The University of Southern California marching band played on this track. When it came time to record the Tusk album, they decided to use it for a song. 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. I wasn't told that until quite a while after the record was done, and when I did find out I liked the title even less!" I don't recall it being (Mick's slang term for the male member), that went right over my prudish little head. Even then, in 1979 you just thought, the rhinos are being poached and that tusks are being stolen and the elephants are being slaughtered and ivory is being sold on the black market. Stevie Nicks recalled to Mojo in 2015: "I didn't understand the title, there was nothing beautiful or elegant about the word 'tusk.' It really bought to mind those people stealing ivory. 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 "Tusk" is slang for penis, so the song is basically about sex. that link doesn't bring you right to the page.
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