Christine 2012 Comments

[michelej1]

Here is the Mojo piece on Christine:

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/michelej1/Christine%20McVie/christine_zps654dd113.jpg

[michelej1]

I rotated it, so that it would be upright, but for some reason it doesn't post that way.

She says they did World Turning and Don't Stop. What happened? Did they try to hide SYLM from her or has she repressed that memory?

Also, she says she keeps in touch with John frequently, but Lindsey and Stevie, not so much. Why does she not mention Mick? Did she forget about him or is it just the opposite? Is she having an affair with him? They're both single for the first time, after all. She could have been pining for him all these years, just waiting for the right time . . . So, that's why she deliberately sidestepped the question of how often she she communicates with him:nod:. I'm on to you, Perfect.

Michele

[HomerMcvie]

LOVE IT!!! Thanks for posting it!!!

[WildHearted]

This made me miss her so much more. Love this interview.

[MacFan92]

Also, she says she keeps in touch with John frequently, but Lindsey and Stevie, not so much. Why does she not mention Mick? Did she forget about him or is it just the opposite? Is she having an affair with him? They're both single for the first time, after all. She could have been pining for him all these years, just waiting for the right time . . . So, that's why she deliberately sidestepped the question of how often she she communicates with him:nod:. I'm on to you, Perfect.

Michele

I don't think any dating combination from these 5 people would surprise us at this point haha.

[bombaysaffires]

Interesting comments about Bob's songs in light of comments/speculation in another thread after Bob's death about the fracture between him and the other members...there was lots of commentary about perhaps it was Chris who pushed back against him being included in the Hall of Fame...so was the speculation wrong, or is she being conciliatory since he's passed?

[aleuzzi]

I am glad to hear her acknowledge Bob Welch's music and rank Mystery among her favorite Mac records. I think that may be the first time she's mentioned Bob in an interview (especially in a positive way) in over a decade.

[jbrownsjr]

She and Bob did some great work together. Wow, I really miss Christine McVie music!!

Thanks for posting.. :)

[seanthompson]

Why is Christine interviewing in 2012 if she's not at least a little bit interested in coming back to the Rumours era fold? Wishful thinking? Hmmm...

[CADreaming]

Also, she says she keeps in touch with John frequently, but Lindsey and Stevie, not so much. Why does she not mention Mick? Did she forget about him or is it just the opposite? Is she having an affair with him? They're both single for the first time, after all. She could have been pining for him all these years, just waiting for the right time . . . So, that's why she deliberately sidestepped the question of how often she she communicates with him:nod:. I'm on to you, Perfect.

Michele

:laugh:

Wonder if she'd be interested in cooking at Mick's restaurant....

And, there she goes again saying Stevie & Lindsey wrote together. Now, I wish she would stop blowing Stevie's story out of the water. Is it any wonder those bridges burned?? lol

[WildHearted]

:laugh:

Wonder if she'd be interested in cooking at Mick's restaurant....

And, there she goes again saying Stevie & Lindsey wrote together. Now, I wish she would stop blowing Stevie's story out of the water. Is it any wonder those bridges burned?? lol

Lmao.

But yes, I think by any rational person's standards (and I've always found Christine very rational), you would say they wrote together. Stevie came up with lyrics and a melody and for all intents and purposes, Lindsey really wrote the music, at least, writing and arranging the instruments parts. It's really NOT much different than what did with Dave save for Stevie coming up with a chord progression, and supposedly she was never present while Lindsey finished her songs.

So then I have to wonder what on EARTH were doing in the coffee plant until 3 am if all of her songs were already completed and they never sat there working on them together? :lol: She does seem to imply that they spent all of their time in the plant working on music. So what, did they each have a separate corner they sat in or something?

But, I digress.

[KindOfWoman90]

Lmao.

But yes, I think by any rational person's standards (and I've always found Christine very rational), you would say they wrote together. Stevie came up with lyrics and a melody and for all intents and purposes, Lindsey really wrote the music, at least, writing and arranging the instruments parts. It's really NOT much different than what did with Dave save for Stevie coming up with a chord progression, and supposedly she was never present while Lindsey finished her songs.

So then I have to wonder what on EARTH were doing in the coffee plant until 3 am if all of her songs were already completed and they never sat there working on them together? :lol: She does seem to imply that they spent all of their time in the plant working on music. So what, did they each have a separate corner they sat in or something?

But, I digress.

Haha oh man, now I have that image in my head of them quite literally sitting in opposite corners :lol: I don't know why I find that so funny, maybe because I can totally see that being the case, but I hope not, I'd like to think they weren't that dysfunctional :p

Also, totally agree. Honestly, they did write together. Think about Carole King and Gerry Goffin. When they were writing together he wrote the lyrics and she wrote the music. That is how lots of musical partnerships work... Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rodgers & Hart, etc. Oh Stevie, I love you, but sometimes :rolleyes: :xoxo:

Love this interview from Christine. As a teenager I was always drawn more to Stevie's voice, but as I've gotten older I've come to really appreciate Christine's music :)

[jbrownsjr]

She has always considered herself a novice in most interviews. I disagree with her. Tunes like Show Me A Smile, Spare Me, Why, Come a Little Bit Closer, Prove Your Love, Heroes, Morning Rain, Homeward Bound, and even her covers and Chicken Shack material were really really good in my opinion.

I think she has great chemistry to mix with many kinds of muscians. She is and always will be a treasure in my book.

[michelej1]

Why is Christine interviewing in 2012 if she's not at least a little bit interested in coming back to the Rumours era fold? Wishful thinking? Hmmm...

But why wouldn't she? I mean, I don't think she has anything personal against anyone in the band. I mean, I think she might, but I don't think it's any big deal.

She doesn't want to tour, but why would she be totally through with the band and its legacy? I don't know why she wouldn't want to talk about them, if it's for the right reasons. I mean, I don't think she wants to do an interview with US or TMZ, but if it's an entity she respects, it doesn't surprise me that she wouldn't mind discussing work of which she remains proud.

Michele

[MikeInNV]

I mean, I don't think she has anything personal against anyone in the band. I mean, I think she might, but I don't think it's any big deal.


I don't think I've heard your theory before. Please share.

[michelej1]

I don't think I've heard your theory before. Please share.

Oh, I don't have a theory. I just meant that even if she'd had words with anyone 9 years ago when they were wondering if she'd record anything for SYW, I don't think it was any big deal and I don't think she's mad at anyone. So, I'm not surprised that she'd give an interview. Even for the Meantime promotion, she was very happy to talk about FM and she was by no means separating herself from that band. She seemed proud to acknowledge that part of her.

She wiped her hands of touring, not of Fleetwood Mac.

Michele

[Ulpian]

Thanks for posting this Michele.

I agree with you. I think Christine will still talk about her time in the band sometimes. She is still represented in band decisions to do with "legacy material" and I assume the reference to hearing Rumours again in this interview is maybe to her listening to the anniversary material for the re-release?

I assume she will do brief phone interviews but draws the line at tv stuff, as she didn't participate in the BBC's 2009 documentary which was fairly comprehensive. That did not surprise me. She maybe thinks with that sort of thing she would be more recognisable in public and also would have to make herself up etc and go under the spotlight.

I'm pleased to hear from her, even if it was nothing new!

[jbrownsjr]

Yeah I was hoping for a smidgeon of something new..

[Ulpian]

Yeah I was hoping for a smidgeon of something new..

The sad thing is there just won't be anything about her current life, which she considers rightly off-limits.

I'd love to hear her suggesting she might do another solo album but I think economics makes that idea difficult. I heard Mick had suggested she might contribute backing vocals or keyboard to a new Stevie song but I think that's just wild speculation on his part; I don't think she would want to (for fear of being 'dragged back in') nor would she necessarily be able to (given how out of practice she said she was when she made ITM).

[michelej1]

The sad thing is there just won't be anything about her current life, which she considers rightly off-limits.

I'd love to hear her suggesting she might do another solo album but I think economics makes that idea difficult. I heard Mick had suggested she might contribute backing vocals or keyboard to a new Stevie song but I think that's just wild speculation on his part; I don't think she would want to (for fear of being 'dragged back in') nor would she necessarily be able to (given how out of practice she said she was when she made ITM).

Oh I don't think Christine could ever be so out of practice that she couldn't contribute a background vocal or keyboard. Maybe she might be too rusty for a lead, but I think she could make a minor contribution in her sleep. I agree with you that it was probably speculation on Mick's part. Michele

[FierySequences]

She wiped her hands of touring, not of Fleetwood Mac.

Michele

TY for posting this interesting piece....I still am in love with Chris and anything she brings to the FM table.

Interesting and CRAZY idea I had the other nite...so Chris was not interested in the band touring anymore after 97/98. Understood.

Now Stevie is not interested in recording the band 2013. LB and MF has recently went on record numerous times to state they want to record. So, why don't they call up Chris (sans Nicks) and do just that. LB had no problamo w/o CM in 2003 at their side.

Why not make some amends(not that they need to be amended) and say "Hey Chris, come work with us again". This could even turn into a small intimate tour of the UK, which I would be more than happy to watch on DVD....so long We have New Mac material, period!

[michelej1]

So, why don't they call up Chris (sans Nicks) and do just that.

Honestly, it doesn't have to be an album, just a song or two and the fact is, if the boys said they were working with Christine, Stevie would join in anyway. She would never not be a part of that.

So, you don't have to smuggle Mitchell Froom in through the laundry basket Lindsey. All you have to do is pick up some flowers and a box of those cookies she likes and head to England . . .

Michele

[FierySequences]

if the boys said they were working with Christine, Stevie would join in anyway. She would never not be a part of that.

Michele

This is exactly what I was thinking, too. Chris is the keyholder.

[vivfox]

Honestly, it doesn't have to be an album, just a song or two and the fact is, if the boys said they were working with Christine, Stevie would join in anyway. She would never not be a part of that.

So, you don't have to smuggle Mitchell Froom in through the laundry basket Lindsey. All you have to do is pick up some flowers and a box of those cookies she likes and head to England . . .

Michele


He doesn't have to go to England. He could send some tracks to her digitally and she could work with a producer on perfecting them. After all, she really is Christine Perfect.

[michelej1]

He doesn't have to go to England. He could send some tracks to her digitally and she could work with a producer on perfecting them. After all, she really is Christine Perfect.

Well, he could go to England and laugh it up, compliment her ducks, explain what he means about the burnt bridges. I think personal contact would be nice. Michele

[elle]

Well, he could go to England and laugh it up, compliment her ducks, explain what he means about the burnt bridges. I think personal contact would be nice. Michele

maybe they can skype.

[Ulpian]

TY for posting this interesting piece....I still am in love with Chris and anything she brings to the FM table.

Interesting and CRAZY idea I had the other nite...so Chris was not interested in the band touring anymore after 97/98. Understood.

Now Stevie is not interested in recording the band 2013. LB and MF has recently went on record numerous times to state they want to record. So, why don't they call up Chris (sans Nicks) and do just that. LB had no problamo w/o CM in 2003 at their side.

Why not make some amends(not that they need to be amended) and say "Hey Chris, come work with us again". This could even turn into a small intimate tour of the UK, which I would be more than happy to watch on DVD....so long We have New Mac material, period!

If she was offered something in the tens of millions of pounds for a one-off, Royal Albert Hall gig, she might get over her stage fright/panic attacks do it. But not a tour; I just can't see it.

On the recording idea, they've proposed that Christine do some additional stuff on a track once before, but I recall that when Mick suggested that in about 2002 it was wild speculation. In 2012 he mentioned it again, so again I think it's speculation. She would see it as possibly being hauled in and then pressure might be put on her to do a tour, and the others -- as they have said before -- would be concerned that if Chris participated in some recording but then didn't tour, that their marketability would be all the less, as the promoters would want the five who had contributed to the recordings, rather than a cut-down tour version of the band. Stevie said as much in the SYW media coverage.

[michelej1]

On the recording idea, they've proposed that Christine do some additional stuff on a track once before, but I recall that when Mick suggested that in about 2002 it was wild speculation.

I don't think it was just wild speculation in the past. Mick said she was actually on the phone with Lindsey back then.

Michele

[michelej1]

maybe they can skype.

That's what John said when he was hauled out from Hawaii to work on those 8 tracks. He was like, "Well, I've got skype on my Ipad . . . "

Michele

[WildHearted]

I don't think it was just wild speculation in the past. Mick said she was actually on the phone with Lindsey back then.

Michele

Yeah, I think that was a very real possibility back then. A possibility that was shattered when the other's became reluctant to have her sign on to the album but not tour, for fear of one of her songs becoming a hit. Which I still think is kind of lame but I guess if they weren't comfortable with it....

[HomerMcvie]

Yeah, I think that was a very real possibility back then. A possibility that was shattered when the other's became reluctant to have her sign on to the album but not tour, for fear of one of her songs becoming a hit. Which I still think is kind of lame but I guess if they weren't comfortable with it....

Well she was always the one most likely to have a hit, with the "FM sound". So I can see why they wouldn't want her on the album, unless they refused to release her songs as singles....and then what would be the point?
They go on tour with a new hit single, but it's Christine's, so they can't play it?

[elle]

i don't know how recent this pic is, but she looks great!

http://b1027.com/christine-mcvie-recalls-rumours-sessions/

Christine McVie Recalls ‘Rumours’ Sessions
By Crash 1 week ago

(Getty Images)

Christine McVie came briefly out of retirement to talk about her work on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album. McVie, who quit the band in 1998, told Mojo that when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band in late-1974, she immediately knew she had to step up her game, explaining, “When Stevie and Lindsey joined I was in awe of the way they wrote and sang together. It was tough to compete and be good enough. I wasn’t a prolific writer to any degree. I didn’t start writing songs properly until I joined Fleetwood Mac. I was quite a novice on (1972′s) Bare Trees and (1971′s) Future Games.”

When asked if she was in touch with her former bandmates, McVie said: “I am in touch with (ex-husband) John (McVie) very often. Stevie and Lindsey not so often.”

She spoke about the weird situation of finally catching a Fleetwood Mac concert as an audience member, joking, “I have a really good time when I go. I can stand at the soundboard and watch them sweat. They do my songs, ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘World Turning,’ but they are limited to what they can do of mine. I think they tried ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ but I don’t think the sound of their vocals were right. But I wish them well.”

In 2003 Christine McVie says that after attending a then-recent Fleetwood Mac concert in London, she had no regrets about splitting from the band and leaving the road behind: “I just felt kind of relieved, if you want to know the truth, ’cause I, I went backstage afterwards, and they were all so tired, and, I just don’t think I could do that anymore. It’s kind of, if you like, verified that I’d made the right decision.”

Fleetwood Mac will release two expanded versions of Rumours on January 29th, featuring a remastered version of the multi-platinum collection, along with two discs of outtakes, and a new “making of” documentary.

The band — featuring Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie — kicks off its 34-date North American tour on April 4th at Columbus, Ohio’s Nationwide Arena.

[Ulpian]

i don't know how recent this pic is, but she looks great!

http://b1027.com/christine-mcvie-recalls-rumours-sessions/

Christine McVie Recalls ‘Rumours’ Sessions
By Crash 1 week ago

(Getty Images)

Christine McVie came briefly out of retirement to talk about her work on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album. McVie, who quit the band in 1998, told Mojo that when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band in late-1974, she immediately knew she had to step up her game, explaining, “When Stevie and Lindsey joined I was in awe of the way they wrote and sang together. It was tough to compete and be good enough. I wasn’t a prolific writer to any degree. I didn’t start writing songs properly until I joined Fleetwood Mac. I was quite a novice on (1972′s) Bare Trees and (1971′s) Future Games.”

When asked if she was in touch with her former bandmates, McVie said: “I am in touch with (ex-husband) John (McVie) very often. Stevie and Lindsey not so often.”

She spoke about the weird situation of finally catching a Fleetwood Mac concert as an audience member, joking, “I have a really good time when I go. I can stand at the soundboard and watch them sweat. They do my songs, ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘World Turning,’ but they are limited to what they can do of mine. I think they tried ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ but I don’t think the sound of their vocals were right. But I wish them well.”

In 2003 Christine McVie says that after attending a then-recent Fleetwood Mac concert in London, she had no regrets about splitting from the band and leaving the road behind: “I just felt kind of relieved, if you want to know the truth, ’cause I, I went backstage afterwards, and they were all so tired, and, I just don’t think I could do that anymore. It’s kind of, if you like, verified that I’d made the right decision.”

Fleetwood Mac will release two expanded versions of Rumours on January 29th, featuring a remastered version of the multi-platinum collection, along with two discs of outtakes, and a new “making of” documentary.

The band — featuring Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie — kicks off its 34-date North American tour on April 4th at Columbus, Ohio’s Nationwide Arena.

I think that photo was taken when she won her songwriting award at an event in London in 2006(?).

[michelej1]

Goodness, Chris is almost as bad about them being sooooo tired after a concert as Lindsey is with the bridges. I mean, they may be a little breathless, but they aren't falling down dead, especially if there is someone backstage with whom they want to socialize.

But this does remind me of an interview they gave around New Year's Eve in 2003, I think. It was right after a show. Lindsey was practically comatose. He and John stared like zombies and Stevie and Mick were giggling like idiots and holding each other, while the other two were completely oblivious. Mick kept saying, "we're not dead yet," but I wasn't quite sure. Hilarious.

Michele

[elle]

Goodness, Chris is almost as bad about them being sooooo tired after a concert as Lindsey is with the bridges. I mean, they may be a little breathless, but they aren't falling down dead, especially if there is someone backstage with whom they want to socialize.

But this does remind me of an interview they gave around New Year's Eve in 2003, I think. It was right after a show. Lindsey was practically comatose. He and John stared like zombies and Stevie and Mick were giggling like idiots and holding each other, while the other two were completely oblivious. Mick kept saying, "we're not dead yet," but I wasn't quite sure. Hilarious.

Michele

wow, would love to see that one!

maybe that's why LB's one man shows were so short? he needed to be less than comatose for all those m&gs he was doing, i guess so he doesn't say something he didn't intend to. :D :shrug:

[FierySequences]

[QUOTE=elle;1070838]
Christine McVie ... she immediately knew she had to step up her game, explaining, “When Stevie and Lindsey joined I was in awe of the way they wrote and sang together. It was tough to compete and be good enough. I wasn’t a prolific writer to any degree. I didn’t start writing songs properly until I joined Fleetwood Mac. I was quite a novice on (1972′s) Bare Trees and (1971′s) Future Games.”
They do my songs, ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘World Turning,’ but they are limited to what they can do of mine. I think they tried ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ but I don’t think the sound of their vocals were right. But I wish them well.”

“I just felt kind of relieved, if you want to know the truth, ’cause I, I went backstage afterwards, and they were all so tired, and, I just don’t think I could do that anymore. It’s kind of, if you like, verified that I’d made the right decision.”
[QUOTE]

Wow, what a classy lady! Thx for posting!

I must say that Chris is a class act and sold herself a little short when talking about "stepping up her game". Her songs were the ones that were radio hits!
She's very humble and sensitive to her former friends/colleagues...it makes her even more endearing.

my original post was intended (if an album would transpire) that Chris could do a few "one-off " shows in London and the surrounding areas...all filmed like "Dance". But I totally get her not wanting to be "lured back in" and the other members not being able to perform a "new" hit by her.

Cheers to wishful thinking!

[michelej1]

maybe that's why LB's one man shows were so short? he needed to be less than comatose for all those m&gs he was doing, i guess so he doesn't say something he didn't intend to. :D :shrug:

Yes, this was some kind of show where they broadcast a number or two from the SYW tour and then talked to FM, right after the concert was over. It was not in the United States. Anyway, it looked like right after the show was not a good time to stick a mic in Lindsey's face.

Michele

[wheart]

It felt really good to hear from Christine again! I still miss her...

[jbrownsjr]

Just listened to Spare Me A Little, what an amazing novice tune.. ;)

[aleuzzi]

Just listened to Spare Me A Little, what an amazing novice tune.. ;)

Ha! I know, right? I have always loved her live performances of that tune from 1973-77 more than the Bare Trees version, but even that is more than merely good. Have you ever heard her first version of that from the 1970 tour? It was awful!

[jbrownsjr]

Ha! I know, right? I have always loved her live performances of that tune from 1973-77 more than the Bare Trees version, but even that is more than merely good. Have you ever heard her first version of that from the 1970 tour? It was awful!

No, I've heard I'd Rather Go Blind from 1970 live. Did she do Spare Me before 1972?

[SteveMacD]

No, I've heard I'd Rather Go Blind from 1970 live. Did she do Spare Me before 1972?

Yep. It sounded more like a Grateful Dead song than Fleetwood Mac.

[michelej1]

[Regurgitation of Mojo interview, but since I took a picture of it, rather than typed it out, I thought it would be good to post text, in case there is the need to cut and paste later]

Christine McVie at Peace With Fleetwood Mac Past, by Sterling Whitaker
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/christine-mcvie-fleetwood-mac-past/

Christine McVie enjoyed a wild ride as a member of Fleetwood Mac, but nowadays the retired rocker prefers a quiet life out of the spotlight. In a new interview, the legendary singer and songwriter shares her fond and not-so-fond memories of the past, and says she has no problem with her former bandmates moving on without her.

McVie looks back on the landmark album ‘Rumours’ in a rare public interview with Mojo magazine. Released in February of 1977, the album spawned a string of commercial hits including ‘Don’t Stop,’ ‘The Chain’ and ‘Dreams.’ McVie contributed ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ ‘Don’t Stop,’ ‘Oh Daddy’ and ‘Songbird,’ but she recalls that her rocky relationship with ex-husband John McVie, as well as the strain between Lindsey Buckingham and Steve Nicks, made for a stressful situation.

“John and I have long since made friends, and I’m sure Stevie and Lindsey have as well. But I am often still flabbergasted at how the hell we managed to make [the album] in the first place,” McVie says incredulously. “But that was what tied us together — we knew that the music was good. The chemistry was such that we brought the best out in each other.”

Still, McVie acknowledges that the group’s crazy, drug-fueled antics impacted the recording sessions. “They were wild days,” she admits. “I can’t deny there was a lot of lunacy in the studio. But Stevie and I rented a condominium in Sausalito to get away from all of that. It was the boys who all stayed at the Record Plant house. So that’s where all the madness was happening.”

The musician still enjoys the music on ‘Rumours’ after all these years. “It was a real pleasure to listen to it again,” she states. “I’ve had it lying around but not listened to it for years. It’s like if you live next door to Buckingham Palace, you don’t go and look at it every day.”

McVie departed Fleetwood Mac in 1998, returned to her native England and has since kept a very low profile. She has seen her old band in concert a few times since, though she has steadfastly not joined them onstage. “I have a really good time when I go. I can stand at the sound board and watch them sweat,” she says with a laugh. “They do my songs, ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘World Turning,’ but they are limited to what they can do of mine. I think they tried ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ but I don’t think the sound of their vocals were right. But I wish them well.”

McVie appears to have no future plan to return to music, and she says she has shelved any plans she once had of opening a restaurant, which was part of her intent when she left the group. “I didn’t open a restaurant but I did go to a few cooking schools,” she says, adding, “It was too much like hard work!”

[jbrownsjr]

Yep. It sounded more like a Grateful Dead song than Fleetwood Mac.

Haha! I can surely see that. Any recordings of it?

[aleuzzi]

Haha! I can surely see that. Any recordings of it?

Send me a private message with your personal email. I will look for the file. It's a really bad vocal. Her vocal on I'd Rather Go Blind, however, was great.

[Villavic]

In 2003 Christine McVie says that after attending a then-recent Fleetwood Mac concert in London, she had no regrets about splitting from the band and leaving the road behind: “I just felt kind of relieved, if you want to know the truth, ’cause I, I went backstage afterwards, and they were all so tired, and, I just don’t think I could do that anymore. It’s kind of, if you like, verified that I’d made the right decision.”


I don't have enough clues but in my mind I've always related her divorce (Quintela) with her retirement from Fleetwood Mac. I mean, during the Quintela years there were good music fr0m her (some songs co-written with him). I felt she was well motivated. While her marriage was in turmoil (1997), she didn't enjoy The Dance and the Reunion Tour. I feel she was not motivated on music, and Temporary One (not one of her best songs) was about going back to England with her family.

According to Mick's book, she said one: It's like a living thing, this Fleetwood Mac. It's a source stronger than its various members.
No date recorded but it was not after 1991. It doesn't seem she didn't enjoy being in the band when she said that.

So the lack of motivation, a sad mood and the look por family companion was more detonating for retirement than the fear of airplanes or those things we have heard.

[michelej1]

I don't have enough clues but in my mind I've always related her divorce (Quintela) with her retirement from Fleetwood Mac.

Both Lindsey and Stevie said Christine was having trouble in her marriage when she decided not to do any more Dance dates. They cited that as a reason. Not that anyone asked them to tell her personal business, but both did.

Lindsey said Christine had marital troubles and Stevie said that Eddy gave Christine an ultimatum (which seems unlikely. I think Eddy would actually WANT Christine on the road).

Michele

[bombaysaffires]

Was Eddy cheating on her?

[michelej1]

Was Eddy cheating on her?

There were rumors, but no interviews or published comments to that effect at all. I say he'd want her on the road both because I think he probably was cheating and also because she was making good money, which he could help spend. But I malign the man without cause, because no one ever said he wasted Christine's money either.

As I was looking at old interviews again, Lindsey said that prior to the Dance they all had dinner at Christine's house and after dinner they gathered in a circle and told him he HAD to reuinte with the band and he thought it was all rather bizarre. But it just made me think that they must have met at Christine's house quite frequently.

It's kind of sad that we don't hear about her throwing them all a big dinner in England. I think before they were there for the Unleashed tour, Mick talked about the possibility of her making something for them, but then they never said anything about it afterwards. I'd love to think of them all together at her house in England.

Michele

[Ulpian]

Both Lindsey and Stevie said Christine was having trouble in her marriage when she decided not to do any more Dance dates. They cited that as a reason. Not that anyone asked them to tell her personal business, but both did.

Lindsey said Christine had marital troubles and Stevie said that Eddy gave Christine an ultimatum (which seems unlikely. I think Eddy would actually WANT Christine on the road).

Michele

I don't ever remember hearing about this ultimatum - when did Stevie say that?

I never knew much about Eddy Quintela. He was quite mysterious.

[michelej1]

I don't ever remember hearing about this ultimatum - when did Stevie say that?



She said it after Christine left the band.

Michele

[elle]

As I was looking at old interviews again, Lindsey said that prior to the Dance they all had dinner at Christine's house and after dinner they gathered in a circle and told him he HAD to reuinte with the band and he thought it was all rather bizarre. But it just made me think that they must have met at Christine's house quite frequently.

It's kind of sad that we don't hear about her throwing them all a big dinner in England. I think before they were there for the Unleashed tour, Mick talked about the possibility of her making something for them, but then they never said anything about it afterwards. I'd love to think of them all together at her house in England.
aww... love reading those stories. :thumbsup: don't think i've ever heard the one about the circle and rejoining.

[michelej1]

aww... love reading those stories. :thumbsup: don't think i've ever heard the one about the circle and rejoining.

Yeah, Lindsey describes it as an intervention type of situation.
http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/2004/july/july2004-003.html

"We actually had a dinner at Christine (McVie's) house where people after dinner got in a circle around me and said, 'You gotta do this thing.' I'm going, 'Oh my God, this is bizarre,' " he says.

[CADreaming]

As I was looking at old interviews again, Lindsey said that prior to the Dance they all had dinner at Christine's house and after dinner they gathered in a circle and told him he HAD to reuinte with the band and he thought it was all rather bizarre. But it just made me think that they must have met at Christine's house quite frequently.

I had never heard/read that before! It's funny in relation to Lindsey's usual story that it just sort of organically happened in the studio after he asked Mick to play on some tracks, then John, then Christine and then eventually Stevie got involved. And, from the comments on DR from whatever WB person I can't recall, but he said Lindsey was working on his project and they determined the best way to market that would be to reintroduce him to the world via a FM reunion.

[michelej1]

I had never heard/read that before! It's funny in relation to Lindsey's usual story that it just sort of organically happened in the studio after he asked Mick to play on some tracks, then John, then Christine and then eventually Stevie got involved.

But I don't think they all would have been having dinner together, if they hadn't reunited over his solo album and then been nudged to kick reunion ideas around once WB got word they were chummy once more.

Michele