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Originally Posted by ThePenguin
BTW my fave quote is:
"the precision rhythm section work turned in by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood holds the entire song together (underestimate their contribution to this band at your peril.) Two decades after the fact the striking thing about "Say You Love Me" isn't necessarily Christine McVie's irresistible piano melody and warm vocal delivery -- it might just be the way soon-to-be-ex-husband John's dynamic bass line spices up the melody and keeps things moving ahead."
YES YES YES I agree!!!!! Mick and John are so overlooked, it makes me nuts sometimes. Those great songs would be so much less great without their influence.
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Just have a listen to the Curtis Bros' own version of "Blue Letter" (which sounds eerily similar to The Eagles), the bass part sounds like someone who'd only been playing bass for a couple of months...then listen to John McVie on Fleetwood Mac's version. The bass part there really is a symphony unto itself.
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