Posted On: Wednesday - November 30th 2022 7:11PM MST
In Topics: Music
Christine McVie, of one of the best rock bands in history, Fleetwood Mac, died today. Her maiden name was Perfect, until she married the band's bass player John McVie.
It's just opinion, but my blog, my opinion, Christy McVie was a better singer than the other, more well-known, woman* lead singer in the band, Stevie Nicks. They had much different voices, Stevie Nick's being sort of gravely, like that of a smoker, and Christie McVie's silky smooth.
It's not the case that Peak Stupidity features only hit music - we often lean the other way, toward the great songs that did not get played much on the radio, as they were not "released as singles". (That's in quotes, because anyone under 40 may have no idea what the heck those words - except "the" mean. I don't have time to explain it to ya', sorry.) However, it happens that Christy McVie's songs were some of the overplayed hits. Even so, they're STILL great to listen to. At least these 3 are:
Over My Head is from the album Fleetwood Mac the band's 10th album and 2nd self-titled one(!)
You Make Loving Fun is from the most famous and best-selling Rumours album.
This 3rd one is a song Peak Stupidity featured long ago already, in this post about Christy and the great bass guitar line** in the song by her husband, husband at the time still, I think. It's my favorite of hers. Even though it was played like hell on the radio, it's still great to hear. She may have had great singing on other songs, but none of those others had as great a melody as these 3 do. Thank you for the great music, all of you.
Say You Love Me was also on that self-titled album.
I went to a Fleetwood Mac show for Boomers about 12 years ago. Christine McVie was not playing there. I appreciated the free tickets I was given, but sorry, without her, that wasn't Fleetwood Mac.
Fleetwood Mac was:
Lindsey Buckingham – electric,and acoustic guitars, banjo, vocals
Stevie Nicks – vocals
Christine McVie – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
* Guitar player Lindsay Buckingham sang lots of the songs too. Check out Blue Letter and Second Hand News, both excellent but very obscure songs, as they were not singles. Hmmm... I wonder who made these choices.
** He had great bass lines in many of the songs though - can't hardly tell on an iPad though.
Comments:
Dieter Kief
Friday - December 2nd 2022 8:55AM MST
PS
Charming film-snippet with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie I guess singing backstage while Nicks getting her make-up done...those were the days - may Christine McVie - nee Perfect... rest in peace!
Here she is with GB blues band Chicken Shack:
Christie Mcvie and Chicken Shack : blues (reddit.com)
And here is the heartwarming backstage footage
with Nicks and- her I guess in the foreground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skty8NrwLMw
Charming film-snippet with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie I guess singing backstage while Nicks getting her make-up done...those were the days - may Christine McVie - nee Perfect... rest in peace!
Here she is with GB blues band Chicken Shack:
Christie Mcvie and Chicken Shack : blues (reddit.com)
And here is the heartwarming backstage footage
with Nicks and- her I guess in the foreground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skty8NrwLMw
Moderator
Thursday - December 1st 2022 12:02PM MST
PS: Yeah, "Songbird" was pretty. nice. (Write back with your handle, and I'll insert it in the spot.)
Thursday - December 1st 2022 11:26AM MST
PS Songbird, with that wonderful Christine McVie, a gem!
Moderator
Thursday - December 1st 2022 11:23AM MST
PS: Mr. Smith, there you go. I didn't even look it up before. Vindicated, bitchez!
Moderator
Thursday - December 1st 2022 11:22AM MST
PS: Mr. Ganderson and Alarmist, I missed out on pretty much all that band's music before that 10th and 2nd self-titled album. So, I won't make comment on it. For me, the band went to rot at the time of the "Tusk" album. That's not a big window, and I should give music more of a chance.
Yes, that Bob Welch song "Sentimental Lady" is very nice.
Besides being a very appropriate theme song for the Clinton administration "Tell me Lies" was also one that I didn't think had as good a melody as some of the earlier stuff. Come to think of it, didn't the Clintons use "Don't stop..." as a kind of theme song? That's probably why I don't like it as much anymore.
Yes, that Bob Welch song "Sentimental Lady" is very nice.
Besides being a very appropriate theme song for the Clinton administration "Tell me Lies" was also one that I didn't think had as good a melody as some of the earlier stuff. Come to think of it, didn't the Clintons use "Don't stop..." as a kind of theme song? That's probably why I don't like it as much anymore.
ganderson
Thursday - December 1st 2022 9:46AM MST
PS
Mr. Mod, you and I will just have to disagree about Fleetwood Mac. Never much cared for their latter incantation - in my view their last good record was "Bare Trees". I did like the old, Peter Green Era Fleetwood Mac, though. They're a band that radically changed over the years. Bob Welch's "Sentimental Lady" is a pretty good tune. And I do agree with you on the Christine vs Stevie issue- Nicks always sounded to me like she was being strangled.
All considered, although not my cup o' meat, Christine McVie added to the sum of human happiness. RIP
Mr. Mod, you and I will just have to disagree about Fleetwood Mac. Never much cared for their latter incantation - in my view their last good record was "Bare Trees". I did like the old, Peter Green Era Fleetwood Mac, though. They're a band that radically changed over the years. Bob Welch's "Sentimental Lady" is a pretty good tune. And I do agree with you on the Christine vs Stevie issue- Nicks always sounded to me like she was being strangled.
All considered, although not my cup o' meat, Christine McVie added to the sum of human happiness. RIP
Adam Smith
Thursday - December 1st 2022 8:51AM MST
PS: Good morning,
They say Stevie Nicks smoked 3 packs a day.
Little wonder she sounded a bit like Joe Cocker.
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They say Stevie Nicks smoked 3 packs a day.
Little wonder she sounded a bit like Joe Cocker.
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The Alarmist
Thursday - December 1st 2022 6:33AM MST
PS
Yes, I always preferred McVie to Burnout-Queen Nicks. Didn’t McVie take part of the lead on the song that I thought would be perfect for the second and subsequent Clinton Presidential candidacies, “Tell me Lies” ?
Honestly, I preferred original Mac with Bob Welch to Fake Mac with Buckingham, but, as Brian Wilson once sang, that’s just me.
Yes, I always preferred McVie to Burnout-Queen Nicks. Didn’t McVie take part of the lead on the song that I thought would be perfect for the second and subsequent Clinton Presidential candidacies, “Tell me Lies” ?
Honestly, I preferred original Mac with Bob Welch to Fake Mac with Buckingham, but, as Brian Wilson once sang, that’s just me.
Moderator
Thursday - December 1st 2022 2:24AM MST
PS: Sonar, haha! That IS a better idiom, Mr. Blanc. I hope you will give, or have given, these 3 songs a listen, but also those 2 obscure Fleetwood Mac songs I linked to at the bottom. As usual, I will add that it's not the same coming from tablet or build-in computer speakers. Ya' gotta hear that bass guitar!
MBlanc46
Wednesday - November 30th 2022 9:10PM MST
PS They were never much on my radar (or perhaps that’s sonar), but on YouTube I found a couple of credible Robert Johnson covers by them. Anyone who can credibly cover Robert Johnson gets gold stars from me.
Rumours is an all-timer of an album with several hit singles and Tusk isn't as bad as the reviewers make it out to be.
Hypnotized is my favorite from before McV/Buck/Nicks joined and written by Bob Welch.