Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So, what are you listening to?

Mr. Jones, my cue to listen to either the Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk or Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited! Or both. But after some more Genesis.

Julian Cope, "Screaming Secrets"



https://youtu.be/LX79K7vJhZ0

RIP Christine McVie.

My favorite of the three singing members of Fleetwood Mac, she was one of the few white women whose voice I considered genuinely soulful. Great keyboardist and songwriter, too. She will be missed.

I'll be posting a bunch of random Christine songs over the next few days.

This deep cut from the 1975 self-titled album is a great showcase for her voice.

Fleetwood Mac, "Sugar Daddy"

https://youtu.be/9XcdDnZiQ1k

Another one from the 1975 album, one of the hits.

Songs this good never get old.

"Say You Love Me"

https://youtu.be/qrU1Zg0wugE

One of the hits from the Rumours album.

"You Make Loving Fun"


https://youtu.be/RqjXn2NflqU

Ann, thank you for doing this.

I'm heartbroken by Christine's death, as she was (to me) one of the best musicians in the group (as well as downplaying her own drama in the band). And let's not forget that Christine Perfect was a BLUES keyboardist at heart.

As far as I'm concerned, all of Fleetwood Mac's best of the best songs had her as the songwriter.

My wife and I saw them on tour a while ago (I honestly don't even remember when, but it was one of the tours where it was the classic lineup). She closed the show solo with "Songbird" which is SUCH a great song. I can still hear her singing it live and its making me tear up thinking about it.

RIP Christine. Your voice is truly among the angelic now.

You're very welcome, GL. Hugs from one fan to another. I agree that it's hard to even think about "Songbird" without crying.

Back later with more songs.

From Christine's pre-Mac band, Chicken Shack, a lovely cover of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind." That song seems to bring out the best in artists -- Rod Stewart also did an excellent version.

https://youtu.be/Ohx9Ve7-GS0

Another fine cover by Christine, "Can't Help Falling in Love"

https://youtu.be/nnt8_AsW_bQ

And back to the Mac, an underrated minor hit from the 1988 Greatest Hits album, "As Long As You Follow."

https://youtu.be/ROGEHq1WZqU

The alternate mix of one of my favorite Christine Mac songs, "Isn't It Midnight."

https://youtu.be/mnuXOk05_98

CHICKEN SHACK!

Chris Rhea

https://youtu.be/VEJ8lpCQbyw

Queen, "Princes of the Universe"

Great rocking fun from a great band.

And the first Highlander movie is still pretty decent viewing.

Lead single off the long-awaited new Peter Gabriel album. Liking, but not completely loving it.

Panopticom

RIP David Crosby.

Will definitely be spinning his first solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name. As lovely as a lot of the stuff he did with CSNY and the Byrds is, and as good as the several solo albums he recorded in his final years are, IICORMN is his truest and most innovative work.

He and Graham Nash were on the David Gilmour "On an Island" album and performed live with him on the Royal Albert Hall concert. Such an amazing voice.

I was listening to the Feedback show on SiriusXM last night on my way home and they were talking about him. Apparently he was very prickly, but you always knew where he stood on anything, including other people.

I missed this EDE - thanks for sharing it.

That album has some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. And my favorite Pink Floyd album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, is mainly Gilmour's work.


That's one of the main reasons I like David Crosby better than Neil Young.

I prefer "The Division Bell" but your point on "On an Island" is SPOT ON. That year (2006, I think) I happened to listen to it just after going on a beach trip and it captured my mind for literally months. ("The Blue" among others, including the obvious title track...)

And the live versions (especially the Live from Gdansk) are AMAZING

RIP Tom Verlaine.


Television, "Venus"


https://youtu.be/-wm7N4lJfWE

Also in tribute to the late Tom Verlaine,

Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of Television's Little Johnny Jewel:



https://youtu.be/fUIEkAHdCt8