strange, weird
 

Okay, just for the heck of it, I'll throw this one out there:

What's the strangest/weirdest song you think Chris ever recorded?

I'm not sure. I think I'd go with "Bad Loser", which I love but is atypical.

For strange/weird by Christine's standards it's got to be "Ricky" TITN b-side which sounds like the bastard child of "The Chain" and "Tusk". Love it!!!

Christine McVie is not known for strange/weird songs.:D But, I've got to go with "Ricky" as well. It sounds weird, but sexy to me. I love the song, by the way.

I think "Bad Loser" is atypical of Chris' songs, but I don't think it's strange or weird.

"Bad Loser" just sounds like Chris singing a Bob Welch tune. (Just as "She's Changing Me" from the same album sounds like Bob Welch singing a Christine McVie song). :shrug:


"Ricky" surely qualifies, as is; but, if they'd actually FINISHED the song, would it have been as "weird" as what got put on that B-side? Just look at some of the outtakes of her later "Behind The Mask"...some of those are odd sounding, but when the song finally was released as the title cut of the album, it pretty much was in the "normal Christine type song" parameters.

I think Ricky is not very weird at all and fits the whole TITN Christine period. It would have fit nicely on TITN actually, sequenced right after Isn't It Midnight. I like getting 2 servings, back to back of Christine on any FM album.

I think her weirdest song is her cover of Kirwan's 'When You Say.'

I actually haven't heard the song "Ricky" or at least, I can't recall how it goes..... :o I feel so embarrassed! LOL

Is there any way someone can share it.... ;)

Andrea :)

oh ricky (won't you come out tonight?), i could wax poetic for hours on how much i love this song. but since that wouldn't really contribute anything to the thread, i won't.

http://download.yousendit.com/BD9B3C4A078064D6

honestly i'm kind of impaired right now and not sure if i uploaded the right song (too lazy to check), so if you don't hear the word "ricky" in there, let me know and i'll try again once sober!

Thanks for the download and I gotta tell ya...I like your humor!

Ricky is so interesting! Especially because it's Christine, and it's not what one expects from her. There's something a little bit twisted about it....

Yep, I assume that was "Ricky" -- but is it just me, or does it sound like Lindsey singing lead and not Christine???

Thanks for sending this, BTW!

Andrea :)

any time. . .and thanks! i certainly do try! :lol:

this is probably why i like it so much. i agree with macfan above, there is something really sexy about this song. i think that about lot of the songs on tango. . .there's a certain something strangely cool to the touch, detached, yet enticing at the same time. does that make any sense at all?

i'm fairly certain it's chris on lead, but i can hear lindsey backing her on the echoes ("bye bye", "please please", and also "tell me tell me" etc.)

I always thought it was LB on lead. It really doesnt sound like Chris to me :shrug: Unless this version is different than the one I have [I got mine off of Buckinghamnicks.net...]. It really is a funky song though. I like it once in a while.

It's definitely Chris on lead vocals with Lindsey in the background.

I also think 'Heroes Are Hard To Find' is very weird. That horn section is just really bizarre for a Christine song. Funky.

That makes perfect sense! The suaveness of the atmosphere is probably what makes it my favourite album, though I hate Mystified...!

*listens again* It does actually sound like Lindsey! It is Christine, but probably put through some digital trickery like what Lindsey used to do.

Ricky



Written by L. Buckingham and C. McVie; Sung by C. McVie


yes. you are right :woohoo: I looked on Buckinghamnicks.net

:nod:

it just doesnt sound like Chris to me :shrug:
It sounds like Lindsey. Im listening to it right now...
come to think of it, they probably did use machines. the only part that sounds like Chris to me is 'come out tonight'
:rolleyes:

forget it :lol:

I agree that "Heroes" is a different style of song for Christine/FM but I wouldn't call it "strange" or "weird." The band were experimenting with some different sounds on that album (one of the album's strengths) but they didn't cross the line into strange/weird.

As for "Ricky," I think I only have it as the B-side of "Little Lies." I hadn't listened to it in years but just now I pulled it out to listen to because of this thread. I do like the song, and it's too bad it never got finished, as someone else mentioned.

I vaguely remember that years ago I didn't like the song because of the "strange/weird" thing they did to Christine's voice. My thinking at the time was, you have one of the best things in pop music at your command (Christine's voice) and you're going to distort it so it sounds like something else? Bad idea. But now listening to it in retrospect, in the context of the other awful production choices from 'Tango in the Night,' I think the Christine-voice-distortion isn't too bad; in fact, it's kind of fun to make Chris's voice sound a little like Lindsey's voice.

Well, not on her songs, anyway. "Coming Home" is pretty far out...

I remember being REALLY annoyed when Tango came out because Lindsey's production touches on Christine's voice seemed to strip it of its distinction. Compare, for example, "Isn't it Midnight" on record with her singing of it live...the latter is way better: a warmer, sexier sound.