"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
(Appice / Hitchings / Stewart)
Recorded by Rod Stewart (1979)

She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous avoiding all her questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking?

CHORUS
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on, sugar, let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on, honey, tell me so

He's acting shy looking for an answer
Come on, honey, let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant

CHORUS

His heart's beating like a drum
'Cause at last he's got his girl home
Relax, baby, now we are alone

They wake at dawn 'cause all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other, neither one's complaining
He say's I'm sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind, sugar, we can watch the early movie

CHORUS


"Chain"
(Buckingham / Nicks / Fleetwood / McVie / McVie)
Recorded by Fleetwood Mac (1976)

Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain.
Listen to the wind blow
Down comes the night
Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

Break the silence
Damn the dark
Damn the light

And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain.
Never break the chain.
Never break the chain.

Love Song Fever (1970's)

The early years of the 1970's continued the eclectic mix of love song styles begun in the 1960's. The top songs between 1970 and 1974 included such standard-style ballads as Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "Your Song," and Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight." Rod Stewart complained about "Maggie May" and Jim Croce wished he could keep "Time In A Bottle." It seemed that teen love songs were growing up, getting a little comfortable, along with their listeners. By the time Barry White charted with "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" in 1974, you could almost mistake the audience for adults, with a sophisticated, sensual appreciation of romance that would have done Sinatra fans proud! But then along came...

DISCO!!! Yes, indeed. Just when senior citizens thought it was safe to turn on the radio, the bumptious, irreverent, sexy, in-your-face, over-the-top dance craze took the air waves and night clubs by storm. It was everywhere. Although disco had existed in the dance clubs prior to 1975, it was The Bee Gees recording of their song "Jive Talkin'" which turned the four-on-the-floor, pounding drum beat into a global phenomenon. By the following year, The Bee Gees had charted again with "You Should Be Dancing" and KC & the Sunshine Band had released the ubiquitous, genre-defining "Shake Your Booty." For the next three years, the charts were awash in disco hits. Songs like Alicia Bridges "I Love The Night Life," Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," Donna Summer's "Last Dance" and Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" celebrated sex with barely a nod to romance. Like a porn movie, there was little plot and lots of action in these love songs. The hypnotic drum beat and suggestive lyrics, invited everyone to party down with no thought of the consequences. For the first time, gay relationships were openly celebrated, as in the Village People's hit "Macho Man." Of course, many people didn't get the gay references in these songs and corn-fed kids across the land happily sang along to the cheerful lyrics of "Y.M.C.A."

But even as the shallow, happy-go-lucky disco craze was peaking, along came a band with love songs and a love story that reached out and spoke to listeners as few had done before. The band was Fleetwood Mac and the album was "Rumours."

Although Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Chistine McVie had been performing together as Fleetwood Mac since the 1960's, they were not known for their love songs, but rather as a hard-driving blues band that featured stellar musicians like guitarist Peter Greene. But when they added two new members in 1974, Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the band became something else entirely. The first album with the new lineup, called simply "Fleetwood Mac," produced Chris McVie's beautiful pop standards, "Over My Head." and "Say You Love Me." But it was the enormous success of the dark, mystical "Rhiannon" that surprised everyone. It fueled a powerful audience response which swept the band to success. But along with success came emotional turmoil; the band's next album, "Rumours" would record the passions and betrayals stirred up by their new rock star status. Buckingham and Nicks' rapidly deteriorating relationship inspired such songs as "Secondhand News," "Go Your Own Way," and "Dreams." But it is the entire group that is credited with writing "Chain," the song that sums up those turbulent emotional times. The passionate vocals and focused lyric communicate the pain of loss, betrayal, and yearning with a directness and intensity that has seldom been equalled. The group's songs touched a nerve, expressing the heartache and longing experienced by everyone who has ever lost someone they loved deeply. The album soared to number one and stayed there, becoming the biggest selling album of all time. It is still one of the finest collections of love songs and lost-in-love songs ever gathered in one place.