I love Christine... she is so adorable!

[CarneVaca]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I was just telling you mine since you decided to tell me yours!

Thanks, you've helped me reach enlightenment. And I didn't even have to go sit under a tree.

[diamondsnake]

Originally posted by Cristian
Wow it was here! I can, quite safely, say that Tango In The Night was the most famous Fleetwood Mac album around these parts of the world, and that "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" are the most played Fleetwood Mac songs in the radio stations here. "You Make Loving Fun" and "Hold Me" are the other two... who wrote them? Oh yes, Christine! We get "Go Your Own Way" only when it's Lindsey's birthday or something, and sometimes "Dreams" or "Sara". And that would be about it.

I think Christine's hitmaking abbility is unquestionable, and that without her Fleetwood Mac has lost a lot of the chemistry and perfect interaction they used to have as a band whilst she was there. There's always a "break" needed in the concerts and in the albums and she provided that. Plus her voice would have make some harmonies in the new album sound like gold. This album left some space for STEVIE songs (I seem to recall that Lindsey had already have 9 songs per album - Tusk anyone?), and she even tried to write a Christine-like potential "hit", the title track, which of course hasn't worked these days. I miss Christine, I think Fleetwood Mac is not the same without her and I think the best years of Fleetwood Mac are related to her (whether Stevie or Lindsey were involved or not, it's actually not rellevant in the case of her songs - in terms of quality she had good songs in both periods), but I don't want to see her coming back to Fleetwood Mac since it's now transformed into something like Lindsey Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac Featuring Stevie Nicks (Sometimes Only) and I wouldn't like her to be a part of that. Of course that works, and the sound is great, and the album is good, but this is Fleetwood Mac minus Christine McVie. And, to me, that is not the Fleetwood Mac that I knew and loved.

Of course I accept that some people actually like the idea of a Lindsey Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac... if we get good music from that (as we are getting), good anyway. As wondergirl wrote, there are Fleetwood Mac albums for anyone in here... and that's why I stopped crying about Christine's absence in Fleetwood Mac awhile ago, and also, as I stated before, I wouldn't want her back on the band.



Song of the moment - Hold Me

I personally don't like this Buckingham dominated version. It is still really good, but I feel like Christine helped the blance of power between the band.

[xdreamsunwindx]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
I personally don't like this Buckingham dominated version. It is still really good, but I feel like Christine helped the blance of power between the band.

I agree. As much as I love the new Mac, I think that it's missing some of the 'sound', per se. The Five Fireflies lineup will always be my favourite sound.

[wetcamelfood]

According to Joel Whitburn's listings "Everywhere" made the US top 40 peaking at number 14 (which was a bigger feat than it sounds considering the music video never aired in the US (as far as I know) at the time) but I don't care about charts anyways. Like Christy says, we all have our opinions, this isn't "fact" stuff and it shouldn't really matter what songs play on raido, that can't be generalized anyways. Though they all have their staples, which songs you hear depends on what station you listen to as you're not exactly going to hear "Go your own way" on an easy listening station the same as we probably wouldn't hear one of their softest ballads on a hard rock station.

John

[Johnny Stew]

Christine is terrific... no doubt about it.

One of the things I've always said was best about Fleetwood Mac... most especially the 'Rumours' lineup... is that there's something for everyone.
It may not always be your cup of tea, but variety is the spice of life!

Each writer was an absolutely integral ingredient, and certainly they can make incredible music in other combinations as well, but together they were magic.

It's just unfortunate when fans who largely prefer one writer or another, diss the others. They're all talented and they were all important to Fleetwood Mac.
We're not required to like them all, or love everything they've done, but we also don't have to play "my favorite member is better than yours."

As far as memorable songs and radio play is concerned, I'm an infamous station flipper, and I still hear You Make Loving Fun, Over My Head, Say You Love Me, Don't Stop, Hold Me, Little Lies, and Everywhere... right alongside Dreams, Landslide, Gold Dust Woman, Rhiannon, Silver Springs, The Chain, and Go Your Own Way.

I'm not talking just once in a while... I hear these songs quite frequently.

Every now and again, I also hear "Love Will Show Us How" or "Got A Hold On Me"... which is always a pleasant surprise.

I miss Christine a lot, and I'm looking forward to her upcoming solo album... but I'm crazy over the current lineup of Fleetwood Mac, too.

[David R]

Wow there must be a full moon on the ledge tonight...

I love Christine, I love Stevie, and I love Lindsey... I love them equally in the Mac. To me they all were a part of myself liking the Mac, there is something for everyone. Each has their own style and it is so different from the other. Fleetwood Mac is about diversity in the music, and it shows. Which is why I love their sound so much and why I can listen to them as much as I do. I can go into a Christine, Lindsey, or Stevie mode. You can't do that with only one singer/writer in a band, you will burn yourself out quickly if you listen to them too much.

That is what makes the Mac so appealing, they have such diversity in their music because of the various singers/songwriters/musicians.

[Jason T.]

Originally posted by Cristian
Wow it was here! I can, quite safely, say that Tango In The Night was the most famous Fleetwood Mac album around these parts of the world, and that "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" are the most played Fleetwood Mac songs in the radio stations here. "You Make Loving Fun" and "Hold Me" are the other two... who wrote them? Oh yes, Christine! We get "Go Your Own Way" only when it's Lindsey's birthday or something, and sometimes "Dreams" or "Sara". And that would be about it.

I think Christine's hitmaking abbility is unquestionable, and that without her Fleetwood Mac has lost a lot of the chemistry and perfect interaction they used to have as a band whilst she was there. There's always a "break" needed in the concerts and in the albums and she provided that. Plus her voice would have make some harmonies in the new album sound like gold. This album left some space for STEVIE songs (I seem to recall that Lindsey had already have 9 songs per album - Tusk anyone?), and she even tried to write a Christine-like potential "hit", the title track, which of course hasn't worked these days. I miss Christine, I think Fleetwood Mac is not the same without her and I think the best years of Fleetwood Mac are related to her (whether Stevie or Lindsey were involved or not, it's actually not rellevant in the case of her songs - in terms of quality she had good songs in both periods), but I don't want to see her coming back to Fleetwood Mac since it's now transformed into something like Lindsey Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac Featuring Stevie Nicks (Sometimes Only) and I wouldn't like her to be a part of that. Of course that works, and the sound is great, and the album is good, but this is Fleetwood Mac minus Christine McVie. And, to me, that is not the Fleetwood Mac that I knew and loved.

Of course I accept that some people actually like the idea of a Lindsey Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac... if we get good music from that (as we are getting), good anyway. As wondergirl wrote, there are Fleetwood Mac albums for anyone in here... and that's why I stopped crying about Christine's absence in Fleetwood Mac awhile ago, and also, as I stated before, I wouldn't want her back on the band.



Song of the moment - Hold Me

Forget Las Vegas, I'm moving to Chile when I turn 18.

Believe it or not, when I come to think about it...I haven't heard Dreams on the radio in a long time. But I do hear "You Make Loving Fun" all the time. But the most played Fleetwood Mac song in my area has to be a tie with "Go Your Own Way" and "Never Going Back Again." (Who knew the ignorant republican captial of the world favored the free-thinking dare if I say democratic Lindsey.) Even the a morning show guy on the radio here in Amarillo, Tx talked about how he favored Lindsey over Stevie and Christine.

[elni]

Hi all!

I really love Christine and do miss her a lot as well.
I love her voice and music and her funny way of talking.
And it's so great to hear THE three Mac voices all together!
That's really what i miss on "Say You Will"...

(Btw, here, in Holland, "Everywhere" was a huge hit, and you still hear it a lot on the radio)

[EricBliss12345]

I'll tell you what, on regular classic rock radio they're more likely to play the rockier songs like Go Your Own Way or The Chain than one of Christines.

However, on satellite radio it's a totally different story. I work midnights at a grocery store, and hear these songs CONSTANTLY:

Over My Head
Warm Ways
Say You Love Me
You Make Lovin' Fun
Hold Me
Little Lies
Everywhere
As Long As You Follow
I'm The One

with the hands down winner for most plays being:

Think About Me, which I usually hear at least once a night. Only on rare occasions do I hear Never Going Back Again, Second Hand News, or Go Your Own Way. Sometimes they play Dreams, Landslide, and Sara which is a complete snoozer. As far as solo Stevie, they sometimes play that duet with Don Henly or that one song of hers that rips off Yes's "Hearts" (title escapes me). Chris is all over that radio though. They play at least 3 or 4 songs of hers within an 8 hour shift. One night 5. I actually count sometimes. My job is kind of monotonous.

And I TOTALLY agree with what that dude said about her lyrics being banal and samey. She's written some of the cheesiest lyrics I've ever heard. You don't always need great lyrics to make 100% enjoyable music though. Yes is one of my favorite bands ever, and Jon Anderson sings about nothing but total nonsense, all of it beautiful. I'm pretty sure every Led Zeppelin song is about something sexual. The Flower Kings are the best prog-rock band since the 70's yet they have some lyrics which are completely retarded (which I guess keeps the spirit of the genre). However, I admire Chris's earnest dedication to the love song, and since she's done such a good job of it every time and for so long, it's totally forgivable that she rarely wrote about anything else.