"Brown Eyes" [Archive]

Lala

05-26-2006, 10:26 PM

I swear I've heard this millions of times before and never really realized what she was saying.

Here it is in all it's glory for everyone to hear.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F489360367589560

Gailh

05-27-2006, 06:04 AM

DavidMn

05-27-2006, 03:31 PM

It's just a great song period!:nod:

GypsySongbird

05-27-2006, 06:36 PM

yea ive heard it!
i always thought she was saying "now touch me baby" lol, might just be my ears......
she was apparently quite getting into the mood of that song during the recording!

GypsySongbird

05-27-2006, 06:47 PM

carrie721

05-27-2006, 09:44 PM

Chris, you brazen hussy.

PLZ! i gotta go listen ...

David

05-28-2006, 01:00 AM

You guys are insane.

goldustsongbird

05-28-2006, 01:04 AM

Oh, and: Grace is on vacation; she threatened me with a shotgun if I didn't allow her to travel.

Where'd she take off to?

goldustsongbird

05-28-2006, 01:05 AM

You guys are insane.

And how!

(goddamntencharacters)

Lala

05-28-2006, 09:59 AM

Mind you I've always thought that Brown Eyes is the sexiest FM song ever!

Gail

I agree.:nod:

David

05-28-2006, 07:45 PM

I hate this song. I dunno....I've always just....just hate it & it bugs me. :sorry: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

Lala

05-28-2006, 11:06 PM

I hate this song. I dunno....I've always just....just hate it & it bugs me. :sorry: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

:distress:

You're a terrible person

:p

elie

05-29-2006, 03:37 AM

Totally heard the "touch me" part.

I like this song, it is kind of sexy in a weird way. I love the intro. However I so wish there wasn't any "sha la la" in it:sorry:

shackin'up

05-29-2006, 10:06 AM

You guys are insane.

:lol: says who? :lol:

Nice find! Makes the song more horny than it already is. It never came to me as "sexy". I think it's a step further than that. It's sweaty, almost explicit. After this incredible find even more.

Hmm. Let's all play it in the bedroom tonight!

I love this song. But hell, I love the whole friggin'album without any exception.

macfan 57

06-04-2006, 05:27 AM

I have been listening to the album version of "Brown Eyes" from the Tusk reissue quite a bit lately.

The past few days I've been hearing something new. Around the 1:28 mark, Christine says/sings words that sound like "touch me."

Is this old news? Does anyone else hear "touch me," or am I simply crazy?

I just listened to "Brown Eyes" again & I can hear "touch me". I've been listening to this song for years & I never noticed this. Thanks, Justin for pointing it out.:) I think "Brown Eyes" is the sexiest Fleetwood Mac song ever, by far.

bretonbanquet

06-04-2006, 06:46 AM

I hate this song. I dunno....I've always just....just hate it & it bugs me. :sorry: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

You must have a cold, cold heart :thumbsup:

HomerMcvie

06-04-2006, 11:07 AM

You must have a cold, cold heart :thumbsup:
You're wrong to say that.

He has no heart!;) :p :shrug:

jbrownsjr

06-04-2006, 11:37 AM

I hate this song. I dunno....I've always just....just hate it & it bugs me. :sorry: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

its cos u have blue eyes:woohoo:

David

06-04-2006, 11:55 AM

its cos u have blue eyes:woohoo:actually, I like "Brown Eyes." But I think it's valorized--practically fixated on--out of all proportion to its actual intrinsic merit. There are more interesting things going on musically in a track like "Never Forget."

HomerMcvie

06-04-2006, 12:04 PM

actually, I like "Brown Eyes." But I think it's valorized--practically fixated on--out of all proportion to its actual intrinsic merit. There are more interesting things going on musically in a track like "Never Forget."
I do find the chord progression far more interesting on Never Forget.

wondergirl9847

06-04-2006, 12:49 PM

oh and another thing that i found interesting,
at the end around 4:15 you can hear lindsey doing a really cute, quite prominent little "mmm" & christine singing really cute & quite pleading sounding "shalalas" lol, you really have to hear it to know what im talking about, turn it right up, they stand out
theyre just cute :D

That's awesome. Just now heard that...now, I must listen to the entire song. :nod:

Brown Eyes is the type of song that you imagine playing in some smoky, hole-in-the-wall bar/club type place back in the late 70's where people are doing like...dirty dancing (like the place in the actual movie, Dirty Dancing...nobody really knows about it, but the regulars, ya know?).

amber

06-04-2006, 12:54 PM

I can't believe you found that, Justin. I would've never picked that out in a million years. :shocked: You rock.
Anyway, I think this song is exquisite, and while I normally don't like shalalas, in this song they bring the stunning harmonies, so I love them. Chris' Tusk work just slays me. Even songs I don't listen to much because they are so "slow", like Brown Eyes, still slay me. Even my least favorite songs, Over and Over and Make Me Cry slay me. My two favorites, Never Forget and Honey Hi, practically make me faint. :laugh:
The music in Brown Eyes is strange, and so perfect. And the shalalalas haunt me. And yes, it's very sexy.

David

06-04-2006, 12:57 PM

The music in Brown Eyes is strange, and so perfect.You're probably a B-minor babe. :thumbsup:

amber

06-04-2006, 12:58 PM

You're probably a B-minor babe. :thumbsup:
I'm a minor babe, period. I noticed you said you don't find the music very interesting. I don't know how complex it is musically, but the way it turned out, and sounds, to my ears, is unusual. *god that sentence sucked!* :laugh:

Oh, Tusk, how I love thee. Sooo magical, so perfect. I've never heard them sound better on each other's songs. I'm going to have to listen to the whole thing now.

David

06-04-2006, 01:11 PM

I'm a minor babe, period. I noticed you said you don't find the music very interesting. I don't know how complex it is musically, but the way it turned out, and sounds, to my ears, is unusual.To me, complexity doesn't necessarily generate interest. Inre Brown Eyes, it's not that I'm uninterested in what is going on musically; it's just that I think there are more interesting things in many of the other tracks on the album--which may or may not be more structurally complex than Brown Eyes. The complexity aspect to me is almost irrelevant (as it does in almost every FM track)--at least in terms of song structure.

But it's just one of those mysteries of art: no one can pinpoint precisely what it is that hits listeners square on.

amber

06-04-2006, 01:15 PM

To me, complexity doesn't necessarily generate interest. Inre Brown Eyes, it's not that I'm uninterested in what is going on musically; it's just that I think there are more interesting things in many of the other tracks on the album--which may or may not be more structurally complex than Brown Eyes. The complexity aspect to me is almost irrelevant (as it does in almost every FM track)--at least in terms of song structure.

But it's just one of those mysteries of art: no one can pinpoint precisely what it is that hits listeners square on.
Oh. Well, I think it's one of the most unusual sounding. And it's a bit dark tinged, which I don't hear as much from Christine. Speaking of which, Think About Me is playing now, and it's totally normal sounding.
Anyway, yeah, what you said about art. Eww, SMAP. Must skip.

HomerMcvie

06-04-2006, 01:45 PM

Eww, SMAP. Must skip.
For shame.......:(

bretonbanquet

06-04-2006, 01:55 PM

I think it's always striking when someone does a song that's along different lines to what they normally do. Chris didn't do so many moody songs - if Stevie or Lindsey had sung this maybe it wouldn't appeal to people in the same way.

It's like when Jeremy Spencer did songs that weren't Elmore James - it was rare, so it stood out ;)

WelshWitchPMD

06-04-2006, 02:20 PM

Actually, I do hear something that does sound a bit like 'Touch Me" but it sounded as if it was Stevie's voice. I don't have headphones so I probably wouldn't be one to judge.

Is it me or can you hear a lot more of Lindsey's vocals on the Expanded Disc 2 version of this song?

Gailh

06-04-2006, 02:33 PM

Actually, I do hear something that does sound a bit like 'Touch Me" but it sounded as if it was Stevie's voice.

Oh God don't say it was Stevie you'll set Homer off again!

Gail

GypsySongbird

06-04-2006, 04:18 PM

im sure its definently christine :nod:

WelshWitchPMD

06-04-2006, 04:57 PM

Oh God don't say it was Stevie you'll set Homer off again!

Gail

I don't have any headphones so I can't hear it that clear. It could be Mick for all I know.:laugh:

macfan 57

06-04-2006, 05:36 PM

I don't have any headphones so I can't hear it that clear. It could be Mick for all I know.:laugh:

It's definitely not Mick.:laugh: It's not Stevie. It's Chris. And, I did listen to it with headphones.

wondergirl9847

06-04-2006, 05:38 PM

I have some expensive headphones I got for my birthday....it's Christine. :nod:

HomerMcvie

06-04-2006, 10:57 PM

Oh God don't say it was Stevie you'll set Homer off again!

Gail
Given the phrase "touch me", I wouldn't be surprised if it was Stevy!!:p :D :lol:

Gailh

06-05-2006, 03:13 AM

Given the phrase "touch me", I wouldn't be surprised if it was Stevy!!:p :D :lol:

See - now look what's happened! :laugh:

Gail

HomerMcvie

06-05-2006, 03:28 AM

See - now look what's happened! :laugh:

Gail
I know it! They couldn't take her anywhere!:D :D :D

cliffdweller

06-05-2006, 11:26 AM

There are more interesting things going on musically in a track like "Never Forget."

Says you :p

And I don't care about "intrinsic merit" in pop music, I mean, what exactly would that be?? :laugh: I like what moves me and sounds good, I like what strikes a chord. Merit? Pshaw! Also, I think Brown Eyes has one of the best organ riffs/sounds of any Mac song ever :nod:. Yay to Chris for that one :blob1:.

David

06-05-2006, 12:31 PM

And I don't care about "intrinsic merit" in pop music, I mean, what exactly would that be?? :laugh: I like what moves me and sounds good, I like what strikes a chord. Merit? Pshaw! Also, I think Brown Eyes has one of the best organ riffs/sounds of any Mac song ever :nod:. Yay to Chris for that one :blob1:.You're groovin' to the Fender Rhodes electric piano there:

http://www.fenderrhodes.com/img/models/mark1a/stage73.jpg

Actually, the model Christine's playing looks like this:

http://www.petersontuners.com/images/fender_rhodes.jpg

Gailh

06-05-2006, 12:44 PM

Says you :p

And I don't care about "intrinsic merit" in pop music, I mean, what exactly would that be?? :laugh: I like what moves me and sounds good, I like what strikes a chord. Merit? Pshaw! Also, I think Brown Eyes has one of the best organ riffs/sounds of any Mac song ever :nod:. Yay to Chris for that one :blob1:.

Yes me too!

I couldn't give a toss whether something has musical merit or not. I try not to say that something is good or bad just whether I like it or not.

Gail

chiliD

06-05-2006, 12:49 PM

actually, I like "Brown Eyes." But I think it's valorized--practically fixated on--out of all proportion to its actual intrinsic merit. There are more interesting things going on musically in a track like "Never Forget."

Yeah, so what. Peter Green doesn't PLAY on "Never Forget"...he PLAYS on "Brown Eyes". Hence, I like "Brown Eyes" better.

HomerMcvie

06-05-2006, 01:03 PM

Yeah, so what. Peter Green doesn't PLAY on "Never Forget"...he PLAYS on "Brown Eyes". Hence, I like "Brown Eyes" better.
Who?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

cliffdweller

06-05-2006, 01:34 PM

You're groovin' to the Fender Rhodes electric piano there:

http://www.fenderrhodes.com/img/models/mark1a/stage73.jpg

Actually, the model Christine's playing looks like this:

http://www.petersontuners.com/images/fender_rhodes.jpg

Sweet :cool:.

Dreamz19

06-06-2006, 07:53 PM

I have been listening to the album version of "Brown Eyes" from the Tusk reissue quite a bit lately.

The past few days I've been hearing something new. Around the 1:28 mark, Christine says/sings words that sound like "touch me."

Is this old news? Does anyone else hear "touch me," or am I simply crazy?

I have always heard it so your not crazy :D "Brown Eyes" is one of my favorite FM songs. It's just so smooth and gorgeous! As a new fan I was mostly all about Stevie and her songs. That song (and the entire album) truly made me love and appreciate Christine & Lindsay like I hadn't before.

Dreamz19

06-06-2006, 08:02 PM

Oh. Well, I think it's one of the most unusual sounding. And it's a bit dark tinged, which I don't hear as much from Christine. Speaking of which, Think About Me is playing now, and it's totally normal sounding.
Anyway, yeah, what you said about art. Eww, SMAP. Must skip.

I like SMAP. Well I pretty much like every song on the CD. Even though a few of them had to grow on me. The only song on Tusk I don't really care for is "That's Enough For Me."

Dreamz19

06-06-2006, 08:04 PM

I hate this song. I dunno....I've always just....just hate it & it bugs me. :sorry: :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

Wow I have never met a "Brown Eyes" hater lol.

David

06-06-2006, 08:07 PM

Wow I have never met a "Brown Eyes" hater lol.
I don't really hate it. I actually really like it.

HomerMcvie

06-06-2006, 11:39 PM

Lindsay like I hadn't before.
You still haven't. LindsAy is the bionic woman.:rolleyes:
LindsEy.:sorry: Not really.:p

Dreamz19

06-07-2006, 12:31 AM

You still haven't. LindsAy is the bionic woman.:rolleyes:
LindsEy.:sorry: Not really.:p

Aww big deal I missed the letter a. Usually I get it right :p or should I make a note that the LindsEy fans will have my head if I spell his name wrong by mistake?

wondergirl9847

06-07-2006, 12:47 AM

Yes...wE will. ;)

:laugh:

Dreamz19

06-07-2006, 12:51 AM

Yes...wE will. ;)

:laugh:

Ok well I am sorry :shrug: I am not used to typing out his name. Anytime I write out the name its with an A because that is how my friend spells her name. I know he spells it different and I usually get it. But sometimes the habit gets me.

wondergirl9847

06-07-2006, 12:54 AM

Don't worry, I won't hunt ya down or nothin'. Hee! We have people who spell it Danny Kirwin....Christy McVee....Stevee Nicks...etc. LOL

You're a newbie. We were ALLLLL newbies once. :)

Dreamz19

06-07-2006, 12:56 AM

Don't worry, I won't hunt ya down or nothin'. Hee! We have people who spell it Danny Kirwin....Christy McVee....Stevee Nicks...etc. LOL

You're a newbie. We were ALLLLL newbies once. :)

:laugh: ok Thank You.

amber

06-07-2006, 03:45 AM

I like SMAP. Well I pretty much like every song on the CD. Even though a few of them had to grow on me. The only song on Tusk I don't really care for is "That's Enough For Me."
That is one of my very favorites. I love yelling YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! :laugh:
I tend to like faster tempo songs, anyway. SMAP is hotly debated, though. I mean, some people here really, really love it. I like it better than I used to. Wait, no, I like Walk a Thin Line better than I used to.

Dreamz19

06-07-2006, 03:53 AM

That is one of my very favorites. I love yelling YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! :laugh:
I tend to like faster tempo songs, anyway. SMAP is hotly debated, though. I mean, some people here really, really love it. I like it better than I used to. Wait, no, I like Walk a Thin Line better than I used to.

I actually loved SMAP when I first heard "Tusk." But for some reason it is not really a huge favorite of mine anymore but I still like it. I don't even understand why since it's not like I hear it all the time. Now I loveee "Walk a Thin Line," esp the demo version of it.

Just curious, do you like "That's All For Everyone?" I don't know many people who like that song but I absolutely love it for some reason. I might be in the minority.

amber

06-07-2006, 04:03 AM

I actually loved SMAP when I first heard "Tusk." But for some reason it is not really a huge favorite of mine anymore but I still like it. I don't even understand why since it's not like I hear it all the time. Now I loveee "Walk a Thin Line," esp the demo version of it.

Just curious, do you like "That's All For Everyone?" I don't know many people who like that song but I absolutely love it for some reason. I might be in the minority.
Meh. It's one of my three least favorites. Again, too slow. Drony. It sounds like you like slower songs. :shrug: But I couldn't rightly say that I hate any songs from TUSK. I still see the merits of the songs I don't care as much for.

Dreamz19

06-07-2006, 04:19 AM

Meh. It's one of my three least favorites. Again, too slow. Drony. It sounds like you like slower songs. :shrug: But I couldn't rightly say that I hate any songs from TUSK. I still see the merits of the songs I don't care as much for.

I never really thought about it but yeah I guess the ones I like the most are the slower songs. All in all I really just enjoy the entire CD except for that one song I mentioned. Even then I don't even really hate it. But Tusk is without a doubt my favorite FM album.

amber

06-07-2006, 04:30 AM

I never really thought about it but yeah I guess the ones I like the most are the slower songs. All in all I really just enjoy the entire CD except for that one song I mentioned. Even then I don't even really hate it. But Tusk is without a doubt my favorite FM album.
Yeah, exactly. It's hard to find too much fault with Tusk. :shrug: It's perfectly exquisite.