|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
The One Great Song on These Terrible Albums
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/grea...errible-album/
Fleetwood Mac, "I Do" From: Time (1995) No Lindsey Buckingham or Stevie Nicks? No problem! Actually, lots of problems. Thankfully, Christine McVie could still provide a reliably joy-filled chorus |
. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
I agree. Was "I Do" the only single? Other Christine songs deserved to be singles.
__________________
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Yes, and it was a minor hit and Canada. Fleetwood Mac was actually relatively successful in Canada during the 1990s: Two songs, "Save Me" and "Paper Doll", were top ten singles there. "Skies the Limit" and "Silver Springs" hit the top 40 and three more songs ("Love is Dangerous", "I Do", and "The Chain") also charted.
|
#5
|
||||
|
||||
When this thread was posted and I read the title before clicking to enter, I supposed “These Terrible Albums” meant Behind the Mask and Time, since this is the Post Rumours forum. Not that I consider them terrible, but obviously they didn’t meet my expectations. Then I realized it was an article about different albums.
Having said that, I don’t find GREAT songs, but I do and Nights in Estoril are good ones. In general, I like very much Chistine songs in that album, and actually are the only ones I usually listen. On the other hand, I do enjoy listening to almost all of BTM's songs. I do enjoy even Skies the Limit, though I’ve read harsh criticism about that song. My fave songs are Do You Know, ITBOMM and WTSGD. Yes, Save Me is not one of my faves.
__________________
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Christine McVie- she radiated both purity and sass in equal measure, bringing light to the music of the 70s. RIP. - John Taylor(Duran Duran) |
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Yes it was a song quickly thrown together and it shows. But IMHO it shows the talent of Chris because even in a pinch she can write and put down some great chords. Supposedly BTM was finished and after playback the consensus was the album was very dark and lacked the typical peppy Chris song. So they came up with Skies the limit quickly and threw it on the first track, side one. It has some great harmonies with the 4 singers too. I particularly like Chris's keyboard playing and Mick's cracking of the drums.
__________________
My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
I've always liked "I Do" -- I've listened to it a few hundred times over the years -- but I think it's a safe, easy choice for that article. Reading the summary, it seems the author just followed two steps. 1) Don't bother considering the other three singers/songwriters because they're not Stevie and Lindsey. 2) Pick the Christine song that sounds the most like a Rumours-era track (a choice that was even easier because that was the only single from the album).
It would have been more interesting to me for the author to step outside the box a bit, especially outside Christine's five songs. "Winds of Change" and "Dreaming the Dream" were always my favorite among Billy, Bekka, and Dave songs. Certainly on par with "I Do" in my mind. Solid guitar work, unusually restrained (for her) but resonant vocals from Bekka, great backing vocals on the former, and steady-as-usual work from Mick and John on that one, too. Since they didn't comment on BTM, I won't either...except to say I'd have loved to have heard the Rumours lineup's take on "Save Me." Quote:
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Anyway, the songs from Time that I think hold up VERY well are: Talking to My Heart Winds of Change Nothing Without You Nights in Estoril Hollywood All Over Again Sooner or Later Got it In For You Ironically, the only Christine song I don't like is "I Do." She sings it well and it's solidly put together, but the arrangement is pretty bland. |
#10
|
||||
|
||||
I agree, but Penguin and Time have completely different predecessors and came in different times. After the huge trajectory of the Rumours lineup, one expected a far better album. But that was impossible for obvious reasons.
__________________
|
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Song for song TIME stacks up in a way few people are willing to acknowledge. Last edited by aleuzzi; 04-11-2024 at 07:57 AM.. |
|
|
Bob Brunning Sound Trackers Music Series Hardcover 6 Book Lot Pop, Metal, Reggae
$56.99
Bob Brunning Sound Trackers Music Series Hardcover 6 Book Lot Pop, Metal, Reggae
$47.99
Bob Brunning Sound Trackers 1970s Pop Hardcover Book Import
$11.99
1970s Pop - Hardcover By Brunning, Bob - GOOD
$6.66
1960s Pop - Hardcover By Brunning, Bob - GOOD
$6.50