Hold Me

[BLY]

Hold Me just came on my iPod rotation and I had to stop and just take in the moment. I remember when I first heard the song when I was in college. It was such a great first single as a follow up after The Tusk album. I did wish at the time there was a little more of a Stevie presence in the song. I still to this day wonder if she is even in the chorus mix?. Is she?

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by BLY

Hold Me just came on my iPod rotation and I had to stop and just take in the moment. I remember when I first heard the song when I was in college. It was such a great first single as a follow up after The Tusk album. I did wish at the time there was a little more of a Stevie presence in the song. I still to this day wonder if she is even in the chorus mix?. Is she?

I don't think she's on it. I can hear several layers of Lindsey and Christine on the chorus (in addition to their duetting on the verses) but if Stevie sang on it, she has been mixed down.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by BLY

Hold Me just came on my iPod rotation and I had to stop and just take in the moment. I remember when I first heard the song when I was in college. It was such a great first single as a follow up after The Tusk album. I did wish at the time there was a little more of a Stevie presence in the song. I still to this day wonder if she is even in the chorus mix?. Is she?

When it was performed on the Mirage tour, Stevie sang the choruses.

[SisterNightroad]

Stevie is credited for being on the song baking vocals:

Credits:
Lindsey Buckingham – twelve-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead (in unison with C. McVie) and backing vocals
Christine McVie – piano, Yamaha CP30 electric piano, lead (in unison with Buckingham) and backing vocals
Stevie Nicks – backing vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, tambourine, congas, whip

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Me...twood_Mac_song)

[sanders8323]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

Stevie is credited for being on the song baking vocals:

Credits:
Lindsey Buckingham – twelve-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead (in unison with C. McVie) and backing vocals
Christine McVie – piano, Yamaha CP30 electric piano, lead (in unison with Buckingham) and backing vocals
Stevie Nicks – backing vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, tambourine, congas, whip

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Me...twood_Mac_song)

Excuse me...Whip?! Where in the song do we hear a whip?

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by sanders8323

Excuse me...Whip?! Where in the song do we hear a whip?

In music the "whip" is a tipe of clapper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapper...ip.2FSlapstick

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

In music the "whip" is a tipe of clapper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapper...ip.2FSlapstick

Ha, not that FM couldn't use the crack of a leather whip in some of their songs. If the sound of broken glass worked, I think the snap of a whip would not be amiss.

Michele

[SisterNightroad]

I have thought precisely the same thing!

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Ha, not that FM couldn't use the crack of a leather whip in some of their songs. If the sound of broken glass worked, I think the snap of a whip would not be amiss.

Michele

some people hear whip in LB's Sleeping Around the Corner.

[Macfan4life]

She may have been given back up vocal credits but its either just a gesture for credits or they turned her vocal track way down

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

She may have been given back up vocal credits but its either just a gesture for credits or they turned her vocal track way down

I think she's just buried in the mix.

[brad975]

I don't think Stevie's in the mix at all. She wasn't around much for the Mirage sessions. I believe she's only present on 4 songs on the album (her 3 plus Love In Store).

[BLY]

Originally Posted by brad975

I don't think Stevie's in the mix at all. She wasn't around much for the Mirage sessions. I believe she's only present on 4 songs on the album (her 3 plus Love In Store).

I think you are probably correct. I thought maybe she did some voice on Wish You Were Here , Empire States and Eyes of the World but again like Hold Me (if she is on it) her vocals are not very prominent.

[SteveMacD]

Nope. Also, nope on TAM, OMH, Everywhere, etc.

[SisterNightroad]

Why would they credit her if she wasn't on the song?