The Lighthouse: September 27, 2024

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Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Clear but your response to my post about her not singing The Lighthouse at the fundraiser had nothing to do with what I was saying. Maybe you thought I was talking about her not having confidence in Landslide but I was talking about The Lighthouse. She’s very confident in Landslide, that’ll never leave her concert sets.

but why do you think that is?

She didn't sing it because NO ONE KNOWS IT.

EVERYONE knows Landslide.

Also, of course, Landslide is very sentimental, it's a quiet folky-ballad....more appropriate to the event than a bombastic anthem about reproductive choice.

That's the thing with a political anthem....it is really only appropriate in certain situations.

But again, no one knows it. And frankly, when this moment in time passes (it pretty much has now that the election is over) the song will be really nothing more than a footnote in her legacy. The fact she took a political stand actually will count for more than the song itself, which I agree is quite drone-y.

And further, because Landslide is quieter and slower, she knows she'll probably be able to croak that out til the very end of time. The Lighthouse requires a lot more energy for her to perform, and the older she gets the trickier that gets. It's just not a "get out the lighter/phone flashlight and wave it around" kind of song like Landslide is live, and it's not a dance-able song like Stand Back or even Edge of 17, and it has no emotional connection to the audience (it's not a song that takes them back to childhood/highschool/college etc). No one is going to play The Lighthouse at their wedding/funeral/graduation, but they sure as shoot do Landslide.

That's why she didn't sing The Lighthouse.