There's something about Christine ...
 

There's something about Christine ...

... that's really kinda cool, do you not think?

Bait. Hmm. Smells like bait. :shocked: :laugh:

Correct you are on all counts...there IS "something" about Christine...it IS cool, and I absolutely do not think.

Is it compulsory to talk like Yoda on this thread?

If so - join in I will.

Gail

No...just TYPE like Yoda. :laugh:

Good point! :laugh: :laugh:

Gail

Absolutely! :cool:

Gail

Of course. Christine is fab. :]

It's the harcut. Yes?

So what's the coolest thing you think she's ever done?

For me it was the band reunited to play a concert for Bill Clinton when he was leaving the White House.

Just think a US Senator and first lady wants you to play for the most powerful man on earth and Chris says "Nah"

Cool or what?

Gail

Took my 1976 Eric Clapton concert program around to the other members of Fleetwood Mac to have them autograph it, then returned it to me just as the house lights went down.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

She's, uhhh, okay, I guess. I think she always should have tried to do more twirling, etc. I think FM would've been much more popular had she done that. STEREO twirling would've been HUGE! And, she could've mimicked (sp) some other kind of farm animal, thus creating more of a barnyard effect. That could've replaced the opening tribe music of Tusk. Bah, moo, bah, moo..... see what I'm saying?






She's only the coolest (and I mean that in the truest sense of the word) woman who ever breathed. :xoxo: :xoxo: :xoxo: :D

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

Of course, Christine is a very cool lady. I think when she slapped Lindsey & threw her drink at him, that was pretty cool. She was sticking up for her band. And, he probably deserved it, too ;)

I love that story. :woohoo:

And regardless of how he felt about Stevie, there are things that you just don't do onstage. If the account is accurate, he EARNED that slap and wine.

dB, when are you & I going to play in a band together? If we played only fleetwood mac music (which is basically all I know how to play), what would we play? What would our set list be?

It's that damned 2000 miles separating us!
Lessee, must do's are:
Why
YMLF
Hypnotized
Think About Me
Emerald Eyes
Woman of 1000 Years
The Chain
Monday Morning
Angel (Stevie's)
Green Manalishi
Oh Well
Black Magic Woman
Gypsy
Book of Love
Hold Me
Little Lies
Love Shines
As Long as You Follow
Big Love (band version)
Albatross
SUGAR DADDY!!!!
World Turning
Spare Me a Little
SYLM
Sara
Fireflies

How's that for a start? What did I miss?

It's a good thing I wasn't in the band, or I would have demanded that he be fired. Why not? I understand that they were under a lot of stress and that he was especially drunk that night, but hey, they didn't let Danny Kirwan get away with that excuse. Lindsey was being, putting it bluntly, a spoiled brat. Hell, they gave him all kinds of freedom on "Tusk," and then he pulls this crap. I would have been on the phone that night to about any guitarist worth a damn who'd return my call!

Go Your Own Way :shrug:

Well, since David & I are only about 3.5 miles...we'll get crackin' on those...


...and these: :blob2: :thumbsup:


Angel (Bob's)
Bermuda Triangle
Sunny Side Of Heaven
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Rattlesnake Shake/Searching For Madge/Underway
Get Like You Used To Be
Station Man
Miles Away
Remember Me
Tell Me All The Things You Do

Steve, that's SO funny. Two minutes after posting, I realized I'd forgotten GYOW(and I even play that song out every weekend!), but I let the list lie, to see who called me on it! :lol:

PS- we also do Don't Stop, and get a MUCH better "dancing" response to it.

Well, ****, I guess I need to move. What do you play, Steve? Judging from your "persona", I'd say guitar.....am I right?
I can't IMAGINE being able to get together once a week to play ALL FM. :thumbsup:

Funny how nothing says forgiveness like bringing home a fat paycheck...
Back in the Danny days, it(IMO) was more "do or die".

I think in Rolling Stone, Lindsey mentioned that they were talking about getting Clapton to replace him after this incident.

Hmm...this may be just a coincidence, but there appear to be ALOT of Christine McVie songs in this set. ;) :thumbsup:

Actually you're right. Also she should have worn more chiffon and wrote some lyrics that mention witches or white winged doves (or both) or white winged witches! That would have been very cool! :] :]

Gail

Which would have ROCKED!!! I love Lindsey, don't get me wrong. But Fleetwood Mac with Eric Clapton...all I can say is :] :] :] And, it would have worked, as there were really only about four or five hit songs that were in his set around that time. So, they could have done those as well as some of the Mac's blues material. BTW, I'm not so sure EC would have said no, as this choice quote from Lindsey himself over on Madness Fades suggests:

"When Eric Clapton hangs out with Mick or us he’s always saying, “God, I wish I was in a band again.” That’s because the burden is all on him. It’s just not the same when, as a leader, you’re paying people a certain amount each week to play with you. The balance of power is not the same, and it drains you. Bob Welch had a couple of successful solo albums, but now I think he misses being in a group where people will give you honest feedback, tell you when you’ve got your head up your ass. You need that thing when other people in the band have as much at stake as you do. We could certainly all do solo albums, but that wouldn’t be the death of Fleetwood Mac. There are still good creative ties and I think we all still enjoy - and need - the feedback we get from the group situation. I can’t imagine not feeling that way anytime soon.
BAM, January 1981"

Wow that is cool! She is a classy lady for sure. :nod:

Well, I'm not sure about the plural, but after his one famous one that was captured for eternity in Mick's book, he was outta there that night.

That would have been my dream Fleetwood Mac line-up: Mick, John, Chris & Eric. I'd never seen that LB quote before, but I had always assumed that Clapton would have said no, if asked to join. Maybe not....

Christine sent me an autographed picture when I was 16. I had written an essay about her for a school project and sent it to Warner Brothers. The pic has a few sentences from her (an inside joke about her show) and her sig.

She's a great human being that I will love and respect til I die. :angel:

And my list was written with NO prejudice! I HONESTLY tried to think of a couple more -you know who- songs that I'm not SICK TO DEATH of.
Dreams, GDW, Landslide. Good songs that I'm just TIRED of hearing. Go away.
If they ever tour again, they need to do SOMETHING NEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quit shamelessly promoting a 30 year old album!
But, back to my list, these are songs that David and I (and Chili?) are going to be playing, so it's not like Christine will be singing them. They're my favorite "songs", not performances. :xoxo:

That is a really nice story. :xoxo:

-Lis

When I opened it up I had no idea it was coming. I came months after I sent the essay. I was glowing that whole month. :angel:

That's a great story. What a nice thing for her to do for a 16 year old kid. :thumbsup:

WAY COOL!

And, from my experience with her, I agree with your assessment. :thumbsup: