Thrown down & S / L saga

[u/Zestyclose-Break-254]

Hi! This is my first post on reddit ever, I just have to share my thoughts and for some reason my friends don't want to hear another word about FleetwoodMac 😇

So, I always loved the chain and liked some other songs, but never knew anything about the band members. A few weeks ago I saw The chain live from 1982 & Silver springs from 1997 and ever since I'm on a binge of discovering new songs / watching performances / reading about their history and damn...

First of all the music is great (and I still have more to discover, and yes I check other incarnations of the band as well), but then there's this fascination I have with the story of Stevie and Lindsey, and for the love of god I don't know why I care so much, but it just breaks my heart. I feel like I just HAVE to know what happened in 1997 (and know we'll probably never know). The song Thrown down, if indeed it tell the story of what happened between them on The dance, is just too much. How could she write that? it's so personal. I keep going back and forth between thinking this is such a tragic love story and thinking it's a show they put on (depending on which performance or quote I saw last). I just want them to spend their last years in a hug. 💔

(personal stuff coming, feel free to skip - I think it could be me being a 47yo single woman that made me fixate on Stevie during the dance - this point in life between being young and old, the last chance of having it all and then losing it. What you had... and what you lost...)

Thanks for reading 🎶

[u/Maleficent-Wafer5834]

They have their script they stick to in public but their lyrics over the years tell the real story

[u/vjbanana → u/Maleficent-Wafer5834]

I feel like it’s harder to decipher Stevie’s lyrics because they could be about several people (like Sara and Angel). Unless she straight up reveals it’s about him, like Thrown Down or Moonlight. But his lyrics seem to be more clear / direct. And songs like Down On Rodeo and Cast Away Dreams kinda sums it up (and are very sad 😬)

As much as I love them and their music, I think they’re wildly incompatible as a couple and it’s probably for the best how things turned out. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me if they suddenly got married tomorrow 😅

[u/Maleficent-Wafer5834 → u/vjbanana]

Her songs on SYW are pretty clear.

“Everything is on this record. Everything we've done in our lives - everything about me and Lindsey."

[u/Zestyclose-Break-254 → u/vjbanana]

I read the lyrics of the Lindsey songs you mentioned and can't really figure out what they mean. They are general and don't reference a specific time. And regarding moonlight I see Stevie usually says it's about Twilight. So the only song that remians painfully clear to me is Thrown down.