I Know I'm Not Wrong

[David]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Does anyone have any info or stories on this little gem? I always loved this song.

I checked Madnessfades.net & didn't see any commentary by the composer, & I don't remember anything else offhand. Some fans group this song -- I guess thematically -- with Not That Funny. Two sides of a coin, I guess. I think it has more in common with Save Me a Place in terms of pleading quality, tunefulness & warmth, despite the difference in tempo (which in itself creates varied emotional response). IKINW doesn't have that severely abrasive quality lyrically or musically, which is the essence of NTF. In the latter, the repetitive moving from tonic to subdominant & then from subdominant to dominant makes me think "pushing & shoving," emphasized by the deliberately unbeautiful vocal. But IKINW is more searching & yearning in its chord progression & in the temporal chord values: the chord changes seem to me to be engaging in a dialectic with the lyrics & the pretty melody line of the vocal. Fleetwood Mac rehearsed it in 1979 but I never had a concert recording of it from that time. It may have been tried at some point on tour, possibly in Europe (like That's Enough for Me), but I haven't found a record of it. (I've learned never to second-guess the Tusk tour.) As you probably know, Fleetwood did it live in 2004, but by that time, the band was no longer a chamber ensemble. It was a committee.

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by David

As you probably know, Fleetwood did it live in 2004, but by that time, the band was no longer a chamber ensemble. It was a committee.

Too funny.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by David

I checked Madnessfades.net & didn't see any commentary by the composer, & I don't remember anything else offhand. Some fans group this song -- I guess thematically -- with Not That Funny. Two sides of a coin, I guess. I think it has more in common with Save Me a Place in terms of pleading quality, tunefulness & warmth, despite the difference in tempo (which in itself creates varied emotional response). IKINW doesn't have that severely abrasive quality lyrically or musically, which is the essence of NTF. In the latter, the repetitive moving from tonic to subdominant & then from subdominant to dominant makes me think "pushing & shoving," emphasized by the deliberately unbeautiful vocal. But IKINW is more searching & yearning in its chord progression & in the temporal chord values: the chord changes seem to me to be engaging in a dialectic with the lyrics & the pretty melody line of the vocal. Fleetwood Mac rehearsed it in 1979 but I never had a concert recording of it from that time. It may have been tried at some point on tour, possibly in Europe (like That's Enough for Me), but I haven't found a record of it. (I've learned never to second-guess the Tusk tour.) As you probably know, Fleetwood did it live in 2004, but by that time, the band was no longer a chamber ensemble. It was a committee.

It was done better on Lindseys tour with just the four guys. I thought it was 10 times better.

[David]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

It was done better on Lindseys tour with just the four guys. I thought it was 10 times better.

I didn't catch the Lindsey tour. I hear he pulled out all the stops -- an expression that comes from organ playing.

[kathy1]

i am sorry but i have never heard of that song. what album is that from?

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by kathy1

i am sorry but i have never heard of that song. what album is that from?

It's on Tusk, Kathy.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by David

I checked Madnessfades.net & didn't see any commentary by the composer, & I don't remember anything else offhand. Some fans group this song -- I guess thematically -- with Not That Funny. Two sides of a coin, I guess. I think it has more in common with Save Me a Place in terms of pleading quality, tunefulness & warmth, despite the difference in tempo (which in itself creates varied emotional response). IKINW doesn't have that severely abrasive quality lyrically or musically, which is the essence of NTF. In the latter, the repetitive moving from tonic to subdominant & then from subdominant to dominant makes me think "pushing & shoving," emphasized by the deliberately unbeautiful vocal. But IKINW is more searching & yearning in its chord progression & in the temporal chord values: the chord changes seem to me to be engaging in a dialectic with the lyrics & the pretty melody line of the vocal. Fleetwood Mac rehearsed it in 1979 but I never had a concert recording of it from that time. It may have been tried at some point on tour, possibly in Europe (like That's Enough for Me), but I haven't found a record of it. (I've learned never to second-guess the Tusk tour.) As you probably know, Fleetwood did it live in 2004, but by that time, the band was no longer a chamber ensemble. It was a committee.

Well, through all the cocky snoblanguage this is pure truth. I'm so glad you're back David. I ALWAYS play NTF and IKINW back to back when I feel like hearing one of them. ( normally, I play Tusk in it's entirety-because it's the best album ever recorded by anyone )

[Chrislit18]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Well, through all the cocky snoblanguage this is pure truth. I'm so glad you're back David. I ALWAYS play NTF and IKINW back to back when I feel like hearing one of them. ( normally, I play Tusk in it's entirety-because it's the best album ever recorded by anyone )

So true, so true

They are both on my favorite LB songs list.

[elie]

I Know I 'm Not Wrong and What makes you think you're the one are my two favorite Lindsey songs