songs chris has written for others
 

imported thread from christinemcvie.com

ooh good thread! thanks for bringing it over!
did she say ask anybody was about dennis?
mick said he thought that hold me & most of her mirage songs were about dennis too
i want to know who brown eyes is about!

Sexiest Fleetwood Mac song ever :xoxo:

Gail

Yes, she did say "Ask Anybody" was about Dennis Wilson, especially the line....He's a devil, he's an angel.

I also believe her Mirage songs were about Dennis. As for "Brown Eyes", I'd love to know who this song is about. Maybe Dennis as well, although I don't think he actually had brown eyes. She could have just changed the color because it sounded better.:D

And, I agree with Gail that "Brown Eyes" is the sexiest Fleetwood Mac song ever, by far. By the way, I think "Anything Is Possible" & "Come Out To Play" from ITM are also very sexy songs too, in a playful sort of way.

i would LOVE to know who brown eyes is about, it's one of my favourite fleetwood mac songs!!

Yes they are too.

"You could take me out, you could lay me down" - I think there should be a bit taking of out before any laying down happens. :laugh:

"You are a sexy man" - just say it how it is Chris :laugh:

Gail

By the way, that was one of my questions in that Q & A on her site.

really?? now i am SO upset she never answered. :distress: i can't even remember what my questions were, it was so long ago.

if she ever decides to redo her website, she should definitely post some of the Q&As. preferably in video format, like the clips of her and dan that are up now.

At one time, the moderator of the site mentioned that Gavin(the administrator) had heard from Dan Perfect that Chris was recording her answers on cassette tape. I had hoped that they would post the answers as audio downloads, which would have been cool.

By the way, I had also asked about who she wrote "Show Me A Smile" about. I've always been curious about that.

According to Mick's book, Hold me was also about Dennis.

Never knew Little Lies was about or for Lindsey. I don't see the point.

and Songbird.. for her dog??? :confused: She said in the Rumours doc it was about "nobody and eveybody"

She said in that Japan documentary footage that "Songbird" was about her dog. She was only kidding. She has described "Songbird" as a Fleetwood Mac prayer, that it was about the band in general.

Chris said that "Save Me" was originally written about the rain forests. But, she thought that sounded weird, so she changed it around a little by adding a romantic element to it.

"Temporary One" was written about her family in England.

Well, I like to think that she wrote it about ME, after that 1976 Eric Clapton concert when we met. :laugh:

Logically, (but still a guess) I think she wrote it for John...and/or the remaining then members of Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac had just undergone another traumatic personnel change (Jeremy Spencer's departure; Bob Welch's arrival) and the band probably needed cheering up.

But, it sounds like it was written for a young child. I'm guessing, maybe a nephew. Maybe even Dan Perfect, who would have been around the right age in the early 1970's.

When was Cyrill Perfect born? Was it after Show Me a Smile came out?

Gail

There's a Tango era interview from 1987 that I have in which Chris mentioned that she had a 14 year old brother who was an aspiring classical composer. That would mean he was born around 1973. Chris mentioned in one of her ITM interviews that Dan was 38 years old. That would mean he was born around 1966. That would have made him around 5 years old when Future Games was released.

so even allowing for the fact that she never gets dates right it doesn't seem possible to be about Cyrill.

It might be one of her songs that isn't about anyone

Gail

Edit: Dan Perfect's website says he was born in 1965

I always say that a song isn't necessarily from the songwriter's own personal experience -- it can be from their observations of others or just from their imagination -- but I think "Show Me a Smile" *is* a personal song. I like to think that Christine was thinking of her little 5-year old nephew Dan when she wrote it. I think that's very sweet, considering that Dan grew up to help his auntie record a solo record.

Most of Christine's songs are about a romantic experience, but some of her very best songs are the ones she has written expressing a longing for home and family, such as "Temporary One," "Homeward Bound," "Hollywood," in addition to "Show Me a Smile."

well now, that just adds a whole new dimension to the "i can't wait any longer for paradise" line!

:laugh: :laugh: so then, what were you trying to say when you looked at her with those brown eyes?

dan perfect has a website ??

oh my goodness did you take her all the way? :eek:

Yes, he has a website. It's for his paintings. Gail has the URL. There is a thread in the Chris forum on her site about his website. We weren't really all that impressed with his paintings.:laugh:

Edit: Here's an earlier thread here in this forum about Dan's website.

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=18708

She did those ITM interviews in Sept. 2004 so his birthday must be in late 1965. I think he looks younger than his actual age.

oh wow, yes, now i remember. my memory is just not what it used to be, that's for sure! you think he answers his email? maybe we should write him about christine's forum.

It is really nice seeing Brown Eyes getting some love. I was on another board and saw someone say it was the worse track on "Tusk." I felt like kicking some ass over that comment. :mad: IMO it was one of the best tracks.

what!? no way! brown eyes is amazing. . .and i don't care what anyone says, i love honey hi too. :D maybe we should start a new thread called "underappreciated chris songs that you absolutely adore"!

Dan's website is www.danperfect.co.uk

Just in case anyone wants to look at his paintings

they're not to my taste but I'm sure someone likes them!

I think they go for about £1,000 a time (apprx $1,700/$1,800)

Gail

Someone did e-mail him about the Q & A, but they never got a reply back from him.

How do you know that?:confused: I don't see any prices for the paintings.

I think I must have googled him and gone from website to website. (That's how I found out his wife's name)

I'm sure I saw the prices on some website or other (so that's helpful then)

Gail

dan's married!? i feel so lost today. although i can't remember any other questions that i asked chris, i distinctly remember asking if dan was single. i guess now i've got my answer. :o

Yes, he's married. Her name is Fiona Rae. She's also an artist. She's mentioned in the liner notes of ITM.

Here are some pictures of her.

thanks for that. she looks like a friend of mine actually, very weird deja vu. i wonder if they have any children.

That I don't know. For some reason, I'd guess no.

I don't thin so either but I don't know why!

Who is Jo Pefect?

Gail

yea i want to know that!
& whos anthea & leo perfect?

Originally, I thought Jo Perfect was Dan's wife. Now I'm guessing she's Dan's sister. I believe Anthea Perfect is John's(Chris' brother) wife. Leo Perfect is definitely John & Anthea's son(Chris' nephew).

He wishes!

Am I the only one who finds it a little odd that "Ricky" was released around the same time Rick Vito joined the group?