Discuss Say You Love Me

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

The only negative thing I have to say about SYLM is that I feel it was a lousy choice to open all those concerts with. The song was not particularly great live in general to me until The Dance Tour, and it sure as hell was dull as an opener. The

I could not disagree with you more! I will never forget my first Fleetwood Mac concert (Shake the Cage Tour 1987), and those first few seconds of darkness. Then suddenly a single spotlight shines on Christine as she plays the opening chords on the keybooard, and then, POW- the entire stage is lit up and the rest of the band kicks in. Very powerful! I have always loved that song, but I loved it even more after that moment.

This is one of those songs that I don't try to pick apart in the technical sense. The keyboard part is rather simple, and the rhythm is a bit tricky, as previously mentioned. All I know is that the song is like a cup of sunshine whenever I hear it. No matter what I am doing or how bummed I am, when I hear this song, I get a little spring in my step. To be honest, I hate the Dance version; that keyboard part is crucial to the song... and the magic of those three voices harmonizing is drowned out by the addition of all of those additional vocalists. I admire their willingness to do something different, but I wish they could have given the unplugged treatment to something like "Everywhere" or "Little Lies."