Stevie in Rolling Stone again

[kak125]

If we had a single regret about going to Australia with the Kings of Leon (for RS's current cover story), it would be that we missed Fleetwood Mac performing at Madison Square Garden. But, when we returned, we had the pleasure of lunching with Ms. Stevie Nicks, who was in New York to promote her new live CD-DVD, The Soundstage Sessions: Live in Chicago, a collection featuring some of her biggest hits and baddest rarities. We chatted about the first time she met Lindsey Buckingham (at a Mormon Party), and that time she unceremoniously dumped Don Henley.

But it was truly awesome to rap about "Silver Springs," an amazing track that was left off Rumours. The song is about her breakup with Buckingham -- "I'll follow you down till the sound of my voice will haunt you," she sings. "It was me realizing that Lindsey was going to haunt me for the rest of my life," she says. "And he has."

When she performs "Silver Springs" these days -- it's the final number on Fleetwood Mac's current tour -- Nicks resists the opportunity to get up in Lindsey's face: "I don't want fans to walk away in the middle of our argument."

http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/04/lunch-with-stevie-nicks.php

I dont get what she means about not wanting the fans to walk away in the middle of their argument. If anything the fans would be more interested, lol!

[michelej1]

I dont get what she means about not wanting the fans to walk away in the middle of their argument. If anything the fans would be more interested, lol!


Yes, she did sing it to him during the The Dance tour (SYW tour, but I didn't really like the song on that tour) and no one thought they were arguing. They thought it was a passionate performance, not a real life drama.

Michele

[FMlex]

But I thought that the line "I'll follow you down til the sound of my voice will haunt you" referred to the fact that Lindsey was going to be hearing her (Stevie's) voice on the radio for years and years to come because of their stardom? :shrug:

[kak125]

Yes, she did sing it to him during the The Dance tour (SYW tour, but I didn't really like the song on that tour) and no one thought they were arguing. They thought it was a passionate performance, not a real life drama.

Michele

yeah that is what i miss most about silver springs now is the fact that she doesnt even look his way or anything. i enjoyed the performance of the song so much more on the dance and say you will tours.

[gldstwmn]

But I thought that the line "I'll follow you down til the sound of my voice will haunt you" referred to the fact that Lindsey was going to be hearing her (Stevie's) voice on the radio for years and years to come because of their stardom? :shrug:

Me too. Surprise, surprise.
Also, could the writer not have left us hanging on the dumping Don Henley story?

[singatnight]

I agree....what happened with Don Henley?? Details please.....

[Musicman408]

I don't know about the SS singing to each other thing. If the drama is fake, then maybe they shouldn't really do it- although for some songs it is just nice for them to interact.

I go back and forth on this one.:laugh:

[Nico]

I think Stevie's way of writing is interesting because, in some cases, it would appear she was saying something to someone else but in fact she's referring to said person saying/doing it to her. Like in Dreams where she says "Now here you go again you say you want your freedom..." wouldn't that be Lindsey saying that to her, since Stevie's story is she left him?

It's only so interesting because my personal favorite songwriter or all time, John Lennon, did that all the time. He had songs like Crippled Inside, How Do You Sleep? that you'd imagine were about him speaking to other people when in fact the underlying message was to himself. That's deep.

But in the case of Silver Springs, you could call it a dual effect because I'm pretty sure she meant it both ways. ;)

[strandinthewind]

I totally think LB is speaking to La Nicks in Dreams. She is the one that will know when the rain washes her clean, i.e. she realizes what she had in LB and his love for her. He told her to listen carefully to her loneliness and her heartbeat would drive her mad when she is alone (I was supposed alone in bed with her heart and mind racing - unable to sleep) remembering what she had with LB and lost when she eschewed it. I think LB asked La Nicks to marry him and she said no (hence his packin up shackin up's all you wanna do line).

I also think this second hand version of the haunt you line in SS is a paraphrase. I think La Nicks did write that line to mean the sound of her voice on the radio would haunt and bug LB. I also think LB haunts La Nicks to this day and vice versa :shrug:

[michelej1]

I think Stevie's way of writing is interesting because, in some cases, it would appear she was saying something to someone else but in fact she's referring to said person saying/doing it to her. Like in Dreams where she says "Now here you go again you say you want your freedom..." wouldn't that be Lindsey saying that to her, since Stevie's story is she left him?



I think one reason it can go back and forth is that Stevie and Lindsey didn't break up ONE time. From what she says, there may have been one big fracture, but it took some time for the break to be complete. They kept continuing to quasi be together for awhile and when that happens, the parties tend to change places quite often, but are never in the same place at the same time. As the song says, 'you only want me when I get over you'. I think they've both been on each side. She left. He left. She came back. He wasn't available. They probably switched places over the course of the relationship several times, which contributes to the ambiguity in the lyrics.

Michele

[Gypsycat999]

^ That's exactly what Stevie's talking about when she explains the BATB story. The roles get switched. Both are sometimes the beauty and sometimes the beast...tragically :rolleyes: