Christine Replacement???
 

Ok, I don't like to b* and complain, but I will NOT be happy if they try replacing Chris on this tour... I don't want to hear Sheryl, Miley, or anyone else try to cover this Warrior Queen of music!!! I am not having it. I said to my friend, "I will tell Mick, when I meet him, 'Iwant my money back...' I will not pay nearly 2,000 bucks to hear someone try to do her music. Lindsey? Fine. Stevie? Maybe, but NO ONE ELSE! I would rather her John McVie do songbird than hear an outsider do any of Christine's songs." I mean that. If I had my choice and they were FORCING me to hear someone do her songs I would nominate one woman: Sharon Celani. This woman knows the music, IS VERY CAPABLE, and is the closest thing they have to someone deserving the chance to do it... That is only my opinion...

I couldn't agree more with you. I think Lori Perry would be a good option too. But nobody else.
ohhh Christine, we miss you so much. I miss her not only as herself, but also as the buffer between lindsey and stevie.

Could not agree more. Somehow Christine just brought a mellow, detached loveliness which cancelled out all the angst and self-involvement of those two.

As for her songs on this tour: if it's not SN or LB singing them, I should imagine a lot of people will be rather peeved. It's not fair to ask people to pay all that money to hear a backing singer - however loyal, however talented - to sing one of those classics herself.

i dont think Chris is being replaced on this tour...much like the last one. I think the band knows she's irreplaceable.

I hope. Everyone, HOPE WITH ME, lol.... Seriously, someone said that Miley Cyrus was replacing her and it just set me off, not matter how ridiculous the rumor was. I was like, NO WAY!!! I don't know if it's just a mood I am in, but I would seriously ask for my money back. No way would I even begin to play with that.

Oh- and Lori would be cool too. I agree, no one wants to hear the back up singer, but if they put Sharon Celani out front with LB on WORLD TURNING (add some maracas) the crowd would go nuts!!! Stevie would lose it! They would rock it.

I have already read in one or two interviews a few months back that they would be showcasing the backup singers (Sharon and Jana...dont think Lori) in some of the songs so they could get some of the harmonies back... They ARENT replacing anyone!

I agree she is irreplaceable and I'll be upset and dissapointed if I see a new lead singer. But, why r we still talking about this? I thought that rumour was denied and discarded. I Didn't hear again about the band considering another girl in the band.

Hey! What a good idea. I would *love* to hear John McVie sing "Songbird." He'd probably give it an earnest, gritty, Willy Nelson-style delivery ... not the overly smooth delivery, with all the edges gone, that all the ladies mentioned in this thread would probably use.

It would be an entirely different song, and you know what? It might be really good.

At least it would show the band were thinking "outside the box"!

Wtf, Miley!?!?!? This Is The First I've Heard Of That!!!!!

Greg Allman is gonna fill in for Christine..

For some reason that wouldn't surprise me... :D

hahahaha I know what you mean..

I heard they were bringing Steve Winwood in to do Christine's songs. Note: they'll also be doing Ask Anybody, Dear Mr. Fantasy, and maybe Feelin' Alright.

Aww, that's great. Steve has been wanting to do that ever since he carried Chris' books home from school.

Michele

I wish they would hire Diana Krall.

Unfortunately it's true. At least as of right now. But they are Fleetwood Mac, so things could change in an instant. BTW, if you'd have heard the recording of Miley doing "SONGBIRD" I bet you (and everyone else) would change your mind. And this is coming from someone who doesn't like her kiddie music. Stay tuned, I heard there is an update on the Fleetwood Mac/Cyrus tour.

Wow. NO. NO. NOOOO! They need to replace Christine with Christine. If Christine isn't coming back...leave it alone.

You know I would love that SteveMacD!!! Love to see Rainmaker too....

Stevie could sing Gimme some Lovin' by Spencer Davis.. lol

I agree that NOBODY can replace her, not vocally nor with the class and tact she brought.


the expression ~dont know what you got till it's gone~ fits so well here. She stayed out of the limelight and seemed "wishy washy" yet she was a very key element to the Mac. I miss her very much!

I can't believe Lindsey agrees to go with Cyrus :shrug:
For me this is pain!!
I have enough with listening my 13 year old sister play Hannah Montana and Hillary Duff (we have a musical battle here at home...I play FM and she plays that kind of music...so in the corridor both sounds mix...it's war!!!!). :mad:
I don't want my dear music get perverted!!!! Ohh Stevie, oohh Lindsey!!! please don't!!!!
Christine you see!!! you must come back!!! if she lived near me I would go to her town and put placards on the walls saying: chris we love you!! please come back!!! :D

Well, we now know they're doing SYLM without her, since Mick confirmed it.

It can only be Stevie who sings that, unless Lindsey fancies describing himself as a "poor girl" :laugh: *stranger things have happened*

Miley Cyrus is NOT joining the band... Seriously, that was insanity and I was using it for an injection of humor...

We need two Christine McVie forums: one for all the folks who like her only now that she's gone, & the other for folks who actually liked her when she was still in the group. ;)

WHEW! Thanks for clearing that up!

hahahahahaha I like you Luke... :)

Lukey's a good kid. Although he's probably very old by now.

I agree with ya 100% i do think fleetwood mac should not perform christine mcvies songs either unless she is in the band stevie and lindsey should just do there own songs and leave at that. i do wish she would rejoin again it was so glad to got to see them all on the dance tour that was priceless had front row seats right in front of christine mcvie on opening night in hartford it was awesome:blob2::blob1::wavey::nod:

Attack of the Christine McVie Clones.

And a third group for those of us who did, ummm, unspeakable things while watching Christine in the 1974 Kirchner show...

If there has to be a replacement, better it's someone who is a name artist in their own right and has their own style. Imagine Annie Lennox standing in, that would be fantastic. Sheryl Crow? Not bad, and clearly SC would be up for it. No name backing singer? Even if they do, technically, a better job, not so good.

27 in 3 weeks. I was 15 when I first started posting here... yikes.

They can sing whatever Christine songs they like - except Songbird. If they attempted to do that the pain would be unimaginable and (not that it would matter a jot to them) I certainly wouldn't be paying out my hard earned cash.

Gail

Actually I don't think they should do You make Lovin Fun either, or Why or Brown Eyes or (insert own favourite Christine song)

Woo, my first post...:wavey:

First off, Miley Cyrus? Thats just hilarious and beyond obscene....:laugh:

Second, you cannot replace Christine. It can't be done, ever. And the thought of Sheryl Crowe even attempting to fill her boots made me twinge a few months ago when I found out. But I'm sure I would have ahd the same reaction with anyone that was suggested.

As much as Christine is actually probably my favourite member of the band (or was, as it were.), Stevie and Lindsey have plenty to keep us entertained with!!!! :nod:

Lori's gonna be there too!:nod:

No thanks.. only Christine!:distress:

annie's in a class of her own. she shouldn't be slumming it with FM.

Well, Annie is a respected artist and has her own identity. So I couldn't see her "filling in" for someone. But I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying that playing with FM would be "slumming it".

How about Carole King join Fleetwood Mac? She ain't doing much, right?

1. She plays piano in a McVieish way (check out her lightweight blues intro to "Smackwater Jack")
2. She sings in a McVieish way (reedy alto with minimal ornamentation)
3. She writes classic pop songs
4. She has a legacy & an audience
5. She has the critical stature to play with the Mac (nobody would say she doesn't measure up)
6. She's about their age.

True, she isn't a cutting-edge, push-the-envelope, "relevant" rock artiste, but then neither are they. Would she be compatible with Buckingham's more avant-garde leanings in the studio? Maybe not, but no less so than Nicks herself is.

Imagine a tour -- imagine a stage -- with Nicks & King harmonizing on a Buckingham song (or Buckingham & King harmonizing on a Nicks song).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fveEU8NAhcc

http://www.celiaisrock.com/images/tinycarole.jpg

I saw Lennox with Sting. She opened, but then he came out and did a song in her set and she returned at the end of his (much like Stevie and Don did). It was really spectacular and I think she and Lindsey could kill together. But she and Stevie would also be great on Here Comes the Rain Again. I'd love the pairing. But I don't think it would be good for her to play an entire set of songs with them. Actually, I could have taken Sheryl doing her own set and then joining FM for a song or two. I just didn't want her sitting in on all the songs. Michele

Good call. I've had that thought once or twice, but she's got such a laundry list of classics that I'd almost hate to see it happen. I really don't want to deal with that "I didn't pay $20 to see Fleetwood Mac play somebody else's songs" logic again, like when Dave Mason was in the band. (I had fun, and thought the songs fit in well, but it was annoying to hear those drunk idiots bitch about it nonetheless.) Still, Mick and John would totally kick ass on on I Feel The Earth Move.