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Originally posted by Les
BAM
November 20, 1981
Q. Was Mick’s trip to Africa the inspiration for “Bwana?”
LB. Basically. It’s pretty light-hearted. Again, there’s a song with some of the ‘40s influence on it. It really isn’t very African at all, musically. It has some of that “Lion Sleeps Tonight” in it. The lyrics were actually written at the very end, after we’d done the tracks and the backing voices. The drum track for “Bwana” started out as being something very different. Eventually, that track turned into another song called “Eyes of the World,” which may be on the next Fleetwood Mac album. That happens to me a lot. Songs turn into other songs. Parts of one song are right for another. You never know.
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Thanks for the interesting tidbit, Les. Two of my favorite Buckingham pieces are related. "Bwana," especially, is beautifully constructed, & might be the only song in the canon that outros on a dominant 7th, which provides a nice tension because our ears are trained to expect a dominant 7th to resolve somehow. "Bwana" doesn't resolve musically, but just fades out on tiptoe. The pieces of "Bwana" are all so fascinating, & the lead vocal is Lindsey's finest ever, to these old ears. "Bwana" is a work of art!