Monuments for an Elegy is due for release this Tuesday, followed by the album Day for Night which is due in 2015. Billy Corgan has been fast at work on two new Smashing Pumpkins albums. Sometimes you have to take things quietly.Smashing Pumpkins Albums Ranked From Worst To Best: our ranking of Billy Corgan and co’s greatest discs, biggest misses and the challenging work that straddles in-between. You can't listen to a big booming symphony all the time, anytime. Anyhow- "Don't Stop" is a masterpeice, but I have to be in the mood to listen to it. Her voice *is* quite low, so I guess to the untrained listener. That's what I used to think when I was younger hearing the song, before I even knew who FM was. Most people don't even realize that she sings in it. Christine wrote it, but I don't think she gets enough credit for it.
If there were a song that Fleetwood Mac would be most widely known for, it would be "Don't Stop". This, right here, totally shows the genius of Christine McVie.
Christine- You go with that accordian!! Where? I don't know! Go here! :) I love it. That right there makes anyone who ever said the accordian was a dorky instrument, a prime canidate for a mental evaluation. Granted, it's more tribal sounding with the studio version, but it's still there for the Dance. Why? It's a whole extra, what, 10-15 seconds? Big Deal There!! You know what's cool about Tusk? 1)Christine plays the accordian in it!! How cool is that? 2)It's tribal sounding. noticing that they cut out some of the intro to "Go Your Own Way" on the CD. It is a very beautiful song, and it is fitting that they picked as a single off this album. Of course, my voice isn't phenomenal either, but still!! Stevie can quite easily pull it off, as only she can. I've tried it so many times, and I can never get it to where it sounds decent. :( "Silver Springs" is such an odd key to sing along to. This one they tend to swing out with crowd shots, as they often do with Christine songs. They cut her speaking bit in it, oh well. Now we're to "Temporary One"- the new Christine song. And you have never heard a crowd cheer so much as they do when Stevie and Lindsey hug after Landslide. For once, a female singer in a band does not have to be thin to be beautiful and to be given regard.
Granted, she's not as skinny anymore, but that's another thing I like about her. What is amazing about Stevie, is that even at 51, she still looks young. You know you've had success when that happens. I swear, the dog twitched right along with the music as she slept- it was great. Wow, it's amamzing the things you notice. It is absolutely amazing to watch him play. Oh well, the song MORE than makes up for it. Okay I am also noticing that they cut Lindsey's explanation of "Big Love" beforehand. Hey this version has Lindsey singing in it, so that's pretty cool~ and I think it's the only song form the Mirage album that they play in this.
They left "Gypsy" off the CD too? Okay, this better have something in it to justify cos "Gypsy" is one of the better. But they still should've put "Gold Dust Woman" in there. Screwed up in that particular performance. A)Backup singers B)Too much drum sound C)It's short D)It lacks a middle sound. But I guess I can kind of see why they didn't put this on the CD. This is one of my favorite Christine songs. I FORGOT!! CHRISTINE SINGS "OVER MY HEAD" IN THIS!! But the backup singers do a little ditty in it. I don't find thier voices all that great. I've figured it out- Stevie's backup singers sing in it. What ruins the song a little- I've finally figured it out! See, I've always thought "You Make Loving Fun" was a good song, but something about the live version irked me. I bet she's looking at Eddy (her husband). Oh! I just noticed something! During "You Make Loving Fun", Christine looks to the side at *somebody* and gets this smile on her face as she sings. Then she walks over to Mick and she extends her arm up into the air. Stevie just wails out the end, just screams it out. I just wish they would've put "Gold Dust Woman" on the CD. And- what? It went through tracks 1-3 in order, then to 5, now to 10. Currently, I am watching Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" Reunion concert.