As the world continues to mourn the sudden passing of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, we’re wanting again on the time she disguised the true SHOCKING that means of one of many band’s prime hits from her fellow group member and husband!
For these unfamiliar, the musical group noticed performers come and go since being based in 1967, and there was no scarcity of gossip surrounding the 5 stars as they rose to fame. Stevie Nicks famously instructed US Magazine in 1990:
“To be in Fleetwood Mac is to live in a soap opera. And it has been pretty scandalous and pretty incestuous, and pretty wonderful in a lot of ways.”
Related: Stevie Pays Tribute To ‘Best Friend’ Christine With Heart-Wrenching Note
Well, let’s simply say she positively wasn’t mendacity. The band’s legendary 1977 album, Rumors — their most profitable one up to now — was conjured up throughout a tough patch for just about everybody concerned. Alongside the separation of Nicks and lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who joined the group as a pair, Christine and her bassist husband John McVie had been experiencing a little bit of a curler coaster journey of a relationship. The two have been reportedly nearing a divorce, leaving the acclaimed songwriter and keyboardist able the place she felt stumped creatively. However, issues modified as soon as she discovered herself in a love affair with the band’s lighting director, Curry Grant.
OK, Stevie… We see how issues bought scandalous!
The whirlwind situationship was sufficient to re-spark a inventive fuse for the lately deceased lead singer, who went on to write down the fan-favorite tune, You Make Loving Fun. Yep, that’s proper! The lyrics “Don’t, don’t break the spell / It would be different and you know it will / You, you make loving fun / And I don’t have to tell you but you’re the only one” have a complete deeper that means! From there, Christine additionally went on to write down Don’t Stop, Oh Daddy, Songbird, and contributed to the all-time favourite, The Chain. She as soon as instructed Q Magazine whereas remembering that point of her life:
“I thought I was drying up. I was practically panicking because every time I sat down at a piano, nothing came out. Then, one day in Sausalito, I just sat down and wrote in the studio, and the four-and-a-half songs of mine on the album are a result of that.”
Related: Stevie Says ‘There Would Have Been No Fleetwood Mac’ If Not For Her Abortion
We’re glad we bought some nice songs out of the scenario, however as with all dishonest scandal, it was being stored on the down-low as Christine was nonetheless tied to John on the time. Obviously, her lyrics weren’t very discreet, so to keep away from battle, she truly instructed her then-husband the lyrics have been about her DOG! Uhhh, woman’s finest good friend, we guess.
The couple divorced in 1976, and the hit You Make Loving Fun later went on to succeed in the highest 10 within the US. Eventually, the McVies mended their broken relationship and have become pals once more.
Quite a wild journey, Perezcious readers. Did you understand concerning the tea behind the lyrics? Does it change the way in which you hearken to the tune? Let us know within the feedback down beneath! And after all, our ideas proceed to exit to Christine’s household and family members. 
[Images via BBC/YouTube Ivan Nikolov/WENN]