Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1979


Brown Eyes (song)

Buy Brown Eyes (song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'Brown Eyes'" is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP 'Tusk'. It was one of six songs from the album composed and sung by Christine McVie.

Background



Original guitarist Peter Green also took part in the sessions for "Brown Eyes", but his playing on the track is not credited on the original album release. Mick Fleetwood, the band's drummer, remembers that Green still remained in contact with the band and occasionally joined them in the studio. At Fleetwood's request, Green overdubbed electric guitar on "Brown Eyes", although his playing was only included on the fade-out. The full recording session, dated 20 September 1979, appears on disc three of the 2015 deluxe edition of 'Tusk', which contains alternate recordings of the album's 20 tracks. This version has McVie singing completely different lyrics to those on the original album.

In a 1999 interview with the Penguin, Green admitted that he had no recollection of the recording session, likely due to his deteriorating health in the 70s. Buckingham also did not recall the sessions taking place. I dont remember Peter Green coming in, so I dont think I made any judgement on whether to use [his part] or not. Mick would ultimately have had the decision to use his playing or not. And it was Christines song to do with as she wished.

"Brown Eyes" was also performed on the Mirage Tour and the Shake the Cage Tour.

Personnel



*Mick Fleetwood drums, tambourine

*John McVie bass guitar

*Christine McVie keyboards, lead and backing vocals

*Lindsey Buckingham guitar, backing vocals

*Stevie Nicks backing vocals

*Peter Green guitar

References



Category:Fleetwood Mac songs

Category:1979 songs

Category:Songs written by Christine McVie

Category:Song recordings produced by Ken Caillat

Category:Song recordings produced by Richard Dashut

Buy Brown Eyes (song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1979



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1088554644.