It's John McVie's 60th birthday on Saturday
 

Let's celebrate with a week of John McVie love!
Birthday messages, pictures, stories, whatever - post it here!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...JohnStudio.jpg

Cool pic from one of the best rock bassists out there.

Edit: I just wonder on which songs from SYW John Pierce played bass (his name's in the credits)... Can someone please help me? So I can hear the difference between a legend and a session player ;)

Happy birthday john!!!!!!!!!!! i love you and you are a fantastc bass player and the closest to my heart!!!! have a wonderful day!!!! :xoxo:

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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...ht/fmboys1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...ight/john2.jpg

one of the coolest men ever!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...johnchris1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...hnlindsey1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...dnight/fm5.jpg

Woohoo! I think we need a Through The Decades like thread for John, too, like we have for Christine.

Especially if someone can post a bunch from when he was younger. :]

That last pic is very cute, btw.

Happy 60th Birthday to one of the best bassist in the world!:woohoo: :xoxo:
Here are a few of nice, John pics:

Happy Birthday, John.:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1801/mcvies82em.jpg

He's my favourite male component of FM: funny, self-ironic, silent, amazing as a bass player, and he can also cook, what else can a girl ask? :D

Happy Birthday Mr. McVie! Hope to hear some of your music soon.

Romy

http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cre...beanocdcov.jpg

Two of these men became huge rock stars...

Is that the singing fish from the Destiny rules doc next to him? Didn't John play a few keyboard parts on Say You Will?

Yaye!! :) I loved some of his comments in the DR doc, such as his telling Mick he should be in the Senate. :lol: And, he was so cool to do the Q&A here on the Ledge.

Dear John - Happy Birthday - your basslines alone have been the deciding factor in me liking many a song. Without them, innumerable songs would not have been nearly as cool as they turned out to be. Including, of course, most of the big hits. :xoxo: Oh, and thanks for the remind, trackie, me mum's b'day is the next day.

That's a really cool picture. :) Happy birthday to John! :woohoo:

Wow... it was on Johns birthday that a bunch of us saw FM on the SYW tour at Birmingham. We showered him with stuffed penguins during the band intros!!

Pip

Okay, but just for starters - can anyone in their right mind really imagine Rhiannon being as cool as it is without that kick ass bassline? And that's just one example. I could probably think of a bunch more. I didn't like RTTG until I heard that kick ass bass.
And It's totally instrumental in SOTM. Totally!

The list goes on and on. The biggest one, honestly, is GYOW. That **** would not be half the song it is without the drumandbass awesomeness. And even such "throwaway" songs as IDWTK - and Dreams, too!

For Reals, this guy is THE MAN.

I'm just saying.

Jay McVie is the one who made bunches of our faves kick ass. :shrug: :blob2:

So lets not just pay lip service - I say - this is a man who made the songs what they are as much as the writers or vocalists or producers. I think part of FM's standout is "whatever" it is that the bassline contributes.
:shrug: Sesly. With a less accomplished bass player, this band would have been so much more mediocre. And I really believe that with all my brain. I thank god every song for John, and I wish he was on Stevie's solo records, I think he is that important.
JMO.:wavey:
*yes, I've been outed as a bass geek*

I actually love him. :laugh::nod: