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Even though Isn't It Midnight, as I said, would have probably been the only other Tango track that would have done well as a single, it's not a song I personally care for much. I like the melody a lot, and I love Chris's vocal performance, but there's something about the drum track that's too ... perfect. It's produced in that big, bombastic '80s way that I think is the reason some people feel the album sounds dated. I remember Isn't It Midnight being an early favorite of mine when I bought the record in 1987, but it wore thin (for me) faster than, say, Little Lies or Seven Wonders. I still like it okay, though, and wish it had been the fifth US single. I suppose Lindsey might have felt giving Christine three of the singles was too much.
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At first listen, I could see how somebody would feel like it was their worst song. I thought it was terrible the first time I heard it especially thanks to that low "family man" part--I'm pretty sure I even LOL'd. It took me several listens through Tango in the Night in full to really get into the song. I actually quite enjoy it now. The 12" remixes are fun too. It's a guilty pleasure song.
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I like "Family Man." Its weirdness is so charming, it's just appealing to my sense of quirkiness.
I love, love, love "Isn't It Midnight." Don't care about the (admittedly bombastic) '80s production. I also like "These Strange Times." I realize the song isn't for everyone and it certainly isn't typical Fleetwood Mac. But given that the Time album was so unlike Fleetwood Mac anyway (with the exception, of course, of Christine's songs), why not do something as off the wall as this.
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Family Man is a great instrumental and I actually like parts of the lyrics. I like the fact that he uses "I fall down, I get up" (he's done it plural too). Even though it's just lazy writing which he doesn't even intend ("faces of glass"), to me when they repeat lyrics, it makes them deeper to me.
I get a kick out of him saying mother, father, brother and not sister -- because he doesn't have one. But the "I am what I am what I am" and the echoey vocals are so grating that it can't be forgiven. It's not boring. It's not lame. It's aggressively slapping me. Michele |
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That article was kinda funny, but I'll have to disagree. "Family Man" is not the worst FM song. If anything, it's fun and silly. That honor goes to "Empire State" and "Do You Know." I feel like this writer did not think about the latter, at least. "Empire State" sounds like Lindsey went solo for a song, thinking Mirage was Law and Order. "Goodbye Angel" should have been in its place. But "Do You Know": 'Do you know...all there is to know about love? And if you do...then let me know...If I have learned enough...to make it without you.' Come on folks - this song is beyond sappy. I'm sad "Heart of Stone" and "Love Shines" weren't on Behind The Mask, but "Do You Know" definitely is among the worst.
Also, I don't know what the hate was on "Road Runner" - I love that song. Although I'll take "The Derelict" over it for Dave's contributions. |
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