[David]

I like "Sara" a lot because of the same reason I like "The Nightmare": the arcane, random unfurling of imagery has the rhythm & intensity of an ancient saga. It doesn't fix referents in a traditional narrative pattern; just the opposite -- it bats emotions & moods one off the other in a nonstop murmur, like a babbling brook in a cedar forest dappled with sunlight. "Sara" speaks of ages past & obsessive lives that are largely irrecoverable but that nonetheless hold us spellbound.

I always used to like the way Fleetwood Mac played "Sara" onstage -- so different from the mood of the album track but with a gamboling energy & briskness. The solo band never created much magic with it because they usually anthemized it, & even Fleetwood Mac on recent tours pours glue all over it.

"Sara" has a good beat & you can dance to it. I give it four (4) stars out of five. ****