Contemporary Keyboard Magazine Article

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Hawkins and Ferrone are awesome.

The guitar work on In the Meantime I found, dull. I much prefer the guitar work on her solo 1984 record.

Really? Outside of "One in a Million" I thought Sharp's guitar work was pretty generic. I do love Lindsey's guitar on "The Smile I Live For," but Lindsey's in another league...

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Really? Outside of "One in a Million" I thought Sharp's guitar work was pretty generic. I do love Lindsey's guitar on "The Smile I Live For," but Lindsey's in another league...

I guess I'm on the other side of the coin on both accounts. To me Todd Sharp's guitar work on Chris' album was the "other league" and Lindsey is as generic as can be (his typical "one trick pony" approach...that solo on "The Smile I Live For" seemed to be the same one he uses on "I'm So Afraid", and would use again on "Tango In The Night" and even later on "Murrow Turning Over In His Grave".

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by chiliD

I guess I'm on the other side of the coin on both accounts. To me Todd Sharp's guitar work on Chris' album was the "other league" and Lindsey is as generic as can be (his typical "one trick pony" approach...that solo on "The Smile I Live For" seemed to be the same one he uses on "I'm So Afraid", and would use again on "Tango In The Night" and even later on "Murrow Turning Over In His Grave".

i like the guitar work on Chris' solo record.

Lindsey's one trick pony!? But...but...he does it SO well!

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

i like the guitar work on Chris' solo record.

Lindsey's one trick pony!? But...but...he does it SO well!

I agree: his sound is distinctive. I recognize it immediately.

And I'm not convinced he is a one-trick pony. He may repeat himself occasionally, but there is innovation with every new recording.

Since this is a Chris board, I feel compelled to say: "Christine Rules!"

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I agree: his sound is distinctive. I recognize it immediately.

And I'm not convinced he is a one-trick pony. He may repeat himself occasionally, but there is innovation with every new recording.

Since this is a Chris board, I feel compelled to say: "Christine Rules!"

yeah I get what Chili is saying...So Afraid, Murrow, and Tango solos being similar...but they are different as well. Lots of the same picking, yes, but I dont think of the OTHER songs when I hear one of them. Except his Murrow live solo on Soundstage was a pretty good rip off of So Afraid.

[Pyewacket]

QUOTE: Still, I think she should play onstage. She's getting better all the time. If she would play piano on just one song, it'd be ****in great! Then she'd be known as a musician as well as a singer."

I so wish Stevie would've taken Christine up on this idea. imagine listening to the two of them jam together on seperate pianos, like a female Elton John/Billy Joel duet. Not that they're as good as John and Joel, but a grandstanding duet would've really been exciting and...well, an event!

[David]

Originally Posted by Pyewacket

QUOTE: Still, I think she should play onstage.

I agree with you. I do think Stevie should play some piano onstage. She played Rhiannon on her Soundstage ten years ago, which everyone probably remembers. Plus on the Wild Heart tour, she sometimes played the Rhiannon riff on Roy Bittan's Fender Rhodes. The fans seem to really dig hearing her play & sing. Stevie could play & sing Dreams or Gold Dust Woman. I think it's a great idea & I think the audience would eat it up.

Originally Posted by Christine McVie

She's getting better all the time.

Well, no.

Originally Posted by Christine McVie

If she would play piano on just one song, it'd be ****in great! Then she'd be known as a musician as well as a singer.

Methinks Chris is pulling our collective leg, & chuckling just under that smooth Midlands veneer.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by David

Methinks Chris is pulling our collective leg, & chuckling just under that smooth Midlands veneer.

Reminds me of Stevie saying she wouldn't bother playing guitar onstage.

I’m not good enough. There’s no reason. If I was terrific, then maybe they’d find a part for me, but I’m not, so it would be for the look of it, and I’d be too nervous. I’d be so nervous, it wouldn’t look or sound good and then everybody would be mad at me, and Lindsey would be screaming at me that it was out of tune. And I don’t need that for sure.

Here's a review of Chris' album that I didn't see elsewhere on line.

Miami Herald 3/18/1984

Christine McVie, Christine McVie (Warner Bros.)

For those who always root for McVie when debating which female member of Fleetwood Mac is the better singer, here's an album for your side. Christine McVie, the singer, keyboardist and songwriter's first solo album since joining Fleetwood Mac displays the beauty of McVie's smooth and bluesy voice.

Yet, after a few songs, this album loses much of its initial appeal, simply because McVie never changes her style. She sings even upbeat numbers as if they were laid-back, weary blues, and never gets excited, even when a song's rhythm calls for some enthusiasm.

The album's 10 cuts, ranging from lovely soulful ballads (AskAnybody) to danceable upbeat tunes (Love Will Show Us How), represent McVie's individuality as a musician apart from Fleetwood Mac.

Despite its deliberately commercial, sing-along appeal, the current hit Got a Hold on Me is one of the best songs on the album, with a catchy beat and familiar-sounding guitar licks by fellow Fleetwood Mac member Lindsey Buckingham. In fact, much of the appeal of this album is the presence of guest musicians Buckingham, percussionist Ray Cooper, Steve Winwood on vocals and synthesizer and one guitar solo by Eric Clapton; they give the album the variety McVie's performance lacks.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by David

the best pop-rock is always slightly off-kilter & always highly personal: Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Police, Elvis Costello, U2, VU, Talking Heads, Prince, etc. Fleetwood Mac was always aesthetically better off reminding listeners of Squeeze or Sly & the Family Stone than the Eagles or Billy Joel.

A great statement! I'm completely with you on this. Many people don't get it. And sadly, the "music fans" of today's generation won't get it -- and will largely ignore a lot of good music if it doesn't grab them immediately when they are sampling itunes to buy. Eeh!