I Need Your Love
Big Walter Horton/Danny Kirwan/John McVie/Otis Spann/Peter Green/S.P. Leary Lyrics
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I'm caught in a coma, daydreams about you
I'm way too dependent, she'd take me for a fool
I can't keep on staring, I've got to make a move
I fell for her manilla, I thought it was cool
No way I'd be her first one
She's locked down, I assume
Maybe I don't need love
But maybe she's my future
And it's way overdue, ah
Maybe I don't need love
Maybe I'm a fool
But maybe she's my future
And she might want it too
What, what, what
Gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Got, got, got)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Got, got, got)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Got, got, got)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Got, got, got) (Gotta make my move)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a) (Yeah, yeah)
I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)
I've gotta make a move (Got, got, got)
God will make my
Will make my move (Got, got, got)
I, I will make my move
Said, I, I (Got, got, got)
God will make my move
The song "I Need Your Love" by Big Walter Horton, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Otis Spann, Peter Green, and S.P. Leary is a tale of infatuation and the struggle to express one's feelings to a potential love interest. The singer is caught up in a daydream about the person they have caught eyes with across the room. They acknowledge their dependency on this person, which makes them vulnerable to being taken advantage of. They want to make a move but are hesitant because they fear rejection or that the person they are interested in is already taken. Despite these uncertainties, they recognize that the possibility of a future with this person might be worth the risk.
Thematically, the lyrics delve into the complexities of interpersonal relationships, such as the fear of vulnerability, uncertainty in love, and the ambiguity of signals that people give off when interested in someone. The repetition of the phrase "gotta make a move" emphasizes the urgency of the singer's feelings and their desire to act on them; yet, they still hesitate, questioning their own judgment and whether it's worth the risk.
Overall, "I Need Your Love" serves as a testament to the power of human connection and the longing for something more significant than daily routine. The lyrics express a universal truth — we all crave intimacy and are willing to take risks to obtain it.
Line by Line Meaning
I can't wait to know you, locked eyes across the room
I am eager to get to know you, as we have shared a moment of eye contact from across the room.
I'm caught in a coma, daydreams about you
I am entwined in a state of unconsciousness due to my daydreams about you.
I'm way too dependent, she'd take me for a fool
I am overly reliant on her, and she would view me as gullible and foolish.
I can't keep on staring, I've got to make a move
I cannot continue to stare at her, I need to take action and approach her.
I fell for her manilla, I thought it was cool
I was fond of her folder, thinking it was neat.
No way I'd be her first one, She's locked down, I assume
I am not her first choice, and she is in a committed relationship, as far as I know.
Maybe I don't need love, Maybe I'm a fool
Perhaps, I do not truly need romantic love, and my actions might be foolish.
But maybe she's my future, And it's way overdue, ah
However, perhaps she is meant to be a part of my future, and it is long overdue.
And she might want it too, What, what, what
And she may also have romantic feelings for me, what, what, what.
Gotta make a move (Gotta make a), I've gotta make a move (Gotta make a)...
I need to take action and approach her, repeatedly.
God will make my, Will make my move (Got, got, got), I, I will make my move, Said, I, I (Got, got, got), God will make my move
I am struggling with my decision to pursue her or not, but I believe God will guide me in the right direction.
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Written by: Papa Yaw Owusu
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@LeonDonnelly23
Reece Burton
Yes, Danny’s speaking voice in later life was the same as when he was young on these recordings. I’ve since heard takes from ‘The Vaudeville Sessions” and “Ram Jam City” outtakes and it took me right back to our conversations. The funny thing is that since Danny’s passing I’ve been doing a lot of reading about and there are many lies told about Danny, about the extent of his contribution to Fleetwood Mac and about his character. He has had several imposters. Surprisingly one of them was presented by ‘Jet’ Martin Celmins (official biographer & historian for Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac) in an ‘interview’ he published in 1996 (while I knew Danny and while he was performing in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’) with a fake Danny Kirwan who was supposedly living in a homeless shelter and who comes across as faintly racist and deeply unpleasant about a host of other musicians and performers for absolutely no reason at all.” I knew Danny and that wasn’t Danny. So what’s going on there? And why does Mick Fleetwood downplay Danny’s contribution to Fleetwood Mac? Danny wrote half the songs on the four albums he was on. Why downplay that? And why are Danny’s three solo albums not on general release? Why isn’t his music more celebrated? Some know how great he was. Ben Monder, David Bowie’s bandleader on his last album “Blackstar”, has just covered Danny’s ‘Dust’ as an instrumental on his brand new album “Day After Day.” Barrie Cadogan Of Primal Scream is a huge Danny Kirwan fan and organised & played at the tribute concert in Camden . Noel Gallagher is a great admirer, apparently so is Paul Weller... probably many more musicians . All believe Danny was criminally neglected. Danny was a great guy. Very funny, very kind, very intelligent. And busy. He wasn’t a mad tramp living in a homeless shelter. I wonder why they say that? And where does Danny’s royalties go? Did they go to a mad tramp? Who got them? And why does everyone lie about Danny... at least those in the Fleetwood Mac camp? Very interesting. Management arrangements between 1972-77 would be very interesting to study. Mick Fleetwood sued Fleetwood Mac and Danny’s manager Clifford Davis for ownership of the name ‘Fleetwood Mac,’ and won. Only a band with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie in it can legally be called ‘Fleetwood Mac.’ The rest of them could be monkeys and it would still legally be ‘Fleetwood Mac.’ Danny and manager Clifford Davis have come off worse and most unfairly in this whole story of greed and the pursuit of money and fame. And Danny’s character has been completely besmirched, his work unregarded and unavailable. The main songwriter over the entire period he was with Fleetwood Mac. The band Stretch asked of Mick Fleetwood “Why did you do it?” jn their hit song of the same name. They also sang “It was no accident, you planned it.” The Danny I knew, the real Danny Kirwan, was an honour to know and spend time with. The asshole the official Fleetwood Mac historian presents to the world as Danny in that ‘interview’ from ‘96 is an asshole, it is not Danny Kirwan. It literally is not him. So who is this ‘Jet’ Martin Celmins, and why is he lying about Danny?
Paul Raymond died last week. Kirk Hammett of Metallica called him “the Late Great Paul Raymond” in his epitaph to him.
Paul Raymond played on my late friend Danny Kirwan’s first solo album post Fleetwood Mac “Second Chapter”.
They formed a short lived band “Hungry Fighter” in 1974, which disbanded after their first gig ended in a terrible road crash with serious injury to their road manager & the destruction of their instruments & equipment.
My condolences to Paul’s family and loved ones.
Rest in peace Paul, your music lives on.
My late friend Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac released three solo albums (“Second Chapter” 1975, “Midnight In San Juan “ 1976 & “Hello there big boy!” 1979, under DJM Records, owned now by Universal Music, including a Reggae version of The Beatles’ “Let it Be.”
Danny loved The Beatles.
I should like to see those three solo albums remastered and rereleased. Millions of music fans would too.
An interview I gave Sunday concerning my friendship with the late Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac:
“The real story of Danny Kirwan post Fleetwood Mac.”
The Guitar Show Interview.
https://youtu.be/uzUCH4Hcjjo
‘Hungry Fighter’ Band Members:
Danny Kirwan (Boilerhouse, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Youlden, Tramp): Guitar/Vocal
Paul Raymond ( Plastic Penny, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, UFO, Michael Schenker Group, Waysted, Paul Raymond Project, ): Keyboards/Vox
Dave Walker ( Idle Race, Savoy Brown, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath) : rythmn/vox
Andy Sylvester ( Chicken Shack, Big Town Playboys, Savoy Brown, Wha-Koo, Steve Gibbons Band, Chris Youlden, The Honeydrippers ) : Bass
Dave Bidwell ( Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, d. 1977 ): drums
@dalegillingham100
Now you know the world's all in a tangle, man
Everybody begin to sing this song
The Reds are just over yonder boys
And we ain't gonna be here long
That's why I'm gonna build myself a cave
Move down in the ground
When I go into the army, babe
Won't be no more Reds around
Now you know I got my personary man
I've got my class cattoo
I begin to feel so worried
I just don't know what to do
That's why I'm gonna build myself a cave
Move down in the ground
When I go into the army, babe
There won't be no more reds around me
Now you know the world's all in a tangle man
Everybody begin to sing this song
The Reds are just over yonder boys
And we ain't gonna be here long
That's why I'm gonna build myself a cave
Move down in the ground
When I go into the army, babe
There won't be no more Reds around me
@ronnie5129
Danny could and did stand up next to Peter Green, on any day, he was a Diamand , May they both R.I.P, the world has lost 2 great guitar players,
@LeonDonnelly23
This recording is the nearest I’ve heard yet to Danny’s speaking voice. Danny was my friend from the mid 90s in London. A very witty and kind man. Rest in peace brother.
@reeceburton7864
Leon Donnelly
is that true ? u can hear him talk on the intro of something inside of me part 3 Chicago blues he's sounds sweet
@LeonDonnelly23
Reece Burton
Yes, Danny’s speaking voice in later life was the same as when he was young on these recordings. I’ve since heard takes from ‘The Vaudeville Sessions” and “Ram Jam City” outtakes and it took me right back to our conversations. The funny thing is that since Danny’s passing I’ve been doing a lot of reading about and there are many lies told about Danny, about the extent of his contribution to Fleetwood Mac and about his character. He has had several imposters. Surprisingly one of them was presented by ‘Jet’ Martin Celmins (official biographer & historian for Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac) in an ‘interview’ he published in 1996 (while I knew Danny and while he was performing in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’) with a fake Danny Kirwan who was supposedly living in a homeless shelter and who comes across as faintly racist and deeply unpleasant about a host of other musicians and performers for absolutely no reason at all.” I knew Danny and that wasn’t Danny. So what’s going on there? And why does Mick Fleetwood downplay Danny’s contribution to Fleetwood Mac? Danny wrote half the songs on the four albums he was on. Why downplay that? And why are Danny’s three solo albums not on general release? Why isn’t his music more celebrated? Some know how great he was. Ben Monder, David Bowie’s bandleader on his last album “Blackstar”, has just covered Danny’s ‘Dust’ as an instrumental on his brand new album “Day After Day.” Barrie Cadogan Of Primal Scream is a huge Danny Kirwan fan and organised & played at the tribute concert in Camden . Noel Gallagher is a great admirer, apparently so is Paul Weller... probably many more musicians . All believe Danny was criminally neglected. Danny was a great guy. Very funny, very kind, very intelligent. And busy. He wasn’t a mad tramp living in a homeless shelter. I wonder why they say that? And where does Danny’s royalties go? Did they go to a mad tramp? Who got them? And why does everyone lie about Danny... at least those in the Fleetwood Mac camp? Very interesting. Management arrangements between 1972-77 would be very interesting to study. Mick Fleetwood sued Fleetwood Mac and Danny’s manager Clifford Davis for ownership of the name ‘Fleetwood Mac,’ and won. Only a band with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie in it can legally be called ‘Fleetwood Mac.’ The rest of them could be monkeys and it would still legally be ‘Fleetwood Mac.’ Danny and manager Clifford Davis have come off worse and most unfairly in this whole story of greed and the pursuit of money and fame. And Danny’s character has been completely besmirched, his work unregarded and unavailable. The main songwriter over the entire period he was with Fleetwood Mac. The band Stretch asked of Mick Fleetwood “Why did you do it?” jn their hit song of the same name. They also sang “It was no accident, you planned it.” The Danny I knew, the real Danny Kirwan, was an honour to know and spend time with. The asshole the official Fleetwood Mac historian presents to the world as Danny in that ‘interview’ from ‘96 is an asshole, it is not Danny Kirwan. It literally is not him. So who is this ‘Jet’ Martin Celmins, and why is he lying about Danny?
Paul Raymond died last week. Kirk Hammett of Metallica called him “the Late Great Paul Raymond” in his epitaph to him.
Paul Raymond played on my late friend Danny Kirwan’s first solo album post Fleetwood Mac “Second Chapter”.
They formed a short lived band “Hungry Fighter” in 1974, which disbanded after their first gig ended in a terrible road crash with serious injury to their road manager & the destruction of their instruments & equipment.
My condolences to Paul’s family and loved ones.
Rest in peace Paul, your music lives on.
My late friend Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac released three solo albums (“Second Chapter” 1975, “Midnight In San Juan “ 1976 & “Hello there big boy!” 1979, under DJM Records, owned now by Universal Music, including a Reggae version of The Beatles’ “Let it Be.”
Danny loved The Beatles.
I should like to see those three solo albums remastered and rereleased. Millions of music fans would too.
An interview I gave Sunday concerning my friendship with the late Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac:
“The real story of Danny Kirwan post Fleetwood Mac.”
The Guitar Show Interview.
https://youtu.be/uzUCH4Hcjjo
‘Hungry Fighter’ Band Members:
Danny Kirwan (Boilerhouse, Fleetwood Mac, Chris Youlden, Tramp): Guitar/Vocal
Paul Raymond ( Plastic Penny, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, UFO, Michael Schenker Group, Waysted, Paul Raymond Project, ): Keyboards/Vox
Dave Walker ( Idle Race, Savoy Brown, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath) : rythmn/vox
Andy Sylvester ( Chicken Shack, Big Town Playboys, Savoy Brown, Wha-Koo, Steve Gibbons Band, Chris Youlden, The Honeydrippers ) : Bass
Dave Bidwell ( Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, d. 1977 ): drums
@MyMuzikVideos578
@@LeonDonnelly23 I just listened to your interview this evening. It was very illuminating. Thank you for setting the record straight. Danny was a brilliantly talented musician, but I had no idea that he was later to become an actor and a model!
He still is a fascinating guy, multi-talented, creative, funny, witty, and yes, grossly under-appreciated as an amazing guitarist. I am always promoting, talking about, and listening to Danny. Thanks again, Leon! 👍
@LeonDonnelly23
Thommy Harmand Thanks Thommy, I’m glad you found the interview illuminating. Danny was a lovely guy. I only read the lies and stories that he was supposed to be a mad alcoholic acid casualty living on the streets of London many years after I last saw Danny. These stories appalled me and the fake Danny who gave the ‘interviews’ with the Independent newspaper in ‘93 and with ‘Jet’ Martin Celmins comes across as a moron and in no way should represent the life or thoughts of Danny Kirwan. The record needed to be set straight there. Danny was a fascinating man in life, with a vast field of interests, and we had many wide ranging conversations on a whole range of subjects. That’s how our friendship developed, that and the ability to make each other laugh a lot. It was out of those conversations that Danny began to tell me about his musical past. I did not see a guitar in Danny’s bedroom, though there may have been one in the living room, I never went in there, because Danny would take me up to his room as his mum would be in the living room. We’d only pop into his place because we’d go and sit over at my flat after. Danny was shy of picking up my guitar at first , but I was always playing it, very badly, and eventually he did pick it up and played, and I loved that so he’d relax and eventually we had sing songs. I love singing myself and will sing with someone at the drop of a hat. To me the biggest shock after I last saw Danny was seeing photographs of him when he was younger. I couldn’t believe how differently he’d looked. His face was much changed after the beating in LA. I never knew the face of the young Danny so the difference amazed me. Yet it’s still Danny. The voice identical, the posture while playing, the concentration, the movements of the mouth while playing... and what great music! The only bluesy number I remember Danny playing at my flat was a jokey talking blues thing about the mess the world was in, that I’d thought was perhaps a Bob Dylan comedy talking blues, but Danny said he’d written himself. I recognise it now as “World in a tangle”, but I don’t recall Danny playing any other song that he’d said he’d written, nor any other blues type song. He’d stop playing after a couple of songs and I wouldn’t be able to convince him to play another no matter how much I asked. Not for a long time was he relaxed enough to play a few numbers after I’d attempted a few. Often we’d just talk. Sometimes I wouldn’t see Danny for a while, then he’d come round and we’d catch up. I always looked forward to it because he was such fun. People get the wrong idea about Danny, because his songs, his playing and his singing could be so ethereal they mistake him as being a bit to fragile for this world. Danny was a working class London Boy. He was pretty tough underneath it all. Pretty down to earth in a centred way, and had a really strong mum to back him up. What I want to know is why Martin Celmjns, the official biographer for Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac, maintains that Danny Kirwan was a homeless acid casualty drunk in the streets of London that he befriended over cans of beer on a bench in Covent Garden and has an ‘interview ‘ with , while the real Danny Kirwan was living at his mum’s in Bethnal Green and was productive and happy? Why spread those lies? Who benefits? And whose been getting Danny’s royalties? cos Danny didn’t seem to have any money in particular. I wonder what’s going on there? Danny’s music speaks for itself, once people hear it. That’s why I want those three solo albums remastered and rereleased. Then people can decide for themselves if this is the music of a non-functioning acid head casualty alcoholic, or not. Danny wasn’t crazy, though he was great. The music says it all.
@MyMuzikVideos578
@@LeonDonnelly23much appreciated. He sounded like a great guy. I was touched when you mentioned Danny's relationship with Peter Green, how much Danny loved Peter. The two of them onstage must have been so powerful! Thank you again, Leon! 👍
@joebloggs8636
HUGE Danny Kirwan fan...unbelievable how few know of this guy..."the forgotten man of rock"....
@tonitaylor-helserbarefootmusic
Rest easy now Danny...Thank you for the Blues. ❤
@jamesbond4633
The music on this is utterly sublime ...so much to listen to ..the guitar licks...the piano ..... bass with the drums driving everything..they are all listening to each other ..you can just tell ..this is the real blues...Danny doing his white boy version ..hhahahah ...its still good...too bad this whole Chicago visit was never filmed...it is absolute history ...200 years from now when all the pop crap is gone ...people are going to be pulling out this music and enjoying it to the depths of their soul!!