Such a sonically beautiful song. Aside from Christine's perfect vocals, there's some killer riffs from Lindsay, and that rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie totally give this song a killer groove.
Heh...I can honestly say I've NEVER seen a zoomer, much less a millennial, react so dynamically and enthusiastically to music--especially to classic rock. It's amazing (and quite literally infectious) to see how you react, both emotionally and physically, to some of the greatest music the last 55 or so years has ever produced! The music clearly moves through you, and it's a delight to watch! (Especially given that it's the music I and my generation grew up with!)
The whole song is pop perfection. Was there ever a sentiment as sweet as "you make loving fun, and I dont have to tell you but you're the only one"? Over such a funky, smooth arrangement. It's bloody amazing.
I bought this album about a year after it came out. As was often the case, some cute record store sales clerk recommended it. I knew the the band by name, but I'd never really connected their names to any of the songs I'd heard on the radio. ... I took the record home, started playing it, and my jaw dropped. This isn't a greatest hits album? They really came up with all of this at once? ... Astonishing! I quickly bought everything I could get my hands on, and I made syre to get great seats for their '84 show.
The thing with Rumours, in my humble opinion, is if you take any track & put it on another album, it would be the best song on that album. Definitely no fillers here.
Everything about this mix is just so superb. The way it was designed, the way it was executed, the way it was tracked, the way it was mixed, it just works so perfectly. I cranked it way up in my headphones and just wrapped myself up in the texture of it. The rhythm section on this is fantastic, but then again all of it is. I wonder where you are going for spring break. I can remember some of my spring break adventures from right around your age and wow were they adventures. Knock yourself out and have a great time man.
@@Retroearthling True.................but Stevie had a spectacular solo career on top of with FM............she had too many songs to just have two or three per album on FM.
I always thought it was such a travesty that IMO this is the best bass play by John McVie on this album and it happens to come on a track where his wife is singing about how wonderful her affair partner is.
Thank you for this! This has been my favorite band since I was a kid (born in 1985) and this son You Make Loving Fun is my top pick! Christine on the keyboard and vocals is such a jam. Bravo.
Yeah, right on… that’s not the bass though, it’s Christine’s keyboards, for example in the opening bars of the song and you can hear the bass underneath it underpinning everything. RIP Christine, she was a major component of their music and she wrote such great songs with beautiful vocals. She was a part of one of the best band chemistries in music; that’s of course referring to the musical collaborations and song crafting, not their turbulent personal relationships, although I think that was certainly a factor in the emotion behind these songs not to mention the lyrics.
The song was inspired by an affair Christine McVie had with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant. To avoid flare-ups, she told her then-husband and fellow band member, John McVie that the song was about her dog. Lol. 😆
Of course he eventually learned the truth and has had to play bass for years while his ex wife sings about how her new guy made loving fun. However, by all accounts the McVie’s were on good terms over the last decades though.
No disrespect to Stevie Nicks, but Christine will always be my favorite singer in this band. Songbird *and* this on the same album? That’s a wrap. Aside from that, this album is just written and mixed so well. Everyone’s present, everyone’s audible. Mick Fleetwood is one of the most underrated drummers ever, in my opinion, and that bass line is like barbed wire, angular and liable to cut you if you’re not careful. Rest in Peace to Christine and kudos to one of the best bands on the planet, ever.
Escucha música, cuando la música era música, real. Sin computadores y sintetizadores. La música de los 60,70 y 80 sentaron las bases de la verdadera música real y de calidad que siempre perdurará y de inspiración al futuro , que y el presente que carece de mucho ,y lo digo porque viví esa época, tengo 65 y muy joven la disfrute ,y era rica en todas las corrientes musicales. Doy gracias por haberla vivido.
