Discuss: I Don't Wanna Know - Page 2

Miss Vicky · #16 09-27-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Wait, I thought it was "Fate gave you me for a lover"

The transcriptions of the lyrics that I've read have it as "hate," but "fate" does make more sense.

desertangel · #17 09-28-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

It's a catchy little tune and I've always preferred it to "Silver Springs."

The studio version of the latter tune never sounded right to me. It has a quality that I can only describe as "hollow." The vocals and the instrumentation are entirely too light and don't quite convey the impact of the lyrics. Even Lindsey's guitar playing (*gasp*) seems somehow sub-par to me. So as much as I enjoy "Silver Springs" from The Dance, I'm thankful that it was relegated to non-album b-side status in the Rumours days.

Have you ever heard the DVD-A version in 5.1 surround? I'll never forget the night I brought my new system home and got it all hooked up and plopped that into the player. I skipped right to SS and bawled the whole way thru ... it was pure gooseflesh. But I know what you mean about sounding hollow (I'm thinking the version on The Chain box set,) I agree. You have to hear the 5.1 remastered version and suddenly hollow takes on a new and quite lovely meaning.

desertangel · #18 09-28-2006, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

I like this song a lot, it's fun to sing, has a good beat, you can dance to it. It seems really normal, and is, but that super clappy tight harmony even beat and phrasing - I mean, it's so even - kind of makes it special.

... what she said.

Miss Vicky · #19 09-28-2006, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by desertangel

Have you ever heard the DVD-A version in 5.1 surround?

Nope. I'm weird. I'll spend untold amounts of money on CD and DVD box sets, out of print discs, special editions, etc. But when it comes to the actual electronics that play them, I just buy whatever's cheap. No 5.1 surround sound here.

KathyD · #20 09-28-2006, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

What do you think? Is it a hidden gem? A waste of space? A throwaway tune? A fun little ditty?

I'm a sucker for any song with clapping (Jack & Diane, Take the Money & Run...) so that automatically makes me a fan.

I think I remember reading that Stevie said this was an "I don't care" song, that it didn't have any deep or hidden meaning and that she wasn't really emotionally attached to it. I believe that she would have preferred this song taken off of Rumours rather than SS, but it's obviously much shorter, so length may have been an issue.

Of course, add SS and remove this, and you've got a damn dark record, IMO.

I was a bit surprised when the live Buckingham Nicks version surfaced. I honestly thought this was written later. The whole "you tell me that I'm crazy" and "you say you love me but you don't know" reeks of the breakup to me. Of course, who's to say that this tune is about LB at all. If it is, I think we can safely assume that they didnt have a perfect relationship.

I love the harmonies, esp. on the "whoa's." And I can't tell you how long I got this line wrong:

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking down the line

I always thought it was "...reasons why I love you, I keep on walking...)

After I heard or read Stevie make that comment about how it's their Everly Brothers-thing, or whatever, then I really listened to it again. and found that I really enjoy their voices together on this song. Made me wish they did that kind of thing more often.

elie · #21 09-28-2006, 03:34 AM

It's ok. I 'm not crazy about it or anything but I don't usually skip it.
I also like clapping-songs and it 's a fun song to listen to.
And may I say that I think the SS and IDWTK comparison doesn't seem right to me, those songs fall into an entirely different category. I know that people tend to do that because IDWTK had somehow "replaced" SS on the original release, but other than that, the comparison is pretty unfair IMO.

golddustwoman77 · #22 09-28-2006, 07:22 AM

I love "I Don't Want to Know!" Growing up, it was my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. It is so catchy and infectious! I don't see how anyone couldn't like it a little.

HomerMcvie · #23 09-28-2006, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by golddustwoman77

I love "I Don't Want to Know!" Growing up, it was my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. It is so catchy and infectious! I don't see how anyone couldn't like it a little.

Me too! I LOVE it. I have NO idea why they won't play it live. It's also the first guitar solo I ever learned to play. Thank gawd it ended up on Rumours, instead of Silver Bed Springs.

chiliD · #24 09-28-2006, 12:46 PM

I like the song. I'd, for the most part, agree with the "Everly Bros" comparison. Those harmonies are so close, they almost sound like one voice...a typical Everly Bros trait.

I like the Goo Goo Dolls cover of it just as much, if not POSSIBLY a tad bit more, on occasion, depending on my mood.

strandinthewind · #25 09-28-2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

I like the song. I'd, for the most part, agree with the "Everly Bros" comparison. Those harmonies are so close, they almost sound like one voice...a typical Everly Bros trait.

I like the Goo Goo Dolls cover of it just as much, if not POSSIBLY a tad bit more, on occasion, depending on my mood.

Me too!!!!!!!!

The infusion of their grunge esq style worked.

DavidMn · #26 09-28-2006, 02:39 PM

It's actually one of my favorite Rumours songs.

Villavic · #27 09-28-2006, 03:45 PM

The reason Rumours is my favorite album is because love almost ALL its songs. The 2nd place would be white album and Tango, for the same reason. Actually it's my fave band because I like the whole albums, just few songs I dislike

So IDWK.. I like it a lot, not one of my faves, but I like it. If you ask me if I'd choose this song instead of S.Springs, as Stevie told in the Rumours special.. I'm not sure, I'd choose SS I guees, because it's more touchy, to me.

But I like the song. Part of the California 70s sound I guess...

SpyNote · #28 09-28-2006, 04:09 PM

IDWTK is one of my favorite songs on Rumours. The vocal is pretty incredible as far as harmonies go, very tight and punchy throughout. Stevie and Linds also nail some hard notes at the end, which is really impressive.

I agree with the earlier comment that the song lightens the mood on Rumours, which gets a bit somber on side 2.

michelle2677 · #29 09-28-2006, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Me too! I LOVE it. I have NO idea why they won't play it live. It's also the first guitar solo I ever learned to play. Thank gawd it ended up on Rumours, instead of Silver Bed Springs.

so tell me-I need to know. why the anti-SS?? did someone follow you down till the sound of their voice haunted you? do you not like Autumn or hearing the ocean crashing? the thought of the colors "blue and green" together make you want to hurl? what is it??

I only say this because it is my fav song evah.

o.k. back to the topic at hand. I am really into IDWTK at the moment. It's one of those songs I have hardly listened to, and played it awhile ago and thought "wow! why have I not been listening to this?" It also helps that I actually read the lyrics sheet and figured out some mistakes I had been making. I agree with what everyone is saying about it being a light-hearted fun song that lightens the mood of rumours. I also like it for the obvious brilliant harmonies. I'm glad they included it on rumours instead of SS only because SS would not have been as popular in 97

to add to that-my best friend who is a mac fan hates this song. I played it for her and she said it reminded her of second hand news (which she also hates.

)I'm currently looking for a new best friend.

HomerMcvie · #30 09-28-2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

so tell me-I need to know. why the anti-SS?? did someone follow you down till the sound of their voice haunted you? do you not like Autumn or hearing the ocean crashing? the thought of the colors "blue and green" together make you want to hurl? what is it??

I only say this because it is my fav song evah.

o.k. back to the topic at hand. I am really into IDWTK at the moment. It's one of those songs I have hardly listened to, and played it awhile ago and thought "wow! why have I not been listening to this?" It also helps that I actually read the lyrics sheet and figured out some mistakes I had been making. I agree with what everyone is saying about it being a light-hearted fun song that lightens the mood of rumours. I also like it for the obvious brilliant harmonies. I'm glad they included it on rumours instead of SS only because SS would not have been as popular in 97

to add to that-my best friend who is a mac fan hates this song. I played it for her and she said it reminded her of second hand news (which she also hates.

)I'm currently looking for a new best friend.

I don't hate SS. BUT, YOU CAN'T REWRITE HISTORY, AND NEITHER CAN STEVIE.
SS wasn't ON Rumours, period. She might WISH it had been, but alas, it WASN'T. If wishes were horses......