Fireflies

[amber]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

You're welcome! I just sent the live one. Let us know what you think about that one.

Hillary

oh, ok! thank you so much!

[David]

Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

I think there are several studio versions of FireFlies. Maybe not, I'll have to check. I love the song on the live album, though!!

I'm curious about these studio versions. I've heard a couple of different takes from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium rehearsals -- Chris, for example, switches back & forth between organ & grand piano from one performance to the next. But I've never heard a "Fireflies" with Fleetwood Mac that was specifically tracked in a studio. Do these recordings really exist?

[NicksIllume]

I cannot say how much I adore Fireflies. Unfortunately, I only have the version from the Live album.

I would love to believe...I believe what you say.
In the drama of the moment, oh, there's no easy way.
No one ever leaves. Every one stays...close till the fire...fades.

[Chain of Chains]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

And isn't it great?

Sure is!

[Wild_Heart03]

Oh I love this song, it's one of my favorite of the "Tusk"-era songs. I particularly love this one demo I have of it, with Stevie singing along rather slowly while the piano plays. It's short, but I always laugh when I hear Stevie say in kind of a pleading voice "I think I need some water.."

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by NicksIllume

I cannot say how much I adore Fireflies. Unfortunately, I only have the version from the Live album.

I would love to believe...I believe what you say.
In the drama of the moment, oh, there's no easy way.
No one ever leaves. Every one stays...close till the fire...fades.

Do you want me to e-mail you the remix I have, Erica?

Hillary

[skcin]

The stiletto cuts quick, like a whip through the air...

LOVE this song! I'm with Hawkeye, definitely in my Top 10 (when I remember it.) Great to sing along to!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by skcin

The stiletto cuts quick, like a whip through the air...

I love that line!

The only line that is odd to me is the "like a sailing ship, not one of us runs." Who knew ships could get up and run.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I love that line!

The only line that is odd to me is the "like a sailing ship, not one of us runs." Who knew ships could get up and run.

that line is an example I think of her ability to say many things with a simple statement.

Is it:

not one of us runs away

or

not one of us runs (operates) the ship (presumably the machinery of FM)

or

some other meaning

I think she is brilliant when she does this.

[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

It is a Tusk era song. There are a few studio demos/outtakes out there. One outtake I call 'offkey' is so horrible! Stevie sounds awful It makes me laugh.[/I]

I love this song, too!

And the "offkey" version is just too funny - a must for any lover of this song While funny, it is almost painful to listen to!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

that line is an example I think of her ability to say many things with a simple statement.

Is it:

not one of us runs away

or

not one of us runs (operates) the ship (presumably the machinery of FM)

or

some other meaning

I think she is brilliant when she does this.

She just slaps two lines out of her poetry books and makes a lyric.....and we tend to look into it further than what she meant it to be.

Good points, though....I like the "operation theory". That might be mine from now on

[wondergirl9847]

One of my favorite Stevie songs, and I prefer the remix/outtake/alternate/whatever (LOL) to the Live version. I love how Fire flies means two things, which is why I agree with Strand that the sailing ship thing can mean two things. In other words, there is no leader of the band, no one "runs" the band, per se, I guess. Also, no one runs away from the band, they stick with it, through thick and thin.

[David]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I love how Fire flies means two things, which is why I agree with Strand that the sailing ship thing can mean two things. In other words, there is no leader of the band, no one "runs" the band, per se, I guess.

Didn't Mick Fleetwood still run the band at the time?

Also, when does everybody think those Santa Monica Civic Auditorium recordings were made? I think it was a rehearsal for the last leg of the tour, so at some point in June or July 1980.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

Didn't Mick Fleetwood still run the band at the time?

Also, when does everybody think those Santa Monica Civic Auditorium recordings were made? I think it was a rehearsal for the last leg of the tour, so at some point in June or July 1980.

I agree Mick was in charge at the time, apparently to everyone's later chagrain. But, I think she is being romantic here and visualizing FM as this big ship they are on and though they may try to guide it, it has a life of its own when the five get together and that life/ship guides itself, which was into superstardom.

Then again, she could been wasted and wrote "that's why I wear my hair in a bun" and when recording thought in a haze that she had to run, but it came out "not one of us runs"

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Then again, she could been wasted and wrote "that's why I wear my hair in a bun" and when recording thought in a haze that she had to run, but it came out "not one of us runs"

Given Stevie, that seems logical!

I think she meant "no one of us runs from the firelight" -- the fireflies in Fleetwood Mac stay put. In an interview a few months before, she said, "No one leaves Fleetwood Mac. No one will let go" (Jim Ladd Innerview 1979).