Which Christine McVie song from Tusk is your favorite?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

She’s a singer songwriter. She writes lyrics, chord progressions, and melodies and she’s a brilliant harmony vocalist. Stevie’s stage presence, though, is what made her indispensable back then. Even then, she was the star of the show.


That’s exactly my point. Everyone uncoupling was the reason for the success. It’s the freak show. It was the freak show of Lindsey leaving ten years later that boosted the sales of TITN.


Mick’s drums, John’s bass, and especially Christine’s keyboards are every bit as memorable as the guitars. That was the epitome of a group effort. (I still love what they did on “wrap around your dreams”).


Except that memorable bass line that seems to get cranked another 10db every tour. That’s another band effort, especially Christine’s keyboard playing.


Who cares about Billy and Rick? They weren’t in the Rumours lineup, which was the whole point of The Dance.


Who cares about Billy or Rick? Outside of maybe “Do You Know,” I can’t think of anything they brought to the table that would have worked for either Neil or Mike. I was slightly disappointed they didn’t do “Freedom,” which was an obvious choice. That said, they did two Peter Green (later three) songs, a Danny Kirwan song, a Bob Welch song (briefly), and a song from Time.

ETA: I can’t state how strongly I disagree with your notion that any drummer could do what Mick does. Mick, John, and Christine have a groove that’s never been duplicated during solo shows. Take any one of them out of the equation and the song starts to suffer. But, the terrible, amateurish version of “Rhiannon” by Buckingham Nicks is really all the evidence one needs to hear what the Brits brought to the table.

Lindsey leaving the band did not boost sales of Tango In The Night. You just make stuff up. Tango peaked inside the top 10 during Big Love and fell out of the top 10 after Big Love faded. Seven Wonders barely cracked the top 20 and sales went down. The third single "Little Lies" was the biggest single (highest charting) of the album. If album sales increased slightly it was because of a hit single, not because of Lindsey leaving the band. Tango was so radio friendly it should have sold far more copies than it actually did. But Lindsey leaving the band had little to do either way about album sales. When you get a big HIT song, it will make album sales spike. Lindsey left right as Little Lies was released.