Bird Title Top Ten: Songbird (#1)

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Hello from somewhere other than my nice new bed! I’m on the road for a foliage view weekend. Given the appointments I have throughout October (primarily PT), I’ll have to go view when I can. This weekend, I can, so here I am! And here’s the best bird song, according to me. #1: Songbird - Fleetwood Mac If this were the only song on Rumours worth a darn I’d still say it’s one of the best albums of the 70s. I’m sure you know the story about the album: the band’s couples (John and Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham) were bitterly breaking up, threatening to destroy the band in the process. The result was Rumours, which shows how vicious the break-ups got (“damn your love, damn your lies” in “The Chain,” and “Packing up, shacking up’s all you wanna do” from “Go Your Own Way”). Amid all that bitterness keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie offered an olive branch: “Songbird.” This song is a gorgeous love song, a gorgeous “farewell” song (“I wish you all the love in the world, but most of all, I wish it from myself”), and a gorgeous song. Easily my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. Thanks for reading. Songbird Written by Christine McVie Recorded by Fleetwood Mac From Rumours, 1977 And I love you, I love you, I love you: