Fleetwood Mac
Never Make Me Cry

Christine Perfect has always been the most intriguing and mysterious figure of Fleetwood Mac.

She was there from the start - or almost - providing many sounds in the band's hits. After marrying John McVie, the historical bassist, she joined the lineup at the end of the sixties, and in the following years her role grew in importance; she wasn't just another keyboardist.

1979. Marriages fail, relationships worsen, and addictions increase. Tusk is released, an innovative album, so innovative and so different from their usual repertoire that much of the music press turned their backs. The tracks are short and intense.

The most fragile and introspective moment, in just 2 minutes and 18 seconds, is undoubtedly the ballad Never Make Me Cry.

So go and do what you want, I know you need it. And don't worry, I'll be fine.

The woman is the victim of a troubled relationship with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, and she throws a bit of her frustration under a carpet of shy notes. The guitar suffers and never explodes, desolation is the last to die. And perhaps in her heart, McVie feels the immortality of that sensation that will never leave her.

I think overwhelming pain never completely disappears, and once born, it unconditionally requires your attention.

Arrogant, but what can you do.

However, we've all been on the other side of the fence, and the track emphasizes this duality of role by also using the first person.

There are no hints of spite or resentment; everything flows away like rain on hair.

And only those who have distorted their nights will understand that the strength of abandonment possesses the strength of love. I believe that's all Never Make Me Cry: antithesis of the fairy tale, synthesis of reality.