Ghazal my Dear,
Before you escape into dreams, give your ears (and your soul) something extra to enjoy (It is not a lullaby, though):
Now here you go again
You say, you want your freedom,
Well, who am I to keep you down ?
It”s only right that you should
Play the way you feel it,
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad,
In the stillness of remembering what you had,
and what you lost.
Sleep well, Take Care, Michael
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hello michael,
thanks a lot for the link to this nice song. Although I have to admit the lyrics are tough, can”t imagine that this beautiful woman Stevie Nicks wrote and performed this song, that has so firm statements about staying and leaving. The last words :
“Like a heartbeat drives you mad,
In the stillness of remembering what you had,
and what you lost” . I understand this well enough. Sometimes you lose things or people or even yourself, sometimes you are happy and find them again. Sometimes even a stranger finds them and brings them back to you, and brings even something extra for you (like when you brought back the bike that had been stolen, and you had filled the luggage rack with flowers. This was so nice, I did not want to bring the flowers to my room, much more liked to keep them on the bike and drive around and show the people.
I found another great song by Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. Listen to it, and enjoy the evening and the night.
/ghazal
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Hi Ghazal, Are you still awake, or drifted away into dreams guided by Stevie Nicks song about dreams. I think the very special style of Fleetwood Mac has its roots in the almost family style of their band-members. The most visible and hear-able members were Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks (guitar and vocals), who were a couple, and John and Christie McVie (bass and keyboard), who were married. Mick Fleetwood (drums), who founded the band in 1967 and gave it his name, was the neutral and stabilizing point in this melange full of tension and conflicts. In this sense, Fleetwood Mac was a prototype for Abba. I think the fact that both bands could not leave their very privat feelings off the stage, but brought them to every concert, gave their songs a very authentic style. When they sung about relations, about obsessions or devotions, it sounded not just a live concert, but as if they reflected in their songs emotions in real-time.
There is a nice interview from 2004 with them.
This is perhaps my last message for tonight, sleep well, my dear.
Michael
