Here's a Stevie Nicks penned song from the latest Fleetwood Mac album, "Say You Will"

I'll post the lyrics. You tell me what you think it be bout!

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THROWN DOWN

He fell for her again
She watched it happen
Everyday, day by day
But more important
Night by night
She watched it all come into play
He held her hands
She listened to what he had to say

(chorus)
Thrown down
Like a barricade
Maybe now he could prove to her
That he could be good for her
That they should be together

I've shaken your faith in me, no
You've shaken my faith
In everything else
A decision no one made
And now you're going home

Faith is a hard thing
To hold on to
Something inside you says
I don't have to
Youre not like other people
You do what you want to
You're not like other people
You do what you want to

repeat chorus

You say you're sorry
Now you should walk away
But its so overwhelming
You have nothing left to say
You can sit outside his door and wait
Well, you can dedicate your pain
to him

repeat chorus

About just how much
he never really told her
Thrown down

About how difficult it had been
To be without her
Thrown down

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My case: I think the joint is about John and Christine on the tour. I think its from Stevie's perspective. Maybe Christine moved on and John didn't? Also the song makes references to someone leaving. "A decision no one made, and now you're going home" - I think, is a reference to Christine not rejoining the band. And the finality of it. She's not like other people, she does what she WANTS to.

I know some folk would say its about Lindsey and Stevie, but I can't see Lindsey falling THAT DEEP for Stevie again. The guy is married and has kids, plus I think that with Say You Will and Destiny Rules, Stevie's got enough songs going to Lindsey.

Takers?

At first yeah I thought it was about Stevie and Lindsay BUT it does sound like a 3rd person viewpoint like she's on the outside looking in so yeah I guess it could be about Christine and John, that band was so full of dynamics what a fertile ground for lyricists ?

More of my case:

I think the part "You can dedicate your pain to him" is a plea from Stevie to Christine to stay in the band.

Maybe it got overwhelming for Christine and this was Stevie's way of saying 'hey.. do what we always do. turn it into a song.'

And yeah Butterfli, I love that they always took the TRUTH and made art out of it.

It's another reason why I love Wendy And Lisa's first album so much. It was SOOO honest. And for the man to come back with little or nothing. And then years later to come out with Inthisbediscream?

I kinda wanted to hear his side more. And after hearing the original version of Old Friends 4 Sale and Hello? You can't convince me that Prince doesn't know how to make art out of Truth.

sorry to burst everyone's bubble but the song is about Lindsey -- stevie wrote it about when he left the band in 1987. the song SAY YOU WILL is about chrisitne leaving the band...

purplegypsy said:

okok... MAYBE you're right. lol.

i'm curious though.. what is your source of info?

purplegypsy said:

I said this on another thread.

CDHTUNE said:

Sorry that came out rude didn't it...lol? didnt mean it to--Call it being on like 3 different Stevie Nicks' message boards and reading waaay too many SYW promotion interviews with the band. From what STevie has said in various interviews recently, THrown Down, SMile at You, Destiny Rules, Goodbye Baby are about Lindsey. Good bye Baby (was known as "The Tower"--very popular demo from the 70s) and SMile at You were written in the mid 70s. Running through the garden was originally slated for her 1985 album ROck a little -- the demo fo rthat is amazing! Silver girl is about sheryl crow, say you will is about christine and everybody finds out, i'm not sure but my guess is it's about her late 70s affair with mick fleetwood.

Cloudbuster said:

I don't have a medal with me but when i find one give me your address and i'll mail it to you!

Cloudbuster said:

i'm kidding...i saw that in the other FM thread-i should have reworded my post before and said as Cloudbuster pointed out, the song is about lindsey!!!
[This message was edited Thu Jun 12 13:01:35 PDT 2003 by purplegypsy]

What!?! No medal!

CDHTUNE said:

ok so we were wrong but it was a pretty good analysis though, and yes I love Wendy and Lisa's 1st album for that reason to but I LOVE in this bed I scream,

OOH IT WORKS! I think?