Don't Stop deep dive

[Macfan4life]

Don't Stop is not a favorite around here but it has many unique qualities that get over looked. It was not played on the Rumours tour until it was released as a single very late on the tour. Chris played Oh Daddy instead. It was the 4th Rumours single and the second highest charting single at #3. Warner stopped releasing singles from the album after Don't Stop. That would never happen today. Imagine an album getting a huge #3 hit and then just stopping to let the album fade to not burn itself out.
Check out this clip of isolated vocals. Is this not Lindsey's best vocal or at least one of them? He's hitting the highest notes but with passion. I can almost see his veins popping out in his neck. I wonder who's idea this was to do as a duet. Lindsey and Chris's vocals mesh so well together. But besides taking the first verse, Lindsey is singing the chorus "Don't Stop." Chris is almost coming in as background vocals with "Thinking About Tomorrow" Its quite the interesting mix. These alternating parts work so well. I once saw an interview with Mick that said that Chris brought the song like a bluesy shuffle the way she used to play. I suppose Lindsey got his hands on it and tweeked it into this faster tempo shuffle that turned into the ultimate pop hit. Who remembers Peter Jennings of ABC news broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention after Bill Clinton got the nomination and the song playing and Peter saying "Don't Stop, that Jefferson Starship classic." A few minutes later he had to broadcast his mistake

Vocals Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gm4bENexOA