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1974 was a pretty bad year for the McVies... -Lis |
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This is a spectacular find! I always wished this song were stripped back to an acoustic guitar, piano, and her vocal. She sounds glorious on it.
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I LOVE "Come a Little Bit Closer" - it is simply one of the greatest Fleetwood Mac songs ever recorded!
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This song is so under-rated we need a new term for it.
What a beautiful find. I've always adored this song and album.
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I wish we could have a panel discussion on this song alone and bring Bob and Chris in for it. The musical track (no singing) is one of the happiest tracks the Mac has ever recorded. Its bouncy heaven and puts you in a good mood. It makes you want to sing along. The stripped down acoustic with only singing brings out a more somber Chris even though the singing is the same.
Here is what I want to know. Did Chris bring a demo and she or the band say "we dont want to have another Why song so lets do something upbeat" OR did the band already have this track and Chris put her lyrics or demo to it. I know music arrangement can change the dynamic of a song. This is a perfect example. Does anyone think the inspiration to Why is also the inspiration to this song? Is this why she plays the intro to this song before doing Why in concert in 1974? Was it done on purpose to put a extremely happy upbeat musical track to a somber broken heart song by Chris?
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In one of his Q&As, Bob cited this song as one of his favs of hers because he liked its elaborate production. Not sure how responsible he was for it, but the inclusion of the arp string ensemble makes me think much of the arrangement was down to Christine.
The piano drives the track and everything else is layered in — or so it seems to me. The drums do not mesh well with the song. They’re too overblown. |
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Heroes scores each of Christine signature songs. Two hurt love songs with hope, one angry song (rare), and the signature pop song. She always had the knack but this album showed she was on her way to becoming one of the best pop song writers in pop/rock history.
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Re: the album arrangement: those strings and pedal steel were overkill, and the drums were too heavy. She sounds buried in the mix. |
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We really do need a release of Christine’s “Best of ” The Songbird release didn’t cut it.
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I'm not sure how that would work, since most of her song catalog consists of Fleetwood Mac songs. Would Warner Brothers Records/Rhino release a compilation of only Christine songs with the band - combined with a few solo tracks? I've made my own Christine playlist on my Spotify account. An official career retrospective would be great. |
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Okay, not sure this is the appropriate forum or thread….
But what would the ultimate Christine McVie retrospective consist of? What would it be called? Songbird has been used. Ditto Don’t Stop. Maybe Christine McVie: Everywhere. Maybe ‘Christine McVie Makes Loving Fun’. Or maybe just plain old….The Very Best of Christine McVie
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(the very best of)
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Not a bad title….except I wouldn’t put that song on the collection, so….
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That’s the song that made me realize that, as much as I love him, Fleetwood Mac wasn’t getting to the next level with Bob. Put that song on an album full of pop gems and it would still be a radio staple today. I wish they’d have done that live in 1975 with the Buckingham Nicks harmonies.
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