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I think I am one of those few weird guys who likes Skies the Limit far more than Save Me
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I love Save Me and Skies the Limit, but Save Me just seems more intense. Plus it did hit the top 40, so it’s better known, I guess. The backing vocals on both songs are so good! I was always confused they didn’t perform Skies live for their tour. Surely they knew that song might be a single, and it was catchy, so I never understood that. |
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I prefer Skies of the two. Save Me chorus is a little too cheesy for me.
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I also much prefer Sky Is the Limit over Save Me. Save Me is rather…..prosaic?
I don’t think Save Ne was a good choice as a single release but I can understand why they did it.
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By process of elimination, I think a shortened In the Back of My Mind might have been a good choice for a lead single. None of Stevie’s songs would have been hit singles, nor Rick’s, so that left Christine and Billy. Skies imo was too light and poppy for a lead single, and Behind the Mask was too dark. Do You Know is a personal favorite, but too intimate. I love When It Comes to Love and Hard Feelings, but I don’t think they would have been hits. Save Me and ITBOMM seem like they are very radio friendly and have gravitas to get the attention the first single needs. Save Me is quite a rocker compared to Christine’s other songs. I also love Isn’t It Midnight. Im sure the band and the record label wanted a single that featured Christine or Stevie first, and hoped subsequent singles could come from Billy, but it didn’t work out that way |
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Yes, I think a single version of Behind The Mask or Do You Know would have had a better chance of impacting on the charts. Think of the success of Extreme: More Than Words. I'm not for one minute saying Do You Know is as good a song as that, but I think it had a similar sort of vibe. I actually remember reading Save Me was out in the charts...but I hadnt heard it yet. I remember Baywatch came out at around that time and it had a song called Save Me as the theme song. I had kinda hoped that was it. ....but no...that was by Peter Cetera.
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'Where words fail, music speaks' Mick Fleetwood Last edited by FuzzyPlum; 12-04-2022 at 04:18 PM.. |
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Now I’m picturing Pamela Anderson and David Hasselfoff running on the beach to Save Me- “I’m running for cover…” |
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I love the music to Save Me. Chris's organ is hot. And YAY we get a guitar solo on a Fleetwood Mac song.
I am in the minority too because I love Skies The Limit. It seems people hate it for dumb reasons i.e. spelling or something. Those opening keyboard drops SCREAM Christine McVie. You can tell everything was written and thrown together rather quickly. The song does not break any new ground or claim to be one of their best songs. What it does demonstrate is the power of Chris. The album needed an upbeat Chris love song and she came up with it rather quickly. I love how the crack of the drum rolls and cracks in the beginning. Some great harmonies too. Its just so organic I cant help but not to like it. Many Mac songs on Tango were so overly polished and overdubbed to death. Skies The Limit is a basic song but IMHO that's the appeal to it. Just old fashioned playing with old fashioned back up singing. No drum machines. No complex bridge or melody either. I love it. I would still say Save Me is the better song though. Bwboy is always fascinated with the charts. While Save Me bombed on US charts, it rocketed into Canada's top ten. Just another reason to love our neighbors to the north. However, as much as MTV dissed As Long As You Follow, they played the hell out of Save Me. It was a top 10 video of the week. Then they hit the ignore button again for Skies The Limit which I saw once on VH1.
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My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away Last edited by Macfan4life; 12-04-2022 at 07:39 AM.. |
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"$he's the BEST, because $he sold the most!"
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Well, Stevie was the only member who had a #1 single
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Numbers numbers numbers
who had more hit singles? Christine who had the single with most weeks on the chart? Christine touché
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My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away Last edited by Macfan4life; 12-04-2022 at 04:44 PM.. |
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Thank you for proving my point.
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