Fleetwood Mac’s ’79 “Angel” Performance Will Make You Smile All Day
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Angel Of My Dreams
Performing one of their more underrated hits, “Angel,” Fleetwood Mac shares their fun folk-rock energy and talent on the St. Louis, Missouri stage in 1979. What makes this an interesting performance between Stevie and Lindsey is their “acting” on stage, considering we now know that things between the two were not the greatest at the time.
“So I close my eyes softly, ’till I become that part of the wind. That we all long for sometime, yeah. And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog…”
As the band had so many hits, “Angel” seemed to fall by the wayside, which is a shame because it is such a beautiful song with the traditional Fleetwood Mac elegance and flow. Clearly from the lyrics, the story was between the two ex-lovebirds and all about pretending and trying to be happy throughout their struggles in the relationship and breakups.
Interesting Fact:Â Nicks, whose family moved around a lot, met Lindsey Buckingham when she was attending high school in San Francisco. He was playing ‘California Dreamin” by the Mamas and the Papas at a social gathering, and she just got up and started singing with him.
From what we can try to gather from the complex lyrics of “Angel,” we can assume that Stevie was struggling with what to do about Lindsey, wanting to stay with him but knowing that it was not going to last. Enjoy this extremely personal and beautiful of Stevie, Lindsey, John, Mick, and Christine in their absolute prime!
+ Angel Lyrics +
The most innocent things.
And many of those dreams, pass us by.
Keep passing me by.
You feel good,
I said it’s funny that you understood.
I knew you would;
When you were good, you were very, very good.
So I close my eyes softly,
’till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah.
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
– like a charmed hour and a haunted song,
And the angel of my dreams.
Angel of my dreams.
(You said) You feel good,
I said it’s funny that you understood.
I knew you would…
When you were good, baby,
You were very good.
I still look up, when you walk in the room.
I’ve the same wide eyes, now they tell the story.
I try not to reach out, when you turn ’round you say hello.
And we both pretend,
I’m no great pretender.
So I close my eyes softly,
’till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime.
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
– like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel, angel of my dreams.
Angel of my dreams…
I still look up…
I try hard not to look up, yeah…
That girl was me, yeah…
Track a ghost through the fog, yeah…
A charmed hour and a haunted song…
Track a ghost through the fog, baby…
Oooh, you try hard…
But you’ll never catch me – yeah…
