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"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

Strong Songs

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The Vocal Arrangement on This Chorus

Vocal arrangement on the second verse is pretty much the same as the first one. Mick Fleetwood does this hi-hat hit to line up with the way that Buckingham slaps his strings right before the phrase begins. The final thing that they do is when they go into harmony the second time through and they have this really cool descending overdub line come in. We've kind of you know we're hearing things that we could be hearing live up until then and then this magical ethereal voice drenched in reverb comes in in the back and transports the entire thing to a slightly different plane to end the chorus.

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