Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (Demo) video free download
(Comments would be much appreciated!)
This a demo for the song "Little Lies", which appears on the 1987 Fleetwood Mac album "Tango in the Night", and was penned by Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela, her then husband. The demo was recorded during the 1986/7 "Tango in the Night" sessions, and seems to be a demo in which the harmonies are focused upon.
The demo is quite different from the polished album version, as well as the lyric change in the chorus - 'You can try, you can try and disguise' which later became 'Oh no, no, no, you can't disguise'. Lindsey Buckingham's guitar is also more prominent amongst the heavily synthesised instrumentation.
The pictures I have used are Fleetwood Mac throughout the years, starting from 1975 when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined to "The Dance" era in 1997, after which Christine McVie resigned from the band.
Enjoy your listening!
LYRICS (for the completed version)
If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to belive in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet, little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Although I'm not making plans
I hope that you understand there's a reason why
Close your, close your, close your eyes
No more broken hearts
We're better off apart, let's give it a try
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet, little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
[Instrumental]
If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my, close my, close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to belive in you
Tell me, tell me, tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me lies)
FADES OUT
Comments
9 years ago
charles weaver
Absolutely loved this. Little Lies is one of my favorite all time songs and hearing this just makes it fresh and new. Kudos for posting!10 years ago
Mark Bourke
Great demo, I prefer this stripped down approach. I think Tango is a little 'over produced' and hopefully their new work has a little harder edge like Lindsey's performance with NIN & QOTSA at the Grammys.10 years ago
Vegcon Waxman
Christine and Lindsey made the MAC as Great as it was!11 years ago
Cicilo1983
Couldn't agree more ! "Tango in the Night" was a huge hit, especially given the fact that Fleetwood Mac had been gone for 5 years, but the band is always overlooking it. Ditto for "Mirage". They need to remaster it and to include bonus tracks - besides, the audio quality of the currently available CD is crappy.11 years ago
AcuraT
Wow! Everyone knows that C. McVie was one of the leads on this song, and this is the band's version before the producer got his hands on it. It still sounds pretty amazing, and the comment it sounds like ABBA is pretty true. Thanks for sharing it, I love it!11 years ago
funch357
They sound like ABBA on this version.12 years ago
mirandared1
meant usually, typo sorry12 years ago
mirandared1
I LOVE the dress Stevies wearing @ 4:04 but I isially love all her stuff12 years ago
Screwface44
4:13, LOL, there's Lindsey being Lindsey!12 years ago
Nihal
what medium was this recorded on?12 years ago
fundies2
@brinpol yep, and in the same pic, stevie in jeans and tied up shirt.12 years ago
Joseph Gould
@jobjock Stevie's voice was added in the choruses - saying "tell me lieeees" just before the final cut was made. She was in rehab when most of the album as being made, and came out towards the end of Little Lies' recording/creation. The band almost unanimously decided that Stevie's voice had to be in there somewhere, but Lindsey Buckingham disagreed and went on a 'break'12 years ago
MarkMc1990
I miss Stevie's "tell me liiiieeees" line in the chorus.12 years ago
dbritton41
Fleetwood Mac in my top 5 bands of all time!!! I'm telling ya the stars aligned when Mick Fleetwood joined up with Lindsey and Stevie..I'm hoping they do one more concert together and Christine comes back and plays just one more time for a last concert tour!!! They just have to do it... It's gotta be in the rule book somewhere!!!! IDC what the ticket prices are... PRETTY PLEASE!!!13 years ago
curtis8516
@JLorraineRocks rumours classic albums?13 years ago
Uzurr69
Wow.. the vocals in the chorus.. just wow.13 years ago
jlorrainerocks j
My daughter bought me a FM video for Christmas one year where Lindsey actually loads up the reels and slides faders up and down on the mixing console as he talks about Rumors and how some of the songs were witten. It is interesting. If you like this. You may also like that video(don't recall the name).13 years ago
David Throup
@jobjock My understanding is Stevie was in rehab for most of the recording of Tango? And that the album was mostly finished, then when she got out the rest of the band members (especially Mick) insisted she was added to the record. Also that Lindsey felt as a result the record was compromised and that's why he left the band? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.13 years ago
neg65
fabulous13 years ago
ourbovinepublicxx
@curtis8516 I don't think so, it's only a demo so the sound's not going to be superb. It's not a master or anything.Related Videos
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