Christine Article
 

Has anyone read the (British) Daily Express article, May 12th, about Christine? I haven't, but I know there are some interesting quotes about the upcoming solo album, which is supposed to be in the stage of mixing!
UK Ledgies, please?

Anna

Hey, I got it off Lexis-Nexis. Thanks for the heads-up; I never would have known about it otherwise!
Um, where was the copy editor/fact checker on this one? We've seen "Lindsay" before, but "Eddie Kinsella"? Try Quintela!



Copyright 2003 EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS
The Express

May 12, 2003

SECTION: COLUMNS; Pg. 30

LENGTH: 292 words

HEADLINE: DAY & NIGHT; MCVIE GOES HER OWN WAY WITH A NEW ALBUM

BYLINE: KATHRYN SPENCER, JULIE CARPENTER & KATE BOHDANOWICZ

BODY:
THREE years after quitting the music business and America to live the life of a virtual recluse in an English country village, multi-millionaire former Fleetwood Mac rocker Christine McVie is to bring out a comeback solo album this summer, we can disclose.

Singer-songwriter and keyboard player Christine, 59, quit Fleetwood Mac and her former glittering Los Angeles existence, as we revealed exclusively three years ago, for a new life of quiet anonymity back in the UK in a beautiful home on the edge of a village on the Kent/Sussex border, following a divorce from her second husband Eddie Kinsella.

Now Birmingham-born Christine, who wrote and sang lead vocals on some of Fleetwood Mac's greatest hits, is to revive her music career as a solo artist, just as her former band mates - Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham and her ex-husband John McVie - have released an acclaimed new album Say You Will and embarked on a huge, extended world tour.

Christine's long-time manager Martin Wyatt, who remains close to her, says: "The new songs are distinctly Christine McVie in style and we have got to the stage of mixing and will have the album ready in six to eight weeks.

"Record companies are constantly ringing up to hear the songs or hear the finished album and we are saying we will ring you when we have got it ready."

Christine still prefers the quiet life, we understand. A friend says: "She won't even answer the phone in her house and, if someone answers it for her, she will not talk unless it is a really old and trusted friend.

"She does not want to be asked if she regrets leaving the band. The album came about when friends heard the songs she was doodling with and urged her to write again."

Wow! I missed this! Thanks for posting!

Pip

Thanks for posting.
Isn't it Quintella?

- Jake

Yes

HAPPY DANCE TIME!!!!!!!!@@@@@@@
 

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!
Finally a confirmation about a new album...YEEEEEHAWWW!
I am more excited about hearing that album then i was to get the new FM. I hope to gawd they get it in some stores around here. These days you are hard up to find people who even know who she is, let alone have her '84 cd in stock.

Thanks!
 

Do we know whether we can trust this Martin Wyatt guy?

Anna

Re: Thanks!
 

Yes. He is cool

Pip

So we can dance?

Anna

This is fantastic news!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting this. Now we know for sure this album is coming. I wonder what happened to John Courage. Does anyone know who Martin Wyatt is?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo!
 

This is terrific news!

This got me thinking . . .
I wonder if that includes certain musicians currently touring and playing a few of her old songs. Hmmm.

And of course, I had to laugh at this:
Yeah, RIGHT! Don't get me going on this "no Vancouver date" thing again!:mad:

There's more to the story of Christine leaving the band than what's been said. If you want to retire...you retire. You don't release a solo project. I wonder when the lid's coming off this?

I don't know . .
 

I don't know . . . I wouldn't read too much into it. Doing a solo project and working with a band (and subsequent tour) are two entirely different things--the latter being far more demanding. She always said she just didn't want to tour anymore. Who knows, she might get off on playing at small venues in the UK--or she may just sit at home and continue to prune her roses.

I find the story quite believable.

Yeah, I'm not reading in to it either, Christine has ALWAYS said that she likes/doesn't mind RECORDING solo albums, just not touring. I don't think she has any problem with the band as such. As for FM, I'm sure at least Mick but possibly some of the others may be upset that, (in the way they would probably word it), she "doesn't want to complete the five member "Rumours" lineup" though so he/they can line his/thier pocket(s) some more but nothing beyond that. For once, not really a scandal with this band! :) If there has to be a "reason" as to why she isn't in FM anymore, I think it's simply because if she's in FM there's more pressure to tour, whereas solo, she can do what she wants (or in this case, not wants).

John

Re: I don't know . .
 

I do too. The story about Chris doing a solo project that is.
What I was talking about is the story about why she isn't with the band any more.
There's more to that story than what's come out in public.
I think there's also a story behind why Stevie appears uninspired on this tour.
Probably no connection between the two.

I wouldnt overreact to the whole "she left FM" issue. Obviously at the end of the article, its stated she started doing this solo album after friends heard her noodling and encouraged her. There likely is more to why she left FM, but we wont ever know it, she is ultra reclusive. Im happy she's branching out on her own. And just because she's releasing an album doesnt mean she will tour, and if so - to the extent the "worldwide SYW" tour is...

He is her manager. I was told by Bob Brunning recently that he is a nice guy

Pip

The excitement surrounding this project should remain in abeyance at this stage considering that no record company has signed on as yet. I predict that once the album is heard, no one will be interested. She ain't got the looks or the songs. Sorry folks.

Thanks, Pip.

Looks!
 

I wonder why it is that looks only matter if you're female - "she hasn't got the looks or the songs"

Whether she has the songs is a matter of opinion.

If a band's success depended on the looks of all the members then Fleetwood Macwould have got rid of Fleetwood & McVie a long time ago! Two fat bald old geezers.

Gail

I hope that if she is not picked up by a label, she will release the songs on the net at $0.99 per song or $10.00 to download all songs.

Why would looks have anything to do with it? There are some butt ugly male singers out there who it doesn't matter for. And maybe you should wait to hear what she has to offer before you say she hasn't got the songs. Oh and I will make my own mind up as to whether I am interested.

Pip

Re: Looks!
 

LMAO!:laugh: :laugh:

Phil, you at it again, sigh. Why don't you just forget it?

Sounds like a typical male chauvinist IMO...

Re: Looks!
 

Hey, did Mick get fat for this tour?:)

- Jake

The Queen Of Former Glories...
 

MissJanet, so unless I comply with your thoughts, my comments are unwelcome? Perhaps it's time for you and your cronies to organise another strike against me? What a bully you must be.
Contrary to what you believe, I actually hope Christine's album is released. It is important that the current output be heard and judged as opposed to her being canonised for past work (ie when she was still a viable contender). At least then all of the critics and "fans" who lamented her absence from 'SYW' will realise she would only have served to detract from a work of near brilliance. A source of ridicule would not have been "the glue" that binds the Mac together.

Phil, I know exactly what you're saying - I very much doubt Christine's album will be any good, and hopefully that will stop people from complaining about her not being in FM. If her songs from "Time" are any indication, she doesn't have it anymore. I've always felt she is the reason why the band isn't taken more seriously - her songs are easy-listening, middle of the road fluff. She hit a good patch in the 70s when Lindsey and Stevie joined the band, but her stuff on the 80s albums is largely forgettable and on the 90s albums it's deadly dull. I like FM just fine without her.

Phil & Squealy
 

I (& I'm sure the others here too) respect your opinions :)

Now, maybe not but it's "my" opinion that the others are upset by what you say, not because of how you feel but due to how you are saying it.

When you say "she doesn't have it anymore" or "her later stuff was fluff" or SYW "is a work of brilliance", it may have been "taken better" (for lack of a better phrase) if you had just prefixed it with something like "It's my opinion that..." or "I think...".

Like someone had said earlier here, THEY will make up THEIR minds as to how THEY feel about it. I have stated on these boards that I would've preferred BN to have not rejoined FM and that the band would've been better off breaking up BEFORE "The dance" (if it was felt as though no other new replacement personnel would do etc.) and would have rather had LB & SN do solo stuff from (then) on and I realize this is not a popular opinion but I've stated so by saying "this is how I feel..." I DON'T say "well, FM wouldn't be as good if they got some of the previous members to come back to the band (etc.) and that's that" because I can see why a statement like that would be "upsetting". :) Squealy, you'll notice I respected your feelings even if I personally don't agree with them about FM "not being taken seriously while CM was there etc." BECAUSE you DID say prior to THAT statement that "(you) always felt..." so fair enough. :)

You both seem to agree that you "hope that CM's album is released so it will stop the complaining about CM not being in FM and will show that her material would have just been a distraction (etc.)". Well, that won't happen, there will always be people that will have "those feelings" and they will undoubtedly still feel that way whether her solo album is released or not. Fair enough if that's your opinion, but you guys are stating these things as if they were facts and they are not facts, just opinions and "I think" people would "respect them more" if you simply stated them as such. :)

By all means, do what you want but I only say this so you guys know that you don't "have to" feel like your being attacked here (since it seems like you think you are based on your CM opinions alone), there was, and is, a way you can say your feelings and have them be respected here by simply putting those said few words in front of your feelings when stating them if nothing else, you know what I mean? ...but this is just "MY humble opinion". :)

John

This is great news!!!!!!!!. I do agree that Christine has virtually never pushed the envelope that Lindsey always has on his songs. Her stuff is great pop songs,but they are Pop songs. I for one feel that most of the stuff she has done with and without Fm has been good with a few exceptions. I also feel that people should forget the fact that she has left Fm and focus on the fact that she has a new album coming out. We Fm Fans should be used to the fact that members leave the band left right and center so her leaving shouldn't come as a surprise. As for her new album Will it be a hit? NO !!!!!! Should we care if it is? NO!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh but everything I stated was fact! Christine is all washed up and the "career" is long gone. Fact.

Thank YOU blinker for putting it up!
 

It will be wonderful to have even MORE music to add to the Fleetwood Mac legacy!

OK then, where can I find the documentation that says this (if it "is a fact" as you say)?

If I was to say (whoever is at #1 right now) is "washed up" and someone that had hits years ago and doesn't now is "long gone" too, does me saying that make it a fact that those artist's careers are "over"?

How does it mean "for a fact" that ANY music put out by ANY artist now, regardles of it's sales figures, is not good? You are obviously a big fan of Stevie and/or Lindsey so I'll word it this way to cover all bases: "Buckingham Nicks" didn't sell so does that mean you think that album is "no good" because of it's poor sales figures/lack of hit singles etc.?

At least I will say that it's MY "opinion" that "sales doesn't equal good music, they have nothing to do with each other" and that to me "there is no such thing as something "being a fact" as to whether a song is "good (or not)", it is an opinion". As much as I would LIKE that to be a fact, people like yourself, will not always agree on that.

All you had to do was say "it's my opinion that..." and you wouldn't have felt so "hard done by", that's all I'm saying. :)

John

I know what's washed up.

People who post on these boards just to ruffle some feathers. Just ignore them and don't get offended and they will go away.

This is a fan board and anyone who isn't a fan shouldn't post. I never will understand those who aren't fans who come to these boards. I don't get it!

ANYWAY! This is great news about the beautiful Christine McVie. Im sure she is making a great album and I will be right in line to buy it. I just hope it's released in the states. She might just release it on her side of the pond.

How DID her 1984 album do there anyway>

So people just be happy she's coming out with another album and ignore the riff raff that some people want to start :o YAWN

:):):)

Re: Phil & Squealy
 

I respect everyones opinion here, with the expection of Phils opinion on Christine McVie. Since he had the nerve to call her a c***t here, IMHO he is disqualified to post about her at all. I guess my opinion is questionable, but I can't stand such behavior and I can't respect Phil anymore.

MissJanet
 

Yeah, well, I was just trying to be nice about it there. :)

Since he won't just admit that it's his opinion and not a fact then it does make it tough to have a reasonable discussion with "some people" here.

Janet's right though, and as she's a moderator here, I will do as she advises on this and I'm not going to waste my time in this thread anymore.

Shame that a nice fun thread (or a few CM ones as mentioned for that matter) had to turn sour for no reason. Oh well, whatever, see you guys in other fun threads and let's hope they stay that way. :)

John

I don't hate Christine or anything, I just find a lot of her stuff boring, so I don't miss her on the new album. I'd certainly never call her a "c**t" (!) or comment on her looks.

Squealy
 

Yeah, I know, I DO respect YOUR opinion even if I personally don't agree with it Squealy because at least YOU will say that it's "just your opinion" and not a "fact". :)

John

I have to agree with squealy, that Christine's recent work just doesn't have the energy or appeal (to me) of her earlier stuff. My hope is that the break has given her something new.

Now, as for Phil's most enlightened comments, calling Chris a c**t or dismissing her art based on looks . . .well, I suggest he go find a lively little misogynist's board somewhere.

Hey Phil, try www.totalfrigginloser.com

I'm sorry if I ruined this thread for anyone but hey kids, play nice! I'm a sensitive guy and the insults directed at me do really cut to the quick.
I do remember reading somewhere that "hateful" comments such as the ones uttered about me can result in indefinite suspension from the Ledge. Just thought this was worth mentioning 'cause I wouldn't like to lose contact with you guys.