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Stand Back is a favorite because its a lot of fun, its a lot of fun
and its a dancing song I mean its like even for me its like you know, hearing
when it starts out, I almost feel like I 'm hearing it coming out of a club or
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I become a different person, and I like that, because usually I make up my OWN characters...but the lady in 'Stand Back' was not my idea. By the way, Prince did come into the studio the night I called him and told him about the song, and he played incredible synthesizer on it...and then he just walked out of my life, and I didn't see him for a long time. It was extraordinary... |
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I phoned Prince out of the blue, hummed a melody, and he listened," says
Nicks of the latter hit's gestation. "I hung up, and he came over within
the hour. He listened again, and I said, 'Do you hate it?' He said, 'No,' and
walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for
about twenty five minutes, and then left. He was so uncanny, so wild, he spoiled
me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly re-create - not even
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I can't even really tell you what Stand Back is about. Stand Back's
kinda about more than one thing. There was a lot going on when Stand Back was
written so it kinda pulled together all the things that were happening so it wasn't
about one thing. It was written very quickly and I really did hum along to Little
Red Corvette. ...and of course, now you can go home and do it too. If you search
you will be able to find it. So, it was kinda more built around that whole thing,
you know? Stand Back and Dreams are my two favorite songs to perform on
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Standback comes from a place unknown even to me. A hush surrounded it
from the very beginning~and a feeling that it had always been was there from the
first. 'Standback' lives in it's own timespace. It never belonged to me,
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got married the day I wrote this song. We were driving to Santa Barbara and a
new song by Prince came on, so we pulled over somewhere and got the tape. It just
gave me an incredible idea, so I spent many hours that night writing a song about
some kind of crazy argument, and it was to become one of the most important of
my songs. I've been doing this song for years, Fleetwood Mac does it also, and
I never get tired of it. 'Stand Back' has always been my favorite song
onstage, because...when it starts, it has an energy that comes from somewhere
unknown...and it seems to have no timespace. I've never quite understood this
sound....but I have NEVER questioned it.
