Dreams Lyrics Fleetwood Mac Meaning

The song was written by stevie nicks at a turbulent time for the band.

Dreams lyrics fleetwood mac meaning. 1 hit in the us back in 1977. Photo by rick diamond getty images with its chorus thunder only happens when it s raining players only love you when they re playing the 1 single dreams is arguably the standout of fleetwood mac s rumours 1977 one of the best selling rock albums of all time. They performed dreams with him in their concert at the royal albert hall on the 17th of march 1998. Barry from sauquoit ny on march 17 1998 the corrs appeared in a st.

To me and it has always sounded like a song of acceptance and resignation. During their performance of fleetwood mac s dreams mick fleetwood joined them on stage. During the writing of their eleventh studio record rumors many members of the band were going through a transition in their romantic and personal lives. It is the highest charting song during the 1970s for fleetwood mac reaching number 11 on the ac easy listening chart.

Dreams became fleetwood mac s only billboard hot 100 number 1 hit single to date selling over 1 million copies in the us. Stevie nicks of fleetwood mac performs at the omni coliseum in atlanta georgia june 1 1977. She said the meaning of the song was an invitation for him to leave their relationship if he chose to because she wanted out likewise. He wrote a song in reply which was the now famous fleetwood mac song go your own way which is basically about the same thing as dreams but in stevie s words more blunt and insensitive.

Patrick s day concert at the royal albert hall in london england. The meaning of dreams singer and songwriter stevie nicks wrote dreams during a tumultuous time for her band fleetwood mac. From their top selling album rumours dreams was fleetwood mac s only no. Once again i have known dreams forever before i became aware of fleetwood mac.

The corrs made a very successful cover version of this song for the album legacy. A tribute to fleetwood mac s rumours 1998. Almost like ok you don t want me anymore that s fine. Dreams of loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost and what you had ooh what you lost thunder only happens when it s rainin players only love you when they re playin women they will come and they will go when the rain washes you clean you ll know oh thunder only happens when.