Little Lies

[aleuzzi]

Ever since RUMOURS was released, or at least very soon after the time of its release, critics and Christine have acknowledged that three of her songs on that record were for or to specific people:

Don't Stop was written for John
YMLF was written for Curry Grant
Songbird was a kind of "prayer" written "for everyone and no one"

But only after Mick insisted that Oh Daddy was written for him did Christine permit the possibility of that interpretation. Hey, if people want to see it that way, fine. But it's a stretch in my book. Just as Christine saying in 2014 that her 1975 song "Over My Head" was about Lindsey. I just don't buy it. I DO buy the idea that the band will do anything to breathe new relevance into songs that were considered old by 1987.

On the whole, most of her songs are so plain and universal that there barely needs to be a context to support their existence. So why bother? She writes basic love songs.

One thing Christine doesn't do is say "Don't Stop is about Bill Clinton--I realize that now."

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

One thing Christine doesn't do is say "Don't Stop is about Bill Clinton--I realize that now."

I'm shocked that *you know who* has never made that claim!

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I'm shocked that *you know who* has never made that claim!

Its a lesser known fact that Dave Mason wrote one of his Time songs about Bill Clinton.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Its a lesser known fact that Dave Mason wrote one of his Time songs about Bill Clinton.

Blow By Blow?

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Blow By Blow?

Ya get me

[Macfan4life]

Ok listen up now. Everyone was wrong and everyone was right. Here is the scoop:

According to McVie, "Oh Daddy" was written for the band's drummer, Mick Fleetwood. At the time, Fleetwood was the only father of the band, with two daughters.Fleetwood has listed the song as one of his favorite Fleetwood Mac songs of all time.However, both Lindsey Buckingham's former girlfriend Carol Ann Harris and Stevie Nicks' biographer Zoe Howe have written that the song was originally written for the band's lighting director, who McVie had been dating at the time. Both Harris and Howe say McVie only later claimed that the song was written for Fleetwood.
For a while, the song was known as 'Addy' due to a technical mishap. Ken Caillat, the band's producer, had made the mistake while playing back a take. "We were going to do some overdubs, and while rewinding the tape, a portable tape oscillator fell on the machine, sending it into free-wheel – the reels were spinning out of control. I jumped on the machine to stop it - and snapped the tape! Oh, man... [laughs] We listened back and there it was: ‘Oh ‘addy.’ The ‘D’ part of Christine’s vocal was cut off. My heart sunk."
Near the end of the song, McVie plays some random notes on the keyboard.These were not originally intended to be part of the song, and McVie only played them to get the attention of the control room.But the band liked them so they did not remove them from the finished song.
The song was played consistently throughout the band's Rumours and Tusk world tours, and resurfaced for the 1997 The Dance tour before disappearing once again. Producer Ken Caillat described "Oh Daddy" as "a beautiful, airy song." He noted that getting the proper tempo was particularly tricky, since it tended to sound rushed at a quicker tempo but lethargic at a slower pace.Fleetwood Mac biographer Cath Carroll praises McVie's vocal and describes the song as "a sexy, old English version of The Rolling Stones' 'Fool to Cry'."

[HomerMcvie]

I still don't believe it, BECAUSE it wasn't said for 20 freaking years, AFTER Mick claimed it.

You can keep selling it, but I ain't buying.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Ya get me

I instantly knew where you were going...

Perv minds think alike?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I'm shocked that *you know who* has never made that claim!

She's actually taken credit for Don't Stop when they ask her in some interviews.

I just roll my eyes.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She's actually taken credit for Don't Stop when they ask her in some interviews.

I just roll my eyes.

Not really... I mean, she hasn’t corrected them to say that it’s a Christine track but she certainly hasn’t claimed it to be one of her own. It was on the Runoura album so it seems germain to the point being made by the interviewer to accept that her role in the song.

Of course, if you’re predisposed to rolling your eyes, then I suppose this would constitute a reason.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Not really... I mean, she hasn’t corrected them to say that it’s a Christine track but she certainly hasn’t claimed it to be one of her own. It was on the Runoura album so it seems germain to the point being made by the interviewer to accept that her role in the song.

Of course, if you’re predisposed to rolling your eyes, then I suppose this would constitute a reason.

I've heard interviews where she doesn't give Christine credit and starts talking about the song like she wrote it.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She's actually taken credit for Don't Stop when they ask her in some interviews.

Originally Posted by Nathan

Not really... I mean, she hasn’t corrected them to say that it’s a Christine track but she certainly hasn’t claimed it to be one of her own.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I've heard interviews where she doesn't give Christine credit and starts talking about the song like she wrote it.

I heard an interview with Stevie about a year ago where she told the interviewer, "when I walk down a street and I hear Christine's music playing, I tell people that's me."

Personally I think this is hilarious and would love to tell Stevie someday that I got a real kick out of it.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I've heard interviews where she doesn't give Christine credit and starts talking about the song like she wrote it.

Yes. I can remember at least three interviews from the last 25 years where she's done this.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Yes. I can remember at least three interviews from the last 25 years where she's done this.

I remember because I become very annoyed. She almost acts like Bill called her.

[button-lip]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Yes. I can remember at least three interviews from the last 25 years where she's done this.

She also stated she has to share The Chain royalties with the other four members of the band when in fact she was the only song autor.

Next we know she wrote What Makes you Think you are the One.