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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
She'll never win, but I have to vote from my heart here. So even though I love "The Chain" to pieces, I have to go with "Sara." Which is, to my ears, the most sumptuous six and a half minutes of music ever committed to tape.
It glistens and gurgles like a riverstream flowing over polished stones, and I can completely and easily lose myself in its beauty. 
"All I ever wanted, was to know that you were dreaming...." |
My vote is for Sara also. I have warm fuzzy memories of hearing it on the radio and seeing the video on MTV so many moons ago. And I love it, even though it "warped my fragile little mind" (in a good way).
Besides, if you think about it, the song is the perfect recorded representation of the Mac's "All My Children" public persona:
- Was Don Henley telling the truth?
- The band had to testify in court to prove Stevie wrote it.
- Are there really uncredited backup singers and musicians fleshing out the final version?
- We had to wait several years to hear the full cut in CD-quality after it was butchered for the first Tusk CD pressing.
- All those lesbian rumours I had to debunk during high school (before people knew what the song was really/supposedly about): Why is Stevie Nicks asking some chick named Sara to come drown with her in the sea of love after building a house?
