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Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo
Did we read the same article?
All that Stevie definitely contributed was the chorus lyrics (note: just the words, not the melody).
There's a studio session recording that used to be floating around, about 5 minutes long, with Lindsey introducing the guitar and verse lyrics to the other members, and they gradually join him on harmonies. The song literally builds up over the course of the 5 minutes. I couldn't find it on YouTube now. Can anyone make it available?
Intro music-LB
Verse music-LB
Verse lyrics-LB
Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
Damn your love, damn your lies
[Chorus music-CM]
[Chorus lyrics-SN]
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)
x 2
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)
x 3
[Bass solo-JM]
Outro solo-LB
Chain keep us together (running in the shadows)
Thanks a lot for making me listen yet again to Stevie's rambling demo track, which sounds nothing like The Chain.
But in a world where a track consists solely of its lyrics, then sure--let's give Stevie a 40-50% contribution.  |
is right.
There’s an interview that you can search for (and it would appear that you’re inclined to do so) where SN says that LB’s contribution to the lyrics was “listen to the wind blow.” Just those five words - not “listen to the wind blow,” and then the rest of the verses...literally, just, “listen to the wind blow.” Hard stop.
And I never said that a “track consists solely of its lyrics.” All I said was that...
“The lyrics would be the final link. “Originally we had no words to it,” Fleetwood later told Lucky 98 FM radio. “And it really only became a song when Stevie wrote some.”
...sounds to me like a little more than 10%.
Just my interpretation though. Sometimes people hear what they want to hear.
I don’t know for certain who wrote or contribute what. I wasn’t there.