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“Go Your Own Way”

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“Go Your Own Way”
Released 1977
British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from album “Rumours”

“Go Your Own Way” – Ab Initio

Like most tracks on Rumours, the lyrical content of “Go Your Own Way” documents personal strain in relationships between other band members. Buckingham had written this as a response to his breakup with fellow Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks, who he knew since he was sixteen years old.

“I was completely devastated when she took off,” Buckingham noted “And yet I had to make hits for her. I had to do a lot of things for her that I really didn’t want to do. And yet I did them. So on one level I was a complete professional in rising above that, but there was a lot of pent-up frustration and anger towards Stevie in me for many years.” As he was crafting the lyrics, Buckingham came to the conclusion that while he was still bitter about his falling out with Nicks, the songwriting process helped him come to terms with reality.

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Upon listening back to the song, Nicks demanded that Buckingham remove the lyrics “Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do”.

I very much resented him telling the world that ‘packing up, shacking up’ with different men was all I wanted to do,” she told Rolling Stone. “He knew it wasn’t true. It was just an angry thing that he said.

Every time those words would come onstage, I wanted to go over and kill him. He knew it, so he really pushed my buttons through that. It was like, ‘I’ll make you suffer for leaving me.’ And I did.” Buckingham ultimately decided to keep those lyrics in the final song.

“Go Your Own Way” – Ad Infinitum

In an interview with CBS News earlier this year, bandmates Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks blamed it on Buckingham’s reluctance to sign off on a new tour. “This team wanted to get out on the road. And one of the members did not want to get out on the road for a year,” Nicks said. 

Buckingham has a 43-year history with Fleetwood Mac. He helped shape their classic sound and wrote some of their biggest hits. In January, the band was honored at the MusiCares Benefit Grammy weekend, but it would be Buckingham’s last performance with Fleetwood Mac. Two days later, he heard from their manager. 

“Irving Azoff called me up and he was basically screaming at me,” Buckingham said. “He was screaming at me on the phone saying, ‘You’ve really done it this time.’ And I had no idea what he was talking about. He said, ‘Stevie never wants to be on stage with you again,’ and I’m going, ‘Why?'”

“Go Your Own Way” – Ad Nauseam

Buckingham insists he had agreed to postpone his own solo tour to join the band, but said Azoff told him Nicks didn’t like his behavior at the MusiCares event. She complained that he had smirked behind her when she gave her acceptance speech.

“Hope Is A Good Thing”

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Hope is a good thing

“Hope Is A Good Thing” – Bio

The Shawshank Redemption
Released 1994
American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, and adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.

“Hope Is A Good Thing” – Shawshank Redemption

Chicago Sun-Times film reviewer Roger Ebert argued that The Shawshank Redemption is an allegory for maintaining one’s feeling of self-worth when placed in a hopeless position.

Andy Dufresne’s integrity is an important theme in the story line, especially in prison, where integrity is lacking.

Isaac M. Morehouse suggests that the film provides a great illustration of how characters can be free, even in prison, or unfree, even in freedom, based on their outlooks on life.

“Hope Is A Good Thing” – Shawshank Redemption – Letter

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Dear Red,

If you’re reading this, you’ve gotten out. And if you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town, don’t you? I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I’ll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well.

Your friend, Andy

“I Like That You’re Broken”

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“Broken” – Bio

Broken
Released April 13, 2017
American indie pop band Lovelytheband

“Broken” – Lyrics – Explained

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Vocalist Mitchy Collins described the background of the song saying: “We all have our demons we fight every day. It’s about finding someone whose problems complement yours. Perfectly imperfect. Everyone is a little broken inside, trying to find their band aid”.

He also explained the song by saying “This song is about finding someone who is just as f—ed up and lost as you are, but somehow you make it work together.

Everyone is a little bit broken inside, nobody’s perfect. This song is an ode to the broken ones”.

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Everyone is a little bit broken inside, nobody’s perfect. This song is an ode to the broken ones”.

“Fat Guy In A Little Coat”

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“Fat Guy In A Little Coat” – Bio

Christopher Crosby Farley
February 15, 1964 – Died December 18, 1997
American actor and comedian

“Fat Guy In A Little Coat” – Bio

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Chris was always bored and I was trying to scribble away and write some crummy sketches

And he’d go, ‘David, turn around,’

“And I go, ‘If this is Fat Guy in a Little Coat, it’s not funny anymore. I don’t like it.’

And then he goes, ‘No, it’s not, I’m working on new stuff,’

And I would turn around and he would have my little Levi Jacket on

And he goes “Fat GUY IN A LITTLE COAT – DON’T YOU QUIT ON IT!

“Damage Done”

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“Damage Done” – Bio

Neil Percival Young
Born November 12, 1945
Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter.

“Damage Done” – Neil Young

“The Needle and the Damage Done” is a song by Neil Young that describes the destruction caused by the heroin addiction of musicians he knew.

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Though the song “The Needle and the Damage Done” is not specifically about him, the song was inspired by the heroin addiction of his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten.

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It previews the theme of the Tonight’s the Night album that reflects Young’s grief over the heroin overdose and death of both Whitten and Bruce Berry, a roadie for Young and Crazy Horse.

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… A lot of great artists get affected by it …

…A lot of great art goes down the drain”

“Needle and the Damage Done” – Origin

I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door
I love you, baby, can I have some more?
Ooh, ooh, the damage done

I hit the city and I lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done

I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you won’t understand
Milk blood to keep from running out

I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun

“He Upset People”

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“He Upset People” – Bio

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Born February 28, 1942 – Died July 3, 1969
Founder and Original Leader of the Rolling Stones

“He Upset People” – Note

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Although he was originally the leader of what was supposed to be a blues-oriented band, Brian Jones’s fellow band members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards took over the band’s musical direction, especially after they became a successful songwriting team.

Jones developed a serious drug problem over the years and his role in the band steadily diminished.

The band asked Jones to leave the Rolling Stones in June 1969 and guitarist Mick Taylor took his place in the group. Jones died less than a month later by drowning in the swimming pool at his home on Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex.

“He Upset People” – Note

I always felt very sorry for Brian

he was two things

he was not very nice

and he upset people very easily

he wasn’t be pleasant on me


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