Tango In The Night ()

Tango in the night was sadly the last studio album the Rumours linup has done, and considering statements by Christine McVie, it will be the last. Created as a result of Lindsey Buckingham's solo work and his assistance with Mick Fleetwood, the Mac pulled together for one more album. With Stevie Nicks right out of rehab and the band's first album in five years, anyone could imagine the difficulty of making Tango. Big Love sets the tone for the album, a forboding and driving song, ripe with Buckingham's spacey-sounding guitar. The 'uh, ah's' reinforce the tention between Buckingham, Nicks, and the rest of the band. Seven Wonders, the second big hit off of Tango, is a lighter, popish tune and one of the last hits Nicks had with the band until Say You Will. It's a lighter look at past times with Buckingham possibly, or another lover. The striking line from this song is "I'll never live to match that beauty again". This becomes truer with time, and reflects a young, loving realtionship she once had. Everywhere is a typical upbeat song by McVie, most likely regarding her relationship with second husband and keyboardist, Eddie Quintela. Some claim its a last tribute about her love to Dennis Wilson, who drowned at age 39 in 1983. Such would make sense in the line "come along baby, better make a start, better make it soon before you break my heart". However, it seems at this point the song reflects Quintela. Caroline describes a love/hate relationship in which (possibly) Buckingham is enthralled and appalled at the same time with this woman. Lines such as "she's s so attractive, she's so reactive" illustrate a hot cold love. While he knows this, he underdtands it's hard to leave such a relationship with the line, 'cut the cord if you can'. To enhance this, 'the cord' coult mean a musical chord, stating the difficulty in writting a song like this. Also, Buckigham lived with model Carol Ann Harris from '77-'84, possibly shedding light on the name. The self titled track Tango is another revelation of Buckingham's past relationships. The melodic snare and again, spacey-guitar section give off the impression of a constant force in his life, realtionships(the snare) and the madness that ensues from them(the guitar). His reference to 'keep the dream in my pocket' refers to the song 'Dreams' the only Mac song to date to go #1 on Billboard. Also, it symbolises the time when dreams came out, his breakup with Nicks, and also the dream of making it big. A complex song lyrically and musically, something Buckingham does well. Mystified is keyboard strong song by McVie, encapsulating her songs on love, not so much about one person or another but a general song of the first feelings one feels when first in love. The excitement, nervousness, and awe one feels when in love at the begining of a relationship. Few people can keep that flood of emotion over the course of a relationship, but this song highlights that emotion. Little Lies, the big hit off Tango, is a easy, sing along that embraced much of the 80's. Nick's vocals on refrain reinforce the message of the song. Some hold this is about John McVie, Mac bassist and first husband. Their marriage fell apart in '76 and divorced in '77. While it has been 10 years since and both remarried, she still thinks if 'I could turn a page, in time I would rearrange just a day or two'. By changing the past she thinks it might have worked out between them, or again, possibly Dennis although McVie was her first love. While she regrets the past, she holds that 'we're better off apart', stating its easier we're not together anymore. This line here reinforces the song is about McVie, since Eddie has been dead for 4 years. Family Man is a strange song for a man who will not have kids for 10-12 years. Even if the band was his 'family', he left shortly after Tango was made. The only other possibility is his own family, his "mother, father, brother"(repeated in the chorus) in life. This statement could be the reason he left the Mac and music recording for a little over a year. Welcome to the Room...Sara is part two of three of Nicks' story in Tango. Widely believed to be her reflections on rehab and the effects, she highlights the transition in her own life with the silver screen Scarlet O'Hara, who after her house burned and love died, become a stronger woman. While Nicks' house was not burned by Union soldiers, her life underwent a similar path. Rehab made her a differnt person, physically and emotionally. I would like to think she went in as a girl and came out a woman. Similar to Scarlet, the continous parallel. Isn't it Midnight is a great rock riff, made for air guitar . A song about a love long ago again possibly John, it might in some way allude to thier early realationship. He was in the U.S. while she was with Chicken Shack in Europe(on the other side of the world, do you remember the face of a pretty girl). When I See You Again is one of the most despondent and haunting songs of Nicks' with the Mac. While she saddened us with 'Storms' on Tusk, she us with When I see you again. The low point(emotionally and musically) of her three songs on Tango, it is a truthful and biting account of her relationship with Buckingham between Mirage and Tango, and her dealing with how she felt about him. It's a endnote on a relationship that lasted at least 14 years romantically, and longer musically. For those who have had long or intense relationships, this song hits home. You and I Pt II is a upbeat end to a staggering career of Buckingham, Nicks, Fleetwood, and the McVies. It sets the stage for the parting of ways.