Christine McVie Songbird, BBC 6/13/17 Live

[jbrownsjr]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055sxth

[jenniferuk]

How lovely, both C and her music. I must admit I teared up, as it's wonderful to have her share her music and appear happy about it.

And, the Wistla whistle is back round her neck! (I wondered if Wistla was still 'a thing' or a had been a phase as it's been some time since I've seen a mention).

[vivfox]

That performance was raw and beautiful and I don't even like this song.

[lennonfan]

wasn't this around 9:30 in the morning?

[jbrownsjr]

wasn't this around 9:30 in the morning?

And, she flew in from NY.

[elle]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055sxth

gorgeous!

she aplso apparently said BuckVie are trying hard to fit in a little UK tour - hope it works out!!!!!

[button-lip]

A busy little bee, our beautiful Christine. :)

[jbrownsjr]

gorgeous!

she aplso apparently said BuckVie are trying hard to fit in a little UK tour - hope it works out!!!!!

She said, "Keep your fingers crossed, keep everything crossed."

[aleuzzi]

Oh how I adore that woman!

Her style is so unassuming yet direct. Love how she kind of shrugs and smiles when she's finished.

It would be great if, on the next FM tour, she could play Game of Pretend and Stevie could play Lady.

[HomerMcvie]

Oh how I adore that woman!

Her style is so unassuming yet direct. Love how she kind of shrugs and smiles when she's finished.


Me too!!! She really is one of a kind. So classy, talented, and still down to Earth.

Serious question - will most venues let you bring in a dozen roses these days? Because that's my plan for next Friday, but if they're going to make me toss them at the gate, it would semi-ruin my night. Before you ask, the stupid venue never answers their phones, or emails...

[sue]

She was very good and also sang "that's how I feel about you " she chatted with Ken, and indeed mentioned a hope of UK tour, Lindsey would like to....

She also said "We all love each other, and I can say that with abandon "

She sounded happy and confident, she was lovely.

[FuzzyPlum]

I just watched the performance- beautiful. I was with her all the way and she pulled it off superbly.
Just listening to the interview now. Interestingly she said Feel About You was a song she'd written and sent to Lindsey as one of the initial demos. There had been speculation this was one of Lindsey's tracks that Chris just wrote words to. It sounds as if the bare bones of the song were Christine's.

[jbrownsjr]

She was very good and also sang "that's how I feel about you " she chatted with Ken, and indeed mentioned a hope of UK tour, Lindsey would like to....

She also said "We all love each other, and I can say that with abandon "

She sounded happy and confident, she was lovely.

It was a really nice interview. I remember when she and Ken did "Tracks of my Years" about 4 years ago.

[button-lip]

Christine leaving BBC studios.


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[FuzzyPlum]

Christine was just interviewed on the One Show. The Fleetwood Mac tour will start next summer. Rehearsals in March. Its been pushed back further and further. At least it leaves plenty of time for BM to extend their tour and COME TO THE UK.

Nice enough interview but the same old story of how they did the record and how she rejoined the band. A couple of heart in mouth moments where I was concerned she'd not understood the questions...but it was okay.

She's singing Songbird in a few minutes.

[elle]

Christine was just interviewed on the One Show. The Fleetwood Mac tour will start next summer. Rehearsals in March. Its been pushed back further and further. At least it leaves plenty of time for BM to extend their tour and COME TO THE UK.


they said in several interviews that Lindsey is planning solo release this winter, which probably means he'd like to tour it in the early spring (i hope!!) and be done by FM rehersals. they are probably trying to fit any UK tour or other BuckVie tour dates before he needs to finiish any work on his album release.

[tango87]

She's so lovely. It was a good performance on the One Show - a bit wobbly on the high notes, but so wonderful to see her out on her own. She really deserves this attention.

It looks like the album is doing very well over here - it's getting loads of airplay.

[elle]

Christine leaving BBC studios.


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people are holding up BuckVie albums for her to sign, not Rumours like they did last week in NYC before BuckVie was out. nice!!

[WeepingWall]

Oh how I adore that woman!

Her style is so unassuming yet direct. Love how she kind of shrugs and smiles when she's finished.

It would be great if, on the next FM tour, she could play Game of Pretend and Stevie could play Lady.

I agree, that's a great idea. Both gorgeous songs.

[FuzzyPlum]

people are holding up BuckVie albums for her to sign, not Rumours like they did last week in NYC before BuckVie was out. nice!!

Woweee. She's a full-on, in-demand frickin' mega-star!

[vivfox]

they said in several interviews that Lindsey is planning solo release this winter, which probably means he'd like to tour it in the early spring (i hope!!) and be done by FM rehersals. they are probably trying to fit any UK tour or other BuckVie tour dates before he needs to finiish any work on his album release.

Early Spring is not February. With FM rehearsals starting in March we will be lucky to get any type of tour outta Lindsey.

[sue]

people are holding up BuckVie albums for her to sign, not Rumours like they did last week in NYC before BuckVie was out. nice!!

She is so gracious, stopping to sign all those autographs...

[tango87]

Conveniently for Christine, both Ken Bruce's radio show and the One Show are recorded at Broadcasting House in London, which is just a short drive from Christine's flat near Park Lane (a very nice part of town...)

[elle]

Early Spring is not February. With FM rehearsals starting in March we will be lucky to get any type of tour outta Lindsey.

hope that's end of March. that would give him Feb-Mar which is how long his GOS tour was before FM went into rehearsals for Unleashed.

i do agree we'll be lucky but i have high hopes!

[lennonfan]

wow she spent time going round giving all those sigs. ...and getting the Chicken Shack signed, way to go dude.

[ViscountViktor]

Just catching up with the various interviews.

Loved the performance on R2, bit of uncertain piano at times but she's so good for 74!

Great interview on The One Show, very at ease, most of the usual stuff we've heard. She was in between items on mobile roaming charges :eek::lol:

She is struggling on the high notes in Songbird now.

[Elliefw]

I feel so sorry for her, she's getting some hate on Twitter for the performance on the one show. Totally uncalled for.

[mtkad]

Songbird's been a tough one for a few years now, even on the last FM tour it wasn't performed every night. There's only so low you can drop the key. I thought the One Show version was better than Radio 2. I thought it wasn't too bad at all. On a positive note, the album's jumped up to #2 on Amazon and #5 on ITunes within the past few hours So today's promo definitely did some good!

[ViscountViktor]

I feel so sorry for her, she's getting some hate on Twitter for the performance on the one show. Totally uncalled for.

Let's not pretend it was her best but it wasn't bad.

Doing my FM duty and trying to rebuff as many of them as possible :laugh:

[elle]

Christine was trending on social media in the UK today.

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[aleuzzi]

I feel so sorry for her, she's getting some hate on Twitter for the performance on the one show. Totally uncalled for.

Yeah, I saw some of the comments. There were some rude ones on YouTube as well-- and I'm not talking about her being wobbly and strained on the high notes, which she was, but comments about her being an old tranny and such. People stink.

There's no question that since her return, Christine has not sounded amazing live. The Dance may have been her swan song in that regard, but on ITM and this new duet album, she can still sing beautifully in a studio where she's allowed as many takes as she needs, plus some judicious computerized tuning and "dusting" of the vocals. What has to be said however, is that no matter how strained or weak her voice sounds live, as it sometimes sounded in the 70s and 80s, she still has that tone. She never lost that.

[AncientQueen]

She is back, she is lovely and she still sounds like herself.
I love her.

That's all I have to offer regarding Christine McVie.
:angel:

[jbrownsjr]

I loved her very raw version of Songbird. Everybody autotunes these days. EVERYBODY... I'll take a 74 year old Christine McVie singing Songbird, warts and all.

[button-lip]

I'll dare any 74 year old female singer to give such a powerful performance. :angel:

[HomerMcvie]

I loved her very raw version of Songbird. Everybody autotunes these days. EVERYBODY... I'll take a 74 year old Christine McVie singing Songbird, warts and all.

I agree completely! And I hope that they're not using tracks on all the songs.

Big machine. Little machine. More like Lindsey's karaoke machine.:mad:

[SorcererJP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_imZj_gywA&feature=youtu.be

[jbrownsjr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_imZj_gywA&feature=youtu.be


Thanks for posting. I still get chills hearing her sing this.

[aleuzzi]

I loved her very raw version of Songbird. Everybody autotunes these days. EVERYBODY... I'll take a 74 year old Christine McVie singing Songbird, warts and all.

Yes, especially the BBC2 version. The woman has been the soundtrack of my life and no amount of lame-ass haters on YouTube and elsewhere are going to take away the joy she has given me.

[jbrownsjr]

Yes, especially the BBC2 version. The woman has been the soundtrack of my life and no amount of lame-ass haters on YouTube and elsewhere are going to take away the joy she has given me.

I got chills listening to it.