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[Kelly]

Sorry but I just do not hear anything about Aids and people dying in this song. It just screams Fleetwood Mac reunion...not necessarily LINDSEY but all of them reuniting. It just sounds good because of Sweet November to say it was about about someone dying of Aids at least IMO.
She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway. Stand Back, landslide etc. Who knows, girlfriend is complicated.

[glitter_fades]

Originally Posted by Kelly

She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway. Stand Back, landslide etc. Who knows, girlfriend is complicated.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Sorry but I just do not hear anything about Aids and people dying in this song. It just screams Fleetwood Mac reunion...not necessarily LINDSEY but all of them reuniting. It just sounds good because of Sweet November to say it was about about someone dying of Aids at least IMO.
She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway. Stand Back, landslide etc. Who knows, girlfriend is complicated.

I don't see it at all, but if you do, more power to ya. The AIDS theme couldn't be more obvious if she gave us a blow-by-blow essay on it.

And, if memory serves correctly, Charlize Theron didn't have AIDS in that awful movie.

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by Kelly

She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway. Stand Back, landslide etc. Who knows, girlfriend is complicated.

Stevie doesn't give her (real) fans enough credit! She must think we're all stupid and that we don't remember what she said in one interview from another!

[glitter_fades]

Originally Posted by dissention

I don't see it at all, but if you do, more power to ya. The AIDS theme couldn't be more obvious if she gave us a blow-by-blow essay on it.

I can see it being both. Those are her best songs, imo, when she possibly has many different thoughts going through her mind and writes lyrics that cut more than one way.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by glitter_fades

I can see it being both. Those are her best songs, imo, when she possibly has many different thoughts going through her mind and writes lyrics that cut more than one way.

Very true, dear.

The only thing I can't stand is that clunky "Someone standing at the side of the stage". Oh gawd. Otherwise, it's tops. She even pulls off the astonishingly awful "suspended animation" line. That is talent, Simon.

[diamondsnake]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Sorry but I just do not hear anything about Aids and people dying in this song. It just screams Fleetwood Mac reunion...not necessarily LINDSEY but all of them reuniting. It just sounds good because of Sweet November to say it was about about someone dying of Aids at least IMO.
She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway. Stand Back, landslide etc. Who knows, girlfriend is complicated.

What is "I have come to make you better I have come to take you away" about if it isn't an angel bringing a sick person (in this case HIV) up to heaven?

Also, what about "In my heart I leave great expections that you will find the answers to your questions and that life will once more be a celebration and that you will be touched by an angel"? That line is clearly someones last words spoken to a dying loved one.

[Red]

Originally Posted by thepoetinmyhear

That's what DJ's do. They are paid to talk. I would be curious who are some of the DJs you think do a good job interviewing people. Jim Ladd is very high on many rock journalists lists for good interviews and is considered one of the best DJs by many artists. His Stevie interviews have always been great because she seems so relaxed, this is perhaps because she can tell he is a true listener (I don't want to say fan although I don't think it would be out of line).

And gross? elaborate please. If you are just referencing him commenting positively on her appearance: Stevie was one of the biggest sex symbols of the 70s. Her appearance is always going to be part of her music.


Michael

I think Jim Ladd is probably well liked by many artists because he does seem to be well versed in actual music, the real thing...however his total perving out at the beginning of the interview was not only inappropriate but long winded and unnecessary. Yeah, we get it, she's hot...but seriously, I was wincing at some of the things he was saying.
Like I said, I don't claim to be able to differentiate between a vast number of DJ'S. Honestly I've been more interested in what Stevie has to say rather than an ingratiating DJ. I did, however admire the fact that he at least was well familiar with her music, not just her stage persona as I think the majority of the media is.

[AliP]

Originally Posted by Red

I think Jim Ladd is probably well liked by many artists because he does seem to be well versed in actual music, the real thing...however his total perving out at the beginning of the interview was not only inappropriate but long winded and unnecessary. Yeah, we get it, she's hot...but seriously, I was wincing at some of the things he was saying.
Like I said, I don't claim to be able to differentiate between a vast number of DJ'S. Honestly I've been more interested in what Stevie has to say rather than an ingratiating DJ. I did, however admire the fact that he at least was well familiar with her music, not just her stage persona as I think the majority of the media is.

Jim has always been that way. That is just the way he is. From the very first interview he ever did with her he was saying things like that. I'd take Jim interviewing her any day over any other mindless bag.

As David said, Mary Turner is also a great interviewer. I also like the "Up Close" interviews although I'm not sure who does them.

[KateTheCursed]

Stevie doesn't give her (real) fans enough credit! She must think we're all stupid and that we don't remember what she said in one interview from another!

Or maybe you're giving her too much credit.

I don't think it's a matter of condescending to her fans as much as it's a reflection of Stevie's own memory. Her concept of time is almost always sketchy and non-linear. Look at some of the Enchanted footage when she's talking about writing Garbo and trying to remember how old she was at the time. She couldn't remember. Or listen to how her representation of time is almost always exagerated. That's just Stevie.

In my opinion, Stevie's "stories" change so much because her memory isn't the best. But more importantly they change because much of what she writes is complex and personal in nature and not one-dimensional characitures pulled from some false reality. As such she's not necessarily lying or being disengenious or even catering to what she thinks fans want to hear when her story changes. But rather her answers at any given time are more apt to be a reflection of the inspiration that is most central to her mind at that moment.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Sorry but I just do not hear anything about Aids and people dying in this song. It just screams Fleetwood Mac reunion...not necessarily LINDSEY but all of them reuniting. It just sounds good because of Sweet November to say it was about about someone dying of Aids at least IMO.

On the 4th Day Of Compassion I was impressed to write a poem about AIDS and about the angel that I do believe in my heart is there for us! I call her the "Passageway Angel." The next night I typed it up from my notes, and added the last verse.

If she wrote it on the 4th Annual Day Of Compassion, then it was written on June 21st, 1996. Just slightly less than a year before 'The Dance.'

The U.S. Copyright Office site has the song's copyright registered on August 14th, 1997, with its creation date listed as 1996.
It usually takes within 4-5 months after submission for the application to be processed and for the copyright to be registered.

Originally Posted by Kelly

She is not always honest about what her songs are about anyway.

I don't think she's intentionally dishonest about the meaning behind her songs... I think she simply "spills the beans" on one aspect of its meaning, and keeps some of the other aspects to herself. Most likely because she's not ready at that particular time to discuss those other aspects.

It's definitely "withholding," but I don't think it's dishonesty.

[diamondsnake]

I still think FFG is about more then just Lindsey. I think she has oodles of journals with poems and lyrics and sayings and when she writes a song she may pull her lyrics from several different passages. Which is the reason she can write a song about AIDS with a peppering of Fleetwood Mac in there, for example.

[glitter_fades]

Originally Posted by KateTheCursed

her answers at any given time are more apt to be a reflection of the inspiration that is most central to her mind at that moment.

I agree, if you mean what was central to her mind at the moment she was answering questions, not what was central to her mind when she wrote a particular song.

[KateTheCursed]

I agree, if you mean what was central to her mind at the moment she was answering questions, not what was central to her mind when she wrote a particular song.

That's exactly what I meant. Sorry, my thought process is almost as clear and concise as Stevie's.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Caller: "Easter Sunday, Stevie! You could spend Easter with us! My kids would love to meet you because that's all I ever talk about.

Stevie: "Really? We could make colored eggs and have an Easter egg hunt! I'll wear my pink boots and Gypsy shawl."

Caller: "Great! This is so exciting!"

Stevie: "Easter Sunday with the fans....there's nothing better. I may write a song about it."

I have no idea why someone would ask something like that (the original meet question) , but I guess not every fan could be as cool as a Ledgie. They were just excited and happy to talk to her and it's not always easy to stay coherent, I think.

Romy