You Make Loving Fun

[Wdm6789]

I have been listening to this song a lot lately. It's always been one of my favorites, it was one of the Fleetwood Mac songs I knew from the radio and from my parents before I was a big Fleetwood Mac fan. Anyway, it's a beautifully crafted song. It's definitely one of Christine's best as well as the entire band. The instruments and vocals are flawless.

I came across this video on YouTube

http://youtu.be/eRtJpWtQFFw

I love the way the Lindsey and Stevie characters sing the "aaahhhhahhhh" during the chorus. That is one of the things that I love about the original version of You Make Loving Fun. How nice would it have sounded if Lindsey and Stevie sang that part when they played this song live all through the 70s and 80s.

[FuzzyPlum]

I can't remember exactly what he wrote but I liked the bit in 'Making Rumours' where Ken talked about the recording of this song. He said Lindsey left the studio and left Christine playing around with the layering and arrangement of the song. When Lindsey came back to the studio the next day/later he was amazed at what she had come up with and Lindsey told her he was proud of her.

Now, I can't remember exactly what he wrote but it was along those lines. I like the idea of him telling her he was proud of her- although she's a ballsy woman she lacks confidence in her music making.

[Wdm6789]

I do like the Deluxe Rumours outtake with Stevie singing the chorus with Christine, but I like the ahhhhahhh better.

[jbrownsjr]

The live version on the Tusk package is absolutely amazing.
Christine and Lindsey jam their parts with Mick and John and you can hear every single instrument. It's so good.

[FuzzyPlum]

I can't remember exactly what he wrote but I liked the bit in 'Making Rumours' where Ken talked about the recording of this song. He said Lindsey left the studio and left Christine playing around with the layering and arrangement of the song. When Lindsey came back to the studio the next day/later he was amazed at what she had come up with and Lindsey told her he was proud of her.

Now, I can't remember exactly what he wrote but it was along those lines. I like the idea of him telling her he was proud of her- although she's a ballsy woman she lacks confidence in her music making.

Actually, I've just gone back and read up on it. It wasnt quite as I remember it;

'Lindsey finally arrived at the studio late that afternoon. Christine was on a roll. She already had the electric piano and signature clav tracks. Next, she wanted to lay down an organ bed to smooth out the whole track and also add a deep rich colour of a Hammond organ sound far back in the track. Lindsey was very happy with Christine's song and her parts. I think he was really proud of her. He sat down and quietly rolled a couple of joints while she was finishing up.'

[Macfan4life]

I love the song too. Its written so well and the music is so good. Lindsey's awesome guitar licks take the song to another level. Its sweet from the heart but it also rocks.

[jbrownsjr]

Actually, I've just gone back and read up on it. It wasnt quite as I remember it;

'Lindsey finally arrived at the studio late that afternoon. Christine was on a roll. She already had the electric piano and signature clav tracks. Next, she wanted to lay down an organ bed to smooth out the whole track and also add a deep rich colour of a Hammond organ sound far back in the track. Lindsey was very happy with Christine's song and her parts. I think he was really proud of her. He sat down and quietly rolled a couple of joints while she was finishing up.'

I also love the Making of Rumours DVD coverage of this tune.

[dawn_amanda]

I prefer the demo version with Stevie singing the chorus. Same with Oh Daddy actually. I always wonder whose idea it was not to use Stevie, and if she was offended?! :(

[jbrownsjr]

I prefer the demo version with Stevie singing the chorus. Same with Oh Daddy actually. I always wonder whose idea it was not to use Stevie, and if she was offended?! :(

I wondered that, too. That vocal is everything. It's an amazing tune.

[WatchChain]

I prefer the demo version with Stevie singing the chorus. Same with Oh Daddy actually. I always wonder whose idea it was not to use Stevie, and if she was offended?! :(

The demo version that later appeared on the RUMOURS DELUX edition with Stevie singing harmony vocals on the chorus to "You Make Loving Fun" is one the BEST recorded Fleetwood Mac moments......PERIOD. This harmony vocal should have been kept on the release. Nonetheless, Stevie duplicated it in concert for YEARS when she added harmony vocals to Chris' chorus of YMLF. For awhile, from 82-14, Stevie stopped singing on the chorus at live performances. I was ELATED and OVERJOYED to see that, during the 2014/15 Tour, Stevie was BACK singing harmony chorus vocals during "You Make Loving Fun". Praise be to the Mac Gods! Rock on, High Priestess, go ahead Lily, HARMONIZE IT!!!!

[Wdm6789]

The demo version that later appeared on the RUMOURS DELUX edition with Stevie singing harmony vocals on the chorus to "You Make Loving Fun" is one the BEST recorded Fleetwood Mac moments......PERIOD. This harmony vocal should have been kept on the release. Nonetheless, Stevie duplicated it in concert for YEARS when she added harmony vocals to Chris' chorus of YMLF. For awhile, from 82-14, Stevie stopped singing on the chorus at live performances. I was ELATED and OVERJOYED to see that, during the 2014/15 Tour, Stevie was BACK singing harmony chorus vocals during "You Make Loving Fun". Praise be to the Mac Gods! Rock on, High Priestess, go ahead Lily, HARMONIZE IT!!!!


I do like the version with Stevie singing the chorus with Christine, but I like the version they chose to put on Rumours better. I love the way the ahhhhahhhhahhhh during the chorus sounds. I can definitely hear Lindsey in the ahhhhhahhhhahhh but I can't make out if it's all three or them or Lindsey and Stevie or Lindsey and Christine.

[Macfan4life]

JMHO but I just think they turned Stevie's background vocals way way down. If you listen hard you can barely hear Stevie if not at all. I like the final cut and its no offense to Stevie. The harmony and Stevie sounds good but maybe too good and is a distraction from the rest of the song. Its a rocking love song straight through. I think removing or turning down Stevie gives the song more oomph IMHO.

The way those synthesizers hum and churn is so pleasing to the ears. Chris does a wonderful job!

[stevierocks87]

Add me to the camp that prefers the Deluxe/alternate version. Its a combination of Stevie's locals and that musical interlude after the second verse-now THAT is one the best Mac moments, and I can't believe they left that part off the album version. It is so dreamy.

[michelej1]

Yahoo Music August 26, 2016

Here Are Rock's All-Time Greatest Love Songs: Classics, 80s and Beyond

https://www.yahoo.com/music/rocks-time-greatest-love-songs-classics-80s-beyond-130300124.html


Love is not love without rock music, and rock music is not rock music without love.

From the '60s to the '80s and beyond, sweet romance has been expressed beautifully through rock music.

Here, we count down 10 of the all-time greatest rock songs about love, from 1960s classics to modern spin-offs.

Fleetwood Mac, "You Make Lovin' Fun"

It's the soap opera of the rock world: infidelity, heartbreak, and wheelbarrows full of booze and blow all produced Fleetwood Mac's top-shelf classic, Rumors. And it's on this funk-rock-lite groover that Christine McVie, recently divorced from bassist John McVie, coos about a new affair with the group's lighting director, Curry Grant. It'd be tough to sing (or sing harmonies to, in John's case) lyrics like, "You, you make loving fun / I don't have to tell you but you're the only one." Lesson learned: Love is… complicated.

[jbrownsjr]

Yahoo Music August 26, 2016

Here Are Rock's All-Time Greatest Love Songs: Classics, 80s and Beyond

https://www.yahoo.com/music/rocks-time-greatest-love-songs-classics-80s-beyond-130300124.html


Love is not love without rock music, and rock music is not rock music without love.

From the '60s to the '80s and beyond, sweet romance has been expressed beautifully through rock music.

Here, we count down 10 of the all-time greatest rock songs about love, from 1960s classics to modern spin-offs.

Fleetwood Mac, "You Make Lovin' Fun"

It's the soap opera of the rock world: infidelity, heartbreak, and wheelbarrows full of booze and blow all produced Fleetwood Mac's top-shelf classic, Rumors. And it's on this funk-rock-lite groover that Christine McVie, recently divorced from bassist John McVie, coos about a new affair with the group's lighting director, Curry Grant. It'd be tough to sing (or sing harmonies to, in John's case) lyrics like, "You, you make loving fun / I don't have to tell you but you're the only one." Lesson learned: Love is… complicated.

As soon as those 4 beats hit.. I'm into it... great legendary tune..

[AlexD]

Just wanted to say that all of you Ledgies make loving fun.

[HomerMcvie]

I'm beginning to wonder why....

I've a feeling it's time to try....

That's my favorite version, from the deluxe reissue(not? the last one they tried to sell us, but the previous one they tried to sell us...?) #whores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eCEdu_gQE

And Lindsey singing the high Bbs!!! He couldn't hit those notes now with a hammer.:lol:

[jbrownsjr]

I'm beginning to wonder why....

I've a feeling it's time to try....

That's my favorite version, from the deluxe reissue(not? the last one they tried to sell us, but the previous one they tried to sell us...?) #whores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5eCEdu_gQE

And Lindsey singing the high Bbs!!! He couldn't hit those notes now with a hammer.:lol:

It would be different and you know it will...

[SeanJT]

"...to believe in Miracles...to believe in the ways of magic..."

I hope the new music sounds like 'You Make Lovng Fun'...

[Wdm6789]

I have seen You Make Loving Fun, as well as other Fleetwood Mac songs, on "best yacht rock songs" lists when I google "yacht rock."

[jbrownsjr]

"...to believe in Miracles...to believe in the ways of magic..."

I hope the new music sounds like 'You Make Lovng Fun'...

Have you heard Friend off of In The Meantime?

[aleuzzi]

I prefer the demo version with Stevie singing the chorus. Same with Oh Daddy actually. I always wonder whose idea it was not to use Stevie, and if she was offended?! :(

Good question. Whether she was offended or not, omitting her from the chorus of this song, parts of "Oh Daddy" set a precedent in the group's process. Stevie sang on the original studio takes of "Think About Me" and "Hold Me' and was removed from there as well.

At the same time, Stevie's other contributions to the final studio "Oh Daddy" and "YMLF" are important, as are her backing vocals on "Honey Hi," "Never Forget," "Love in Store" and "Everywere." I think LB and CM just made judgment calls as to whether or not her voice sounded good in certain areas of certain songs. Later on, when LB left, Stevie's presence on Christine's songs was still carefully placed--she's only audible on parts of "Save Me" and "Heart of Stone."

[aleuzzi]

Have you heard Friend off of In The Meantime?

Bingo. Although, the resemblance is only evident on the electric (album) version. The iTunes acoustic version doesn't follow the bass-line patterning of YMLF. It relies instead on some really cool, percussive electric keyboards.

[jbrownsjr]

Good question. Whether she was offended or not, omitting her from the chorus of this song, parts of "Oh Daddy" set a precedent in the group's process. Stevie sang on the original studio takes of "Think About Me" and "Hold Me' and was removed from there as well.

At the same time, Stevie's other contributions to the final studio "Oh Daddy" and "YMLF" are important, as are her backing vocals on "Honey Hi," "Never Forget," "Love in Store" and "Everywere." I think LB and CM just made judgment calls as to whether or not her voice sounded good in certain areas of certain songs. Later on, when LB left, Stevie's presence on Christine's songs was still carefully placed--she's only audible on parts of "Save Me" and "Heart of Stone."

I can hear her in Everywhere, LIttle LIes (of course) I can hear Christine in Seven Wonders..