Silver Springs Should Have Been a Top 10 Hit

Macfan4life · #1 04-05-2020, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

They should have kept it in their hip pocket for the next record. See, the band could have said to Lindsey something along the lines of "95% of Tusk can be how you want it. Let's please just include some overtly commercial material to accommodate other concerns." "Silver Springs" could have been held for just such a purpose.

Jackson Browne did this with all his pre-Running On Empty albums. Almost all down-tempo introspective stuff that would never make the radio, but one (maybe two) songs on each album that were clearly written for the radio ("Doctor My Eyes" "Redneck Friend" "Road And The Sky" "Here Come Those Tears Again"). He wasn't selling out. He was in fact seeing and navigating the big picture while keeping his artistic integrity in tact.

"Silver Springs" was too good to make a non-album B-side.

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It would have been great on Tusk

Its amazing the material they had to put Silver Springs on a B side. I always thought Sleeping Angel was too good to give away to a movie soundtrack. It could have been a single off Bella Donna or Wild Heart. What about "All the beautiful worlds" It never made it to an album nor a B side.

However look at the big picture. They were just beginning to peak and gel. They were constantly writing new stuff. In their minds there was better stuff yet to come. Looking back is Monday morning quarterbacking and easy to cast doubt. But when you are churning out endless hits and album sales its easy to lose focus and not appreciate the finer things.

cbBen · #2 04-05-2020, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

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It would have been great on Tusk

Its amazing the material they had to put Silver Springs on a B side. I always thought Sleeping Angel was too good to give away to a movie soundtrack. It could have been a single off Bella Donna or Wild Heart. What about "All the beautiful worlds" It never made it to an album nor a B side.

However look at the big picture. They were just beginning to peak and gel. They were constantly writing new stuff. In their minds there was better stuff yet to come. Looking back is Monday morning quarterbacking and easy to cast doubt. But when you are churning out endless hits and album sales its easy to lose focus and not appreciate the finer things.

Agree 100% on "Sleeping Angel." That song and "Garbo" are better than some of what's on Bella Donna and at least should have been held for Wild Heart. (Don't know "All The Beautiful Worlds.")

But you're right about hindsight. They probably thought the fountain of quality material was not apt to run dry.

HomerMcvie · #3 04-05-2020, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

"Sleeping Angel." That song and "Garbo" are better than some of what's on Bella Donna and at least should have been held for Wild Heart.

Bella Donna is PERFECT just like it is.

I think the $tevie fans who don't like it, don't like it because it has a couple COUNTRY tinged songs. That's what makes it perfect for me. It sounds like The Eagles are her backing band!

Leave Bella Donna alone! You have my permission to pick on ANYTHING else $he's ever done!

Macfan4life · #4 04-05-2020, 03:38 PM

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Bella Donna is PERFECT just like it is.

I think the $tevie fans who don't like it, don't like it because it has a couple COUNTRY tinged songs. That's what makes it perfect for me. It sounds like The Eagles are her backing band!

Leave Bella Donna alone! You have my permission to pick on ANYTHING else $he's ever done!

I agree its perfect. But like Rumours no doubt there were incredible songs left over which are way better than anything Stevie put out again in her career. In some odd way, Bella Donna is like Rumours in that it must have been really hard to pick 10 songs.

Macfan4life · #5 04-05-2020, 03:34 PM

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Agree 100% on "Sleeping Angel." That song and "Garbo" are better than some of what's on Bella Donna and at least should have been held for Wild Heart. (Don't know "All The Beautiful Worlds.")

But you're right about hindsight. They probably thought the fountain of quality material was not apt to run dry.

Really? You don't know this song? It almost made Wild Heart. Many years later Stevie flirted with putting it on the B side to Nightbird. She obviously was proud of it. The era 1975-1983 was full of such great songs. Unfortunately some of them never get to shine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud3nlQPXwD8

BombaySapphire3 · #6 04-05-2020, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

Agree 100% on "Sleeping Angel." That song and "Garbo" are better than some of what's on Bella Donna and at least should have been held for Wild Heart. (Don't know "All The Beautiful Worlds.")

But you're right about hindsight. They probably thought the fountain of quality material was not apt to run dry.

Garbo was held and recorded for the Wild Heart it. Much like Silver Springs before it the song ended up as the b-side to the first single.

cbBen · #7 04-06-2020, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Garbo was held and recorded for the Wild Heart it. Much like Silver Springs before it the song ended up as the b-side to the first single.

The musician credits suggest it was recorded at the Bella Donna sessions.

BombaySapphire3 · #8 04-06-2020, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

The musician credits suggest it was recorded at the Bella Donna sessions.

Again it was the b-side of the Stand Back single

so it was recorded for but left off of the Wild Heart as was Violet and Blue.

cbBen · #9 04-06-2020, 06:32 AM

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Again it was the b-side of the Stand Back single

so it was recorded for but left off of the Wild Heart as was Violet and Blue.

Yes, but if you look at the musician credits on Enchanted, it's the Bella Donna band. It's possible (likely, given the musicians) that the recording was an outtake from BD that they decided to use as a WH B-side two years later. That's what I'm suggesting.

James Kirk · #10 04-09-2020, 04:14 PM

Wonderful song.

I remember back in the day when I was trying to get my friend into Fleetwood Mac, I had just gotten the DVD of The Dance and we sat down to watch it.

During Silver Springs she turns to me and said that the song was making her feel uncomfortable as it felt like it was a private conversation between two people that we should not be intruding on. 😊

I loved that reaction and thought it was very sweet.

She is now a full blow fan with Silver Springs and Sara being her two favorites.

Unreal to think The Dance was 23 years ago, where does the time go?