I also heard it for the first time on a jukebox at the local pizza place. There was a radio station in the Bay Area that I listened to in high school that I figured out programmed its songs. So every time they played the Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love, I knew that Silver Springs would follow. It also helped me win 5th row center tickets to one of the two Bay Area Dance tour shows. And it's just an amazing song.
Now, not to nitpick, but Gold Dust Woman isn't 7 minutes long, and I don't think any of Stevie's songs on Rumous could be called a ballad. Also, I wouldn't really classify the "Time cast a spell on you" part of the song as a bridge. Would you guys?
Anyway, yaaaaaaay for Silver Springs. I can never hear that song enough.
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