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[jbrownsjr]

I love this line as the opening words of the album and how this song kicks off the album. This is a song i love to blast on great speakers...

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love this line as the opening words of the album and how this song kicks off the album. This is a song i love to blast on great speakers...

Friend is my favourite song on ITM and on my list of all time favourite Christine songs

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW

Sigh!

Gail

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Friend is my favourite song on ITM and on my list of all time favourite Christine songs

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW

Sigh!

Gail

Same here. "Friend" sounds exactly like a Fleetwood Mac song, far more than any of the songs on SYW. I think it was the best CM single since "Little Lies" & it's right up there with her 1970's era singles. Great song.

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

Same here. "Friend" sounds exactly like a Fleetwood Mac song, far more than any of the songs on SYW. I think it was the best CM single since "Little Lies" & it's right up there with her 1970's era singles. Great song.

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

[Aisling]

Originally Posted by Gailh

I think it would have sounded great as the opener for SYW
Gail

you're making me sad again!

but in all seriousness, i love this song as well. it's not my favourite on ITM (that distinction belongs to 'forgiveness'), but it places pretty highly!! and i agree it was a terrific way for her to open the album, i remember it grabbing me straight away from the start.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

He did.

Friend is a great song. And her voice sounds terrific on it. Had it been released as a single in 1984, at the time of her previous solo album, it would have been a smash. In fact, ITM would have probably gotten amazing reviews all the way around. As it is, it's 2006 and I'm blissfully happy to have thhese twelve songs which I listen to again and again.

Although I'm hoping for another recording (covers, originals, unplugged, plugged, anything...) ITM would be a fine swan song for her career.

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Do I remember you saying Robbie Patton wrote the words for Friend?

Gail

No, I don't think I ever said that. Patton does get a writing credit on the song, alongwith Chris, Dan Perfect & George Hawkins. I've never heard what each one of the four contributed to the song. In my opinion, those lyrics sound like Christine McVie lyrics. I suspect Chris was mostly responsible for the song with the other three adding a little here and there. Once again, this is something I would have liked to have asked Chris in that Q & A.

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

He did.

Friend is a great song. And her voice sounds terrific on it. Had it been released as a single in 1984, at the time of her previous solo album, it would have been a smash. In fact, ITM would have probably gotten amazing reviews all the way around. As it is, it's 2006 and I'm blissfully happy to have thhese twelve songs which I listen to again and again.

aleuzzi, where did you hear that Robbie wrote the words to "Friend"?

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Although I'm hoping for another recording (covers, originals, unplugged, plugged, anything...) ITM would be a fine swan song for her career.

I agree. ITM is a great way to go out, but I hope she gets a little bored & starts writing again. I'd take anything...an album, iTunes tracks or something on her website...anything.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

aleuzzi, where did you hear that Robbie wrote the words to "Friend"?

I thought I'd read on the credtis that he did. Maybe I was just deducing this because he'd written lyrics for her before. You are right in noting that the words sound like lyrics Chris could write. I was so certain I''d read he wrote them. Now I'm feeling moronic.

[macfan 57]

Don't feel moronic. I just checked the liner notes in the booklet & it doesn't say who wrote what. Chris has the first credit though. I'm not even sure that Robbie wrote lyrics with her before. They co-wrote "Hold Me", but I don't know who wrote what on that song either.

[Aisling]

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Aisling

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

I lost the acoustic version in my last crash. Anyone care to repost it?


I think Northern Star will always be my favorite. It's such a relaxing song.

[Johnny Stew]

"Friend (Acoustic Version)"

[HomerMcvie]

Thank you.

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by Aisling

how does everyone feel about the acoustic version of 'friend' ? personally, i adore it, maybe even slightly more than the album version. there's something so endearing and sadly sweet about it.

I love that version. Prefer it to the album version!
-Lis