Therapist Reacts To: Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac *Song Rumored to Inspire Daisy Jones & the Six*

[@MCMNasty2]

I think Stevie doesn’t get enough credit sometimes for the lyrics she writes. She’s got such an interesting way of writing. It’s like poetry instead of songwriting and I appreciate it so much.

[@MicheleSendgraff]

Agreed a hundred and ten percent

[@lizeliajansen4948]

Case and point

[@moniquelevasseur7546]

She’s one of the greatest for sure

[@TonyM1961]

Take a really good look at all of the truly GREAT songs and you will find that all of them are essentially poems set to music. It's easier to do so because they already contain the rhyme and meter needed to carry the beat. Set it in a major chord like C or B flat major and it's almost guaranteed to resonate with people because our ears are set to be pleased by those tones and poof... hit

[@kellahella5286]

She is in song writers HOF. Hard to be under appreciated in the HOF.

[@mchandaltx]

One of the things that has always made Stevie so incredible and special is her ability to be vulnerable, soft and feminine while at the same time projecting unbelievable strength and power.

[@rebeccatietje8846]

Silver Springs Colorado or Chicago

[@peternemeth1777]

​@@rebeccatietje8846 Colorado.

[@glennjohnson2869]

Silver Spring, ​Maryland ​@@rebeccatietje8846

[@sulathenewfie4277]

I was blessed enough to be 2nd row center for Rumours Tour in ‘77. It was my first concert ever! I was in high school. It set the bar. It was jut amazing. I saw the Tusk tour too. And had Belladonna on repeat. RIP Christie McVie.

[@baneverything5580]

I remember listening to a boombox outside after midnight in the 1970s....cool Summer night under a dark sky filled with stars...and hearing Stevie Nicks singing Sarah. It felt like it was filling and echoing through the entire Universe.

[@jennifermcintosh1602]

What a first concert to go to. I'm soo jealous

[@psmith6852]

You are so lucky !! Little jealous right now, but I'm happy for you !!

[@lisamiller4312]

I'm so jelly!!!😮😊

[@SunxSurfxSand]

Can anyone watch that performance without being rocked to their core? Stevie is a goddess.

[@warriorempathshealingfromn5625]

Stevie is a great song writer, performer and a all around great but don't look down on Lindsey, he's one of the greatest guitarist and producer. He knew how to get the best out of Stevie and the rest of the band. He also would mix most of the albums and if you listen closely to the albums, they are the very best produced and mixed albums ever. But in the end, Stevie's star power and talent won, when Stevie asked Mick to fire Lindsey. I have seen many of their concerts, without Lindsey it all becomes unemotional and flat as there is no other guitarist will bring life to the band.

[@heatherarbuckle6911]

Powerful magic has that affect.

[@tsefcik]

Given that when this concert was recorded in 1997, they had already been broken up TWENTY YEARS and yet STILL the intensity and the hurt is so accessible to both of them, just wow (this song was written to be part of the legendary Rumours album when the breakup was fresh but was cut bc not enough room on the record).

[@HM-rw5dz]

Saw someone say you don't find this song /performance it finds you when you need it and I couldn't agree more. I'm 22 now but I stumbled upon it after my first big break up and I full on cried for days and it allowed me to purge so many emotions

[@ericskivers6643]

Music is so powerful that way . Wow .

[@SorrentoShore]

I hope you're doing okay now

[@ClueGirl41]

This song and performance found me at 32. It really helped me finish the process of grieving and letting go of a relationship I thought I had already healed from.

[@neilwritesstuff]

I’m 24. I found this song back in April when I was still fine and had nothing going on. Little did I know I would need this song 3 months later. Turns out getting heartbroken as a working 20-something is a different ball game. Gotta suppress that all day while facing people until you can get home and listen to Silver Springs on repeat.

[@zugabdu1]

"I know I could have loved you but you would not let me" from this song and Lindsey Buckingham's "If I could, baby I'd give you my world. How can I, if you won't take it from me" from "You Can Go Your Own Way" are so interesting set against each other. They paint a vivid picture of two people who, despite their feelings for each other, couldn't be person the other truly needed.

[@mikelogan5629]

One is angry. The other is sad.

[@jennthabombdiggity]

The whole performance: their looks, the way they hold each others eyes…full, dead-on eye contact…Lindsey’s solo, as if he’s answering her, her singing “I’ll follow you DOWN till the SOUND of my Voice will haunt you.”..she throws her whole body into those lyrics. I always notice that. And when she sings “Never get away!”…the body language. She even pulls her hair back so he can watch her sing. Her voice even cracks a little after the climax…it’s just to heartbreaking but so absolutely beautiful. The passion between them…you can only have that much rage for someone you love that much, and yet still truly love them. I feel this song, every single time. Loved your breakdown.

[@elaineeverhart7100]

So very well said❤

[@leehill1880]

He is responding with his beautiful guitar playing and the moment she turns completely away from looking at the crowd and singing with her beautiful eyes and voice to him is breathtaking. Ive always loved Steve Nicks. This performance gets me every time

[@leehill1880]

You can even tell when the camera goes to Christine McVey she is emotional.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Credit Lindsey for taking it, making amends, even bowing to her during the release of her anger. Couldn't script a performance like this.

[@michellesears4818]

He is looking her straight in the eye and is playing and singing it. I love Stevie but as a therapist you should see more. He gave it right back. I love this video.

[@macglower1419]

yet he was the one to break the eye contact as he walks away...

[@dennis8309]

​@@macglower1419- What's your point? You do realize this is a performance right? They probably played it live a thousand times...

[@marybrant9586]

He took it

[@JoelWende]

@@dennis8309They didn’t that’s what made it so powerful. The song was left off the Rumours album and became a b-side to ‘Go your own way’. They rehearsed it a few times for this reunion tv special in 1997, but they weren’t sure they were going to play it on the night. It wasn’t on the official set list. Mick Fleetwood told them to play it on the night because the chemistry was there all night.

[@garyarnett1220]

Stevie and Lindsey didn't date, they lived together as a couple for over 7 years, this song along with many on Rumors reflects their breakup. This concert was 20 years later. The person i have the most compassion for in this performance is Christine on piano. She and husband John (on bass) divorced the same time as Stevie and Lindsey's breakup, and she's up there watching them vent their feelings (watch her) but she doesn't have that vent that they do. She just gets to relive it in silence.

[@ScreaminLeprechaun]

Yes but she did write the song You Make Loving Fun about her affair with their lighting director and her ex husband John has had to play bass on it ever since.

[@moniquelevasseur7546]

There is a lot of history to this particular song and Stevie wrote this about Lindsey, such a raw powerful and amazing performance

[@patriciapendlbury2603]

That's because she is british....that's the way they are. Americans are so much more dramatic and demonstateable

[@Laurawhite-x9x]

They were high school sweethearts

[@PassionGrows]

That piano intro sets the stage for a magnificent song. From the first note to the last this song is magic.

[@nataliesadler8620]

Rip Christine McVie 💔 still can’t believe she’s gone

[@TheRoxyblues]

Agree. That piano and Lindsey’s guitar solo are absolutely hypnotic.

[@inkoinfinity2]

Christine the x factor of the band

[@Dyannamaree1]

This song literally gives me goosebumps from beginning to end. The intensity of them staring at each other and her screaming "you'll never get away" Wow😂. Love your analysis and reaction.

[@WojMoj]

When my college/post graduation relationship was ending after 6 years and we were packing everything up she told me “I have something I’d like you to listen to” and it was Silver Springs. I blew it off at the time but 25+ years later this song and the thought of her voice DOES haunt me if I’m being honest. I guess that’s game, set, match. She wins.

[@missmelissa1989]

You can see so much being ‘said’ between them even without any actual words except lyrics being spoken.

[@mendwithmere]

Absolutely ❤

[@SalGomez]

I was there that night on the Warner Bros Studio lot the night of this tapping and I can tell you, the electricity was palpable during this performance. A night I will never forget.

[@PriestessOfNothing]

I think the whole fandom stopped breathing when that happened. I know the anguish is still there, but the love is still there too. They can deny it all they want but it's there. There's a video out there of Lindsey finishing the song onstage because Stevie was too emotional to continue. They're both in denial lol

[@infinitigirl29]

It's amazing how powerful this performance is , my eyes were tearing up from the music. ❤excellent choice

[@mendwithmere]

❤

[@baneverything5580]

@@mendwithmere I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd perform I Need You live yesterday and it made me cry again over losing my first love, who looked like a cross between a young Stevie Nicks and Terri Nunn of Berlin, in 1986 on my birthday. The Take My Breath Away video and the live video of You Don`t Know looks so much like her. I still have nightmares about it.

[@CIM84]

Btw if you want more intensity and heartbreak from Stevie and Lindsey- 2013's Say Goodbye, where Stevie breaks down and Lindsey isn't that far behind. So their love and yearning for each other was still in place as of a decade ago. They will never get away, indeed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXSpaJenfZd_qqc

[@monicaharvatt633]

Silver Springs was kicked off the Rumours album for length and shoved off to the b side for the release of Go Your Own Way as a single. Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood fought over the song in the early 90s: Stevie wanted it for her first greatest hits cd and Mick kept it to go on a box set release. One more reason among many she left FM in the early 90s. This performance really captures Stevie coming back into her own on multiple levels. She has said in multiple interviews, when she performs her songs, her emotions are pulled back to when she wrote the song and she channels that into her performance. This song was written about an intense time in an intense relationship. She could finally give the song the attention she thought it deserved. In 1997, they had just reunited for this show. Emotions again were intense. They toured to support this live album. Fleetwood Mac played this song at every show for almost the next 20 years. She never did let Lindsey get away and made sure her voice haunted him. She SHOULD have gotten the Grammy they were nominated for!

[@jocelynarends2527]

I believe I read that the “blue green colors” also reference the color of his eyes and what she is saying when she asks “was it worth it?” I believe it’s the power and control he wanted over her but again everyone interprets different things of course when it comes to music that’s the beauty of it

[@elaineeverhart7100]

Very good point....I have picked up on that as well

[@shana123lgb]

Mmm I thought it was referring to the colors of the Highway sign where she read silver springs md

[@Sacred_Fire]

​@@shana123lgbActually, it's Silver Spring, MD. It's not plural. In the first stanza of the song, it is "You could be my silver spring." I'm been a misnomer for years.

[@JD_Cool]

Do you see the assassin's look on Stevie's face when the whites of her eyes widen and she wails, "You'll never get away, never get away"? I suffered a stab wound just from watching the video.

[@rebeccajones4stories]

In real life, she turned her back on him. Her father was dying around this time, as well, and it messed with her big time. She withdrew from Lindsey during that time. In a Rolling Stone article, she said Lindsey's voice would always haunt her.

[@rebeccatietje8846]

No Lidnsey and Stevie We're kind of dating and then Lindsey met a stripper and took off with her. And this stripper cause Lindsey to do bad investments with her and her lawyer, he lost a lot of money, leading to "Gold Dust woman" because she make's money $1.00 dollar at a time. Stevie she will buy and sale his house. My favorite story is the one she lived that man in a castle. She said she would of had children with him but Stevie came back to the USA for a while then returned to him and the castle and the love had changed . He promo man was in to music like Stevie that lead to the song room on fire.

[@mikelogan5629]

@@rebeccatietje8846Stevie’s father died in 2005. She’s been raising money for his heart foundation since. If you’re going to make things up, do better.

[@mikelogan5629]

Her father died in 2005.

[@lolalacavaz]

oh god i can't believe you mentioned daisy jones and the six 🥺 my fav book (and i loooove the adaptation too) what a crossover! and i love this performance by fleetwood mac 💜

[@bevalexander5897]

This is my favorite song of all time. 1991. I had just returned from the Middle East in time to be discharged. The love of my life was being discharged a week before Christmas and he was going to join me for the holidays at my folk’s house. We had talked about marriage but neither of us was in a hurry. So, Christmas comes…and goes. He never showed up. Never called. I was hysterical that he had been in a car wreck somewhere. I finally tracked down a number for his parents and called them. Prepared for the worst. I got it too. He had just gotten married to a women he met after I left 2months ago. I spiraled bad. Never got close to another man after that. When I heard Silver Springs the first time, I sobbed. I still cry every time I hear it. Love is wonderful but sometimes it’s the worse thing to happen to a person.

[@elaine8013]

There is another video on line of them performing this song and at the end they both break out crying. The emotions will always be raw because the love between them was real. Some times people love each other so much all they do is hurt each other.

[@judideluca1405]

Would love a link to this please!

[@lucindamckinney7895]

Please

[@AaanElle]

Wasn’t that Landslide during this concert?

[@inkoinfinity2]

I need this..

[@inkoinfinity2]

I looked into this and from what I found there's no footage of that particular concert but there's audio. But the video was removed from KZbin for copyright -_- The performance in question took place in November 29 1997. While I can't find that video there's a performance of the same song a day after where Stevie gets emotional and Lindsey comforts her. You can find that one by searching silver springs 11 30 97

[@jamessweet5341]

I love that slower tempo on Christine's piano and it's build to Stevie's lyrics. Anticipation grows with it. Awesome song.

[@anetfuchidzhieva]

Can't believe you're watching daisy jones and the six! I absolutely loved the book and the show was really great! Loved your reaction!

[@mendwithmere]

Thank you!!

[@WickedPrince3D]

I used to cry to this song a lot when I was younger; I didn't even know what it was really about; it was about heart-break and that's something I've always understood. Mere suggests "the glance" was about Nicks wondering if Lindsey's new relationship was worth breaking up theirs; but she'd already ended their relationship. I think what she's really asking is if the things he did that broke them up where worth the loss of their love for each other. I think both of them have said how hard it was for them to recover from this; working together so much, for so long. They haunted each other. They both always sing these songs with all their hearts; and that emotion draws you in, you can feel it. These are the things that make a good song, a GREAT song. A song you won't completely forget.

[@larrypilgrim12]

I remember purchasing the dance DVD and was excited to throw it on as soon as I got home. Brand new big screen rear projection Mitsubishi 720 television and my new Harman Kardan receiver and tower JBL's with full surround. It was amazing. And when Silver Springs was playing and I saw Stevie direct her energy and vocals straight at Lindsey, and saw him receiving the energy, the hair on my arm's rose up, and a moment in time and life I will never forget! My girlfriend years later knew the song and I said you have to watch this. When Stevie started bobbing and singing at Lindsey she looked over at me like she'd seen a ghost and was in awe!❤

[@michaelacampbell6521]

When they’re singing directly at each other, he doesn’t blink, she moves closer getter redder in the face …….that’s passion…. She means every lyric at he knows it ……. Then they originally left it off the album and put it as the b-side to Go You’re Own Way…..

[@oliviapasquarelli99]

My favorite Fleetwood Mac song ever - it definitely belonged on Rumours. It’s definitely about their relationship but it’s also always reminded me of the love between Kathy and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights

[@deb5123]

Have loved this song for so long. So glad to see you doing this song. ❤️

[@Stylus1]

The Director deserves credit.Every cut and camera position was dead on.

[@warriorempathshealingfromn5625]

Another great song to watch and react to is Lindsey's "Say Goodbye" Again, it's a song from the 2000's but you get to see Lindsey's emotions and Stevie reacting to him

[@warriorempathshealingfromn5625]

No, he'll NEVER get away from the sound of the woman who loved you. I have heard from many sources that this was the first time she would sing the line, "packing up, shacking up, is all you do" Every concert they would have some love and hate interactions with each other and it was always sparks flying. But a few years back, Stevie had Lindsey fired, which I do find it very sad, as we will never see the classic 5 line up on stage again.

[@suziephillips2320]

I've seen Fleetwood Mac 7 times in my !life. When they performed this and get to that first chorus with Christine, Lindsay, & Stevie's voices blending, it is hauntingly beautiful! Now with Christine McVie's death

[@aseriesofsneaks]

Of all of the fantastic songs Stevie Nicks has written, "Silver Springs" and "Storms" are my two absolute favourites. I loved discovering that you're a Fiona Apple fan, and now finding out that you love Stevie Nicks as well? You have exquisite taste!

[@MearasRex]

Once they achieve eyelock it's just insane. And the way Buckingham is playing to her, it's as if he's pulling the emotions out of her. It really is one of the all time greatest performances. It's intimate and intense and seems as if everyone else has just faded into the background of what's taking place in front of them.

[@MedStudentEli]

Love love love this interpretation. My favourite song from them. Did you know that Lana Del Rey and Stevie Nicks have a song together??? Beautiful People Beautiful Problems is also one of my favourites

[@pele_the_phoenix]

She is THE QUEEN! I was lucky enough to see them a few years back (minus Lindsey 😢), and their energy and enthusiasm was off the chain! I’m in my 30’s and they’re all in their late 70’s and for over 2 hours they performed non-stop like their lives depended on it! It was one of the most magical experiences of my life. Also, I read in a biography that “Go Your Own Way,” was in retaliation to Stevie‘s, “Dreams.” So, the way they went back and forth with each other, it wouldn’t surprise me if she came back at him with “Silver Springs.” I’d have to look back at books I’ve read on the Mac to be for sure…A look at the timeline of their discography wouldn’t hurt either. P.S.- Has anyone noticed that on T. Swift’s Eras Tour, she channels Stevie in a MAJOR way during her Folklore and Evermore portions of the concert? Anyone else peep that?

[@mystisage13]

The most heartbreaking line: I begin not to love you...

[@liljayr1]

It takes a lot of courage and strength to be able to look someone you hurt and did wrong in the eyes and not flinch or look away quickly; he allowed her to purge herself freely and he stood and he took it, that alone speaks volumes of the amount of respect and how deep his feelings for her truly is, a real POS wouldn’t have even gotten the concept of what was happening there or how she felt or cared about closure or resolution, never would’ve given a thought to how they could maybe help them feel better & most of all they wouldn’t have silently or otherwise admitted to doing any wrong but just the opposite. He learned from whatever mistakes were made, it’s just a pity there’s times we cannot go back and u do the things done but it’s never too late to try. Kudos to both for being mature & wise enough to continue working professionally. That alone is more than I could do.

[@rorybisson756]

i cant even imagine being in a love/hate relationship with your greatest muse and that goes for both of them.

[@ritaatkins9290]

Thank you so very much for this this is awesome I love Fleetwood Mac and I love Stevie Nicks and you broke it down and that is what it's all about when you can take a song and you can break it down and get the feeling of it I am new to your channel and now I'm hooked

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Please follow up this amazing performance, with BLEED TO LOVE HER from same performance...Lindsey is singing to Christine Mcvie , over Stevie, who understands and allows it ...Bleed to love her, showcases the passion and musicianship, and relationships between each band member...please react to BLEED to Love Her from same performance!

[@katherineprince266]

One of my favorite songs and stevie nicks is awesome. Watching this series for the 2nd time. Absolutely beautiful story and acting. I even have Playlist and listening daily

[@dennisjones2124]

A lot of emotions going on here, all of them, buy when STEVIE & LINDSAY lock eyes & his beautiful solo....EPIC TIME IN MUSIC HISTORY.....after 27 years it still stings....!!!!

[@jimmycranier3668]

On this last split second of video you can see Lyndsey "getting away" slipping back into the darkness.

[@savvymegs675]

Ommgg I didn't realize you'd reacted to this. Had you seen this video before? I went to the tour for the dance and had the cd, but never saw this performance and had no idea that the song I was growing up listening to had this type of intensity behind it. I was delighted in a way to find it.

[@deannharris2424]

You have the perfect analysis out of all the reactions I have heard.

[@PyperatPlay]

Blue Green is also for the color of Lindsey's eyes...this song is a spell...

[@jeffreycavallo7755]

Sooo...I listened to Stevie Nicks belladonna, everyday when I was in Marine Corps, learning my trade, it was comforting and to this day it always brings back great memories!! she is truly a great artist with a beautiful voice!!

[@robincollins6268]

My absolute favorite! And this video REALLY shares the tension AND love between them and they way they look at other! I want them back together 🥰🥰🥰

[@jimnicosia5934]

One of the great love affairs in rock.

[@magrathea23]

I feel so blessed to have found your videos. Fletwood Mac and this song especially have a very important meaning to me and I’ve just learned it on the uke to get all my emotions out 😅 Love you! ❤

[@andreahamilton5306]

The intense emotions in that video was thoroughly palpable! Those 2 are soulmates.

[@Suprachiasmatic]

My daughter was born in 1997 and I was obsessively playing the VHS of this entire show during that period, so she came out dancing to The Dance. Proud to say that the musical taste imparted to her stuck!

[@CIM84]

Fyi he didn’t turn his back on her, SHE dumped him and they kept going back to each other for like twenty years after even though they were with other people. His wife is a trooper. There's so much history, love and heartbreak between them.

[@Prodigal1]

Problem is it’s in reverse! Stevie broke it off with Lindsay not the other way around. She then dated Mick Fleetwood further making it awkward for Lindsay in the band. She in turn got dumped by Mick who fell for one of Stevie’s girlfriends. Obviously the feelings and/or hurt feelings still remain between them but by the time this show was made it was all intentional theatrics between them. Giving the audience what they craved, celebrity gossip!

[@MrBedZeppelin]

Well Done! Very powerful performance! "The Dance" is a must have in your DVD collection.

[@donnabruhn6907]

This song brings me to tears everytime I hear it, ❤️✌️😎 I love Stevie and I love Fleetwood Mac

[@pikarumblee]

as soon as she looks at him just full body goosebumps & chills- but also want to cry because it's so soul crushing & it was supposed to be on the rumors album but it got cut out and "don't wanna know" was on instead!

[@gwtwmom2]

It is called acting. Amazing, yes, but acting. They knew exactly what they were doing and played their parts perfectly. Everyone knew of their past relationship and they played on that. Furthermore, SHE left Lindsey. Imagine having to work everyday with the woman who left you and then started an adulterous affair with another person you had to work with (Mick). She then slept with half of the Eagles, or at least Don Henley and Joe Walsh. To quote Rick James, " Cocaine is a hell of a drug." She wouldn't have been in Fleetwood Mac if Lindsey hadn't insisted they were a package deal. I love Stevie, but lets call it like it is and stop bashing Lindsey. I'd say he got the last laugh; he's married to the love of his life, he said in an interview, had children, a happy life, and his legacy will go on.

[@jupiter3545]

You are so right. Did you see Lindsey walk off the stage when she looked in his direction at the end? No one seems to comment about that. They always looked at each other when they sang, she just put a lot more fire in this performance.

[@ebarker8908]

I am a HUGE fan of Stevie Nicks and they're acting that way. they've been doing it for years. I saw them in concert in 2006 and they were acting the same way. don't you think if they wanted to be together they would? Lindsay just got divorced, you don't see them running to each other. Lindsay abused Stevie physically and mentally. She left him in the mid 70s when they were making Rumors album and has never gone back to him. Both moved on years ago.

[@inkoinfinity2]

No it's not, on this tour she got emotional singing it and began to cry on one night.

[@olivervandebeer7492]

I believe both she and Lindsey went to high school together in Atherton ca ( South of San Francisco). Atherton is prob the wealthiest City in the bay area...It's beautiful.

[@MaggieDavis-u9b]

I have seen her in concert a few times as well as Fleetwood Mac. She and Lindsay will always love each othet

[@NehaTV]

I love seeing how much you love this song!! truly feeling the music

[@dungam5005]

OMG I LOVE YOU FOR BEING LOVE STEVIE NICKS😭 Stevie Nicks is just a goddess, i love her Rhiannon and Edge Of Seventeen sm

[@kellypartin6500]

Stevie is one of our "Music Geniuses". So glad I was sent this song by a friend who knew I was suffering. I ended a marriage with a man that was gay. Two months after losing our child. This song is always playing on the back tracks of my mind. Thank you Stevie.

[@terrellsmomma]

freakin enjoyed this a super lot. epic energy. Heard this song a couple days ago and I fell in love

[@patricksutton3992]

Stevie nicks said that really lindsey is the one that his voice haunts her.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

It's amazing how in they're songs about they're relationship they both see the other as the one that didn't want it. I think that's how we all are .

[@kateallison9843]

Idk if you watched the clip after the song but they do hug after the song! I think it’s so sweet. Like they are old lovers.

[@patricksutton3992]

Lindsey was in complete shock for her to break up with him and he just took all the boyfriends she had and none stuck around that long.her mom spoil her.

[@gissellest333]

I had an inkling this was one of the songs that inspired Daisy Jones and the six. The way she says “Never get away!” I get goosebumps.

[@jamesquinn8558]

The dynamics is interesting. Neither back down he looks at her and plays as well as sings beautifully himself. They both wrote their songs about that time period and both songs were hits. Still I don’t see or sense either backing down. It’s fascinating.

[@inkoinfinity2]

I think anyone could feel there's tension in this performance without even knowing the history, but when you do learn it changes everything. Also i loved 9:28 hahaha

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

There is even a sadness in Lindsay's playing in this song.

[@alisonmcrae1281]

I was a teenager when I first heard Silver Springs I am 63 now.

[@jimpankow7187]

She dumped him. Idk why so many people bash Lindsay. He wrote go your own way for her

[@siobhangillespie2431]

Which she hates singing because of the line about shacking up & packing up, cos she has said it suggests she was sleeping around! 😆

[@caps689]

@@siobhangillespie2431 Well, she was. 😏 She said in 2012 she cheated 2 or 3 times and he always forgave her. She wrote that song Secret Love in 1975 (released in 2011) when they were still together and on the road. It was hilarious when she wondered in a 2011 interview why she hadn't given it to Lindsey to arrange back then. Think about it Stevie. 😂

[@MiracleFound]

Lindsey was cheating too.

[@caps689]

@@MiracleFound Not according to Stevie or Lindsey

[@MiracleFound]

@@caps689 this was either Christine McVeigh or Mick Fleetwood who talked about it. Apparently it was a pretty wild fight and he had his hands around her throat before being pulled off.

[@colmdurkin7915]

Hi, i have to say i❤ love this song so much, you will never get away from the sound off a woman that loves you, i love that line so much so emotional 😢🎉

[@donstand2195]

Lindsey was a perfectionist which drove the whole band crazy especially Stephanie Lynn Nicks

[@BinkyTheGoddessDivine]

Fun fact: He ended up marrying a Stevie clone, a pale physical imitation. His wife looks like Stevie. Except nobody will ever be a goddess like Stevie. She is a force of nature.

[@biscaynediver]

This is a load of Stevie's narcissism. The backstory on this is that Lindsey wanted to tie the knot and settle down - and she rejected him, she wanted to play the field. She went and hooked up with someone else. You've literally got it backwards, it was Lindsey who was devastated by her stepping out on him and not wanting to commit to him. Almost a year later, when Lindsey was still down about it, Mick and others finally told him he needed to stop waiting for Stevie and that he needed to move on. So reluctantly, and still hoping for Stevie to come back, he finally began moving on. And of course, once he finally had, Stevie did a 180 and said she wanted him back. But he'd moved on and didn't want to go on her narcissistic roller coaster ride again. And THAT is when she wrote this song. Showing her true narcissistic petty nature with the lines about how if she couldn't have him back, she'd try and haunt him and thwart his happiness. He's always been gracious and she's always been petty and vindictive. Which is why she demanded he be fired by the band. She could never take responsibility for the fact that he could have been hers but she screwed up. In the end she robbed Christine of her final tour time with Lindsey, which she desperately wanted (the two of them put out an album together and were working on another - they had grown very close), and broke Mick's heart too. Talented? Undeniably. But a good, decent human? Certainly not in the context of how she handled herself with respect to Lindsey. In the end, Lindsey married, had kids and built a family, while Stevie incinerated relationship after relationship with her toxicity. Most of them are fairly well known, including, for example, Joe Walsh. In the end, none of the other guys after Lindsey could endure her narcissism either.

[@sarahquintano909]

I’ve heard about this years ago as Lindsey releases albums and didn’t much care about sales. Just want to put out his talent out there and start living a normal life. But it’s sad that Stevie realized everything too late and still has this anger towards LB which we can agree as immature at this stage. Ego is the enemy…

[@jamesburnett6247]

Yes. That was the story back then. Funny how now everybody (especially women, even therapists) are getting this story completely opposite.

[@nadinerogers5653]

Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands and I have read and watched everything out there about them. I adore Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham is an amazing musician who seems to have some major anger issues, but SHE left HIM, so this song is a skewed version of what happened between them. He's the one that didn't want it to end. And I don't think Stevie really wants to haunt him forever. It's a fantastic song, of course inspired by their relationship, but it's still fiction, and I think Stevie would want it to be viewed that way. She's a classy person, not trying to ruin Lindsey's life forever. They have undeniable electricity between them because they have been through so much, both good and bad, together, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are still hung up about each other.

[@barbarastepien-foad4519]

What ? SHE dumped him....she cheated on him and continued cheating, slept with Mick Fleetwood whilst he was married etc etc etc. My interpretation of this is that Nicks is wanting to be in control,all the time and an object to be desired by every man, that she wants to haunt all her exes as if they can not have a life of their own....

[@mendwithmere]

Oh man, I didn’t know this. I thought she said in an interview that she wasn’t sleeping around and that it wasn’t fair what Lyndsay was saying. If you know me, I’m not down with the cheating so it changes things.

[@dustinduran9584]

And even after all that he still helped her with her music her songs. And in some cases made them better. People need to watch and learn the real history of this band and the relationships between all them

[@patricksutton3992]

I wish you people get your facts straight they lived together for 6 years 71 to 77

[@caps689]

To be fair it's hard when Stevie can't get those facts straight. She says they were together 7-8 years but then claims they got together in 71 and broke up in 76. (though still getting together afterward) In 2009 she went out every night on tour telling her Gypsy story about she and Lindsey and their mattress on the floor in Los Gatos in... 1969. The rest of the band in Fritz also said they were together and sharing motel rooms on the road well before the band broke up in early 1971. There's a reason why in early 1971 when Lindsey alone was offered a recording contract he said not without my partner Stevie (and this is according to Stevie) and not his oldest friend Bob Aguirre (who he's still friends with) or Javier who wrote all the band's songs and the demo Lindsey sang.

[@PHLCoffeeSnob]

As a musician, I can't understand why nobody comments how amazing Christine and Lindsey's harmonies are. They're perfectly arranged.

[@budgunter8950]

From my understanding of their history, I think that this song is about Stevie expressing regret of her betrayal and the pain she felt of seeing him happy with someone else when the regret set in, but still wanting him to have a special place in his heart for her. Any rejection from Lindsey, would have been refusing to get back together and moving on to someone else who loved him which is understandable.

[@heatherarbuckle6911]

This isn't a song. This is a POWERFUL spell that Auntie White Witch Stevie cast upon Lindsey, and it was so powerful, we all feel it.

[@stephenwolenski8057]

They were driving through Silver Spring Maryland . The Blue - Green color flashing were the highway sings

[@phillipdycaico5949]

It’s a great song but if a man was singing it to a woman, you’d call him a stalker. Stevie, Joni and Taylor write songs about the men they tormented. Maybe 🤔 it’s them. 😎

[@PeteMurch-cu5wp]

They had, and in a way still have what could best be described as a fiery relationship fueled by the fact that while most couples break up and get some distance from each other, they had to continue writing, performing and recording together. Even after Rumours he would continue to add his guitar work to her compositions. Her songs, while beautiful were also simple so he would punch them up. She would then get angry at the control she felt he was asserting. They also both had violent tempers and had huge fights at recording sessions. And after Tango was recorded, Lindsey announced to the band he wouldn't be touring with them, and Stevie chased him out to his car and attacked him. Silver Springs is a beautiful song, and that performance is powerful, but theirs was a troubled relationship. I believe their is a love still there but the disdain has long ago buried it.

[@kellan5751]

Okayyyyy Mere with the amazing hair I see you🤍🤍

[@JoelWende]

Fleetwood Mac basically existed because of that relationship, not the other way around 😂

[@MrOsageOrange]

Stevie, Lindsay, Driving in MoCo Couldn't figure out Which way to go Then they came Upon this sign Whose name it held Sounded just fine "Lindsay", she said "I'm going my own way" "I liked that name" "And, I'll have my say". So, she wrote her song And, boy, did she sing In her music to Lindsay And the words of "Silver Springs"

[@patricksutton3992]

Stevie wrote the song but lindsey produce all the songs on fleetwood mac and her songs

[@steverobertson4338]

Go rewatch this video and keep your eyes on Christine. Watch her reaction to this drama playing out before ger on stage. The tension on Christine's face is tense.

[@markgallemore8856]

Silver Springs is a really interesting song because of its lyrics when Lindsey Buckingham says that his song I’m just second hand news that fits with what Stevie Nicks says about her leaving him. Lindsay is the one who got dumped and then she told him that he wasn’t going to quit because they had work too hard to get this far.