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Old 05-06-2005, 11:37 PM
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Because it's just dull. Trite lyrics and just middle-of-the-road blandness to me. There's nothing really special about it.
Well, the production is definitely AC... but, then, I don't mind AC (as long as we're not into Phil Collins territory).

But it's Stevie's vocals and the lyrics that I really love about it. Relate to them and all that mumbo-jumbo.
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Old 05-06-2005, 11:38 PM
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But it's Stevie's vocals and the lyrics that I really love about it. Relate to them and all that mumbo-jumbo.
If that's what blows the sunshine up your skirt, love. I much prefer It's Only Love. Never understood why that song is so maligned.
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Old 05-13-2005, 04:40 PM
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Just to return to this thread briefly, and the discussion of who can or should get songwriting credits:

I was listening to Mystery To Me today, and I recalled one of the great injustices in Mac history: Bob Weston gets no songwriting credit for his absolutely stunning and beautiful intro to "Why." Here's clearly an instance where Bob wasn't just adding a solo to Christine's song/chord progression/melody. He wrote a completely different melody that was appended to the beginning of Chris' song, but he doesn't get explicit credit for it. Shameful! At least we all know...
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Old 05-13-2005, 05:07 PM
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I always thought that if the person contributed to the LYRICS then they received the songwriting credit
In that case, Eric Clapton & George Harrison owe Ringo a ton of $$ for an entire verse of "Badge".
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And naughty Danny Kirwan owes some cash to Rupert Brooke, who wrote the words to Dust
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Based on that old demo or whatever on the DVD-Audio, I'd have to say that Christine was more responsible than any other single person for "'The Chain."

Isn't that weird?!

Yes Christine really wrote 75% of The Chain. It started with her as well.
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In that case, Eric Clapton & George Harrison owe Ringo a ton of $$ for an entire verse of "Badge".
Or Paul McCartney and John Lennon for "A Hard Day's Night" and "Eight Days A Week," which John said were totally Ringo-isms.
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Or Donovan, who wrote the "sky of blue, sea of green in our yellow submarine" line in the "Yellow Submarine" when Paul McCartney couldn't finish it!

Or our very own Stevie who gave Christine the "I can't walk away from you, baby if I try" line in "Oh Daddy"...
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And naughty Danny Kirwan owes some cash to Rupert Brooke, who wrote the words to Dust

I just did a google search, and you're right. He totally didn't write those lyrics. Hell, he didn't even change the title. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. By all accounts, Danny had a hard time writing lyrics. Man, and THAT'S one of my favorites
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Or Donovan, who wrote the "sky of blue, sea of green in our yellow submarine" line in the "Yellow Submarine" when Paul McCartney couldn't finish it!
Then Dave Mason owes Donovan, too. In his Traffic song "Just For You," the first line is "A sea of green, a sky of blue."
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They also shared one on "Ricky," which is why I'm kind of glad they stopped their collaborations.
I love Ricky. It's one of the greatest Christine-Lindsey's moments imo. In fact, I think it's better than 80% of the **** on Tango. As is Down Endless Street.
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I love Ricky. It's one of the greatest Christine-Lindsey's moments imo. In fact, I think it's better than 80% of the **** on Tango. As is Down Endless Street.

I love this song too.
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I love "Ricky" & "Down Endless Street" too. I think both of these songs plus "You And I, Part I" should have replaced Stevie's songs on Tango.
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I love "Ricky" & "Down Endless Street" too. I think both of these songs plus "You And I, Part I" should have replaced Stevie's songs on Tango.
What are these three songs? Are they Lindsey solo or demos?
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I just did a google search, and you're right. He totally didn't write those lyrics. Hell, he didn't even change the title. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. By all accounts, Danny had a hard time writing lyrics. Man, and THAT'S one of my favorites
Yeah, I was disappointed to find that out too - my Mum was listening one day and she said the lyrics were lifted from a poem... then I found out. I don't suppose that Danny was trying to take the credit for himself though - after all, he credited WH Davies for 'Dragonfly'. Maybe Danny just didn't make it clear enough to people that he borrowed the lyrics and no-one else noticed
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