Lindsey, Chris & Stevie....harmonies & other ??

[Les]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Skies the Limit
In the Back of My Mind

I guess I don't consider either of those as especially heavy vocalizing partnerships.

[diamondsnake]

That is one of the reasons I love SYW, Stevie has tons of background vocals which are easy to hear for a change... Normally, her background voice is the best part of a song (Little Lies, Second Hand News, What's the World Coming To?)

[Serrart]

I like the fact that Stevie sometimes isn't noticeable or oviously absent on album tracks, it creates an interesting distonic effect when you here the same song live and her voice evidently becomes part of it, like with Over and Over, Hold Me, Big Love acoustic (Letterman or RnRHoF versions) or more recently I Know I'm Not Wrong and Red Rover. Besides the Buckingham Nicks harmonies that I love, I like those by Christine and Lindsey but much prefer those by Chris and Stevie, they seem to be much more creative together, like on Oh Daddy, Rhiannon, Farmer's daughter, Why live (where Lindsey does magic too). Actually I'd like a whole McVie/Nicks album.

Romy

[diamondsnake]

Originally Posted by Serrart

Actually I'd like a whole McVie/Nicks album.

Romy

Oh, that would be great! If only!

[Sorcerer386]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

For example, in a song like "Say You Love Me," Stevie is pretty much absent except for the "Falling, falling, falling" part at the end- a point in the song where things might have become monotonous and bland.

Listen closer, Stevie is singing a higher harmony on the chorus of Say You Love Me too. It doesn't sound much like her because the harmony is so high, she's in her upper register, which at that time was pretty high.

[KathyD]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Actually, yes! Lindsey is the master of sonic manipulation. Just listen to his OOTC album. There are many times I think I hear Stevie or Christine, but you know he was avoiding them like the plague in 1992! Basically, he records certain parts at a slower speed. When played at a normal speed, it sound much higher then it really was. Compare a live "Never Going Back Again" to the "Rumours" version. Listen to how much higher the guitar sounds. BTW, Lindsey openly admits to using this technique.

Wasn't there an article somewhere that listed the songs on Tusk that were basically all Lindsey?

I think it really does kinda come down to personal preference. Maybe that's the way the songs sounded best to Lindsey, as producer? Personally, I don't really like when Christine backs up Stevie, like in Rhiannon. I don't know if it's because Christine's voice is too strong compared to Stevie's in this one, maybe? But I do enjoy Christine and Lindsey's voices together, either way. And I think Stevie is a great backup singer. Like someone said, she can wrap her voice around Lindsey's. And in my opinion, she does that with all the duets I've heard her on. If she hadn't made it on her own, she coulda been a great backup singer!... although I'm sure she wouldn't have settled for that. all or nothing. lol.

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by dissention

I see Tango as a Buckingham McVie album, anyway, and that's why I like it. It gave Lindsey and Chris a bigger and better opportunity to work together than they had before. Even with songs that I dislike somewhat, I listen to them when I pop the album in because they just go together so well overall. I had to burn a copy without Stevie's tracks, though; she throws the whole blasted thing for a loop and almost ruins it.

Preach it. I love Tango; I really do. As you say, I even listen to the songs I'm not so crazy about. I think it was their most cohesive album, save for Stevie's songs.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Actually, yes! Lindsey is the master of sonic manipulation. Just listen to his OOTC album. There are many times I think I hear Stevie or Christine, but you know he was avoiding them like the plague in 1992!

He even goes so far as to emulate Mick and John on Countdown.

[David]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

He even goes so far as to emulate Mick and John on Countdown.

Do you think so? I'll have to listen to it again, closely. I don't remember its reminding me of Mick & John. That's an interesting idea! What is the song about?

[David]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Preach it. I love Tango; I really do. As you say, I even listen to the songs I'm not so crazy about. I think it was their most cohesive album, save for Stevie's songs.

Lindsey practices an art (or perhaps a craft) in which the medium is the message. So you might say that "Tango" is a concept album (the concept being a particular musical abstraction rather than a literary or mimetic one).

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by David

Lindsey practices an art (or perhaps a craft) in which the medium is the message. So you might say that "Tango" is a concept album (the concept being a particular musical abstraction rather than a literary or mimetic one).

The medium is the message? Are you being diplomatic?

Romy

[MirrorInTheSky]

Originally Posted by amber

And another Stevie harmony, which is one of my favorites (in fact it really makes the song for me) is on "I'm so Afraid" that is definitely one where she is prominent, even though she only has a few lines...

I'm So Afraid is my favorite Stevie harmony ever. I'm always so dismayed that her part is so little. Didn't they realize how f*ckin' awesome it was???? Why didn't they feature her more?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by MirrorInTheSky

I'm So Afraid is my favorite Stevie harmony ever. I'm always so dismayed that her part is so little. Didn't they realize how f*ckin' awesome it was???? Why didn't they feature her more?

I tend to agree here. In the outdoor concert from the 70's where she is in Rhiannon drag with red boots no less, her harmony is INCREDIBLE and it does exactly what it is supposed to do - enhance LB's brilliant song. She was pretty good in The Dance version as well.