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And the demo doesn't have that strong delivery of "FRONTLINE...BABY" Or the ukulele sound It's my favorite song on the album. |
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Of course it was a problem...
What about your memory existing these days? I know of that quote from Christine "C.F.MV" because of your signature and it took you a followup post to remember you had it! |
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God, it still hurts Christine passed.
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The picture of Christine’s piano with flowers and pictures from the service hit me pretty hard today. It made it a bit more real.
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Speaking of the sound. I always thought the sound had an Alison Moyet, Invisible sound to it. Its not home, and its not Tara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8CeAHfAD2w
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I like the Tango sound. It's more dance flavored than the demo which to me sounds like an elephant march. |
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She's always with us. I'm mad at Sirius for not making a permanent Fleetwood Mac station. Yet Billy Joel gets one!
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Yea, it was really moving to see that.
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The rest of Tango is clever, well-calculated, and impressive from a craft perspective. But for me it’s the weakest of the five Rumours-era albums, even if it is wildly successful. |
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Not to beat a plastic horse, but it's plastique! I know Lindsey was trying to adapt to "the current times".... but those current times suck now, IF you're Fleetwood Mac. Organic would be the last word to describe it. Digital Hell might be more appropriate.
I couldn't tell you the last time I listened to it.
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I still adore Tango. It may be a confection, and less of a true band effort than the rest of their work, but I think the whole vibe, all tied together with the album cover and the videos, has a magic to it.
Lindsey worked (seven) wonders to create something with a cohesive, sophisticated feel, and I think managed to make something that actually underlines the group's mystical element. He played Stevie's role! I know a lot of people think it's too synthy, but as we learnt later, a lot of those sounds were actually guitar, played at half-speed and treated in strange ways. I'm sure the intro to Little Lies is a guitar, by the way. |
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When I See You Again gets bashed and deserves some of that bashing. However, Stevie's other Tango demos were horrendous. I think Ooh My Love is so bad that I am surprised they officially released it on the Tango deluxe reissue. Her work on the album was so limited and there was such a time crunch. There is that RAL tour interview on youtube where Stevie talks about sending the Mac songs while she was on tour. She speaks of an acoustic Landslide sort of song that she just sent to the Mac that she wanted to do with Lindsey. I am guessing this is the song. I suppose the band and Lindsey got her Fed Ex tape and tried to develop it as best he could. However, have you noticed how bad her demos were in the 80s? If you listen to her demos in the 70s, they are coherent with a fairly good melody and good singing. They were partially sculpted works of art that Lindsey took to the next level. For Tango, Lindsey got a lump of clay. Her 80s demos were a bunch of shrieking cokey vocals with a cheap casio type of random sound. Her craft took a back seat to the party.
Long story short, Whatsa matta baby was the diamond in the haystack. As much as it gets bashed, it was still probably the best option. Lindsey and Chris all submitted new songs and Chris even mentioned in that recent 1987 interview that was posted that she wrote some of the songs when actually recording the album. I think Stevie was under pressure to look fresh and submit newer songs like her band mates. However, it would have been better to dig into her vault on older songs. I would have loved to have heard a Tango version of Running Through The Garden. Any of her older songs would have made a better album. Welcome To The Room Sara is such an odd song. Few if anyone understood what the hell she was talking about. People want a good melody, a good groove, something to sing along with. Something to relate to. I never saw Gone With The Wind. I had no idea who Scarlette was and did not understand her Frontline follies. This is a dream, right?
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I feel these 5 folks created something that would not have worked if even one person or component were off. As wonderful as Lindsey’s work was, the albums wouldn’t have been the masterpieces they were, especially FM, Rumours, and Tusk, without those five people. |
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