Should Don't Stop and Got a Hold on Me be in the Definitive Christine Collection?
 

SINGLE CHOICE LEDGIES!!!!!


We got one slot open and two songs Don't Stop and Got a Hold on Me. Vote for which song you think belongs in the "Just Perfect: The Definitive Christine McVie Collection". If you vote for the BOTH option, please reply with a song you would remove. For easy reference below are the 17 songs so far....:cool:

1. Get Like You Used to Be - Chicken Shack, 1968
2. I'd Rather Go Blind - Christine Perfect, 1970
3. Spare Me a Little - Bare Trees, 1972
4. Why - Mystery to Me, 1973
5. Come a Little Bit Closer - Heroes Are Hard to Find, 1974
6. Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac, 1975
7. Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac, 1975
8. You Make Loving Fun - Rumours, 1977
9. Songbird - Rumours, 1977
10. Think About Me - Tusk, 1979
11. Hold Me - Mirage, 1982
12. Little Lies - Tango in the Night, 1987
13. Everywhere - Tango in the Night, 1987
14. As Long As You Follow - Greatest Hits, 1988
15. Love Shines - 25 Years: The Chain, 1992
16. Friend - In the Meantime, 2004
17. Calumny - In the Meantime, 2004

Single choice please Ledgies!!!

Thanks! :cool:

I would trade Come A Little Bit Closer, for getting Don't Stop and Got A Hold On Me. Even tho, it rips my heart out.. :(

I'd remove As Long as You Follow.

As Long As You Follow

Calumny. Definitely.

As Long As You Follow

I voted for adding both songs, and if we have to remove a song, I'll go along with the trend to remove "As Long As You Follow."

I think the other obvious choice for a song to remove is "Calumny" because each of her other solo albums is only getting one song on this comp (assuming that we vote "Got a Hold On Me" back onto the comp). But I think it earns a spot on this comp, because it really is one of her best vocal performances, and shows her ability as an interpreter of another songwriter's work.

I don't at all mind the idea of having two songs from her most recent solo record, as a token of encouragement to her if she's thinking about making another solo record (not that she will actually see this, but wouldn't it be nice if she did).

Thanks for the replies so far Ledgies. This poll closes tomorrow, then we have one last poll with the songs nominated for exclusion...

so far we have...Spare Me a Little, Come a Little Bit Closer, As Long As You Follow, and Calumny.

I must say I'm a little suprised about ALAYF getting several replies. However the Post-Rumours era would still be represented with Love Shines. I do agree with nicepace's idea about excluding one of the In the Meantime songs.

Still got a day or so for others to decide. :cool:

Yeah, I'm a little distressed actually! :laugh: I didn't see this coming and thought Calumny was more or less a shoe-in. Oh well. I guess the sonic "style" of ALAYF is represented elsewhere in the lineup, but... poor li'l song. :(

I LOVE ALAYF!!!!!:mad:

Removing Spare Me A Little! Chorus is too repetitive!

I can't part with any of the Pre-Rumours tracks. :laugh:

(also I'll still add ALAYF to MY definitive list)

Another vote for Calumny.

More repetitive than Calumny?

Both.

Remove As Long as You Follow

Michele

Voting stats for As Long As You Follow
Round 1 - 73% 1st place - Love Shines 50%, 2nd place
Round 2 - 57% tied w/Love Shines

Voting stats for Come a Little Bit Closer
Round 1 - 55% 2nd place - Why 90%
Round 2 - 52% 3rd place (my vote decided the percentage!)

Voting stats for Spare Me a Little
Round 1 - 78% only song to qualify for Round 2
Round 2 - 61% 2nd place behind Why

Voting stats for Calumny
Round 1 - 67% 1st place - Friend 61%, 2nd place
Round 2 - 61% 2nd place - Friend 67%, 1st place

Keep Calumny and Spare Me, please.

Okay, you got me there!:lol:

But by ITM, her voice is just smoother than silk. I actually prefer Northern Star to Calumny.

Same! Northern Star is a gorgeous, gorgeous track. Say what you want about Dan Perfect, but his songwriting is ace. And Christine's singing makes it all the more delectable.

Remove "As Long as You Follow"

I think Save Me, Skies The Limit, I Do, and Temporary One should be on there as well

There were two rounds of polls. All of them didn't make it.

i am still confused as to why Don`t Stop didn`t make it in the first place? This was supposed to be DEFINITIVE CHRISTINE McVIE wasn`t it? and not `our favorite songs`... I don`t even like AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW, but it does qualify for said criteria - it was the FIRST single after Lindsey, it charted well enough, AND was in heavy rotation on radio,MTV and VH1 at the time - so how is that NOT definitive? Again, I am so confused? (heck, two years ago I had a much, MUCH younger boyfriend - was 40 he was 27- who knew every word to both songs before we even started going out...) lol

People didn't vote for it. :shrug: The process is laid out pretty comprehensively in the contest's main thread. These songs weren't chosen by debate or rationale, they were done purely by vote. I don't think I voted for it either, and I imagine that's because I thought it'd be covered by most other voters anyway. I don't think any of us really expected it to not get it, and it does seem silly to omit, that's why we're doing this poll now.

I voted for it first round and didn't vote for it second round. Now that I see some of the songs that did get in, I think Don't Stop deserves to be there more than they do. However, I could easily envision a scenario of stellar songs which would leave me perfectly happy to have Don't Stop excluded.

That scenario did not occur, however.

Michele

Thanks everybody for your input. I wasn't available yesterday!

Spare Me a Little, Come a Little Bit Closer, As Long As You Follow, Love Shines, and Calumny will be in a two day poll starting this evening.

I 'll keep the thread open for more discussion! :cool: