"Songbird" is my absolute favorite of Christine's songs. Eva Cassidy's version is very pretty, and definitely does the song justice, but the simple fact that it isn't Christine singing is enough to make it inferior to me. Maybe it's knowing so much about the period in which this song was written and recorded, knowing about the recording session in the music hall with the grand piano and how after awhile, this became the song to close the live shows, but I couldn't think of any version of "Songbird" being better than Christine McVie's. And pretty as Eva Cassidy's voice is, and as gentle and pleasant as the instrumental on this version is, there's also no piano! I can see why this is a well-liked cover though, if I wasn't so attached to this song or so familiar with Christine's versions of it, I'd probably be much more open-minded to this version. It really is quite lovely.
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