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Originally Posted by dissention
No one will understand everything in life, dear, no use trying.
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I'm a Virgo... it's in our nature to investigate and thoroughly examine that which isn't readily understandable.
I've always loved contradictions within people... they fascinate me.
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Originally Posted by dissention
Some great lyrics, but she once again gets mired in the self-centeredness that has been permeating through her music since '89.
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She's been "self-centered" in her lyrics since Day One, when she wrote, "I've Loved And I've Lost."
Her lyrics, by and large, have ALWAYS been about
her and
her experiences... how something made
her feel, how
she coped (or didn't cope), and so on.
Which is why I don't get the notion that her lyrics suddenly became "self-centered" in 1989.
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Originally Posted by dissention
I love Save Me A Place and consider it a terrific song. It's endlessly fascinating. I find it irresistible. But you don't and that's your right.  |
I'd love it if only it weren't so plodding and boring.
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Originally Posted by dissention
The lyrics and the way they're shouted simply make it seem childish to me. You'd think that someone capable of writing such amazing lyrics could do a bit better than a cliched "You can't love him! You can't have him! I do have him!" It comes across as juvenile to me. Sue me.
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Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying you HAVE to like the song... all I'm saying is that I do believe, in my interpretation of it, that Stevie's writing about a childish relationship. She's writing about people demonstrating practically the biggest level of immaturity adults can possibly demonstrate: treating someone else as property that you have "rights" to.
So, yes, the characters in the song, and the whole "you can't love him, you can't have him" lyrics sound immature... but, to me, that's the point.
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Originally Posted by dissention
The way some of you folks make it sound, it's as if we're banging down McVie's door and screaming at her to hook back up with the Mac or face utter annihilation. And we're just saying we miss her harmonies and pop fluff!
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I'm not saying no one's allowed to miss Chris... I miss her too. I'm merely responding to the idea that Fleetwood Mac is no good without Christine.
Anyone can believe that if they'd like, but I disagree with it.
When Stevie left, I initially felt that Fleetwood Mac would just plain suck without her... then I got over myself and gave the
current lineup a chance, instead of wishing for what it had been in the past. No, it "wasn't the same"... but then things change, and nothing ever stays exactly the way it was.
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Originally Posted by dissention
When all is said and done, at the end of the day, opinions are like assholes. Everyone's got one and everyone thinks everybody else's stinks.
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I don't think
everyone's stinks.
