Let's talk about...SARA...

[singatnight]

So I was thinking of a new thread idea and I came up with this:
How about we take turns picking a Stevie song we LOVE and talk about it for a few days? We can write what we think it's about.....what we've heard it is about....what it makes us think of....questions we have.....any sort of connection or anecdote.....After a few days...someone else can pick a new song and we can move on.

What do you think? Who is up for it?
Let's give it a whirl.

Ok, so I choose Sara: ( I know...a difficult one to start but I love it!!!)
**Ok...so we all know that it isn't about her friend Sara Recor. (maybe just her love for the name inspired it)

**I think it's about mulitple men...has this been confirmed?I think it is mostly about Don Henley. ( building his house, I met my match...he was singing...the pregnancy)

**I've read a few times that Mick is the great dark wing. something about his loud sports car.

**Any Lindsey references? I know they must be there.....any thoughts???

**I know it was totally staged....but I loved the S&L interaction during Sara on the unleashed tour.


Ok...your turn....what do you think?

[David]

I like "Sara" a lot because of the same reason I like "The Nightmare": the arcane, random unfurling of imagery has the rhythm & intensity of an ancient saga. It doesn't fix referents in a traditional narrative pattern; just the opposite -- it bats emotions & moods one off the other in a nonstop murmur, like a babbling brook in a cedar forest dappled with sunlight. "Sara" speaks of ages past & obsessive lives that are largely irrecoverable but that nonetheless hold us spellbound.

I always used to like the way Fleetwood Mac played "Sara" onstage -- so different from the mood of the album track but with a gamboling energy & briskness. The solo band never created much magic with it because they usually anthemized it, & even Fleetwood Mac on recent tours pours glue all over it.

"Sara" has a good beat & you can dance to it. I give it four (4) stars out of five. ****

[nailatixela]

Sara is actually my least favorite song of Stevie's of the Tusk album. Just can't get a connection with it as I can with her other 4 songs. It's a good song - maybe even a great one but I can't get anything out of it personally.

[NicksMonsoon]

I love Sara...its one of my faves. I would love to hear it as it was orginally written, before it got edited down.

[LukeA]

I've always loved how the first couple lines in Sara seem to answer Lindsey from the previous song.

"don't know why I have to go, don't know why I can't stay"... "wait a minute baby, stay with me a while"

[galestreet]

I love Sara on the Tusk bonus cd! It puts me in a dreamy mood, I love it!

[FMlex]

Originally Posted by LukeA

I've always loved how the first couple lines in Sara seem to answer Lindsey from the previous song.

"don't know why I have to go, don't know why I can't stay"... "wait a minute baby, stay with me a while"

^Very nice point there!


I love "Sara" - I think it's so beautiful and it's just so Stevie. Raw emotion.

I think part of it is about Mick ("he was just like a great dark wing") and I also think that the "when you build your house, call me home" line is in reference to Don Henley.

I also see it relating to her abortion... "you're the poet in my heart", "there's a heartbeat and it never really dies..." lines really connect that up.

Of course I can always somehow relate every Stevie song to Lindsey just because I like to dream about things like that!

My favorite lyric in Sara: "Drowning in the sea of love, where everyone would love to drown" <-- like... WOW. How does it get any better than that?! Love it.

This was a great idea for a new topic, singatnight!

[ILoveFM]

My daddy named me after this song! On all of my irthday cards and even on my graduation card he writes, 'To Sara, the poet of my heart'
I love this song. It is so beautiful! I was so excited to see this live and it didn't fail to blow me away!

[FMlex]

Originally Posted by ILoveFM

My daddy named me after this song! On all of my irthday cards and even on my graduation card he writes, 'To Sara, the poet of my heart'
I love this song. It is so beautiful! I was so excited to see this live and it didn't fail to blow me away!

Awwwww oh my gosh, that is so sweet!!
How awesome

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by LukeA

I've always loved how the first couple lines in Sara seem to answer Lindsey from the previous song.

"don't know why I have to go, don't know why I can't stay"... "wait a minute baby, stay with me a while"

And this is why I love Fleetwood Mac.

[ILoveFM]

Originally Posted by FMlex

Awwwww oh my gosh, that is so sweet!!
How awesome

I know! When I was younger I used to make him skip to the chours because I used to think the chours took to long to get to and he would sing it to me whenever I asked him too. My dad is the best

[singatnight]

What is the Lindsey song that is being answered in Sara?
I like the sound of that.......


I agree that this song is so Stevie..such raw emotion.....every word is.....perfect!

I love the live version on the Tusk Documentary!!

Keep the comments coming everyone.......this is fun

[sleepless child]

She told Jim Ladd in an interview that Sara was about everyone in the band during the making of Tusk. I think it was all about her and Mick

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by LukeA

I've always loved how the first couple lines in Sara seem to answer Lindsey from the previous song.

"don't know why I have to go, don't know why I can't stay"... "wait a minute baby, stay with me a while"

That's great Luke. I never thought of it before. I wonder if it occurred to them in the sequencing. Ha, that can go right up there with Say Goodbye and Goodbye Baby, as a call and response.

Michele

[singatnight]

Sleepless Child- Why do you think it is all about her and Mick?