1 December 2022

Christine

Christine Perfect became Christine McVie and she penned many of Fleetwood Mac's best songs. She died in hospital yesterday at the age of seventy nine. Before Fleetwood Mac there was Chicken Shack who I was lucky enough to see in concert three times in the late sixties and the following single from 1969 was their most famous number with Christine's soulful voice and keyboards prominent:-


On Twitter, ex-President Bill Clinton said, "I’m saddened by the passing of Christine McVie. “Don’t Stop” was my ’92 campaign theme song - it perfectly captured the mood of a nation eager for better days. I’m grateful to Christine & Fleetwood Mac for entrusting us with such a meaningful song. I will miss her."

Christine Perfect was born in 1943 in a small village in England's  Lake District called Bouth. Her father, Cyril Perfect, was  a concert violinist and music teacher.  She had music in her blood. R.I.P..

23 comments:

  1. You know you are getting older when your childhood musical idols start dying off.

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  2. I loved Fleetwood Mac but turned down a trip with my cousin to one of their concerts because "I've never heard of them." What a fool! I nearly passed on a concert of the very young Bruce Springsteen before he became famous but decided it would be a fun outing. I still think of these musicians as being in their 20s and 30s.

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    1. I slept through an entire set by The Doors. I was dog-tired but still...

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  3. She was a very classy performer. I enjoyed listening to her.

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    1. "Rumours" remains a wonderful album and is now a genuine classic.

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  4. Adieu, chanteuse ... Sweet dreams in the Vale of Avalon.

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    1. I think I would rather go to The Vale of Avalon than Heaven which must be exceedingly crowded now. I bet you can't get a seat anywhere.

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  5. She had such a beautiful voice.

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  6. Her 'Songbird' is one of my all-time favorite songs ever.
    RIP and thanks for the beauty of music.

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    1. "Songbird" is almost the perfect song isn't it?

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  7. A sad day. The old rockers are dropping like flies.

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    1. To me, Bob Dylan's death will be on a par with John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Queen Elizabeth II. Tide turning.

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  8. When I heard on the news she had died I was a bit gobsmacked, I hadn't realised there were two women in Fleetwood Mac, I only ever heard about Stevie Nicks. If I'd been a bigger fan I might have known, but I just enjoyed their music without learning more about them.

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    1. And it was good music too. Fleetwood Mac had two phases. The sixties phase with Peter Green and the seventies phase when they re-invented themselves without Peter Green.

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  9. 79 is not all that old. My Mum will be 79 next year. But unlike Christine Perfect, much as she has always loved music, she has never been very good at singing (unlike my Dad) and only played the guitar at basic home level.

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    1. Your mum is less than ten years older than me. From what you have said about her before, I suspect she will live another ten years or more. And of course her occasional "guest posts" reveal a lot about her spirit and zest for life.

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  10. A Lancashire songstress. I nearly got to see them the other year but I wasn't paying 150 Euros for a Fleetwood Mac ticket in Dublin.

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  11. I was surprised to hear she was 79, though I don't know why. It makes perfect sense. (No pun on her name intended!) I always thought she had the better voice, though some of the songs Stevie Nicks sang would also not have been the same without her nasal drone.

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  12. She touched so many with her music. She gave her heart.

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  13. I played the Rumours album over and over again back in the day. Fleetwood Mac was one of my favs. By the way, I'm loving my 'Bosh on a Budget' cookbook. It arrived last night...the magic of Amazon. I'm making the gingerbread men for my book club ladies. They might get the crispy crunchy cauliflower wings as well.

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  14. We were lucky to have her share her talent with us. I loved the music of Fleetwood Mac!

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