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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
You can't hear Stevie on either of these two songs?
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When I said "BTW, if Stevie did sing on it, I certainly can't hear it," I was just referring to "Over My Head."
I can certainly hear her and Lindsey on "Say You Love Me" quite clearly. That's why I basically gushed over that song, saying earlier in that paragraph that "Say You Love Me" was THE song that shows why this particular group of folks were so powerful together. Why? It's catchy as hell, it's autobiographical, there's a lot of interesting instrumental orchestrations, and it has the beautiful McVie-Nicks-Buckingham harmonies. And, it's the type of song that sticks in your head. It's quite possibly the perfect example of a Fleetwood Mac song from this era. "Over My Head" wasn't too terribly different from the Welch-era stuff. "Say You Love Me" almost defines the classic, no legendary, Fleetwood Mac sound. If "Say You Love Me" had been the first single off that album, then I could almost buy the statement that Stevie and Lindsey were the biggest factor in Fleetwood Mac's success. Because THAT type of harmony just didn't exist on the earlier albums. But that wasn't the case.