On which 'Say You Will' songs does Christine play?

[nicepace]

And does she do any backing vocals or is it just keyboards? I know this has been discussed before but I forget. I am making an attempt to actually listen to 'Say You Will' (for the second time) and being alerted to Chris' keyboard playing would perk up the listening experience for me.

If anyone would like to comment on what her keyboard playing does for those songs, it would make this a real thread, not just a boring request for information from a Christine completist.

I was going to post this in the Rumours forum but I lost my nerve.

[petep9000]

I'm reasonably sure she did vocals on 'Steal Your Heart Away', but I don't have the CD booklet around to verify if there were any else. I'm thinking that there weren't, because I'm recalling the thread where we discussed this the last time.

Or, at least, none that she received a credit in the booklet for.

One could almost imagine though, hearing Christine's harmonies in 'What's The World Coming To'.

[bucklind17]

I believe Christine is also on the harmony vocals of "Bleed to Love Her".

[David]

In the original sessions for the solo album, Chris played on sang on several tracks, like "Miranda," "Steal Your Heart Away" & "Bleed to Love Her." But I think Lindsey & Mark Needham decided to replace some of her vocals & substitute vox by Stevie for the Fleetwood Mac album.

[nicepace]

So ... is the consensus that Christine doesn't actually play keyboards on 'Say You Will' AT ALL? That maybe she contributed a little backing vocal somewhere in the process of evolving the songs, but not to the end product?

I didn't find another thread about this, although I admit I didn't look very hard.

[Gailh]

I hear her voice on Bleed to Love Her and Steel Your Heart Away but as for keyboards I have no idea.

Gail

[michelej1]

Johnny Stew reposted credit list info in this thread a couple of weeks ago:

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=34680&highlight=syha

According to it, Christine played piano on SYHA and sang on SYHA and BTLH.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

I tried to like SYW.... I just don't really think it's all that good.

[aleuzzi]

Doesn't she also sing backing vocals on Red Rover?

[macfan 57]

Doesn't she also sing backing vocals on Red Rover?

As far as I know, no. In that VH1 Classic interview, she mentioned only "Bleed To Love Her" & "Steal Your Heart Away". In one of her Dance interviews, she said that she had contributed vocals and/or keyboards to 4 or 5 tracks on Lindsey's then solo album, but never mentioned which songs those 4 or 5 were.

[aleuzzi]

As far as I know, no. In that VH1 Classic interview, she mentioned only "Bleed To Love Her" & "Steal Your Heart Away". In one of her Dance interviews, she said that she had contributed vocals and/or keyboards to 4 or 5 tracks on Lindsey's then solo album, but never mentioned which songs those 4 or 5 were.

Oh, wow, I always thought that "Oooooh" in the background of the chorus was her. Is that Lindsey?

[nicepace]

I didn't realize the answer to this question was so, well, complicated. Don't they realize we want to know who made every little sound on every single record? (LOL)

I have listened to 'Say You Will' twice and I think it could be edited down to a decent 10 or 12 song album. As it is it's way too long and just feels like a Stevie solo album and a Lindsey solo album played on shuffle. It almost feels like a Stevie and a Lindsey songwriting project. Okay, let's both write a song called "Goodbye" and put them both at the end of the record. But I'm getting off the subject.

I thank everyone who took the time to answer what I thought was a simple question. The other thread on the Rumours board was somewhat illuminating, but I guess we'll never know for sure exactly what Christine contributed to this record.

[michelej1]

I thank everyone who took the time to answer what I thought was a simple question. The other thread on the Rumours board was somewhat illuminating, but I guess we'll never know for sure exactly what Christine contributed to this record.

Yeah, it's a secret. Why I'd care what song Sheryl Crow is singing on, but not want to have Christine specified in the credits is beyond me.

Okay, let's both write a song called "Goodbye" and put them both at the end of the record. But I'm getting off the subject.

I like that closing, but it reminds me of Burns & Allen: "Say goodnight, Gracie."

"Goodnight Gracie."

Michele

[aleuzzi]

Okay, let's both write a song called "Goodbye" and put them both at the end of the record. But I'm getting off the subject.

LOL!

In truth, "Giving it Back" would have been the ideal closer if our beloved was allowed to record with them.

[Gailh]

LOL!

In truth, "Giving it Back" would have been the ideal closer if our beloved was allowed to record with them.

Yes and if Friend had opened the album it would have improved it no end :laugh:

Gail

[aleuzzi]

Yes and if Friend had opened the album it would have improved it no end :laugh:

Gail

Not to mention five or so more ITM songs scattered throughout! Ah, what could have been.

[Gailh]

Not to mention five or so more ITM songs scattered throughout! Ah, what could have been.

Ah yes - we can but dream.

Gail

[Ulpian]

:shrug: sigh

Indeed.

[nicepace]

Well, it's easy enough to burn yourself a CD with your five favorite Stevie songs and your five favorite Lindsey songs from 'Say You Will,' and include your five favorite songs from 'In the Meantime.' It still doesn't make a Fleetwood Mac record, which has those three voices blending so magically together and those four great instrumentalists working together.

[jbrownsjr]

I look at ITM as a miracle.... So anything after this would really blow my mind from CM

[macfan 57]

I look at ITM as a miracle.... So anything after this would really blow my mind from CM

I totally agree.:nod: I'm hoping that maybe she's just a tad bored right now & maybe we might get a little something more from her.

[Gailh]

I totally agree.:nod: I'm hoping that maybe she's just a tad bored right now & maybe we might get a little something more from her.

that would be great but I'm not holding my breath. I have a feeling our tea lady has done her last album.

Gail

[nicepace]

I'm hoping that maybe she's just a tad bored right now & maybe we might get a little something more from her.

That is certainly my hope, too. It seems unlikely that she'll record or perform with Fleetwood Mac again, but I think another low-key solo release is a possibility, given that there is no big record company putting pressure on her to sell a given number of copies. Musicians don't just stop making music. It's not like being a secretary where you go to work, do your job and go home; it's there with you all the time.

My not-so-secret wish is that she'd record with Bob Welch again. I think an acoustic album with just the two of them would be fabulous, just guitars and keyboards (and Chris can play some of those percussion instruments she's so adept at). I don't expect this to happen; it's pure fantasy. But who expected 'In the Meantime'?

[Gailh]

My not-so-secret wish is that she'd record with Bob Welch again. I think an acoustic album with just the two of them would be fabulous, just guitars and keyboards (and Chris can play some of those percussion instruments she's so adept at). I don't expect this to happen; it's pure fantasy. But who expected 'In the Meantime'?

I think that would be great but highly unlikely. Didn't Bob say, when asked, that he didn't think Christine like him very much?

Gail

[aleuzzi]

ITM is a miracle. But let's be catholic and pray for another!

I honestly don't think this is the last we heard from her.

[nicepace]

Didn't Bob say, when asked, that he didn't think Christine like him very much?

He did say something like that. He assumes that she dislikes him since that lawsuit. And I suspect Chris and Bob haven't had much if any contact in a long time. Ironically Bob's friendly with Stevie. Maybe Stevie could talk Bob into doing a musical project with Chris as a ploy to get her back into Fleetwood Mac ....

Now THAT's really a stretch.

I told you this Bob/Christine duo project was pure fantasy.

[macfan 57]

And I suspect Chris and Bob haven't had much if any contact in a long time.

In his second Q & A here, I asked him when he had last spoken with her & he said back in the early 1990's around the time Mick was putting the Chain box set together. That was before the lawsuit.

[David]

I honestly don't think this is the last we heard from her.I think she's gearing up for another big release! :thumbsup:
No shows, just some sweet pop-rock.
:]:D

[jbrownsjr]

I think she's gearing up for another big release! :thumbsup:
No shows, just some sweet pop-rock.
:]:D

There's no business like show business I know....

[David]

There's no business like show business I know....brown, there's some idiot over there on the Lindsey board raving about what a great piano player Stevie Nix is, & how she's better than Christine, yadda yadda.

All I can say is:

SHAKE 'n' BAKE!!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u51/witchywife/CrunchyChickenDrumsticks.jpg

[jbrownsjr]

brown, there's some idiot over there on the Lindsey board raving about what a great piano player Stevie Nix is, & how she's better than Christine, yadda yadda.

All I can say is:

SHAKE 'n' BAKE!!

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u51/witchywife/CrunchyChickenDrumsticks.jpg

yes i was reading those posts last night!!! lolol.... tell him to pass the bong cos it seems to be good stuff! :woohoo:

[David]

yes i was reading those posts last night!!! lolol.... tell him to pass the bong cos it seems to be good stuff! :woohoo:Although now that I think about it, brown ...
:blob1: :wavey: :nod:

[jbrownsjr]

Although now that I think about it, brown ...
:blob1: :wavey: :nod:

whenever i hit the bong stevie becomes better and better on the piano... passing even herbie hancock

[aleuzzi]

whenever i hit the bong stevie becomes better and better on the piano... passing even herbie hancock

That must have been an enormous hit.

[DestinyRules]

Doesn't she also sing backing vocals on Red Rover?

I thought she also sang backing vocals on "Murrow" but I haven't listened to Say You Will in a while.

[jbrownsjr]

That must have been an enormous hit.

it was like butta..... lololol