The Ledge

Go Back   The Ledge > Main Forums > Rumours
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read


Make the Ads Go Away! Click here.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-12-2019, 02:25 PM
cbBen cbBen is offline
Addicted Ledgie
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,139
Default "Mirror In The Sky"

I've long loved this phrase from "Landslide," but only just now discovered that it also appears in Donovan's "To Try For The Sun" (I'm listening to Under The Skin). Donovan and Stevie even use it the same way, with the singer asking the mirror in the sky wisdom-seeking questions.

Last edited by cbBen; 01-12-2019 at 02:32 PM..
Reply With Quote
.
  #2  
Old 01-12-2019, 02:46 PM
elle's Avatar
elle elle is offline
Addicted Ledgie
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: DC
Posts: 12,150
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cbBen View Post
I've long loved this phrase from "Landslide," but only just now discovered that it also appears in Donovan's "To Try For The Sun" (I'm listening to Under The Skin). Donovan and Stevie even use it the same way, with the singer asking the mirror in the sky wisdom-seeking questions.
btw Lindsey adjusted some of Donovan's original lyrics, but mirror ones came from Donovan.

Donovan's original:

We stood in the windy city
The gypsy boy and I
We slept on the breeze in the midnight
With the rain droppin' tears in our eyes
And who's going to be the one
To say it was no good what we done?
I dare a man to say I'm too young
For I'm going to try for the sun

We huddled in a derelict building
And when he thought I was asleep
He laid his poor coat round my shoulder
And shivered there beside me in a heap
And who's going to be the one
To say it was no good what we done?
I dare a man to say I'm too young
For I'm going to try for the sun

We sang and cracked the sky with laughter
Our breath turned to mist in the cold
Our years put together count to thirty
But our eyes told the dawn we were old
And who's going to be the one
To say it was no good what we done ?
I dare a man to say I'm too young
For I'm going to try for the sun

Mirror, mirror, hanging in the sky
Won't you look down what's happening here below?

I stand here singing to the flowers
So very few people really know
And who's going to be the one
To say it was no good what we done?
I dare a man to say I'm too young
For I'm going to try for the sun

We stood in the windy city
The gypsy boy and I
We slept on the breeze in the midnight
With the rain droppin' tears in our eyes
And who's going to be the one
To say it was no good what we done ?
I dare a man to say I'm too young
For I'm going to try for the sun


Lindsey's cover version lyrics:

"To Try For The Sun"
(originally by Donovan)

We huddled in the derelict building
The gypsy girl and I
We made our bed together
With the rain and tears in our eyes

And who will be the one
To say it was no good what we done
I dare anyone, dare anyone to say we were too young
We were only trying for the sun

Mirror, mirror in the sky
Won't you look what's happening here below

No one knows what's going on
Can you give us a sign where to go

And who will be the one
To say it was no good what we done
I dare anyone, dare anyone to say we were too young
We were only trying for the sun


this is a favorite for me - what Lindsey does to guitar parts here is sublime and so Lindsey. same as what he does with Love Minus Zero guitar parts.
__________________

"kind of weird: a tribute to the dearly departed from a band that can treat its living like trash"
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-12-2019, 04:48 PM
sue sue is offline
Addicted Ledgie
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: berkshire
Posts: 1,349
Default

Yes, but Donovan doesn’t sing it with a slight lisp....or whatever it’s called.
“ Miwwow in the sky”
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-15-2019, 03:38 AM
cbBen cbBen is offline
Addicted Ledgie
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,139
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by elle View Post
btw Lindsey adjusted some of Donovan's original lyrics, but mirror ones came from Donovan.
Thanks. "Mirror in the sky" is better than "Mirror hanging in the sky."
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


Vintage Fleetwood Mac Artist Signed Poster Framed picture

Vintage Fleetwood Mac Artist Signed Poster Framed

$49.99



Fleetwood Mac Poster Rogers Arena Vancouver 2018 Hand-Signed Giclee Bob Masse picture

Fleetwood Mac Poster Rogers Arena Vancouver 2018 Hand-Signed Giclee Bob Masse

$39.99



Fleetwood Mac signed lp Rumors by 5 musicians picture

Fleetwood Mac signed lp Rumors by 5 musicians

$500.00



Stevie Nicks 2024 Tour Local Crew Backstage Pass Concert Souvenir Fleetwood Mac picture

Stevie Nicks 2024 Tour Local Crew Backstage Pass Concert Souvenir Fleetwood Mac

$24.98



Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits - Audio CD By FLEETWOOD MAC - VERY GOOD picture

Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits - Audio CD By FLEETWOOD MAC - VERY GOOD

$5.37




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
© 1995-2003 Martin and Lisa Adelson, All Rights Reserved