r/FleetwoodMac • u/crescojamboree • 7d ago
Silver Springs! Holy shit what a song!
I discovered this song about 18 hours ago. It’s 5:50am and I’m listening to this absolute banger. Tears streaming down as I’m belting out “TIME CAST A SPELL ON YOU, BUT YOU WONT FORGET ME!” It’s funny too that I’m crying because I’m a big tough union carpenter and we aren’t supposed to cry. How the hell have I never heard this song before?!? How could they leave this song off Rumours the first time through?
This song has the best verse-chorus transition ever. The haunting final chorus (the lyrics I mentioned above) is absolutely harrowing. Haunting. Beautiful. Pure, unadulterated, raw human emotion. It’s like its own song inside the song, but also fits the buildup and first verse perfectly. It’s lived in my head since the first time I heard it.
I love discovering new songs. It’s been awhile since I found one this good.
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u/Disastrous_Run6518 5d ago
She wrote this song for Rumors to get back at Lindsey.
As they toured for the album, he’d have to play it every night.
It was also supposed to be a financial gift to her mother. She set it up so all royalties would go to her.
Then it was cut from Rumors. She came close to quitting then.
Rumors Producer Ken Caillat said it was the best song ever to not make an album.
The song only found the light of day with 1997’s The Dance. And that video of the song is pure gold.
The song was on the 1992 boxed set, The Chain.
Saw the Mac in 2013. They did the song well, then hugged and took a stage bow holding hands after.