The "Truth" Behind the Song - Page 5

WildHearted · #61 07-11-2011, 09:45 AM

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well.... in the interview she says Dallas Taylor was part of the rehab. In most interviews she says that the drummer was on the bus with her during her tour in 94.. I could be wrong but I highly doubt that Dallas Taylor left his work and was on the tour with her.???

I don't think Dallas actually works for a rehab center, I think he has his own private business as an interventionist. He does work all over the US. So he may have been there at rehab, but he wouldn't have been tied down to that specific place, nor would him going with Stevie - however inappropriate it may have been - meant leaving his work. She was his work.

And I don't think it's a coincidence that the song is called 'For What It's Worth', when that's the title of a well known song by Buffalo Springfield, written by Stephen Stills. Not when Dallas Taylor was the drummer for Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

turquoise5 · #62 07-11-2011, 11:34 AM

'even if I left my girlfriend'..." etc.

Part of what makes For What It's Worth so mysterious to me is the chorus....Is she saying to the Mystery Man "You said" - in other words "I, Stevie, am telling you that you once told me that even if I (Stevie) left my girlfriend , packed up my stuff, etc." - in other words Stevie did all that.

OR, is she saying to him "You said [sometime in the past] 'Even if I (Mystery Man) left my girlfriend, packed up my stuff' "etc. - in other words the man did all that stuff.

Am I making sense here?

I used to think the same sort of thing about Kind of Woman. "She matters to you..." Was Stevie saying that "I (Stevie) matter" or that She - another woman - matters to you?

From subsequent interviews, I have come to believe the former (I, Stevie, matter to you).

LilyRose · #63 07-11-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by turquoise5

'even if I left my girlfriend'..." etc.

Part of what makes For What It's Worth so mysterious to me is the chorus....Is she saying to the Mystery Man "You said" - in other words "I, Stevie, am telling you that you once told me that even if I (Stevie) left my girlfriend , packed up my stuff, etc." - in other words Stevie did all that.

OR, is she saying to him "You said [sometime in the past] 'Even if I (Mystery Man) left my girlfriend, packed up my stuff' "etc. - in other words the man did all that stuff.

Am I making sense here?

I used to think the same sort of thing about Kind of Woman. "She matters to you..." Was Stevie saying that "I (Stevie) matter" or that She - another woman - matters to you?

From subsequent interviews, I have come to believe the former (I, Stevie, matter to you).

I understand what you mean. It's that whole Stevie-switching-her-verb-tense that Lindsey oh so gently tried to talk to her about. LOL

But it's kind of cool that you can look at it two ways...

SapphireSister · #64 07-13-2011, 11:14 AM

I want to know who the "she" is in Silver Springs. The one he said was pretty and that loves him. The one Stevie does NOT want to know!!

LilyRose · #65 07-13-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I want to know who the "she" is in Silver Springs. The one he said was pretty and that loves him. The one Stevie does NOT want to know!!

That song took on a whole different meaning in '97, didn't it? Heh. I don't think she'll ever sing it with as much passion as she did during that tour.

SapphireSister · #66 07-13-2011, 12:10 PM

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That song took on a whole different meaning in '97, didn't it? Heh. I don't think she'll ever sing it with as much passion as she did during that tour.

Oh hell yes. The Dance performance is one of my favorites of all time. "Neeeeeeever get away

!!"

SapphireSister · #67 07-13-2011, 12:12 PM

Who has the softest lips???? How could I forget about that lol.

LilyRose · #68 07-13-2011, 12:16 PM

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Who has the softest lips???? How could I forget about that lol.

That's one of those lines where I've always wondered if Stevie is telling someone they have "the softest lips" or if someone said that to her and she's playing narrator.

Oh the questions I have for this woman!

WildHearted · #69 07-13-2011, 01:50 PM

Storms.

SapphireSister · #70 07-13-2011, 03:43 PM

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Storms.

Long Way to Go! Have fun tell the world whomever you are!!

bombaysaffires · #71 07-13-2011, 11:29 PM

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Long Way to Go! Have fun tell the world whomever you are!!

Pretty sure that one's Joe Walsh.

michelej1 · #72 07-14-2011, 01:12 AM

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Pretty sure that one's Joe Walsh.

Yes, she's talked about that one, taking a car to his place (long way to go), just to break up again. Them arguing and he kept her demos or master reels or something, which just added insult to injury.

Michele

jellyman10 · #73 07-14-2011, 03:34 AM

I woke up this morning with a line from YMBTO in my head: 'You say you understand, but you'll never understand.' I think the 'you' is LB - but what's he not understanding, Stevie?

michelej1 · #74 07-14-2011, 11:17 AM

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I woke up this morning with a line from YMBTO in my head: 'You say you understand, but you'll never understand.' I think the 'you' is LB - but what's he not understanding, Stevie?

Why it causes her harm (to bring his lyrics into the mix).

So, he cries, like he's sorry, but she doesn't think they're really tears for her and her pain, because he doesn't understand that pain.

Michele

LilyRose · #75 07-14-2011, 11:31 AM

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Why it causes her harm (to bring his lyrics into the mix).

So, he cries, like he's sorry, but she doesn't think they're really tears for her and her pain, because he doesn't understand that pain.

Michele

I totally agree with this. But what was "the kiss right out there in the universe"? Was that in reference to The Dance, Landover show when he planted one of her during Go Your Own Way?