

DavidMn

11-02-2005, 01:01 PM

Isnt it Midnight is a great song:nod:

goldustsongbird

11-02-2005, 02:48 PM

Here's a copy of "Isn't It Midnight" from the 1990 BTM tour. It's from Manchester, one of the very few boots I have from this tour. By the way, I didn't have a problem with the way they did on the Tango tour either. I just think this song worked great live on both tours.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SIUEGJB8PUR61TK5UBV26RL4N
Ah, thank you! Well, I retract my previous statement. :) This performance is much better. Chris sounds sexy! (Duh.) I also tracked down one from Vienna '90, which I liked.

JazmenFlowers

11-02-2005, 02:48 PM

this is one of my all-time favorite lines of Christine's. to me, her lyrics are similar to Stevie's in the way they evoke such a novel-like (making this up as I go along) feel in me...like I am remembering something in a past life that I had forgotten...just gorgeous

macfan 57

11-02-2005, 04:19 PM

oh and by the way, what exactly has "never been so gratifying"??!!

Here is the exact quote from Chris in that 1979 People Magazine:

"It's never been so vibrant, so gratifying". This quote is in a caption above a picture of Chris. Then it says she was referring to her Tusk love ballads AND Dennis Wilson. There are quite a few references to Dennis in the article. It's not referring to Lindsey in any way. By the way, the picture is somewhere in the picture thread. I remember posting it.:)

GypsySongbird

11-02-2005, 05:07 PM

Here is the exact quote from Chris in that 1979 People Magazine:

"It's never been so vibrant, so gratifying". This quote is in a caption above a picture of Chris. Then it says she was referring to her Tusk love ballads AND Dennis Wilson. There are quite a few references to Dennis in the article. It's not referring to Lindsey in any way. By the way, the picture is somewhere in the picture thread. I remember posting it.:)

oh right, thankyou! what kind of stuff does she say about old denny boy?

macfan 57

11-02-2005, 05:21 PM

oh right, thankyou! what kind of stuff does she say about old denny boy?

You can read the article right here. It's in the Blue Letter Archives on this website.

http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=530&c=18

GypsySongbird

11-02-2005, 05:59 PM

You can read the article right here. It's in the Blue Letter Archives on this website.

http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=530&c=18

thankyou!!!! funnily enough this quote -"I'm 36, and my life-style is pretty much settled as far as sacrificing and accommodating myself to children." seems to change mouths, i heard somewhere that it was dennis who said it before.

oh and i love this bit - Shot of Christine and Dennis Wilson in a tight and cozy embrace: Beach Boy Dennis, says Chris, is "delightfully eccentric, and people's Mother Earth image of me is wrong. I get crazy too." thats cute, especially the quote from dennis!:D