Name ONE song by Christine you really can't stand

[HejiraNYC]

Actually I can think of a number of Christine songs that stunk up the joint:

"Prove Your Love"
"Bad Loser"
"Come a Little Closer"
"Mystified"
"When You Say"

I guess you can say that I'm not a particularly big fan of Heroes Are Hard to Find and its boom-chicka-wah-wah sound. Admittedly, 1974 was a horrible year for music, so HAHtF is pretty much an artifact of its time. In hindsight, you can see easily that Bob Welch and Christine were kind of running on fumes creatively at this point.

[jbrownsjr]

Temporary One...

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Temporary One...

Where are you jbrownsjr when my moon is rising and your sun is shining down?

Clearly not listening to Temporary One

Gail

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Where are you jbrownsjr when my moon is rising and your sun is shining down?

Clearly not listening to Temporary One

Gail

The title and the vocal line are sooooooooooo boring...

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Actually In hindsight, you can see easily that Bob Welch and Christine were kind of running on fumes creatively at this point.

I couldn't disagree with you any more....I think Heroes... is a GREAT album. Sure, the album was done under "duress", but in spite of it, they came up with great material.

So, did you make your "'74 was a horrible year for music" comment out of personal experience? Or from hindsight of just listening to music from that year? Again, I seriously disagree with your opinion on that.

[Matthew]

I really don´t know all her pre-Rumours songs. I think that my the least favourite would be some song from this era (I know albums only from ´72-´74). But I like her songs there, because these aren´t so blues, like in ´69-´72. It´s hard to say which song I like the least... maybe Mystified too. I don´t know why too, there isn´t anything interesting for me... just boring song... and Only Over You isn´t so good either.

That´s not good topic, let´s talk about our most favourite songs.

[GypsySorcerer]

"Only Over You" and "One More Night" are the two I can't stand.

I actually like several of the others mentioned "Honey Hi," "Never Make Me Cry," and "Mystified."

[nailatixela]

My least favorite Chris song is easily "So Excited" I pretty much hate it, an I can't say that about any others.

[michelej1]

I love Mystified.

Hollywood is my favorite song on the album. I like that song better than Nights in Estoril.

I like So Excited, but recognize it for what it is. I consider it my guilty pleasure.

Think About Me is my favorite Christine song on the album, but Honey Hi comes in second. I wish there had been some way to get her and Mick centerstage together with the other players almost in shadow and the drummer and singer could have done this little treasure intimately, almost as a duet. The fact that the words are so sparse and basic seems to make the simple message penetrate more, the rhythmic beat tapping feelings that dwell beyond the grasp of words. Actually, it reminds me of a calypso or reggae song, in that sense.

I have to say that the songs I dislike aren't necessarily bad songs. I just grew wary of them due to the repetition. Oh Daddy, for example. If that song had gone away and left me in peace, I would never think to disparage it, as I never really have a bad word to say about Sugar Daddy. But unlike the reclusive Sugar, Oh followed me around and stalked me for decades, 'til I just feel: yuck.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

I love love love Sooner or Later from Time...

wow!!

wish Mick would have done a better job on the drum solo at towards the outro....

he could have really ended that one with a bigger splash...

[holidayroad]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

My least favorite Chris song is easily "So Excited" I pretty much hate it, an I can't say that about any others.

This is also the one I dislike! (Pretty much the only one!)

[David]

I agree with the person who cited "Hollywood" as a cheesy '80s sitcom theme.

I am no longer friends with jbrownsjr, who cited the great "Temporary One" as a loser.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by David

I agree with the person who cited "Hollywood" as a cheesy '80s sitcom theme.

I am no longer friends with jbrownsjr, who cited the great "Temporary One" as a loser.

you mean "the great jbrownsjr" and the bland Temporary One...

beside it doesn't fall into your little 1967-1982 box... so in theory you don't care for it either...

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

you mean "the great jbrownsjr" and the bland Temporary One...

beside it doesn't fall into your little 1967-1982 box... so in theory you don't care for it either...

Yeah, Temporary One put me to sleep, although I have sentimental feelings for it. I thought they had definitely lost it when I heard Sweet Girl and Temporary One. Luckily, they redeemed themselves collectively, even if on separate albums.

Michele

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by chiliD

I couldn't disagree with you any more....I think Heroes... is a GREAT album. Sure, the album was done under "duress", but in spite of it, they came up with great material.

So, did you make your "'74 was a horrible year for music" comment out of personal experience? Or from hindsight of just listening to music from that year? Again, I seriously disagree with your opinion on that.

Yes, I suppose they did the best they could under the circumstances... but the album is a mess. It is easily Christine's weakest collection of songs for an album. This album is full of the kind of filler you would normally put in amongst better quality filler. And "Safe Harbour" has easily got to be the must unnecessary, perfunctory two-chord piece of crap ever to receive the "Fleetwood Mac" label. And WTF is up with the sound quality of this recording? It sounds like it was recorded in a vat of molasses.

Regarding the year 1974, I really can't come up with any landmark albums that came out that year. Even the Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin sat out that year. Bob Dylan released a meh album that year. Queen, Neil Young and Yes also released meh albums too. And that's when Paul McCartney started to suck badly. All of the great bands that emerged in the sixties were still in transition to either becoming seventies burnouts or bad parodies of themselves. 1974 was a bit after hippie flower power died out, but a little bit early for punk and the second British Invasion. Classic middle child syndrome.

Just about the only decent album I can think of from 1974 is Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, which is still a ridiculously overrated album for what it was. Yes, it's notable for being Joni's breakthrough in the jazz-pop realm, but it's certainly not her best collection of songs- that would be 1975's Hissing of Summer Lawns.