Fleetwood Mac in the studio + Over my head Live

Going home special – Rosebud Christine McVie has told interviewers many times that her songs are not really about anyone, they’re just love songs. However, she has also noted that Fleetwood Mac gets up and sings songs about each other. Her best songs, she says, she writes in 30 minutes. If a song is taking a long time, she puts it down. When she comes back to it, it must come together quickly, otherwise it never gets finished. Christine was quoted in a 1977 Rolling Stone article as stating that she wrote Over My Head after Fleetwood Mac completed the Heroes Are Hard to Find tour. It was composed on an old upright piano in the small 3-room apartment she and John shared in Malibu. Over My Head was the first single from the Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac album, also known as the “White Album.” It was very well-received by the critics. Over My Head was a song that Christine never expected to be a single, and its Top 20 success surprised even her. Some thought that Over My Head is about John. They were still married at the time it was written. John’s drinking problem has been well-documented; he himself admits he is “not a very good person” when he drinks, belligerent and insensitive. The song may refer strongly to this. Others thought it could possibly refer, at least in part, to Christine’s feelings about touring. She was probably tired from the Heroes Are Hard to Find tour, and she wanted to relax at home with John. She may have felt in over her head when touring, but also …
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