"THE LEGENDARY CHRISTINE PERFECT ALBUM" IT IS CALLED.
BEG, STEAL OR BORROW.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 27 July 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^ listening to this now. one of my faves.
― ian, Sunday, 9 May 2010 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Vera Farmiga will join Aaron Eckhart in helmer Randall Miller's indie music biopic "The Drummer," about Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
Farmiga, who received an Oscar nomination for 2009's "Up in the Air" and recently made her directorial debut with "Higher Ground," will play notable Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie.
Miller is producing with scribe Jody Savin through their banner Unclaimed Freight Prods.(The pair were behind 2008's indie hit "Bottle Shock.") Music industry vet Brad Rosenberger also produces.
"The Drummer" follows six years in Wilson's life during which he and McVie sparked a passionate and tumultuous relationship before Wilson's death in 1983. Fleetwood Mac's album "Mirage," released in 1982, features the hit song "Hold Me," co-written by McVie and reportedly inspired by her love affair with Wilson.
Farmiga joins the project as a classically trained pianist. "She has a number of duets with Eckhart in the film," Miller noted. "The combination of Aaron and Vera will be pure magic."
― buzza, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac
More than 15 years after announcing her retirement from Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie is back in the fold. According to Fleetwood Mac News, Mick Fleetwod confirmed McVie’s return during a concert in Maui on Saturday night, telling the audience,”This is the worst kept secret there is, but Christine McVie will be rejoining Fleetwood Mac.”Last September, McVie reunited with her former bandmates in Fleetwood Mac during a concert in London. In a subsequent interview with the Guardian, she expressed a desire to rejoin the band permanently. “I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them,” McVie explained. “I miss them all. If they were to ask me I would probably be very delighted… but it hasn’t happened so we’ll have to wait and see.”In response to McVie’s comments, Stevie Nicks told Billboard, “If Chris wants to come back to the band, I said to her, ‘It’s your band. I don’t really think you have to ask. Because it’s your band. McVie. Fleetwood Mac-vie? So, it all depends, Chris, on you. How you feel. Do you want to take this on again?’”Fleetwood Mac is currently on a temporary hiatus as McVie’s ex-husband, John, is being treated for cancer. In an interview with Rolling Stone last week, Nicks said John is “gonna be fine, adding, “He’s got his treatment, and now he did a show on the 30th and 31st, another tomorrow night, then he has surgery next week. . . I’m not the least bit worried about John. He’s very, very strong and a man of very few words. He’s not a person to mess with.”
Last September, McVie reunited with her former bandmates in Fleetwood Mac during a concert in London. In a subsequent interview with the Guardian, she expressed a desire to rejoin the band permanently. “I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them,” McVie explained. “I miss them all. If they were to ask me I would probably be very delighted… but it hasn’t happened so we’ll have to wait and see.”
In response to McVie’s comments, Stevie Nicks told Billboard, “If Chris wants to come back to the band, I said to her, ‘It’s your band. I don’t really think you have to ask. Because it’s your band. McVie. Fleetwood Mac-vie? So, it all depends, Chris, on you. How you feel. Do you want to take this on again?’”
Fleetwood Mac is currently on a temporary hiatus as McVie’s ex-husband, John, is being treated for cancer. In an interview with Rolling Stone last week, Nicks said John is “gonna be fine, adding, “He’s got his treatment, and now he did a show on the 30th and 31st, another tomorrow night, then he has surgery next week. . . I’m not the least bit worried about John. He’s very, very strong and a man of very few words. He’s not a person to mess with.”
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 13 January 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
Here we are!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 December 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
'You Make Loving Fun' is one of my favourite songs of all time at this point.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 15 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
have mercy, baby!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 December 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
I'm surprised you have 'Brown Eyes' so high above the likes of 'Over and Over', 'Little Lies', 'Songbird', 'Everywhere' etc. It's an amazing production (the drum sound alone is pure ear candy, and those harmonies) but as a song it's a mere wisp of a thing. Even so, I find it to be a highlight of Tusk.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 15 December 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
With "Brown Eyes/Never Make Me Cry" song and arrangement are inseparable, as they often are in 90 percent of scenarios.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
I agree with the first part, disagree with the second part.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 15 December 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
Alas, RIP
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63812952
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
Oh, fuck no.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
horrible. such a wonderful songwriter
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
you made loving fun
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
Aw, man
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
And the songbirds are singing,Like they know the score
I loved her.
― Mule, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
mule otm.
Maybe Alfred will have words for this... right now it's beyond me
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
I feared the worst when I saw this thread suddenly revived.
I'm off to spin "Hold Me" and "Everywhere" on repeat until the end of time.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
Loved her, the magic ingredient that gave the classic lineup richness and depth to go with Nicks' sparkle and Buckingham's energy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
And not only in her own songs but also her harmonies and keyboard.
wonderful musician. RIP Christine
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
rip, this one makes me sad
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
i was just the other week checking out her stuff with chicken shack - her version of "i'd rather go blind" is stunning
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
Now I know how the sun must feel every time it sets :-(
Such a great singer and songwriter (and pretty decent keyboardist) who often seemed to get overshadowed by her bandmates. RIP
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
oh no
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
how the HELL is John McVie still alive
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
for my money she has the best songs on their best albums. RIP
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
I was hoping "Everywhere" would get its "Running Up That Hill" earlier this season. It and Tusk's "Never Forget" got a lot of rooftop play in NYC and Chicago about 15 years ago as part of Balearic mixes.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
I think the song is in a prominent Chevy ad right now?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
Damn, she was my favorite of the FM frontpeople. Loved her songs so much. Rest in peace.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
xp Indeed, I see it every time I watch TV
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
That's I alluded to. I hoped for crossover
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
rip, such a talent. so many of their very best moments were hers
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:29 (one year ago) link
“everywhere” was the recessional song at our wedding. RIP
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
The author of "Little Lies" is dead.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
Could it really, really be?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:51 (one year ago) link
If y'all want an unheralded example of what she could do with voice and piano, check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R43ZTRVZjfc
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
That's lovely. Here's one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQC2mPvmEs
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 01:30 (one year ago) link
just thinkin bout “songbird” atm.. *tears*
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Thursday, 1 December 2022 01:32 (one year ago) link
My favorite version: her voice higher, slightly ragged, but so damn pure. A pro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLRyYETnoIE
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 01:35 (one year ago) link
I've only two words, "Brown Eyes".
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 1 December 2022 06:38 (one year ago) link
What A (Albeit Unintentional) Way To Sign Off!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH83Y20y70U
You opened the doorAnd I stepped inNot knowing where I'm goingBut I know I'm gonna winI can fly againGot the freedom in my mouthTravellin' girl is movin' north, west, east, and southI want it all
I want it all
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 1 December 2022 07:41 (one year ago) link
Omg the wordless chorus of Brown Eyes, geez
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:08 (one year ago) link
Can anyone explain to me what it is about the rhythm section of Fleetwood Mac that so entirely rules? I don’t really have the musicologist words for it but I know it’s there
It’s in the off-beats in “brown eyes” for example — I feel like you wouldn’t get those touches with a conventional rhythm section
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
Fleetwood plays slightly behind the beat but has an instinct for the punctuative roll or fill that other bands would kill for.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
mcvie’s power (that signature doubled root note on the 1) and telepathic chemistry with him means that even the most delicate fm song grooves like crazy
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
Forgot about Willie's record with Ryan Adams & The Cardinals that covers and takes it name from "Songbird"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEsdI-ifMA
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Soto otm re: Mick's gifts. And John, he's pretty great, too, of course; iirc Mike Mills had a "what would John McVie do?" maxim. I think in their case as a rhythm section, it could be the result of all those formative years woodshedding, which helps them swing and shuffle through stuff like "Over My Head." Though keep in mind that c. "Tusk" specifically, Bucky was pushing Mick in pretty weird directions, and around "Mirage" and "Tango" I suspect there was a lot of studio magic at work on the drums, when it's even Mick.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
He's barely on Tango. It's definitely him on "Little Lies," "Seven Wonders," and the title track, but the rhythm tracks on "Big Love" and "Everywhere" and "Isn't It Midnight" and "You and I" sound like drum machines.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link