Yes, and for years I didn't notice that little whispering vocals interlaced into the background that sounds so ethereal. You have to listen on good equipment to truly appreciate this song.
RIP Christine. Hope they will view Don't Stop. Christine sings and is credited on writing. Greatly agree, Christine was THE secret weapon behind Fleetwood Mac's best music.
They are amazingly talented. The magic in all of these hits is not lyrics or singing imo. Though everyone says so. The music is the common factor in all these hits. They knew how to construct a song. Lindsey is my favorite, but they were all gifted musicians. Those baselines are incredible and Mick may be my favorite drummer of all time.
R.I.P. Christine McVie. She's the unsung hero of Fleetwood Mac. In the last few hours since her death made the news, it's been pointed out that, while Stevie and Lindsey get the most attention, when it came time to putting out the band's greatest hits album, close to half of the songs on it were Christine songs. She's an underrated, but an amazing singer, songwriter, and performer. You really need to check out her song "Songbird." Will make you cry in a really good way.
Christine may have written more songs for Fleetwood Mac than Stevie, simply because Christine has been with the band for many more years than Stevie. About half of Fleetwood Macs albums studio albums were produced before Stevie joined the band.
Christine wasn't just a chick playing keyboards in a rock band. She's a classically trained pianist and knows music theory. She's an integral part of the entire band. Or...she was. 😭 Please look into more Christine songs. She deserves as much attention as Stevie, just...in a different way. And Stevie harmonizing with Christine is ✨✨✨
Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks are both great singers, but Christine is an amazing writer and musician as well! “You Make Lovin’ Fun” is another great one, she also wrote the lyrics for “The Chain”, “Songbird”, “Don’t Stop”, and “Over My Head”. So you’ve heard he out front without knowing probably.
Christine is awesome in every respect, BUT she didn't write the lyrics to "The Chain." Those belong primarily to Stevie. Christine wrote a section of the music for that song.
If you listen to Stevie's demo version of the Chain, you'd never recognize it! The famous bass line and outro was from Christine's demo song Keep Me There. The way they morphed all these bits of songs together to create The final Chain is truly incredible. Makes me appreciate the song even more.
Devastated to hear of the passing of Christine McVie yesterday. One of my real musical heroes. What an incredible singer/songwriter and musician. Fleetwood Mac does not become Fleetwood Mac without her massive contributions to the band. One of our generations greatest hitmakers and her signature vocals provided such a rich and warm backdrop to the lives of millions like me. Just so, so many beautiful songs. We will miss and remember you forever. God bless you and RIP.
Christine was the backbone of FM. She wrote, she sang, she provided backup & she was glue keeping the band on course. She, along with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were known for & were amazing at their 3-part harmonies. On this song, Little Lies, during the chorus, you hear Stevie doing 2nd part and then Lindsey B doing 3rd part. Loving hearing them. This is another reason why FM is unforgettable. The 3 singers gave good songs each, then backed each other up vocally. And of course, Lindsey B came in later and did his magic to make the songs sound even better, production-wise. Love this group!
Christine McVie was a major contributor to Fleetwood Mac's success. Try "You Make Lovin' Fun" and Amber will LOVE Christine's beautiful ballad "Songbird". I happened to be in the front row of a show when she sang Songbird. I was blown away by her talent and beauty.
This band had three lead singers (Christine, Lindsey, and Stevie), all of which were also song writers. This is why they had such a diverse sound. For more Christine, try "You make Lovin' Fun" and "Over my Head." For more Lindsey try "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Big Love."
While Lindsey did sing a verse on Don't Stop, Christine wrote it by herself and sang the other half of the song. It's her song. :) And juxtaposing Don't Stop vs. Go Your Own Way shows a real contrast between his anger at his and Stevie's breakup, vs Christine's optimism (and lack of recriminations) moving on from her failed marriage to John
Fleetwood Mac had several singers, not just these three, you forgot that before them there were Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch
If you REALLY want to hear Christine's voice and range, listen to "Songbird" with Christine on the grand piano...her performance will bring you to tears. I saw them (Mac) live in '77 and Songbird made my jaw drop....
OMG yes! I love the whole FM album Rumors. I just like well produced music by good musicians. So annoying how decent musicians are denied air time vs auto-tuned garbage :-(
I’m glad you guys are recognising Chistine’s essential qualities within the heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac. She was part of the songwriting trinity that comprised herself, Stevie and Lindsay. Never to be replaced nor forgotten, the band will never be the same again ❤😢
Christine McVie was an important piece of Fleetwood Mac and sang quite a few of the hits. She was married to the bass player, John McVie, and they split around the same time as Buckingham and Nicks, fueling the breakup album Rumours.
Christie does a lot of background and is part of the harmonies in alot of the songs where she isn’t lead or co-lead.People sometimes don’t notice at first. The 3 lead singers makes Fleetwood Mac unique and special.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for giving us a Christine McVie- led song. She started as a blues player/singer in the late 60's before joining FMac. This is one of my favorite songs from Tango in the Night,1987. Her earlier songs (Say you Love Me, Songbird, Hold Me, for example) feature a lot more prominent piano, though they did adapt to the synth-heavy 80's quite successfully with this album. More please!
I always liked Christine McVie's singing and songwriting. One of my favorite performances of a song by her is "Say You Love Me" from "The Dance" video where Lindsey Buckingham plays banjo and Mick Fleetwood steps down from his full drum set. ruclips.net/video/WKnfGqYOdrw/видео.html&ab_channel=CroNix99
@@btgiv6009 Absolutely! A sunny sunny slice of California pop... from a British woman! Got a Hold on Me and Love Will show Us How from the same album -- both great!
I think she was there at the beginning of Fleetwood Mac, whilst playing gigs with her old band I think I read of her singing uncredited backing vocals on tracks from the first FM album. I think she's been credited on every album since and as a full member since 1970ish. Until her semi retirement.
Jay you need to put in context that Christine was the lead singer for Fleetwood Mac before Stevie and Lindsey Buckingham joined the group. Prior to Stevie joining, Christine was known more as a blue singer. She went more "commercial" as the group became more popular. Christine also had several big albums on the Adult Contemporary Charts in between rest periods for Fleetwood Mac.
The real magic of Fleetwood Mac was no matter who was singing lead it was going to sound stellar! No matter which one or combination of lead singers they had for a song, it is going to sound fantastic. The more of their songs you listen to the more you will understand that they always chose the best singer(s) for each song. They also wrote songs separately and with each other so there was always variety, different flavors if you will. Buying one of their new albums was always thrilling, you never knew what you were getting from one song to the next! The first song is a sweet love song with Christine and Lindsey in a duet, the second song is an etherial experience with Stevie twirling on stage, and the next song is a Summer rocker with Lindsey on lead. What is the forth song going to be? No idea, but it's going to sound great! Christine, Stevie, and Lindsey are one of the most solid arrangement of lead singers any band could wish for!
I have heard a lot of material from the early days of the band, magnificent musicians producing great work. When Stevie and Lindsey joined the band it elevated to something more. The way their voices just worked so well together and the differing directions of the songwriting talents was nothing short of miraculous. And their ability to step back from their emotional involvments for the Rumours album showed the music industry what proffessionalism truly means.
for a little perspective, there are 16 tracks on fleetwood mac's greatest hits album, christine mcvie wrote eight of them, stevie nicks wrote five, and lindsay buckingham wrote three...."hold me" and "over my head" are two of mcvie's best
Absolutely my favorite member of the band. Christine wrote and sang "Songbird" from the Rumours album. My wife and I picked that song as our wedding song.
J & Amber, you'll love their "Silver Spring" from the 1997 concert 'The Dance' and "You Make Loving Fun"!!! Christine McVie has an exellcent voice!! edit- Christine sings lead on several other FMac songs, "You Make Loving Fun", "Everywhere", "Don't Stop(with Lindsey Buckingham)", "Songbird"...
Silver Springs is one of my favorite Stevie songs and the Dance version is wonderful. I used to sing it live when I fronted a band in my twenties. It's enrapturing.
Stevie gets most of the attention, but Christine has written and was the lead singer on many of Fleetwood Mac's hits; and Lindsey Buckingham, the lead guitarist, also wrote and was the lead singer on some big hits and many of their greatest deep cuts. I love Stevie, but Fleetwood Mac is much more than just her. In fact, they were a moderately successful group before Stevie and Lindsey joined and took the band to superstar status. One of the band's best songs was made before they joined, called "Hypnotized," and it is magical.
Christine McVie is an Artist with a capital A! She sings, plays keyboard and her writing skills are top notch. Already as a young child I got into Fleetwood Mac through this song, “Hold Me” and “Everywhere”. You will love the song "Don't Stop" for its good vibes.
"Say You Love Me", "Tell Me Lies", "You Make Loving Fun", "Hold Me", all McVie magic, but my favorite Christine led Fleetwood Mac song has to be "Everywhere", plus the video's storyline is so well done.
“You make loving fun” is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. Christine is the lead singer on that one, you guys should definitely check it out. Edit:”Say you love me” is also a goodie.
It’s Chris-teen (Perfect) And she’s the Piano player. Also: During the making of this album, Lindsey Buckingham said…. Enough ! I’m out. As I understand it he did virtually everything on this and the previous album.
Fleetwood Mac were always an all-star line-up, but you kind of think of Stevie and Lindsey as the 'hired guns' teammates, while Mick Fleetwood and Christine MAC-Vie are the 'named partners' of the whole firm. She's literally the Mac in the name of the group.
Hi Jay and Amber. Though Stevie Nicks headlines Fleetwood Mac classics like “Rhiannon” and “Dreams”, Christine McVie wrote or co-wrote many of their great songs. Her best is “You Make Lovin’ Fun” along with “Over My Head,” “Don’t Stop," and “Songbird”. She also co-wrote “Hold Me”, a 1982 smash hit.
Fleetwood Mac has three lead singers. Obviously Stevie who's simply amazing then the talented Christine who as you can tell in this song has a wonderful lead voice but also Lindsey Buckingham who leads on songs such as " Go your own way" all very talented.
christine mcvie really shines with songs like "you make lovin' fun" and "over my head", my favourites. i'm more of a stevie fan but without christine, even stevie's songs would sound not quite right. her harmonies (along with lindsey) and her stable presence within the band are imperitive. and it's pronounced chris-TEEN 😊
Reading these comments gives me hope that Christine is getting the respect she deserves. However, I don’t see a lot of people talking about her earlier material with the band, particularly on the ‘Penguin’ and ‘Heroes are Hard to Find’ albums. If anyone wants to deep dive into Christine, they can check out her very early stuff with Chicken Shack, a 60’s blues group before she joined FM. Said sincerely from a Christine Perfect (McVie) super fan!
“Show Me A Smile” from the 1971 album “Future Games” is and absolute gem and a must listen for any Christine McVie fan or FM fan in general. If you never delved back deep into the early Christine albums do yourself a favor and seek out every song she wrote. Fantastic songwriter and singer
Christine has a fantastic voice this song along with You make loving fun, Everywhere and Song Bird are Fleetwood Mac staples. You should definitely check out their live concert from 1997 The Dance to see how incredible this band truly is.
Christine McVie has a beautiful voice. Her and Stevie had different sounds and they both complimented each other on songs. My favorite of hers is Over My Head. I love that song.
Decades ago I happened to hear "Over My Head" playing on a local radio station, and when it ended the DJ said, "Christine McVie on lead vocals there...they just don't get any smoother than that." I had to agree.
A Lot more great Christine McVie Songs yet to uncover. She has been with the band since 1970 and has played on nearly every one of their albums. Most of their best known (love) songs are from her pen: Spare Me a Little of Your Love, Come a Little bit Closer, Why, Over my Head, Say You Love Me, You Make Loving Fun, Don't Stop, Songbird, Think About Me, Everywhere, As Long As You Follow... so many other great songs too, but that's a start! This summer marks the bands 55th anniversary, by the way.
This song is great. It emits a rich and ethereal feeling. This song is one my favorite hits from Fleetwood Mac because Christine sang lead, and as was pointed out, her voice and Stevie’s played off each others’ well. Christine, you will be missed. You were a great talent! I know Stevie agrees because she considered you her best friend.
J, don’t be disappointed. Fleetwood Mac existed before Stevie, and they have regularly split lead singer duties between Stevie, Christine, and Lindsey. The band was great because of the sum of ALL of them. Still waiting on “Tusk”!
The three members that defined Fleetwood Mac with their compositions were Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and yes, Christine McVie, these three members of the band are those that finally gave the band the identity that made them famous; Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the core as the almost original members, (John was not at the begging , but it was for a very short time, since he had to finish with the band he was playing with before), those that always were there, but Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie were those that, when they incorporated to the band, made it great. Now the sad thing is that precisely today, November the 30th, 2022, Christine McVie has died 😔
Try "Over my head" or "Songbird". Both have Christine McVie singing lead vocals-beautiful. Her name is Christine, not Kristen. Thanks for the reaction.
I highly recommend going back to her early days with the band and check out her 1971 song “Show Me A Smile”. You will love it. Christine was always my favorite singer and songwriter in the band. She wrote more of their hits than any other member.
You guys should react to more Fleetwood Mac… "I'm So Afraid", "Say You Love Me", "Over My Head", "Second Hand News", "Don't Stop", "Gold Dust Woman", "Songbird", "You Make Loving Fun", "I Don't Want to Know", "Oh Daddy", "Sara", "Gypsy", "Sisters of the Moon", "Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Everywhere", "Family Man" 🎸🤘
I really like Christine's voice, she also was willing to accept Stevie into the band although she was already their female singer. She has a sexy voice. Thanks Amber and Jay.
You are right, I am blessed. I found this channel! I've been chain watching your videos since I found them and though I love these songs and grew up with them (I'm 62) seeing young people react as you do make them that much more fun. I'm so sorry you grew up about 20 years to late but so happy you can enjoy this music now! Bless you both!!!
Their Tango in the Night album was a pretty big comeback for them in 1987. It was a huge chart success with a number of radio hits, all of them fantastic. This may be my favorite from that time frame. I'd highly suggest doing "Seven Wonders" next, then "Everywhere" and "Big Love" from this album.
@@nancysmith8626 I use the opening notes of SW as my phone's notifications! It's too bad radio gave up on this song soon after it left the charts, whereas Everywhere and Little Lies can still be heard once on a while.
Christine McVie was a member of Fleetwood Mac prior to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joining. Her permission was required as the band wasn't sure they needed two female vocalists. Christine said in an interview that she had no problem with another girl in the band. That version of Fleetwood Mac just dominated the charts!
The arrangement of Christine on lead with Stevie backing her up was perfect for this song. You should check out "Hypnotized". Fleetwood before Lindsey and Stevie.
Agree! Hypnotized is probably one of Bob Welch's best known Mac songs (along with Sentimental Lady). If I recall, Hypnotized is the only song from that era that charted in the US. And you're right... knowing their love for Stevie, they will love the mysteriousness of that one too!
Christine McVie was with the band for years & many albums prior to Stevie Nicks joining the band. She is much more upbeat & has written some of the best songs the band ever recorded. She is the piano player. I have been suggesting her to you for months. Go back in time to the band before Stevie & listen to her song Spare Me A Little Of Your Love from the Bare Trees album.
I love the Stevie fronted songs, but the Christine McVie ones were always my favorites! Her voice is amazing! “Everywhere” is another great Christine fronted F.M. Song.
Christine was married to John McVie the bass player. She was also the only one in the band that was classically trained. She wrote the majority of the bands songs. The band was so perfect because of the mixture of talent and their willingness to write about their real lives but not in a narrative but by picking out the sources of problems within the relationships, turning them into songs and being willing to gather back together and use their talents to make it some of the best music ever recorded.
Christine McVie, my favorite Fleetwood Mac member. She wrote the best songs and her voice is sultry, warm and smooth. I love Stevie Nicks, too, don't get me wrong but I've always liked Christine more. Actually, my favorite version of Fleetwood Mac is the original lineup with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer.
Lindsey story! My guy and I were in Atlantic City for a Fleetwood Mac Concert. We spent the day on the beach. We were sitting in front of the iconic lifeguard boat and asked a man who had paused from jogging to take our photo. I showed him how to work my camera. Later on at the concert we noticed the man who took our photo, onstage, it was Lindsey.
Fleetwood Mac has (usually) had 3 singers at any given time. For this album, it was Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie. They usually have one singer singing lead (this time, Christine), but almost always, the others will usually sing backing or harmony vocals. Since Buckingham & Nicks first joined (back in 1975), their hit singles have averaged out about equal between Stevie & Christine, although their only #1 hit (Dreams) was by Stevie.
Lindsey's biggest hit singles with FM were Go Your Own Way & Big Love. Although he has some great album cuts (non-singles), such as World Turning, Never Going Back Again, Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Second Hand News, Tusk, (a killer live version of the band's pre-1975 hit, Oh Well), Tango in the Night, Bleed to Love Her & Peacekeeper. IMHO, Lindsey was the driving force behind FM. Even though most of their hits were not sung by him, his studio wizardry is all over their best music (again, not counting their very underrated pre-1975 music, when they were a very different band).
@@screwyootube1 Yeah, there's a reason he's called FM's sonic architect; playing, arranging and producing he's responsible for their overall sound during his time with the band. He may have driven everyone crazy in the studio with his perfectionism and layers upon layers but it's a good portion of why the songs and albums have stood the test of time. Believe it or not Tusk was a top 10 single (and Rolling Stone named it the #1 song from 1979). It was always odd that few of his songs were released as singles - though many have become huge concert staples.
@@caps689 Tusk is probably my favorite Lindsey song, with or without the Mac. As as I know it's the only song featuring an entire marching band to hit the charts.
You are correct Amber. They are chimes. Christine, pronounced Christeen. Started as Christine Perfect playing in mostly blues bands before joining Fleetwood Mac. She just released a new album highlighting mostly unknown gems from her solo career including an outstanding orchestral version of her signature song Songbird. Check out her early Christine Perfect Album. It includes her version of The Etta James' Blues Classic I'd Rather Go Blind. It was her very first hit in The UK.
This is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. The melody behind this is incredible. Takes me back to my childhood days in coincidentally Oklahoma right before I moved back to Texas. Rest in Heaven Christine..she did her thing on this one
This has always been my favorite. Probably cuz I grew up with this on the radio but I never get sick of this song!!! Big Love by Lindsey and You Make Loving Fun by Christine seem to be the top recommendations and I could not agree more!! Their concert tour The Dance is absolutely phenomenal!!
My favorite Christine McVie "Mac" song is You Make Loving Fun and also Songbird, which gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, It's so beautiful, in large part because of Christine's delivery. I saw them in 82 when the Cardinals had just won the World Series a few days earlier and they closed out the show with Songbird and she dedicated it to the Cardinals. The St Louis crowd went nuts and it was breathtaking and an unforgettable concert moment!
If you guys react to more Fleetwood Mac you'll Find that Christine actually sings lead on several of the popular Fleetwood Mac hits. "You Make Loving Fun", "Say You Love Me", "Songbird" (which Eva Cassidy did a cover of), "Don't Stop", "Hold Me" & "World Turning" (She shares lead with Linsey Buckingham on those last three songs. They are a perfect match up in vocals imo!).
Thanks, never appreciated all the great songs she was the main singer on; Stevie seems to get the most response by reactors especially her videos. Hopefully your list will help guide them and even up the responses.
Christine had been with Fleetwood Mac long before Stevie. At one time she was married to the bass player, John McVie. She was also solo as Christine Perfect.
No matter who was singing, Fleetwood Mac is a fabulous band. Each song is special. Glad you caught onto Christine's voice. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
This Christine McVIe' song was actually the most successful single from this album. She actually sang two of the four singles released from it...the next single, "Everywhere", was hers as well.
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Christine McVie played a bigger part in the band than most people realize. As a singer, songwriter, and sort of the glue that held the band together.
Yes, and for years I didn't notice that little whispering vocals interlaced into the background that sounds so ethereal. You have to listen on good equipment to truly appreciate this song.
RIP Christine. Hope they will view Don't Stop. Christine sings and is credited on writing. Greatly agree, Christine was THE secret weapon behind Fleetwood Mac's best music.
RIP😢
I COULD NOT stand stevie knicks, her and that dress flippin and her witchcraft i always heard she was into, turned me off, too prissy for my taste,
They are amazingly talented. The magic in all of these hits is not lyrics or singing imo. Though everyone says so. The music is the common factor in all these hits. They knew how to construct a song. Lindsey is my favorite, but they were all gifted musicians. Those baselines are incredible and Mick may be my favorite drummer of all time.
R.I.P. Christine McVie. She's the unsung hero of Fleetwood Mac. In the last few hours since her death made the news, it's been pointed out that, while Stevie and Lindsey get the most attention, when it came time to putting out the band's greatest hits album, close to half of the songs on it were Christine songs. She's an underrated, but an amazing singer, songwriter, and performer. You really need to check out her song "Songbird." Will make you cry in a really good way.
She was an absolute Song Bird
Songbird is really her best😢
Still Can't Believe She's Gone 😢😢😢
The other half would be Lindsey's songs lol. Both of them were the heart and soul of the band. Stevie's a great singer, but she hardly wrote anything.
Lawd she was famous before she got in with Mick.
Christine McVie had a great voice. She never got enough credit for her part in this group. Great song.
Christine may have written more songs for Fleetwood Mac than Stevie, simply because Christine has been with the band for many more years than Stevie. About half of Fleetwood Macs albums studio albums were produced before Stevie joined the band.
I think that Christine's multiple castles in the UK would disagree. She is a wonder
probably because she was a selfish evil bitch
Christine wasn't just a chick playing keyboards in a rock band.
She's a classically trained pianist and knows music theory. She's an integral part of the entire band. Or...she was. 😭
Please look into more Christine songs. She deserves as much attention as Stevie, just...in a different way. And Stevie harmonizing with Christine is ✨✨✨
Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks are both great singers, but Christine is an amazing writer and musician as well! “You Make Lovin’ Fun” is another great one, she also wrote the lyrics for “The Chain”, “Songbird”, “Don’t Stop”, and “Over My Head”. So you’ve heard he out front without knowing probably.
Christine McVie
for me you make lovin´ fun is probably the best flleetwood mac song
Christine is awesome in every respect, BUT she didn't write the lyrics to "The Chain." Those belong primarily to Stevie. Christine wrote a section of the music for that song.
If you listen to Stevie's demo version of the Chain, you'd never recognize it! The famous bass line and outro was from Christine's demo song Keep Me There. The way they morphed all these bits of songs together to create The final Chain is truly incredible. Makes me appreciate the song even more.
“You Make Lovin’ Fun” is one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs ever.
‘Hold Me’ and ‘Everywhere’ are phenomenal!
She is Fleetwood Mac’s secret weapon!! Love her voice!!🤘🔥
I was just going to say that.
Nailed it!
Devastated to hear of the passing of Christine McVie yesterday. One of my real musical heroes. What an incredible singer/songwriter and musician. Fleetwood Mac does not become Fleetwood Mac without her massive contributions to the band. One of our generations greatest hitmakers and her signature vocals provided such a rich and warm backdrop to the lives of millions like me. Just so, so many beautiful songs. We will miss and remember you forever. God bless you and RIP.
Christie singing "You Make Lovin Fun" was a great song for her!!!!
Love it. Also commented!😊🎶
My favorite Fleetwood Mac song
Christine was the backbone of FM. She wrote, she sang, she provided backup & she was glue keeping the band on course. She, along with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were known for & were amazing at their 3-part harmonies. On this song, Little Lies, during the chorus, you hear Stevie doing 2nd part and then Lindsey B doing 3rd part. Loving hearing them. This is another reason why FM is unforgettable. The 3 singers gave good songs each, then backed each other up vocally. And of course, Lindsey B came in later and did his magic to make the songs sound even better, production-wise.
Love this group!
"Songbird" is another gorgeous Fleetwood Mac song that features Christine's smooth, beautiful voice!
"Songbird" is just Christie and the piano. It's beautiful and really showcases her talent.
Christine McVie was a major contributor to Fleetwood Mac's success. Try "You Make Lovin' Fun" and Amber will LOVE Christine's beautiful ballad "Songbird". I happened to be in the front row of a show when she sang Songbird. I was blown away by her talent and beauty.
Everyone in this band is absolutely a crucial peice that cannot be replaced. When they're all together it's just magical!!!! 🤗❤✌
As in all legendary bands The Whole is greater than the Sum of it's Parts
Christine McVie has a great voice! She wrote & sang many of F/Macs best known songs!
Christine was at one point married to the bassist, John McVie. He is the "Mac" in Fleetwood Mac.
I think she has a prettier voice than Stevie, which is more unusal but a bit nasally. I like them both though, just different strengths.
@@lynnchristenson6209 Well said
This band had three lead singers (Christine, Lindsey, and Stevie), all of which were also song writers. This is why they had such a diverse sound. For more Christine, try "You make Lovin' Fun" and "Over my Head." For more Lindsey try "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Big Love."
Everywhere and As Long As You Follow are my favorites of hers.
Over My Head is fantastic.
Christine was a HUGE part of FM.
While Lindsey did sing a verse on Don't Stop, Christine wrote it by herself and sang the other half of the song. It's her song. :) And juxtaposing Don't Stop vs. Go Your Own Way shows a real contrast between his anger at his and Stevie's breakup, vs Christine's optimism (and lack of recriminations) moving on from her failed marriage to John
Linsey b lol the only decent song this scumbag claimed he wrote christine wrote easy to hear
Fleetwood Mac had several singers, not just these three, you forgot that before them there were Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch
She's good on "You Make Loving Fun" and "Over My Head"
Christine was a dynamic force in the band....we'll miss her
If you REALLY want to hear Christine's voice and range, listen to "Songbird" with Christine on the grand piano...her performance will bring you to tears. I saw them (Mac) live in '77 and Songbird made my jaw drop....
Songbird made me fall in love with Christine
@@lyngusrobb5323 as it did for many of us
We used "Songbird" for our wedding as our First Dance.
OMG yes! I love the whole FM album Rumors. I just like well produced music by good musicians. So annoying how decent musicians are denied air time vs auto-tuned garbage :-(
Christine is personally one of my favorite songwriters ever.
I’m glad you guys are recognising Chistine’s essential qualities within the heart and soul of Fleetwood Mac. She was part of the songwriting trinity that comprised herself, Stevie and Lindsay. Never to be replaced nor forgotten, the band will never be the same again ❤😢
Christine McVie was an important piece of Fleetwood Mac and sang quite a few of the hits. She was married to the bass player, John McVie, and they split around the same time as Buckingham and Nicks, fueling the breakup album Rumours.
she actually had the MOST top ten hits.
I don’t know if you have done this, but the song “Songbird” sung by Christine McVie for Fleetwood Mac is BEAUTIFUL.
Christie does a lot of background and is part of the harmonies in alot of the songs where she isn’t lead or co-lead.People sometimes don’t notice at first. The 3 lead singers makes Fleetwood Mac unique and special.
One of my favorite songs by them. RIP Christine McVie. Love your videos and reactions.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for giving us a Christine McVie- led song. She started as a blues player/singer in the late 60's before joining FMac. This is one of my favorite songs from Tango in the Night,1987. Her earlier songs (Say you Love Me, Songbird, Hold Me, for example) feature a lot more prominent piano, though they did adapt to the synth-heavy 80's quite successfully with this album. More please!
I always liked Christine McVie's singing and songwriting. One of my favorite performances of a song by her is "Say You Love Me" from "The Dance" video where Lindsey Buckingham plays banjo and Mick Fleetwood steps down from his full drum set. ruclips.net/video/WKnfGqYOdrw/видео.html&ab_channel=CroNix99
Right On!!!
They should really check out Christine's major solo hit, "Got a Hold on Me". Love that song!
@@btgiv6009 Absolutely! A sunny sunny slice of California pop... from a British woman!
Got a Hold on Me and Love Will show Us How from the same album -- both great!
I think she was there at the beginning of Fleetwood Mac, whilst playing gigs with her old band I think I read of her singing uncredited backing vocals on tracks from the first FM album. I think she's been credited on every album since and as a full member since 1970ish. Until her semi retirement.
The entire album Rumours is one the biggest selling albums of all time. Every track is gold
You guys need to check out Christine's "Songbird" from the Rumors album. Just Christine's voice and a piano. Absolutely beautiful.
Jay you need to put in context that Christine was the lead singer for Fleetwood Mac before Stevie and Lindsey Buckingham joined the group. Prior to Stevie joining, Christine was known more as a blue singer. She went more "commercial" as the group became more popular. Christine also had several big albums on the Adult Contemporary Charts in between rest periods for Fleetwood Mac.
It's *Christine* McVie. She was in Fleetwood Mac long before Stevie Nicks. She came from a great British Blues band called Chicken Shack.
Wasn't she in Velvet Underground ?
No, maybe you're thinking of Nico?@@deniseg812
@@deniseg812 NO. You are probably confusing her with Nico, the German singer who was in The Velvet Underground.
This was my song in the 80s, I am a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac, rest in peace, Christine McVie.
The real magic of Fleetwood Mac was no matter who was singing lead it was going to sound stellar! No matter which one or combination of lead singers they had for a song, it is going to sound fantastic. The more of their songs you listen to the more you will understand that they always chose the best singer(s) for each song. They also wrote songs separately and with each other so there was always variety, different flavors if you will.
Buying one of their new albums was always thrilling, you never knew what you were getting from one song to the next! The first song is a sweet love song with Christine and Lindsey in a duet, the second song is an etherial experience with Stevie twirling on stage, and the next song is a Summer rocker with Lindsey on lead. What is the forth song going to be? No idea, but it's going to sound great! Christine, Stevie, and Lindsey are one of the most solid arrangement of lead singers any band could wish for!
I have heard a lot of material from the early days of the band, magnificent musicians producing great work. When Stevie and Lindsey joined the band it elevated to something more. The way their voices just worked so well together and the differing directions of the songwriting talents was nothing short of miraculous. And their ability to step back from their emotional involvments for the Rumours album showed the music industry what proffessionalism truly means.
for a little perspective, there are 16 tracks on fleetwood mac's greatest hits album, christine mcvie wrote eight of them, stevie nicks wrote five, and lindsay buckingham wrote three...."hold me" and "over my head" are two of mcvie's best
Great note!
@@boydsprehn2140 thanks!
Absolutely my favorite member of the band. Christine wrote and sang "Songbird" from the Rumours album. My wife and I picked that song as our wedding song.
J & Amber, you'll love their "Silver Spring" from the 1997 concert 'The Dance' and "You Make Loving Fun"!!!
Christine McVie has an exellcent voice!! edit- Christine sings lead on several other FMac songs, "You Make Loving Fun", "Everywhere", "Don't Stop(with Lindsey Buckingham)", "Songbird"...
Would add the group effort World Turning as well; Songbird was a Christine McVie song.
Silver Spring is a great selection, hope they check it out.
Silver Springs is one of my favorite Stevie songs and the Dance version is wonderful. I used to sing it live when I fronted a band in my twenties. It's enrapturing.
@@utcnc7mm Yes!!!
Gotta do Silver Springs from the concert!! Stevie Nicks singing it to her ex Lindsey Buckingham is chilling!!
Christine McVie was part of Fleetwood Mac before Stevie even joined them. Also, it's pronounced "Chris-teen" McVie
Stevie gets most of the attention, but Christine has written and was the lead singer on many of Fleetwood Mac's hits; and Lindsey Buckingham, the lead guitarist, also wrote and was the lead singer on some big hits and many of their greatest deep cuts. I love Stevie, but Fleetwood Mac is much more than just her. In fact, they were a moderately successful group before Stevie and Lindsey joined and took the band to superstar status. One of the band's best songs was made before they joined, called "Hypnotized," and it is magical.
Christine McVie is an Artist with a capital A! She sings, plays keyboard and her writing skills are top notch. Already as a young child I got into Fleetwood Mac through this song, “Hold Me” and “Everywhere”. You will love the song "Don't Stop" for its good vibes.
"Say You Love Me", "Tell Me Lies", "You Make Loving Fun", "Hold Me", all McVie magic, but my favorite Christine led Fleetwood Mac song has to be "Everywhere", plus the video's storyline is so well done.
Don’t Stop is a Christine song as well, with the assist from Lindsay Buckingham , who is very ignored from these two. Just looking for the gimmick
“You make loving fun” is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. Christine is the lead singer on that one, you guys should definitely check it out.
Edit:”Say you love me” is also a goodie.
Yes!
Christine McVie was a long-time Fleetwood Mac member. She joined in 1970 and has been a very important component to the band since then.
You know a band are mega stars when any band member can sing lead and everyone loves each and every song they put out. ❤️❤️
It’s Chris-teen (Perfect) And she’s the Piano player. Also: During the making of this album, Lindsey Buckingham said…. Enough ! I’m out. As I understand it he did virtually everything on this and the previous album.
He basically made this entire album
Fleetwood Mac were always an all-star line-up, but you kind of think of Stevie and Lindsey as the 'hired guns' teammates, while Mick Fleetwood and Christine MAC-Vie are the 'named partners' of the whole firm. She's literally the Mac in the name of the group.
Hi Jay and Amber. Though Stevie Nicks headlines Fleetwood Mac classics like “Rhiannon” and “Dreams”, Christine McVie wrote or co-wrote many of their great songs. Her best is “You Make Lovin’ Fun” along with “Over My Head,” “Don’t Stop," and “Songbird”. She also co-wrote “Hold Me”, a 1982 smash hit.
Fleetwood Mac has three lead singers. Obviously Stevie who's simply amazing then the talented Christine who as you can tell in this song has a wonderful lead voice but also Lindsey Buckingham who leads on songs such as " Go your own way" all very talented.
christine mcvie really shines with songs like "you make lovin' fun" and "over my head", my favourites. i'm more of a stevie fan but without christine, even stevie's songs would sound not quite right. her harmonies (along with lindsey) and her stable presence within the band are imperitive.
and it's pronounced chris-TEEN 😊
Thanks!
Reading these comments gives me hope that Christine is getting the respect she deserves. However, I don’t see a lot of people talking about her earlier material with the band, particularly on the ‘Penguin’ and ‘Heroes are Hard to Find’ albums. If anyone wants to deep dive into Christine, they can check out her very early stuff with Chicken Shack, a 60’s blues group before she joined FM. Said sincerely from a Christine Perfect (McVie) super fan!
I was lucky enough to see Chicken Shack with Christine Perfect, fabulous night and fabulous band. ✌️
Prove Your Love is so gooood
“Show Me A Smile” from the 1971 album “Future Games” is and absolute gem and a must listen for any Christine McVie fan or FM fan in general. If you never delved back deep into the early Christine albums do yourself a favor and seek out every song she wrote. Fantastic songwriter and singer
Christine mcvie is the main singer and on keyboards and wrote the song Stevie is backup singing.
Christine has a fantastic voice this song along with You make loving fun, Everywhere and Song Bird are Fleetwood Mac staples. You should definitely check out their live concert from 1997 The Dance to see how incredible this band truly is.
Christine McVie has a beautiful voice. Her and Stevie had different sounds and they both complimented each other on songs. My favorite of hers is Over My Head. I love that song.
Decades ago I happened to hear "Over My Head" playing on a local radio station, and when it ended the DJ said, "Christine McVie on lead vocals there...they just don't get any smoother than that." I had to agree.
A Lot more great Christine McVie Songs yet to uncover. She has been with the band since 1970 and has played on nearly every one of their albums. Most of their best known (love) songs are from her pen:
Spare Me a Little of Your Love, Come a Little bit Closer, Why, Over my Head, Say You Love Me, You Make Loving Fun, Don't Stop, Songbird, Think About Me, Everywhere, As Long As You Follow... so many other great songs too, but that's a start!
This summer marks the bands 55th anniversary, by the way.
This song is great. It emits a rich and ethereal feeling. This song is one my favorite hits from Fleetwood Mac because Christine sang lead, and as was pointed out, her voice and Stevie’s played off each others’ well. Christine, you will be missed. You were a great talent! I know Stevie agrees because she considered you her best friend.
J, don’t be disappointed. Fleetwood Mac existed before Stevie, and they have regularly split lead singer duties between Stevie, Christine, and Lindsey. The band was great because of the sum of ALL of them. Still waiting on “Tusk”!
Yes to Tusk! Love the beat and the brass!
Love the video with USC marching band!
The three members that defined Fleetwood Mac with their compositions were Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and yes, Christine McVie, these three members of the band are those that finally gave the band the identity that made them famous; Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the core as the almost original members, (John was not at the begging , but it was for a very short time, since he had to finish with the band he was playing with before), those that always were there, but Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie were those that, when they incorporated to the band, made it great.
Now the sad thing is that precisely today, November the 30th, 2022, Christine McVie has died 😔
Please try "Say You Love Me" & "You Make Lovin' Fun". Both written & sung by Christine. 2 big hits from the band.
Christine’s songs are always my favorites. She has such an amazing subtlety and smoothness to her voice.
Try "Over my head" or "Songbird". Both have Christine McVie singing lead vocals-beautiful. Her name is Christine, not Kristen. Thanks for the reaction.
I highly recommend going back to her early days with the band and check out her 1971 song “Show Me A Smile”. You will love it. Christine was always my favorite singer and songwriter in the band. She wrote more of their hits than any other member.
You guys should react to more Fleetwood Mac…
"I'm So Afraid", "Say You Love Me", "Over My Head", "Second Hand News", "Don't Stop", "Gold Dust Woman", "Songbird", "You Make Loving Fun", "I Don't Want to Know", "Oh Daddy", "Sara", "Gypsy", "Sisters of the Moon", "Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Everywhere", "Family Man"
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The live version of I'm So Afraid from The Dance DVD is excellent and I'm sure Jay would appreciate Lindsay's guitar playing for that song.
I love Christine's voice. This song is great. She has a lot of great songs.
Christie McVie is the keyboard player in Fleetwood Mac. They have 3 main singers.😀
One of my favorite FM songs simply because it really shows off all three lead singers and their incredibly unique and recognizable voices.
I really like Christine's voice, she also was willing to accept Stevie into the band although she was already their female singer. She has a sexy voice. Thanks Amber and Jay.
Thank you for this reaction. The beautiful voices of Christie and Stevie are fabulous.
You are right, I am blessed. I found this channel! I've been chain watching your videos since I found them and though I love these songs and grew up with them (I'm 62) seeing young people react as you do make them that much more fun. I'm so sorry you grew up about 20 years to late but so happy you can enjoy this music now! Bless you both!!!
Their Tango in the Night album was a pretty big comeback for them in 1987. It was a huge chart success with a number of radio hits, all of them fantastic. This may be my favorite from that time frame. I'd highly suggest doing "Seven Wonders" next, then "Everywhere" and "Big Love" from this album.
Seven Wonders is my sentimental favorite Mac song. I heard that, and suddenly they became my favorite band. And still... 35 years later!
@@ChrisW-17 yeah, now that I think about it, "Seven Wonders" might be my fave of all, too. It's just THAT good.
@@nancysmith8626 I use the opening notes of SW as my phone's notifications! It's too bad radio gave up on this song soon after it left the charts, whereas Everywhere and Little Lies can still be heard once on a while.
Christine McVie was a member of Fleetwood Mac prior to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joining. Her permission was required as the band wasn't sure they needed two female vocalists. Christine said in an interview that she had no problem with another girl in the band. That version of Fleetwood Mac just dominated the charts!
The arrangement of Christine on lead with Stevie backing her up was perfect for this song.
You should check out "Hypnotized". Fleetwood before Lindsey and Stevie.
Absolutely.
Hypnotized is my all time favorite
Agree! Hypnotized is probably one of Bob Welch's best known Mac songs (along with Sentimental Lady). If I recall, Hypnotized is the only song from that era that charted in the US.
And you're right... knowing their love for Stevie, they will love the mysteriousness of that one too!
Revelation is also great.
Best song ever
Christine McVie was with the band for years & many albums prior to Stevie Nicks joining the band. She is much more upbeat & has written some of the best songs the band ever recorded. She is the piano player. I have been suggesting her to you for months.
Go back in time to the band before Stevie & listen to her song Spare Me A Little Of Your Love from the Bare Trees album.
I love the Stevie fronted songs, but the Christine McVie ones were always my favorites! Her voice is amazing! “Everywhere” is another great Christine fronted F.M. Song.
Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders - Second hand news - Tusk - Hold Me - Big Love - You Make Lovin Fun - Tango in the Night
Christine McVie and her song vocals are my favorite of all Fleetwood Mac songs.
Christine was married to John McVie the bass player. She was also the only one in the band that was classically trained. She wrote the majority of the bands songs. The band was so perfect because of the mixture of talent and their willingness to write about their real lives but not in a narrative but by picking out the sources of problems within the relationships, turning them into songs and being willing to gather back together and use their talents to make it some of the best music ever recorded.
Christine McVie, my favorite Fleetwood Mac member. She wrote the best songs and her voice is sultry, warm and smooth. I love Stevie Nicks, too, don't get me wrong but I've always liked Christine more. Actually, my favorite version of Fleetwood Mac is the original lineup with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer.
Lindsey story! My guy and I were in Atlantic City for a Fleetwood Mac Concert. We spent the day on the beach. We were sitting in front of the iconic lifeguard boat and asked a man who had paused from jogging to take our photo. I showed him how to work my camera. Later on at the concert we noticed the man who took our photo, onstage, it was Lindsey.
Christine was singing with Fleetwood years before Stevie and Lindsay were inducted. Beautiful bluesy voice.
Christine Was Also Responsible For Their Big Hit " Hold Me " in 1982.
Fleetwood Mac has (usually) had 3 singers at any given time. For this album, it was Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie. They usually have one singer singing lead (this time, Christine), but almost always, the others will usually sing backing or harmony vocals.
Since Buckingham & Nicks first joined (back in 1975), their hit singles have averaged out about equal between Stevie & Christine, although their only #1 hit (Dreams) was by Stevie.
Lindsey's biggest hit singles with FM were Go Your Own Way & Big Love. Although he has some great album cuts (non-singles), such as World Turning, Never Going Back Again, Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Second Hand News, Tusk, (a killer live version of the band's pre-1975 hit, Oh Well), Tango in the Night, Bleed to Love Her & Peacekeeper. IMHO, Lindsey was the driving force behind FM. Even though most of their hits were not sung by him, his studio wizardry is all over their best music (again, not counting their very underrated pre-1975 music, when they were a very different band).
@@screwyootube1 Yeah, there's a reason he's called FM's sonic architect; playing, arranging and producing he's responsible for their overall sound during his time with the band. He may have driven everyone crazy in the studio with his perfectionism and layers upon layers but it's a good portion of why the songs and albums have stood the test of time.
Believe it or not Tusk was a top 10 single (and Rolling Stone named it the #1 song from 1979). It was always odd that few of his songs were released as singles - though many have become huge concert staples.
@@caps689 Tusk is probably my favorite Lindsey song, with or without the Mac. As as I know it's the only song featuring an entire marching band to hit the charts.
@@caps689 yeah, I forgot to list it as one of his top 10 hit singles. Great, fun song!
LOL, spell check changed “single” to “sirloin”!
You are correct Amber. They are chimes. Christine, pronounced Christeen. Started as Christine Perfect playing in mostly blues bands before joining Fleetwood Mac. She just released a new album highlighting mostly unknown gems from her solo career including an outstanding orchestral version of her signature song Songbird. Check out her early Christine Perfect Album. It includes her version of The Etta James' Blues Classic I'd Rather Go Blind. It was her very first hit in The UK.
Christine has been with the band a lot longer than Nicks. I've always loved her voice
This is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. The melody behind this is incredible. Takes me back to my childhood days in coincidentally Oklahoma right before I moved back to Texas. Rest in Heaven Christine..she did her thing on this one
I love Christine's VOICE!
RIP Christine. "You Make Loving Fun" was my favorite song of hers.
This has always been my favorite. Probably cuz I grew up with this on the radio but I never get sick of this song!!! Big Love by Lindsey and You Make Loving Fun by Christine seem to be the top recommendations and I could not agree more!! Their concert tour The Dance is absolutely phenomenal!!
Dude you have to appreciate how great Christine Mc Vie is and was! Awesome!!!
Love her when she sings Songbird.
"Songbird" and "Oh Daddy" really showcase Christine's vocals.
Missing Chris. 😪
Great choice you guys. A song with all 3 singers. Christine has a velvety quality to her voice
My favorite Christine McVie "Mac" song is You Make Loving Fun and also Songbird, which gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, It's so beautiful, in large part because of Christine's delivery. I saw them in 82 when the Cardinals had just won the World Series a few days earlier and they closed out the show with Songbird and she dedicated it to the Cardinals. The St Louis crowd went nuts and it was breathtaking and an unforgettable concert moment!
This is great. You can never go wrong with Fleetwood Mac.
They are amazing in concert!!
Christine and Stevie's voices work so well together! "The Chain" is a must do if you haven't already!
“You Make Lovin’ Fun” is a masterpiece. Fleetwood Mac is way more than Stevie Nicks. Although I love Stevie too. You’ll learn!😊❤️
I totally agree!
I agree too
She's got a fantastic voice Fleetwood Mac was fortunate to have all three for voices in a band very rare to have that much talent
If you guys react to more Fleetwood Mac you'll Find that Christine actually sings lead on several of the popular Fleetwood Mac hits. "You Make Loving Fun", "Say You Love Me", "Songbird" (which Eva Cassidy did a cover of), "Don't Stop", "Hold Me" & "World Turning" (She shares lead with Linsey Buckingham on those last three songs. They are a perfect match up in vocals imo!).
Thanks, never appreciated all the great songs she was the main singer on; Stevie seems to get the most response by reactors especially her videos. Hopefully your list will help guide them and even up the responses.
Christine had been with Fleetwood Mac long before Stevie. At one time she was married to the bass player, John McVie. She was also solo as Christine Perfect.
No matter who was singing, Fleetwood Mac is a fabulous band. Each song is special. Glad you caught onto Christine's
voice. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
This Christine McVIe' song was actually the most successful single from this album. She actually sang two of the four singles released from it...the next single, "Everywhere", was hers as well.
I love the combination of the three different voices and I love this song.