[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Yes. At least I think I can.

"Keep a movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan, he's a devil not a man
and he spreads the burnin' sand with water.
Dan can't you see that big green tree where the waters runnin' free
and it's waiting there for me and you.
Water, cool water..."

When I downloaded this song, it was presented as a Buckingham Nicks demo. I'm guessing... that was wrong? Does anyone know when it is from? Was it a White album demo?

By the way, Amber? This:

Yes, I don't know everything about everything Mac. Sorry I'm not such a Mac Gatherer, a Mac collector. You know why? B/C all I care about is the performances, the music.

And I don't feel the need to own anything Mac, I just want to hear and see the sublime performances, that is my passion. I don't have to own those performances, I don't have to have every detail of them - I just have to have seen them and loved them.

Life is ephemeral, and Mac is ephemeral, and once i've seen it, i'm happy - I don't have to own it or know every detail about it - all I have to know is that it was beautiful, and that I saw it, and that therefore it is in my memory and consciousness. So it will always be there.
Shame on anyone who looks down on anyone else because they don't know that this one performance was Stevie in 1983, in butt****wherever, Oakland, Largo, My Ass - wherever - the point is that I saw it and loved it, and appreciated it or not for it's musical/skill qualities. And shame on any "fact nazis" who try to tell anyone otherwise.
And don't get me wrong, I love facts. Love them. But I don't think they are necessarily the most important part of appreciating Stevie and the Mac. Fact gathering doesn't make you enjoy the performance any more. And if it does, then you aren't really enjoying the performance, you are just fact gathering.
Seriously, are you effing kidding me? Gosh, I hope so.
And Blue Water is such a beautiful song....*le sigh*
"I sit and I wait, fo the mohning to come, blue watah...and the sea, smiles fo me...and the sea...is as moving...as a lovah..."

... is one of the best posts I've ever read. It may have been written in anger, but man, the sentiment is sweet.