Christine Mcvie may be jamming on stage in Maui

Jondalar · #1 02-14-2013, 04:45 PM

Here she is. She sounds great.

SteveMacD · #2 02-14-2013, 04:54 PM

My only gripe is that they didn't get the full song...

My dream: "Rumours" band with Rick Vito. No backing singers, no extra musicians. WGAF if it doesn't sound "just like the record". It's a concert. That's kind of the point.

shackin'up · #3 02-14-2013, 05:00 PM

Ships. I just choked when I heard her sing.

HejiraNYC · #4 02-14-2013, 05:19 PM

Still sounds just like buttah.

Okay... I am officially crazy for saying this, but I think it's telling that they dropped the key for this. Steven Tyler is perfectly capable of singing it in the original key. Christine probably is too. Stevie and Lindsey? Not so much. So perhaps Christine has been practicing playing the song in a lower key intentionally with the thought that she would eventually be playing it with Stevie and Lindsey? Although she could probably play the original DS in her sleep, playing it on the piano in a different key is tricky; it definitely took some practice.

This is just so surreal- seeing/hearing Christine in 2013. After refusing to join FM onstage for the last two tours, I assumed something must have been amiss with Christine- maybe she was ill/frail or couldn't sing live anymore or can't walk/stand, etc. Or perhaps she had become paranoid about her appearance. But now this- Christine is doing her thing and looking/sounding like the past 15 years didn't even happen. If I were a betting person, I would wager the house that she's going to pop up at one or more of the UK shows.

michelej1 · #5 02-14-2013, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Still sounds just like buttah.

Okay... I am officially crazy for saying this, but I think it's telling that they dropped the key for this. Steven Tyler is perfectly capable of singing it in the original key. Christine probably is too. Stevie and Lindsey? Not so much. So perhaps Christine has been practicing playing the song in a lower key intentionally with the thought that she would eventually be playing it with Stevie and Lindsey?

Be still my heart. It's all I think about. Michele

louielouie2000 · #6 02-14-2013, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

If I were a betting person, I would wager the house that she's going to pop up at one or more of the UK shows.

Agreed. This whole series of events just gives me some faith that Christine will become more involved with the Mac again in some form. What I'm truly hoping for is one last studio album from the Rumours 5. Who knows, maybe this Maui show combined with a couple of UK Mac appearances could goad her into it.

I have to wonder though, if this Maui show is Chris dipping her toes back into live performing after being off the stage for 15 years. Start small, without the pressure of band politics or playing for 20,000 people... but with familiar faces there for comfort. There just has to be something in all of this... her spending 3 weeks with Mick in Hawaii, meeting up with John, now reportedly her flying back to LA to visit with Stevie & Lindsey. Maybe I'm just a romantic, but I have to believe the seeds of something are being planted here.

HomerMcvie · #7 02-14-2013, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Agreed. This whole series of events just gives me some faith that Christine will become more involved with the Mac again in some form. What I'm truly hoping for is one last studio album from the Rumours 5. Who knows, maybe this Maui show combined with a couple of UK Mac appearances could goad her into it.

I have to wonder though, if this Maui show is Chris dipping her toes back into live performing after being off the stage for 15 years. Start small, without the pressure of band politics or playing for 20,000 people... but with familiar faces there for comfort. There just has to be something in all of this... her spending 3 weeks with Mick in Hawaii, meeting up with John, now reportedly her flying back to LA to visit with Stevie & Lindsey. Maybe I'm just a romantic, but I have to believe the seeds of something are being planted here.

I'm just melting, with my love for this woman. God I love her!!!!!!!!!!!!

michelej1 · #8 02-14-2013, 06:07 PM

But it's a long time between February and September. If she is warming herself up for something, I don't think it is those far off UK shows.

I don't think she has any intention of touring, but I think they must have something in mind between now and the fall. Michele

Ulpian · #9 02-14-2013, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Agreed. This whole series of events just gives me some faith that Christine will become more involved with the Mac again in some form. What I'm truly hoping for is one last studio album from the Rumours 5. Who knows, maybe this Maui show combined with a couple of UK Mac appearances could goad her into it.

I have to wonder though, if this Maui show is Chris dipping her toes back into live performing after being off the stage for 15 years. Start small, without the pressure of band politics or playing for 20,000 people... but with familiar faces there for comfort. There just has to be something in all of this... her spending 3 weeks with Mick in Hawaii, meeting up with John, now reportedly her flying back to LA to visit with Stevie & Lindsey. Maybe I'm just a romantic, but I have to believe the seeds of something are being planted here.

I am just confused by all of this. Christine has dispelled two of her great fears very quickly. I'm delighted, but I wonder what has changed. Maybe we will never find out.

For what it's worth, I just cannot see her getting involved in Fleetwood Mac stuff, despite this. I think it's safe playing to a smaller audience in Maui. An arena in a big city with the old buttons being pressed by John, Lindsey or whoever else would be an understandably less appealing prospect, even for one night only.

elle · #10 02-14-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Still sounds just like buttah.

Okay... I am officially crazy for saying this, but I think it's telling that they dropped the key for this. Steven Tyler is perfectly capable of singing it in the original key. Christine probably is too. Stevie and Lindsey? Not so much. So perhaps Christine has been practicing playing the song in a lower key intentionally with the thought that she would eventually be playing it with Stevie and Lindsey?

gotta love your optimism!

Ulpian · #11 02-14-2013, 06:33 PM

Damn you all for making me think something might happen!

I wonder. What if they play the whole of Rumours straight through in a small setting which is filmed and recorded for CD/DVD? Or something like that?

That way, Mick saying "she won't tour" is not a lie, but something still is happening. My only thought is that Lindsey (and maybe John) would object on the basis that the four-piece would be undermined creatively by bringing Chris back, and audiences on the tour would expect her. Also, the pressure on them/her from the label and managers to rejoin would be immense if she did that kind of one-off thing.

My instinct is still that this is just an anomaly, but I'll be very happy if I'm wrong.

CADreaming · #12 02-14-2013, 06:36 PM

I noticed a camera guy in the right corner filming...

elle · #13 02-14-2013, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ulpian

That way, Mick saying "she won't tour" is not a lie, but something still is happening. My only thought is that Lindsey (and maybe John) would object on the basis that the four-piece would be undermined creatively by bringing Chris back, and audiences on the tour would expect her. Also, the pressure on them/her from the label and managers to rejoin would be immense if she did that kind of one-off thing.

My instinct is still that this is just an anomaly, but I'll be very happy if I'm wrong.

i thought that as far as we know they don't have a label. i can see various managers' pressure but does Christine even have a manager at this point? i would think that she is doing whatever she wants, and the only pressure she may feel would be the pressure of some old friends or wanting to have some fun and experience the stage and audience reaction again.

SteveMacD · #14 02-14-2013, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

,but I think it's telling that they dropped the key for this. Steven Tyler is perfectly capable of singing it in the original key. Christine probably is too. Stevie and Lindsey? Not so much. So perhaps Christine has been practicing playing the song in a lower key intentionally with the thought that she would eventually be playing it with Stevie and Lindsey?

Nope. Christine is going to tour with Aerosmith.