Plenty of choices to pick from for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday hosted by Jim Adams. The prompts are Big, Large, Little, Small, Tall and Tiny.
I have chosen Big Love by the amazing Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac. The video is from one of their tours from the late 90s called The Dance. It’s fun to watch his amazing guitar skills. Hope you enjoy it.
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Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham had left the band and wrote this for one of his solo albums, but the project never materialized and he rejoined Fleetwood Mac for the Tango In The Night sessions. Buckingham did not tour with the band, however, so they never performed the song live until 1997, when Buckingham joined for The Dance tour. He performed an acoustic version on this tour.
Buckingham described this song as a “Lustful mid-to-up tempo number featuring love grunts.” These grunts were Buckingham’s processed through an oscillator. Many listeners assumed it was the voice of Stevie Nicks.
Courtesy of Songfacts
Big Love - Lyrics Looking out for love In the night so still Oh, I'll build you a kingdom In that house on the hill Lookin' out for love Big, big love You said that you love me And that you always will Oh, you begged me to keep you In that house on the hill Lookin' out for love Big, big love I wake up Alone with it all I wake up But only to fall Lookin' out for love Big, big love Just lookin' out for love Big, big love Writer/s: Lindsey Buckingham, George Richey, Billy Sherrill Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
Wow! This is a new one for me, and that guitar playing was awesome! 🙂
Its’s a great song and yes he is amazing on that guitar! 🙂
I’ve never heard the acoustic version of the song before. Lindsey Buckingham has always been a favorite of mine since he and Stevie joined FM. He is a masterful guitarist. I thought his playing was going to melt the strings. Imagining those hands in all sorts of scenarios. Ooh la la! I still hate Stevie for giving him the boot from the band.
Yes they were quite the dysfunctional lovers weren’t they? However they were the geniuses that turned FM around. One of my all time favorite bands ☺️. Yes this song is amazing.
I love “Big Love” because that is my favorite era of Lindsey’s musicality. I feel like it was a followup to Buckingham’s solo album Go Insane (which I absolutely love). Lindsey is such a talent!
I completely agree with you! I’m so happy you enjoyed it too ☺️
I agree with you Christine as the prompts did give everyone plenty of choices and you made a great pick, as I have never heard this before. It is a real fun song.
Thanks Jim. This is an old favorite. 🥰
Great choice this week Christine! 🙂
Thanks Lisa. It’s an old favorite. I loved The Dance tour 🙂