Let's Talk About...STAND BACK

[Dodfather]

Well, after a few more random album tracks lately I thought I'd go for one of her biggest tracks for our discussion...

I LOVE this song. It's my favourite Stevie solo track (and that's no mean feat). Dani's got Rhiannon, lol, but for me it's all about Stand Back. I never tire of hearing it, whatever version it may be (and there have been some KICK ASS live versions) and it's my favourite to sing along to incredibly loudly in the car.

We've all heard the sotry about how this was written and I've always found it slightly sad (not pathetic, I mean more upseting) that so close to her wedding, I bvelieve it was her actual wedding night, they spent the night recording a song rather than just enjoying their marriage and each other. What I mean by that is that the marriage seemed even less than secondary to the importance of everything else. Then again, that was kind of the case anyway wasn't it? Such a shame.

Anyway, this song ROCKS! I think it's about men. I can't think that it's about Lindsey specifically, or Kim, or anyone else, but I just think it's about how men may struggle to cope with her success and her world even though they may share it.

"You could be standing in a line": There have been a succession of them and it's necver worked.

"Nooone knows how I feel..." Not he doesn't know, noone knows...

"In the middle of my room I could not hear from you": She's locked in her own world...

The lyrics just seem so negative (again, sad that she wrote them when just married) but at the same time it's hopeful, like Dreams in that way. There's a self awareness here. Perhpas she knew the marriage wasn;t going to work? Or as much as oine can know these things anyway.

She's realising her own faults: "He asked me...that was all"... she is acknowledging her own shortcomings and hoping to improve on them. He didn't ask for much and she just couldn't give it. In this way it's very similar to the sentiments expressed in Dreams "when the rain washes you clean, you'll know" I like this "turn" in the lyrics here, it makes things very interesting.

I've never thought that Fleetwood Mac as a band do this song as well as Stevie's solo band do. It's a very "solo" track for me so I've always found it slightly strange that of all her solo hits it's the one the band do. I can;t explain that much better - sorry!

Does anyone know what happened between Srtevie and Prince? There's a story there as to why they don't speak after working on this track but I don't know what it is...

I'm really looking forward to reading replies to this. This song is so great...