A "new" Christine song in The Dance
 

I was listening Christine’s songs from Time album, which as I said in the Post Rumours forum, I usually do, skipping the other songs. And I thought... What if she hadn't included one of those songs in this album? And she had featured it on The Dance. Which song would you choose?

I always thought that Hollywood would have been a great song with Lindsey and Stevie on harmonies and background vocals.

I’ve always loved “Hollywood,” but “Sooner or Later” would have fit in with the dance pretty well.

All Over Again

I think the weakest song of hers on “Time” was “I Do” ….the single…

I agree. Songbird wasn't on the CD but made the DVD. All over again might well have worked as a closer to the album, ridding the painful and downright execrable Temporary One from the set. I don't see any of her other Time songs working in the context of the Dance. The line "I'd do it all over again" would have been really sweet.

But at the risk of being a complete bore, Why could have closed it. It might have brought the song back to the public's attention, the same as for Silver Springs, with those wonderful Stevie & Lindsey harmonies.

I suppose the played it all a bit too safe.

I'd choose Hollywood but with some lyrics changed. Since The Dance venue was in WB studios Burbank, it would not have been appropriate for her to sing about being tired of the bright lights of the city and moving to another kind of town.

But I love the rhythm of the song and it would have fit for that happy night.

Considering that she did exactly feel that way and did move to another kind of town after the tour, it would have been a very British thing to have included it! It was a much better song than Temporary One which has the air of still being written while she was singing it.

So i chose Hollywood. I always really liked that song. Maybe just shorten it a bit, it's very long.

and am I in the minority that I love Temporary One? I listen to that song all the time....such a great fluid bass line. and I love chris's vocals on that.

--Lis

I have always loved Temporary One. It has a great “ sing along chorus “ which was a great pic for a reunion album.

I thought most ledgies liked Temporary One, but yes I'm not one of them :) . However my poll wasn't to replace T.O. necessarily.

It would have been great of the three songwriters included 2 new songs in The Dance. That being said, I don't know which Stevie "new" song I'd like, and from which solo album. Suggestions are welcome.

I think ALL of the new songs from The Dance are FLUFF. I mean, they're okay album filler, but not much more than that.

Sorry, I would have to disagree HM. The 4 new songs gave us an Edgee Lindsey song with MLD and a great acoustic band song with BTLH. Stevie and Christine both contributed two solid tracks again that has some great harmonies. IMO far from filler. All tracks were a band effort.

I would pick BTLH as the winner of them, but were any of them hits? NOPE, the B side of GYOW was, 21 years after it was released.

I would have liked The Dance to win a Grammy, that it had a super hit, etc. But charts and awards do not increase nor diminish my taste for any album or song, nor do those lists of "best songs of all time" in magazines and websites. I love BTLH and Sweet Girl.

And even though he is several generations younger than many of Mac fans, I was happy that my nephew loves MLD. He feels that song really rocks.

MLD does really rock! I will also say that when I heard Silver Springs in 1977 on a Jukebox I thought WTF, a Bside? This is nuts. It was my favorite song by the band the first time I heard it.

I really loved it the 1st time I heard it, also. I bought the 45 of GYOW and when I put on Silver Springs I was like, where has this song been all my life? why have i never heard this? I'm not a huge stevie fan lol but that song is gorgeous. i actually think i cried the first time I watched the dance and they played that.

-Lis

I'm not a huge Spring song. I can't stand MLD. Love Sweet Girl. Don't care for Temp. One.

I do like BTLH, but don't care for the SYW version. It sparkles live. Which is usually the opposite for him. Great example of live songs ruined by LB would be NGBA, or Trouble.

I remember watching a truncated version of The Dance live, before the dvd was released. When Silver Springs started I was sure they were going to break into Wish You Were Here. But then Stevie stepped up to the mike and started the verse. I was floored: they were actually doing it, resurrecting the “forgotten classic,” a song I always liked but never loved—until she sang it on The Dance. She transformed a reflective ballad into a stormy epic. When she belted the final chorus and practically swallowed Buckingham’s head, I jumped off the couch and shouted “Yes!”

I was also really into Temporary One. It’s so catchy! Christine belted those verses and appeared more enthusiastic there than elsewhere during the event.

Sweet Girl and Temporary One have grown in my estimation since my initial impressions. (Bleed and Demon have never done much for me, live or studio.) I think what I grew to appreciate in both of them is Chris, who was so missing after The Dance. Those harmonies in Sweet Girl... <3

Definitely those harmonies. They are so unique. Christine’s high harmony is aching, baleful. And the way her voice blends with the other two, whose voices by then had deepened. Amazing stuff.

“Twisted”, “Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind”, or “Destiny” for me.

Twisted is a great suggestion. Give it a filled-out instrumental arrangement like her live solo version and add Chris' harmonies. Would have been magical, and perfect timing.

I have a soft spot for "Temporary One." I thought it was a perfect theme for the occasion. BTLH is also lovely and works much better live.

MLD is not a personal favorite, but I think it works in the set to balance the midtempo songs. "Sweet Girl" isn't her best composition, but it's harmless.