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Remembering Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie

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Christine McVie died Wednesday at age 79. She wrote some of the band's most popular songs including: "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun."

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Christine McVie has died. She was part of Fleetwood Mac. She was a singer and songwriter. And she was 79. Her legacy² includes "Rumours³," one of the bestselling albums of all time, on which Christine McVie wrote many of the hit songs. Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair.

ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE⁴: "Don't Stop," Christine McVie.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DON'T STOP")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) Don't stop thinking about tomorrow. Don't stop. It'll soon be here.

BLAIR: "Over My Head," Christine McVie.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "OVER MY HEAD")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) You can take me any time you like. I'll be around if you think you might. Love me, baby.

BLAIR: "Everywhere," Christine McVie.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "EVERYWHERE")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) Oh, I want to be with you everywhere. Oh.

BLAIR: Christine McVie could do everything - compose, write lyrics⁵, sing lead and background, play keyboards. She started making music as a little girl in England. Her dad was a music teacher and violinist. Her mother was a psychic⁶ and faith healer. McVie studied classical piano and cello⁷ until she discovered Fats Domino and the blues⁸.

(SOUNDBITE OF CHICKEN SHACK⁹ SONG, "I'D RATHER GO BLIND")

BLAIR: She was hooked. By the late 1960s, she was one of the only women in the British blues scene. Her cover of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" with the band Chicken Shack became a hit.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'D RATHER GO BLIND")

CHICKEN SHACK: (Singing) I would rather go blind, boy, than to see you walk away from me.

BLAIR: Love, jealousy¹⁰, romance, affairs of the heart were Christine McVie's stock in trade. And there was plenty of that in Fleetwood Mac. She joined the band in 1970. She'd married its bassist, John McVie, two years earlier. Her bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were also a couple. Around the making of the album "Rumours" in the mid-1970s, both couples split. Add to that rumors¹¹ of cheating, drugs and alcohol.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CHRISTINE MCVIE: Fleetwood Mac is a carnival¹².

BLAIR: McVie and Lindsey Buckingham talked to WXPN's World Cafe when they released an album together in 2017.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MCVIE: In the nicest possible way, it is a carnival. And it's very, very - I don't know what the word is. Lindsey, can you think of the word?

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: What? Fleetwood Mac?

MCVIE: Yes. How would you describe?

BUCKINGHAM: Dysfunctional.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TUSK")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) Don't say that you love me.

BLAIR: Christine McVie left Fleetwood Mac in the late 1990s. She told Rolling Stone she moved to the country, enjoyed her dogs, went for long walks and didn't really play music. She rejoined the band 16 years later. Last June, she was asked by The Guardian¹³ what song she was most proud of. She said, "Songbird." It's sort of like a little prayer for everybody.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONGBIRD")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) For you, there'll be no more crying. For you, the sun will be shining.

BLAIR: She was the best musician anyone could have in their band, reads a statement from Fleetwood Mac, and the best friend anyone could have in their life.

Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONGBIRD")

FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) And the songbirds are singing like they know the score.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

3 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

6 psychic   

n.对超自然力敏感的人；adj.有超自然力的

参考例句：

• Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
• She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能，能预知未来。

7 cello   

n.大提琴

参考例句：

• The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
• She plays a melodious cello.她拉着一手悦耳的大提琴。

8 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

9 shack   

adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚

参考例句：

• He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
• The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。

10 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

11 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

13 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。