Without You

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by HelloMonster

Their noises mind me of Peacekeeper, but I agree with you about the metallic sound.

Huh. I don't really hear love grunts on Peacekeeper, but that's an interesting choice since you probably are more likely to hear love grunts after waiting for the dark of night where love is the sweet surprise.

Originally Posted by sidwich

It's funny. "Without You" came up in my shuffle while I was driving today, and something just hit me.

One of the interesting things about both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham as songwriters is that they are able to convey the complexity of human emotion. They don't really just write "June moon" love songs. They convey the idea of love hand in hand with the complications.

For example, I've heard "Landslide" described as a love song, but it's really not. I mean, you could debate what "Landslide" is really about for hours, but it's about A LOT of things: life decisions, aging, risk, loss of control.

By the same token, "Trouble" which is probably one of more straightforward songs by Lindsey Buckingham, the emphasis isn't on the love and warmth which is stirring. The hook and the musical punctuation keeps going back to the word "Trouble." Dude, I'm feeling feelings again and I should be getting out of here.

Anyway, what this is really about is "Without You," and what I was thinking listening to it today, was wow, this is probably the most straightforward love song that Nicks or Buckingham EVER did, and nowhere in the lyrics does it ever mention the word "love" or really even come close to mentioning it. It's actually much more overtly about making a mark on each other as artists.

Yeah, I know, this goes back to the fact that they're complicated people, and their writing really reflects that.

Welcome to the board! Great post. I agree that WY is probably the most direct song they have ever done, not relying on any poetic symbolism. Really like your thoughts on "Landslide" and "Trouble" too.

Originally Posted by secret love

@sidwich The Without You lyrics do mention the word love: "If I'd not heard your laughter, then I wouldn't love you"

Yes, that is true. Really, it's sad how the word love is so misused, overused and misrepresented in songs and life, when it should be the most meaningful word ever. But, in Without You, I think love is defined even more deeply in other lines like "you are... ingrained in my soul" and "the time had come and gone without you inside me".