DISCUSSION: Christine's songs from Mirage

[PenguinHead]

I'm surprised Only Over You is so vilified! There's no other like it in her catalog of songs. It has a cool ethereal quality to it. I have always enjoyed it. People say I'm crazy. but they don't know!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I'm surprised Only Over You is so vilified! There's no other like it in her catalog of songs. It has a cool ethereal quality to it. I have always enjoyed it. People say I'm crazy. but they don't know!

I think it's beautiful and the swelling instrumentation at the end only heightens it.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I think it's beautiful and the swelling instrumentation at the end only heightens it.

Michele

I totally understand what you mean. I get this really beautiful sensation as the tune ends.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I totally understand what you mean. I get this really beautiful sensation as the tune ends.

I also get it on "As Long As You Follow" at the outro

[moon]

Totally agree with the comments. Lindsey and Stevie's harmonies in Love in Store, Only over you melancholic and well-expressed, Stevie's look in the video of Hold Me (well... ), and the intro of Wish you were here, used in Silver Springs of The Dance! The last song of the album is just amazing, incredible, so cute!

[On Ice]

I love Love in Store as an opener, I know it opens with a bang, but to these ears, the bang should've been a little more dramatic and less mellow. I would've liked a little rougher electric guitar sound, but that being said, the harmonies don't get much better than that. Hold Me is also one of my all time favourites and still hear it on the radio occasionally today. A very melodic song and the shared vocal with Lindsey again works so well on McVie's tunes. I like the comments about Stevie singing Only Over You, (a thought just occurred to me that they could've had Christine do If You were My Love as a closer rather than I wish You Were Here, which I found bland and kind of contrived sounding. It just misses that sincerity that was present on Christine's other ballads. Her vocals throughout too, are simply amazing.