Last Word Christine McVie

bwboy · #1 06-23-2022, 03:31 PM

Wow, I really enjoyed that interview. Christine mentioned so many folks, but nothing about Billy and Rick, which surprised me. I wonder if she was disappointed by the lackluster response to Behind the Mask and Time, and therefore doesn’t care to talk about that era much? She should know that just because BTM didn’t match Tango sales, a lot of fans did enjoy that album. Her positive remarks about Bob Welch were a surprise to me, considering she wanted him excluded from the RRHOF.

Great interview!

Macfan4life · #2 06-23-2022, 05:17 PM

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Wow, I really enjoyed that interview. Christine mentioned so many folks, but nothing about Billy and Rick, which surprised me. I wonder if she was disappointed by the lackluster response to Behind the Mask and Time, and therefore doesn’t care to talk about that era much? She should know that just because BTM didn’t match Tango sales, a lot of fans did enjoy that album. Her positive remarks about Bob Welch were a surprise to me, considering she wanted him excluded from the RRHOF.

Great interview!

I dont think that was anything personal. She has known Billy for years before Fleetwood Mac and I am sure they still keep in touch. If she purposely avoided them its probably because of how Rick and Billy got screwed over. Stevie was already bringing Mike Campbell so it was probably complicated to only ask one and not the other.
I am sure Christine is fond of Rick and Billy and especially Billy. Chris and Billy's voice went really good together.

HomerMcvie · #3 06-23-2022, 05:25 PM

Chris and Billy's harmonies were probably better than hers and Lindsey's.

I LOVE Lindsey, but Billy is a better singer. Billy's voice doesn't get enough love on here. It's comforting, like Christine's.

**jbrownsjr** · #4 06-24-2022, 05:53 PM

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Chris and Billy's harmonies were probably better than hers and Lindsey's.

I LOVE Lindsey, but Billy is a better singer. Billy's voice doesn't get enough love on here. It's comforting, like Christine's.

Christine can harmonize with anyone so well. She really. has some magic.

aleuzzi · #5 06-24-2022, 09:18 PM

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Christine can harmonize with anyone so well. She really. has some magic.

True! I mean, Bob Welch and Lindsey’s voices couldn’t have been more different but she sounded great with both of them. I think of her harmonies on Emerald Eyes and Hypnotized are haunting. But then her harmonies on The Chain, Rhiannon, and World Turning are equally haunting in a different way.

bwboy · #6 06-24-2022, 06:58 PM

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Chris and Billy's harmonies were probably better than hers and Lindsey's.

I LOVE Lindsey, but Billy is a better singer. Billy's voice doesn't get enough love on here. It's comforting, like Christine's.

Very well said, especially the part about Billy’s voice being comforting. That’s exactly the word I use when I think of his voice, so hearing you felt the same way was cool.

HomerMcvie · #7 06-25-2022, 12:03 AM

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Very well said, especially the part about Billy’s voice being comforting. That’s exactly the word I use when I think of his voice, so hearing you felt the same way was cool.

I'm often surprised that so many here don't seem to like Billy. I mean, Lindsey is the real talent, but Billy is a good songwriter, with a really nice voice.

He had every reason to be pissed when they didn't ask him back into the band.

vivfox · #8 06-25-2022, 08:11 AM

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I'm often surprised that so many here don't seem to like Billy. I mean, Lindsey is the real talent, but Billy is a good songwriter, with a really nice voice.

He had every reason to be pissed when they didn't ask him back into the band.

I was never satisfied with Billy as a replacement for Lindsey. He can sing but the only good song he contributed to FM was ITBOMM, IMO. He's not at all exciting to watch onstage. Why would they want him back in the band when his being there the first time didn't do a damn thing to benefit or take FM to another level? The Behind the Mask and Time versions of FM were their lowest points.

HomerMcvie · #9 06-25-2022, 10:52 AM

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I was never satisfied with Billy as a replacement for Lindsey. He can sing but the only good song he contributed to FM was ITBOMM, IMO. He's not at all exciting to watch onstage. Why would they want him back in the band when his being there the first time didn't do a damn thing to benefit or take FM to another level? The Behind the Mask and Time versions of FM were their lowest points.

So you're saying Neil and Mike brought some magic to the band that Rick and Billy didn't?

UnwindedDreams · #10 06-25-2022, 12:05 PM

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I'm often surprised that so many here don't seem to like Billy. I mean, Lindsey is the real talent, but Billy is a good songwriter, with a really nice voice.

He had every reason to be pissed when they didn't ask him back into the band.

I think Billy has a lovely singing voice. I'm with Viv in that I only like ITBOMM (for Rick, I really like Love is Dangerous).

I think he should have been asked back in 2018, Rick too. But, one, isn't he not healthy enough to do a one year 90 show tour and two, even though Lindsey isn't a big audience draw, do any casual fans of FM music even know who Billy Burnette is in 2022? With Neil and Mike, you get CH and Heartbreaker fans.

HomerMcvie · #11 06-25-2022, 02:35 PM

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I think Billy has a lovely singing voice. I'm with Viv in that I only like ITBOMM (for Rick, I really like Love is Dangerous).

I think he should have been asked back in 2018, Rick too. But, one, isn't he not healthy enough to do a one year 90 show tour and two, even though Lindsey isn't a big audience draw, do any casual fans of FM music even know who Billy Burnette is in 2022? With Neil and Mike, you get CH and Heartbreaker fans.

But this is Fleetwood Mac, not CH OR TOM PETTY.

It's not Ringo Starr's All Star Band!

aleuzzi · #12 06-24-2022, 09:13 PM

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Chris and Billy's harmonies were probably better than hers and Lindsey's.

I LOVE Lindsey, but Billy is a better singer. Billy's voice doesn't get enough love on here. It's comforting, like Christine's.

Well, Billy has great talent and knows how to use it. But I’m just not all that turned on by his voice. The only times I dug hearing him sing were when he was duetting and harmonizing with Bekka. Those two had magic.