It's John McVie's 60th birthday on Saturday
 

Let's celebrate with a week of John McVie love!
Birthday messages, pictures, stories, whatever - post it here!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...JohnStudio.jpg

Cool pic from one of the best rock bassists out there.

Edit: I just wonder on which songs from SYW John Pierce played bass (his name's in the credits)... Can someone please help me? So I can hear the difference between a legend and a session player ;)

Happy birthday john!!!!!!!!!!! i love you and you are a fantastc bass player and the closest to my heart!!!! have a wonderful day!!!! :xoxo:

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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...ht/fmboys1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...ight/john2.jpg

one of the coolest men ever!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...johnchris1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...hnlindsey1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...dnight/fm5.jpg

Woohoo! I think we need a Through The Decades like thread for John, too, like we have for Christine.

Especially if someone can post a bunch from when he was younger. :]

That last pic is very cute, btw.

Happy 60th Birthday to one of the best bassist in the world!:woohoo: :xoxo:
Here are a few of nice, John pics:

Happy Birthday, John.:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1801/mcvies82em.jpg

He's my favourite male component of FM: funny, self-ironic, silent, amazing as a bass player, and he can also cook, what else can a girl ask? :D

Happy Birthday Mr. McVie! Hope to hear some of your music soon.

Romy

http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cre...beanocdcov.jpg

Two of these men became huge rock stars...

Is that the singing fish from the Destiny rules doc next to him? Didn't John play a few keyboard parts on Say You Will?

Yaye!! :) I loved some of his comments in the DR doc, such as his telling Mick he should be in the Senate. :lol: And, he was so cool to do the Q&A here on the Ledge.

Dear John - Happy Birthday - your basslines alone have been the deciding factor in me liking many a song. Without them, innumerable songs would not have been nearly as cool as they turned out to be. Including, of course, most of the big hits. :xoxo: Oh, and thanks for the remind, trackie, me mum's b'day is the next day.

That's a really cool picture. :) Happy birthday to John! :woohoo:

Wow... it was on Johns birthday that a bunch of us saw FM on the SYW tour at Birmingham. We showered him with stuffed penguins during the band intros!!

Pip

Okay, but just for starters - can anyone in their right mind really imagine Rhiannon being as cool as it is without that kick ass bassline? And that's just one example. I could probably think of a bunch more. I didn't like RTTG until I heard that kick ass bass.
And It's totally instrumental in SOTM. Totally!

The list goes on and on. The biggest one, honestly, is GYOW. That **** would not be half the song it is without the drumandbass awesomeness. And even such "throwaway" songs as IDWTK - and Dreams, too!

For Reals, this guy is THE MAN.

I'm just saying.

Jay McVie is the one who made bunches of our faves kick ass. :shrug: :blob2:

So lets not just pay lip service - I say - this is a man who made the songs what they are as much as the writers or vocalists or producers. I think part of FM's standout is "whatever" it is that the bassline contributes.
:shrug: Sesly. With a less accomplished bass player, this band would have been so much more mediocre. And I really believe that with all my brain. I thank god every song for John, and I wish he was on Stevie's solo records, I think he is that important.
JMO.:wavey:
*yes, I've been outed as a bass geek*

I actually love him. :laugh::nod:

Macs spine is the bassline. happy 60th, John. Your wit is to die for and your creative additions to all macsongs are priceless. The way you drive Over and Over is my latest fix. So simple yet so defining. Greatness. Just convince Lindsey to hire a studio for six weeks and pull off an album straight from the guts with a live-feel. So you will not be confronted with the same segment again and again and again and again in the studio and you'll all get the full picture of the songs in an instant.

Happy 60th, Mr. McVie! I hope you will enjoy your day out on your boat.

Happy birthday John. Thanks for all you've given us.

Have a great birthday. I hope to see you the next time Fleetwood Mac has a concert in Atlanta, Ga.

Of course. :nod: I completely agree, especially about GYOW and SOTM. Also, his bass is what makes me love "Blue Letter" so much. :blob2:

If you haven't heard Miles Away from Mystery to Me, do it now. Most kick-ass bass line ever! :thumbsup: :xoxo:

A little collage for the (nearly) birthday boy.

Happy Birthday (60 years young)

Gail

He's amazing. What can I say except happy birthday Mr McVie!!:nod:

Happy Birthday, Johnny! :woohoo:

Happy birthday John. I hope you're out on your boat having a good time or doing something that makes you really happy

You don't tell John what to play.

'NUFF SAID!

Happy birthday John ... call me sometime!! :xoxo:

From the original creepy little John Fangirl ... :nod:

:woohoo: happy birthday big daddy mac!!!:woohoo: ~

Happy birthday, John. Rock on!

Hey since it's offically the 26th now, Mr Mcvie, Fleetwood Mac would be nothing without you. Thanks for almost 40 years of rock steady bass playing.:nod:

Happy Birthday John!!!!!!!
Make it a great one.

Happy Birthday, John! <3

Mick: I wanna say something
John: You've said enough... Jesus Christ...You should be in the senate or something...you just ramble on and on
Mick: You've been more present on this project than any other one
John: I was just going to say that, it was my wind up
Mick: Good good
John: Christ almighty

Happy Birthday John, you old geezer! :p Much love to a man who provided countless fans with some of the smokingest bass licks in music!

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i love john!!!!!!

First of all, a warm birthday greeting to a guy I have admired and loved to pieces for far too many years now. Happy Birthday, John. (I still won't say the number. ;) )


Secondly, I sent him the direct link to this 'birthday' thread, so he could see all of your well wishes. He'd like to comment on it and if my daughter ever lets me use the real computer in the house (I hate this &%$@ laptop and the email program it uses), I will write him back and tell him how he can do that. :woohoo: We may also get a bit of an idea of what might be in the future for FM...

Just wanted to give ya'll the scoop. :)

--Lis

Happy Birthday John. Don't start using a walker now.

Happy Birthday John! :blob1: :blob2:

Happy Birthday, John!!:blob2: :woohoo:

Here are a few pictures that I took.

From the AHI 2003 after party:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ohnCrop600.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...2003AHIPar.jpg

From Camden on 9/12/2004
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ohnCrop725.jpg

What gorgeous pictures! That top one should be up on his mantle or something. He looks quite dashing. :xoxo:

Thanks, WelshWitch.

-Lis

Happy Birthday, John! I hope it was a great one. :woohoo: