| Bob Seger – Fire Lake Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is one of the most underrated songs and definitely does not get enough airplay. From http://www.segerfile.com/wind.html here is what the song means - Fire Lake The single charted at #6. Seger began writing "Fire Lake" in 1971. Seger intended 'Fire Lake' for Beautiful Loser, which was released in 1975. It didn't make the cut, however, and wasn't released until 1980 when Against the Wind came out. Seger and Punch and Capitol decided to make it the first single of Against the Wind because it was so different from the other singles he had released at that time. Seger: "We decided to come with 'Fire Lake' as the first single because it was totally and unequivocally unlike anything we'd ever done before. The lyric is very ... different ... and very kind of unique. It's about taking risks. About risking love, chucking it all and just heading off with a bunch of wild people, whatever. "It is one of my favorite lyrics down through the years, and the track is very unusual. It's sort of an R&B meets country kind of thing. "I really wanted it to be the first single but I never thought Capitol would agree to it, and I believe it was Punch who talked them into it. What I liked about it was that it broke new ground for us. It really showed that we were unafraid to push the envelope of what we were doing before, which was basically pretty hot rock and roll, you know, with a few ballads thrown in." |
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