Discuss: You Make Loving Fun

[trackaghost]

One of my favourite ever Chris songs - very funky and very sexy.

Originally Posted by skcin

Love love love older live versions of it, Stevie's backup harmonies perfectly compliment Chris's lead vocal. "and I'm beGINNING to wonder whyyyyy.......I've a FEELING it's time to tryyyy....." Second only to their vocal fabulousness on Rhiannon & Oh Daddy, IMO.

I was listening to the studio version of that the other day, you know the one on the second disc of the expanded Rumours, and while I absolutely love those extra lines I can see why they cut them out of the final version. They're lush but they sound on the verge of going out of tune too

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

One of my favourite ever Chris songs - very funky and very sexy.

That is John's bassline, and the bandwork, that is talking. Making it "funky" (only basslines make things funky ) and sexy. Ha, not really, but the band work in this one definitely makes it much more funky and sexy than it could have otherwise been with just the vocals.
Did that make sense? I can't tell.
Anyways, I agree.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by amber

That is John's bassline, and the bandwork, that is talking. Making it "funky" (only basslines make things funky ) and sexy. Ha, not really, but the band work in this one definitely makes it much more funky and sexy than it could have otherwise been with just the vocals.
Did that make sense? I can't tell.
Anyways, I agree.

Yeah, that makes sense But I think it's a combination of John's bass and Chris' Rhodes electric piano that make it funky. They get into a grove together to make sweet, sweet lurve baby

It's such a great song and I love how Christine comes in on that high note: "Sweeeet, wonderful you..." Her voice sounds so slinky on that song.

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Yeah, that makes sense But I think it's a combination of John's bass and Chris' Rhodes electric piano that make it funky. They get into a grove together to make sweet, sweet lurve baby

It's such a great song and I love how Christine comes in on that high note: "Sweeeet, wonderful you..." Her voice sounds so slinky on that song.

You are right, that is why I said "the band" is my favorite thing about this song. It grooves almost criminally. You can't discount Lindsey's guitar, either, or even Mick. No matter how much you want to discount Mick. hahaha. It really is a kind of perfect song.

Originally Posted by amber

Also so compelling it's almost mesmerizing is the "swweeeeeeeeeeeeet wonderful you" at the beginning. You have to sing it, you just have to, it is futile to resist.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by amber

So like I said, the way it is being used. I get it now. "Don't blame it on me, blame it on my wild Budweiser...."

I would still never think of it as a noun, though. Even now, i have lost "getting it" like I did seconds ago.

What if the sentence was: "You make walking fun". Isn't that different? Isn't that a straight verb? If so, why is "loving" different?

Edit: I see by reading your Wikipedia that it is kind of complicated, and I should probably use that as the full explanation, instead of bugging you. It's pretty explicit, in theory it should explain it to me, though you are explaining it more simply.
Also, I am uncomfortably reminded of my mom right now, so...

"walking" would function the same way as "loving." for some reason, i cannot figure out what part of the sentence "loving" is functioning as in "YMLF," or i'm sure i could be more succinct. but i'm pretty braindead right now.

-carrie "grammar junkie" c.

[amber]

Originally Posted by carrie721

"walking" would function the same way as "loving." for some reason, i cannot figure out what part of the sentence "loving" is functioning as in "YMLF," or i'm sure i could be more succinct. but i'm pretty braindead right now.

-carrie "grammar junkie" c.

Thanks.

-amber "you and grammar rules are pissing me off" g.

- not really, not at all. Although faced with actual complex grammar rules after so many years, it is pretty odd. I'm more of a stickler for spelling and logic. Grammar is dangerously close to "word math" It isn't really, I just made that up because it made me laugh.

Since you're braindead right now, you're probably about on par with me. Only about this one thing, big head.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by amber

Thanks.

-amber "you and grammar rules are pissing me off" g.

- not really, not at all. Although faced with actual complex grammar rules after so many years, it is pretty odd. I'm more of a stickler for spelling and logic. Grammar is dangerously close to "word math" It isn't really, I just made that up because it made me laugh.

Since you're braindead right now, you're probably about on par with me. Only about this one thing, big head.

no, you're right, grammar is totally word math. i would extemporate (made that word up), but y'know. brain death and threadjacking and all that. i wish david o. were still around, he'd be able to explain it better than i could.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by carrie721

"walking" would function the same way as "loving." for some reason, i cannot figure out what part of the sentence "loving" is functioning as in "YMLF," or i'm sure i could be more succinct. but i'm pretty braindead right now.

-carrie "grammar junkie" c.

Carrie, you make grammar fun

[Gailh]

I think YMLF is of Christine's all time best but what makes it so special is that the overall band performance. No weak links.

Gail

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Carrie, you make grammar fun

*groan*.