Live version from The Dance with the USC Trojan Marching Band
+ scroll down for a live version of Go Your Own Way from The Dance, 1997
Single:
Tusk entered the Australian singles chart* on 1 October 1979 and peaked at #3. The song was #23 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Tusk which entered the Australian albums chart* on 22 October 1979 and peaked at #2.
Songwriter:
Lindsey Buckingham
Producers:
Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Scroll down below: Go Your Own Way, live
Here’s the studio version of Tusk in an official Fleetwood Mac video clip:
BONUS CLIP BELOW: Lindsey Buckingham gets a surprise question at the end of a Q&A at USC (University of Southern California)
Songfacts:
The “tusk” is slang for penis, so the song is basically about sex. When Stevie Nicks heard the album was going to be called Tusk, she objected, but Mick Fleetwood really wanted to use the title, so he ignored her and she dropped the subject.
The music was based on a riff the band used to play when they were introduced at concerts as the lights came up and they were introduced to the audience. When it came time to record the Tusk album, they decided to use it for a song.
The University of Southern California marching band played on the recording. Mick Fleetwood decided to use a big brass sound after a visit to Europe in 1978 where he saw brass bands marching down the street.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/fleetwood-mac/tusk
Lyrics:
Why don’t you ask him if he’s going to stay?
Why don’t you ask him if he’s going away?
Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?
Why don’t you tell me who’s on the phone?
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The live version of Tusk is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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BONUS CLIPS
Lindsey Buckingham gets a ‘surprise’ question at the end of a Q&A at USC (University of Southern California). And yes, the Trojan Marching Band appears.
Here’s the full interview if you’re interested:
Lindsey shares his life in music at USC as part of Professor David Belasco’s series, The Leap.
And one more from The Dance DVD… Go Your Own Way is brilliant…
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