Christine McVie Interview, Elle Magazine
 

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Wow. A good, timely interview.
I like this;
...she's been in the studio writing with Buckingham too. At one point she was stuck on a lyric, and he suggested 'Just write about sex'.
She sounds very happy and healthy and ready to go!

funny that line caught my eye, too. Guess it gives an insight into Lindsey's lyrics!

He's had a history of writing/recording songs about sex since the beginning- Lola My Love, Tusk, Tango In The Night, Great Day... and these are just the overt ones that I can list off the top of my head.

On another note, it's interesting how Christine brought up the fact she wasn't going to wait for her dogs to die before she got back out into the world. We've talked about that very subject here on the Ledge.

Christine suddenly begins writing about tall grass ...

Michele

Have I misread this or has Mick been over in England at her London place with her? Anyone know where her 'London pad' is?

They say it overlooks the Thames, so that narrows it down. I'll imagine her in a flat with a view of the London Eye.

Your mood is like a circus wheel ...

Michele

interesting. in the interviews earlier this year, the new mac album was going to come out in spring 2015 the latest, but maybe sooner, if there's clamoring. yet now, nobody knows when that album will come out? things seem to be going backwards. :distress:


looking at the timeline of their recording earlier this year and the timing of the start of the tour it almost looks like the mac planned to push that album out before or right at the start of this fall tour. they were waiting with the tour to start all the way towards the end of sept, rehearsals in aug. maybe that's what the booking on the Today show was really about? maybe that's when the album was tentatively planned to drop?

they gave themselves jan-jun to get the album done which seems like plenty of time, given how fast they seemed to have been working lately. they booked the studio, Christine and Mick booked their flights, and rented a house in LA. they recorded bunch of songs by april or so and started talking about the album and specific songs in various interviews... and then all of the sudden all that stopped and they stated something in the vein of "nah, we never planned to put the album out before the tour oh and btw Stevie was not recording with us and she will only hopefully join the recording after this tour. at least we hope. she promised!".

imagine how cool it could have been? they could have been giving out the album copies with tickets like Petty did? all these hunders of thousands of people at each show could all have their new music and many of them would actually get to listen to it!

but now, there's no talk about the new album even for the next spring anymore. Dashut mentioned on his blog that he's thinking there might be an EP with Christine in the spring (he did say it was just a pure speculation on his part). here's that convo from his blog:

Anonymous: Wait, why do you think there will only be a "possible new ep with Christine, which I’m guessing probably will come out sometime next spring" - don't they have at least 12-15 songs recorded? Why only EP? What do you think will happen with the other FM-recorded songs some of which we've been waiting for since 2012?

Hey, I may be wrong about an EP. It’s entirely possible it will be an album. I really have no idea at this point. As soon as I find out & am authorized to tell you, I will. The only reason I said EP is because of time constraints & I know whatever they release will have to be top notch. It takes time to create top art (At least for FM, as I know them) & I hope they take it.

….r

Tags: #FAQ #richard dashut #my times with fleetwood mac #Fleetwood Mac #christine mcvie #new music
21 hours ago

take their time? hmm... what time? Christine is 71!

Wait, what? Wasn't this song written with his son? I mean, I noticed the lyrics, but assumed it was my dirty mind because of Will's involvement. :shrug:

You're right. "there's no word yet on when to expect it" is indeed troubling. Saying it would be finalized some time after the scheduled tour dates would have inspired more confidence and I don't like EP talk at all. "EP" is beginning to be a profane acronym to my ears. The only way I would favor one is if it came out before the tour starts, which it never will.

Michele

Will was only heard muttering "great day, great day." He wasn't responsible for a lover getting hotter and hotter and all the hovering.

Michele

Ha! Thank Christ. I was very mildly disturbed.

Well, don't feel too relieved. Will's 16 now. So, if he wrote something for you today, you might get disturbed all over again.

Michele

there was a photo of her in said pad in an interview around the time of In the Meantime (I believe.. or somewhere in that rough timeframe).

Maybe someone can link to it??

Edited to add: Here's one link with a photo:
http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/artic...e2004-001.html

….and doing her stuff...

I was a bit annoyed with the "no idea when to expect the album" bit, but I do think it will be an album. The article says so, the band has said so. I doubt Richard is right on this one. If it were merely an EP I'd be outright disgusted.

So wait... Did I read that Stevie had an affair with the lighting director, Curry, as well?

Yep! I'm trying to remember where this was discussed before- was it Carol Ann's book? Apparently Curry was a bit of a tom cat.

Thanks.
I believe that's Albert Bridge in the background which means she must live midway between Albert Bridge and Battersea Bridge in the posh London area of Chelsea. I think she must live in the mega-million pound development called Albion Riverside which is right next to Battersea Park. That whole area is notorious as an investment area for Middle Eastern and increasingly Chinese business people and prices have skyrocketed in the last couple of years. A small two bedroom flat probably costs in the region of £5 million. As boltholes for business people most of the properties sit empty for most of the year- Christine's included I'd guess.

Sorry Michele, she wouldn't have a view of the London Eye but she could possibly see Buckingham Palace.

I think it's in Ken Caillat's book.

I don't think it was for certain but apparently it was towards the very end of the Tusk tour-
Carol Ann:
To fill the boring hours, the Fleetwood Mac family entertained themselves with 'all in the family sex'. There were so many affairs going on that I couldn't keep track of who was sleeping with whom. Curry was spending long nights 'visiting' Stevie; Sharon Celani, Stevie's wardrobe girl, was ending her relationship with our latest security man, Jet, and beginning a new one with Lindsey's faithful roadie, Ray Lindsey; Christie, the make-up artist, not only had an on-again, off-again 'friendship' with Curry but was falling in love with Greg...

Curry sounds like he was a busy guy. Hmmm- talk about punching above your weight! He must have had a great personality.

Stevie was definitely a bit of a "tom cat" or whatever we want to call it ;)

in an interview for his book Ken said Ray told him once he (Ray) was thinking maybe he should write a book to get it all out….

It was. And, in fact, was already an in-print item when Steve Clarke wrote about the group in 1984. Stevie has never confirmed this, but "aides" (Clarke's term) close to the group, plus Curry himself, acknowledged the affair.

Wow, that one got by me. I also read somewhere that Stevie was with Dennis, too. She really liked Christine's sloppy seconds. lol

Someone (maybe one of you?) asked Richard Dashut about this, and he coyly said he couldn't confirm or deny it (in words) but then posted a picture of Stevie and Curry cozied up together on a train in Japan on tour, so without saying it he gave the answer.

Wow, didn't see this pic. I'll check it out. Btw: I asked Richard a question (about the low mixing on Mirage) but he didn't answer. He doesn't love me.

maybe he's trying to remember!!:laugh:

and letting her do her stuff :laugh:

Second Hand News reference..... Yes, I'm quite embarrassed to say that one took me a couple days. Haha

Don't Let Me Down Again, Danigirl!

I realize we are venturing off topic, but all I have ever been able to think about when I hear Second Hand News is how much it would itch to lay down in the tall grass and get Tusked. Not to mention you open up the possibility of encounters with black widows. Not that having a Great Day in the great outdoors isn't something I'd enjoy, I guess doing the Tango In The Night in the tall grass just isn't for me. :laugh:

For Lindsey, on the other hand, it was still part of an ideal weekend in 1997, lol.

"So a good weekend for me would be to get some of my own music done — have some kind of studio breakthrough with something I’ve been working on a couple of years. For a perfect weekend — well, I’ve got a fantastic view from my home, so maybe I’d spread a blanket outside, put out a bottle of wine, cook a couple of steaks, maybe make love on the lawn, get some sun, enjoy some swimming — then go back inside and cut a hit song. There’s a nice balance there I think.”

If it's with Lindsey, I'd do it on fiberglass insulation. Cactus, even. Don't care. Where do I sign up? :laugh:

I don't know, I just feel as if Christine rejoining FM has brought me back full circle to them again. It's as if I was listening to "Over My Head" on the radio for the very first time. Seems so pure and unadulterated once more. What's this have to do with the article? Probably nothing. But this is what popped into my head. Well, actually the first thing that popped in to my head was I can only imagine what her long and sexy legs are going to look like when she gets done with that trainer!! :D

I'm just gonna say the most direct one is "Come."

Christine: I did my last show, got everything shipped out of the house in LA, went to take the last flight to London, and never looked back.

Mick: But I have always find it odd and somewhat worrisome that someone as creative as Chris , was so utterly divorced from music in general.

These quotes simply underline Lindsey's remarks in the past about the fact that she ' basicly burned all her bridges.' I don't want to hear snarky remarks anymore about the ruthlessness of Lindsey's intentions behind those remarks, he was plain and simply right.

I still believe Lindsey was a bit harsh. There's a difference between Mick's quote being concerned about her well being, and Lindsey's quotes about her departure.

I still believe to this day that he was not all that happy about her leaving the way she did. Now in hindsight, I respect his feelings. Still don't think the guy words things quite as diplomatically as Mick does when Mick talks about the issue. But in my opinion there was some frustrated emotions behind Lindsey's quotes.

LB's quotes about Christine now are much more delicate. He still uses the burning bridges quotes, but perhaps he now understands her phobia, her need to get away.. He was constantly saying last spring how the collaboration with her is better than ever. And, that there was something missing in the chemistry even though they had built a certain chemistry with just the four. (I believe deep down inside he always knew this.)

Finally, it really hasn't been brought up in quite a while. So my question is, "if you didn't want to hear about it, why bring it up?" Surely you don't think ledgies with an opinion are going to clam up just because you told us to do so. :shrug:

I don't think you discourage snarky remarks with snarky remarks of your own.

I wouldn't call Lindsey's comments about Christine "ruthless" but I do think there was an implication in them. He always defined what he meant by "burned her bridges" but he also knew what the term meant colloquially too and yet he insisted upon using it. It implies that she did something that can't be forgiven or forgotten. That she caused hard feelings when she left. I think he repeatedly used the term for mischievous reasons, to infer something that he knew wasn't true but that he slyly wanted to put out there. And put it out he did, dozens and dozens of times.

I mean, John joked that he thought Christine got fired. Lindsey wasn't actually joking, but he wasn't being serious either. He kept saying that Christine burned her bridges as if she couldn't come back, when he knew she could.

Whenever he was pressed, he would explain that she burned them by selling her house, moving to England and cutting off ties, not that she had somehow soured the band on her. But why keep using a phrase that you don't mean the way its commonly used, unless you want to cause confusion?

I agree. He wasn't happy she was gone. He may have missed her less over the years, but I am positive that he missed her quite acutely when he was putting together the SYW album. He was bitter about it. It's no different than when he left in 1987. She said things that were retaliatory about him as well. It wasn't because she didn't miss him, it's because she did. I have always felt that he felt the same way about her. He was sour graping her absence, especially in 2003 and 2004.

Michele

:shrug::shrug:

There is not a milligram of snarky intention in my remark. You tend to misunderstand me Michelle. My nonnative english can be more rude perhaps than it is meant. Not that I can't be snarky, but I am not pointing at anyone.