RIP Christine McVie

[MacLaren]

One of the greatest imo.... you made lovin fun Christine McVie
R.I.P.

[James Y]

Just heard this sad news. RIP.

https://youtu.be/npnGTnupBX0

Jim

[MacLaren]

[legOFwhat?]

Songbird is gone but not forgotten.

[RustyIron]

Aww, shucks...

[Doc Dan]

RIP. I was saddened to read about this.

[Manixguy@1994]

Daughter sent info to me yesterday. I only got to see Mac on the Rumors tour . She was the calm in the storm . Will miss her talent . Dan

[Ankerson]

Very Sad.

[twinboysdad]

She and Stevie were such an auditory juxtaposition, and complemented each other in their differences. On “Dreams”, the back up that Christine and Lindsey laid down would make the song very much lesser if not present- even with Stevie’s haunting vocals on lead

[shunsui]

https://youtu.be/RYdbKivfF4o

https://youtu.be/-RQC2mPvmEs

https://youtu.be/r6nEogq7pRQ

[James Y]

https://youtu.be/uCGD9dT12C0

Jim

[shunsui]

It's funny, I remember her Christine Perfect album. Probably saw her on some TV music show, but I never realized she later became Christine McVie. Just don't follow music that closely.

Like the sound, enough for me.

https://twitter.com/christinemcvies/sta ... 73/photo/1

[ChrisinHove]

It’s only in recent years that I began to realise her talent and contribution. RIP.

[MacLaren]

[MacLaren]

[James Y]

She lived to 79 years old. It's telling that the older I get (I'm 59), 79 seems fairly young for someone to pass away.

Jim

[MacLaren]

She lived to 79 years old. It's telling that the older I get (I'm 59), 79 seems fairly young for someone to pass away.

Jim

I hear ya. I just turned 51.

[Ankerson]

She lived to 79 years old. It's telling that the older I get (I'm 59), 79 seems fairly young for someone to pass away.

Jim

Jim,


If you think about it with all of them that have passed lately and how old they are, most of them and how old we are..

It's really the ones who are still young that bother me the most, I am not talking about the ones who OD or drink themselves to death either.


Jim

[James Y]

She lived to 79 years old. It's telling that the older I get (I'm 59), 79 seems fairly young for someone to pass away.

Jim

I hear ya. I just turned 51.

Time seems to accelerate, doesn't it?

But as we age, we can say that we made it this far!

Jim

[James Y]

She lived to 79 years old. It's telling that the older I get (I'm 59), 79 seems fairly young for someone to pass away.

Jim

Jim,


If you think about it with all of them that have passed lately and how old they are, most of them and how old we are..

It's really the ones who are still young that bother me the most, I am not talking about the ones who OD or drink themselves to death either.


Jim

Professional musician in general doesn't seem to be a profession that begets a long life. Whether it's due to lifestyle choices, self-deletion, accidents, nefarious causes, etc. Lots of people in the entertainment industry in general seem to pass on prematurely. But that could be because entertainers are a glimpse of everyday people, and it only seems they die young at a higher rate because we hear about it.

I once asked my brother why he never became part of a big, world-famous band. He certainly has the guitar talent for it, and has been well-known doing local gigs since the early 1970s. His wife (who used to sing for the local bands) chimed in and said, "If he had been in a major band, he'd probably be dead by now." Which was probably more accurate than not.

As for Christine McVie, she lived a very long and successful life as a musician, longer than many.

Jim