The rest of the band didn't like it when she first played it to them with christine mcvie describing the song as having just three chords and one note in the left hand and boring They changed their mind after lindsey buckingham fashioned three sections out of identical chords, making each section sound completely different, but. 1 hit in the us back in 1977 The song was written by stevie nicks at a turbulent time for the band George from vancouver, canada thunder only happens when it rains I always believed that until i had thunder & lightning during snow a few years ago
John anderton from dallas the duality of the 1st and 2nd verse always struck me. Stevie nicks] like a heartbeat drives you mad (heartbeat) in the stillness of rememberin' (stillness) what you had and what you lost (lonely, ooh) oh, what you. Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom well, who am i to keep you down It's only right that you should… Thunder only happens when it's raining players only love you when they're playing they say, women, they will come and they will go when the rain washes you clean, you'll know you'll know now here i go again, i see the crystal visions i keep my visions to myself it's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams and have you any dreams you'd like. Now here you go again you say you want your freedom well, who am i to keep you down