Stevie Nicks is told that her song Silver Springs won’t make the cut. The band is making Rumours which – we all know now – does pretty well.
She leaves it in the vault for 20 years, takes it out, dusts it off, decides it’s time to bring it to life. She runs it by Lindsey. It’s got lyrics about how she would have loved him if he would only have let her. It’s got lyrics about how she’s going to follow him – and he won’t be able to escape the sound of her voice. That’s some incredible foreshadowing, especially since the tune is about to blow up, in the sense that it will become the set-closer, the encore, the new showcase.
What would you say, if that was you? You’re there in the chair, confronted by a song you helped to make some 20 years earlier. So much water, but not many bridges. What would you say as you heard a version of your life handed back to you, completed by the commentary on what could have been, what should have been, and your own knowledge that you could have fought harder for the song to make the cut the first time?
Chances are, you might not have instantly praised your own guitar tone, pointed out how pleased you were with the sound you gave to a song, as if it’s only just allowed to fly now because you were the one to give it wings. But Lindsey is a genius. And he’ll be the first to catch you up if you didn’t already know.
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