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[skuncles]

I've been on this board for several years, mostly in lurker mode. Part of the reason being that there isn't a whole lot of new Stevie information on here for long time fans. So my question for everyone is how old are you and when did you really get into Stevie's music. I don't mean when did you first hear of her, but when did you become a dedicated fan.
For me, I'm 37 and first got into Stevie around 1982 or so. My older sister had the "Bella Donna" album and played it constantly (although I didn't like it that much at the time). I was at my cousin's house and heard the "Rumours" album and was hooked. Was surprised to discover the Stevie Nicks on "Rumours" was the very same Stevie Nicks on "Bella Donna". Been hooked ever since. Began collecting anything and everything to do with Stevie around 1985. First concert was in 1986.

What about the rest of you?

[GODDESS6]

i am hardcore stevie all my life~ i am 40 & first heard of stevie when my aunt played for me her buck nicks lp~ i have been hooked & collecting ever since~

[Musicman408]

Summer of 2003- Family was in vacation and my parents bought Say You Will just for kicks. I didn't think anything of it, but then I gave it a listen, and the rest is history. :nod:

[Sahara]

Mum bought Say You Will around February 2004 and played me Peacekeeper, which I loved to bits. But I didn't check out the rest of the album until I heard Running Through the Garden, and I thought, 'Wow, that Lindsey Buckingham girl has one hell of a voice, I need to see what the story is here'. :o I loved the rest of the album, but I'd say I only became hooked proper when I got the Dance DVD a little while later. Stevie was just such a revelation, I had never seen anything like her in my life and she really got under my skin. Cue obsession. :P

That's my story :D

[GypsyGirl15]

I'm 20 and I discovered Stevie/Fleetwood Mac only last summer actually (and have been wishing ever since I had discovered them earlier). I came across a video of her performance of "Crash" somewhere and completely loved it. At that time I was on vacation in Italy and believe me when I say it's very difficult to find good music stores there, but by the time I got home I owned three of her albums already. There is no musician that will ever mean as much to me as does Stevie. I love her.
What really got me hooked though was that "Sisters Of The Moon" live video from the Mirage era. This song/performance just touched me so deeply. I think Fleetwood Mac will be my favorite band forever.

[DashingDan]

Summer of 2003- Family was in vacation and my parents bought Say You Will just for kicks. I didn't think anything of it, but then I gave it a listen, and the rest is history. :nod:

That's pretty cool that you got hooked on the latest stuff. It's good to know that can still happen.

My older sister owned the Rumours LP in 1978 (who didn't?) and I always enjoyed hearing it when I was allowed to be in her room. I particularly liked the woman with the quivery voice. A few years later I bought the Leather and Lace 7-inch when it came out. To my surprise there was this really great, long song on the B-SIDE called BellaDonna - I couldn't play that song enough for some reason. The rest is history.

[GypsyGirl15]

Stevie was just such a revelation, I had never seen anything like her in my life and she really got under my skin. Cue obsession. :P

Well put. I agree 100%. :thumbsup:

[HejiraNYC]

I'm 39 now and have been a diehard fan since 1981, when I requested Bella Donna for Christmas (along with Styx's Paradise Theatre and Rush's 2112 :P ). I had heard "Stop Draggin' my Heart Around" on the radio for weeks and didn't think much of it. But I remember being in a store once and becoming captivated by this beautiful woman with beaded mudflaps in her hair on the cover of the album- BD, of course. And the back cover with the hand-scripted "...come in out of the darkness..." seemed so haunting and cool. So when the local radio station played the entire album one night, I was intrigued enough to stay up and tape it. I was hooked right from the opening chords of "Bella Donna" and wanted to find/hear everything I could about this amazingly soulful singer/songwriter. Sure Pat Benatar was a better singer in the technical sense... but she seemed like a rock 'n' roll cliche, even way back then. Stevie was 100% original and sang from her soul.

[louielouie2000]

I'm 26, and first became a huge fan at the age of 11... in 1993. I was in the car with my Mom, and our local classic rock station was doing one of those Two For Tuesdays things, and they played Gold Dust Woman and The Chain back to back. My socks were completely blown off. I had always loved the mystical... and loved stories about magic, witches, and such. I just couldn't relate to the music of the day... Pearl Jam and Nirvana were so big then, and they were just too dark for me. Mom promised me in the car that day that she would pull out the Fleetwood Mac albums we had when we got home, and let me listen to them. It turns out she had Rumours and Bella Donna. I knew as soon as I saw the cover of those albums that I had found the band I would follow for the rest of my life. Stevie looked every bit of the part she sounded... and more... she was finally the real deal I had wanted to find. I've pretty much slowly collected all things Mac since then, and acquired every bit of knowledge about the band and it's solo members as I could. 16 years and counting now!! :D

My first concert was Fleetwood Mac during the Time tour in 1994, and I was thoroughly disgusted. Then I saw Stevie during the Enchanted tour, and was more pleased. My favorite concert had to be my first Say You Will concert in 2003... it was the first time I had seen what I considered to the the 'real' Fleetwood Mac (they canceled their NC show for the Dance tour, I was heartbroken). They were ON FIRE for their Greenville South Carolina SYW show... it was one of the first 10 they played on that tour. I guess it was before they got totally burned out and were fighting constantly. Since then I've seen the Mac 2 more times in 2004 (which weren't nearly as good), Stevie in 2005 (excellent!), and Stevie with Tom Petty in 2006 (which I thought was an extremely cool concert, it was Tom's opener for that tour, the first time they had sung Insider together in like 25 years). I would have seen the band, and Stevie and Lindsey's solo concerts more often, but money is always tight. There's my little Mac story! :D

[JeannieKartis]

I've been on this board for several years, mostly in lurker mode. Part of the reason being that there isn't a whole lot of new Stevie information on here for long time fans. So my question for everyone is how old are you and when did you really get into Stevie's music. I don't mean when did you first hear of her, but when did you become a dedicated fan.
For me, I'm 37 and first got into Stevie around 1982 or so. My older sister had the "Bella Donna" album and played it constantly (although I didn't like it that much at the time). I was at my cousin's house and heard the "Rumours" album and was hooked. Was surprised to discover the Stevie Nicks on "Rumours" was the very same Stevie Nicks on "Bella Donna". Been hooked ever since. Began collecting anything and everything to do with Stevie around 1985. First concert was in 1986.

What about the rest of you?

In my junior year of high school I got schooled on FM's Bare Trees album (this was before Stevie and Lindsey joined) and the rest is history. When I first saw FM during the Rumours tour I was mesmerized by the whirling gal in all black. I'm sure I was not as high as she but from then on I was hooked. (I'm 52) :laugh:

[Steviefan49]

In my junior year of high school I got schooled on FM's Bare Trees album (this was before Stevie and Lindsey joined) and the rest is history. When I first saw FM during the Rumours tour I was mesmerized by the whirling gal in all black. I'm sure I was not as high as she but from then on I was hooked. (I'm 52) :laugh:

:laugh: Hey Jeannie... You have me "LOLing" over here.. about your "high as she was" statement.. I first got "hooked" on FM when I heard Rumors at my Cousin's growing up, back in 1977. I knew then, Stevie's voice captured me like no one else's. I also loved Christine's voice, but there's just something about Stevie. My first time to see them in concert was the Tusk tour - 81 I believe?? I can't remember.. it was either 80 or 81, and I wish I could make the same statement about me "not" being as high as Stevie was! LOLOL.. I was a hair dresser back then, and I ran around with a "party" crowd! LOLOL.. I'm right behind you girlfriend, as I'm turning 51 in 10 days! LOL

Hugs,

Arlene

[Glittermoondust]

I'm 40 (ugh!) and first got into Stevie and the Mac around '77 or '78. Once I heard the Rumours album I was hooked :D I remember getting the album for my birthday and I was in 5th grade at the time........ I started collecting what I could around that time too--mostly magazines and stuff--anything my parents would buy for me!! LOL!! The chicken coop poster was the very first poster I ever got of the Mac and is still a fav today. My first concert was in '82 for the Mirage tour........ my brother saw the Tusk tour in '79 but wouldn't take his little sister and took some girl instead......... at least he bought me a concert shirt!!! I can still remember my dad trying to talk him into taking me......... he tried to take some pics for me too but they look like little ants!!LOL!! Well he tried and I still have the pics to this day!! ha ha Is he still with the chick you ask??? NO!! See he should have just taken me!!! :xoxo:

[David]

So my question for everyone is how old are you and when did you really get into Stevie's music. I don't mean when did you first hear of her, but when did you become a dedicated fan.Stevie was the last of the three songwriters in the band whose songs & singing I liked. This was with RUMOURS. I loved GYOW & YMLF, but I didn't care for Stevie Nicks at first. I didn't think she was a poet, & the sound of her voice bugged me. But I guess it wasn't long before I really started to dig her & her look. A Fleetwood Mac show back in those days wouldn't have been complete without the Stevie Nicks shtick of the top hat & all. Her mystique infused virtually every aspect of the experience in those days -- even something as inconsequential as the music the crew used to play before showtime (the Tubular Bells theme). Fleetwood Mac was Stevie Nicksish.

I went to all the concerts in those days, all the way through the '80s. I would have hated to miss those people at that time. It was always the entertainment highlight of my year.

[OldTimer]

I'm right behind you girlfriend, as I'm turning 51 in 10 days!
Ooooh, good to see some more oldtimers! (Well we're not really old, of course). I'm only 3 years younger than Stevie herself, and I discovered the Mac in the late seventies with the Rumours LP, and their songs on the radio, especially Rhiannon. We didn't have youtube then, so I just grabbed all the music magazines I could find to get pictures of this incredible band. Here was this girl at the front of the stage, twirling with her capes and shawls, she was magic, she was like something from another world. I had long blonde hair and bangs, and I tried so much to look like her. She was everything I dreamed of being. I even named one of my earlier cars Rhiannon :rolleyes:. With her sexy boyfriend singing and playing guitar, and this crazy tall drummer, I knew this was the coolest band ever. For me, there's never been a singer who's even come close to Stevie.

Fast forward a couple of decades plus, and my adoration of Fleetwood Mac has even turned out to be intergenerational! :nod: Both of my kids, now in their twenties, love all the old stuff, Mac, Beatles, Clapton, Pink Floyd. In 2001, my daughter and I were so excited to get tickets for the Trouble In Shangrila Tour (my daughter was 21 then), and I saw lots of other moms & daughters! Stevie was tired that night and her light was a little dimmer, but she was still our beloved magical lady, and the crowd was crazy for her.

So if they come to the west coast this year, both my son and my daughter are dying to see the Mac with me! I get to re-live my past, and share it with the kids who understand and appreciate it -- hopefully not getting too embarassed at Mom yelling and dancing in the aisle. :o It just doesn't get any better than that. :xoxo:

[marinnette]

in my case, it happened like 2 years ago, when I realized FM and Stevie Nicks had been with me all my life.
When I was almost a baby (2 or 3 years old) I wouldn't eat. so my uncle, who had the typical 80's band (he played synthesizers) had to play for me so I would open my mouth in admiration. then, my dad has a pub and he's got like zillions of albums, and I would spend like an hour a day there, and he'd play the beatles, the rollings and stuff I can't remember but now, sometimes, when I hear an old song, sounds so familiar to me...(probably because I had been listening to it at the pub). i remember the cover or rumours, and TITN too. and I remember that some stevie's songs like rooms on fire and talk to me had a lot of air-play at that time (late 80's). plus, I always loved Little Lies video (I'm a 87 child!!) :thumbsup:

then, like 3 years or 4 ago, a friend of mine send me edge of seventeen in mp3. ohh I loved that song. some months later, I was looking for a track called family man, by hall and oates (mike oldfield did a version of it too). but instead of getting hall and oates song, I downloaded LB's. and I downloaded a lot of songs by them. I like them so much, but I wasn't really in love with the Mac and Stevie Nicks. but something happened to me. I had an unhappy love affair. I was devastated, but Dreams really gave me the strength to go on. and the rest...just came with the time, so it's been 2 years of FM and SN and LB addiction. :D
ah! and my best friend, I made him become addicted too. he would listen to them everynight, but he wouln't recognize it. I saw he was hooked the other day when he said: I'll go to your "hoouuussee on the hilllll" (I live on a hill) and latter mentioned our relationship was bittersweet. he had been watching all FM and LB videos on youtube. I was stunned! :shocked:

[kennation]

1997, when I was 13- Fleetwood Mac did the MTV special and VH1 was like non-stop MAC. The first thing I remember seeing is Stevie screaming, "Was I just a fool? Give me just a chance." Even now, years later, I could cry. It rocked my world. I haven't been the same since. Her music has greatly affected my life and is the soundtrack to some of the highest, and lowest, points in my life. 25 years of being alive 12 years of Stevie enchantment.

[UCYOURGYPC]

It was Edge of 17 that caught my attention, and then I caught on Stevie was the voice behind so many songs I loved, (Including Magnet & Steel, Gold, and Whenever I call you Friend), as well as, Leather & Lace, Dreams, Sara (the Intro still amazes me...), Etc...I was also a huge Linda Blair fan, and in those days they looked alot alike.
Stevie's voice, looks, style, stage presence, and lyrics are all the reasons I love her.

A fan sinc e 1981, I've seen EVERY tour since the Mirage Tour, and was there on of the 2 nights they filmed the Live Mirage Tour concert that's on Video, with the amazing version of Sisters of the Moon, (and I think the best live version of The Chain too...). What most people don't know, is if you had a ticket for those 2 nights at the L.A. Forum, the concert(s) were postponed for 2 weeks, and you had to hang on to your tickets. It was mentioned on the greatest rock station (at the time) KMET that the shows were postponed due to Stevie having "nods on her vocal chords".
Either way, she delivered! I was lucky enough to be there the 1st of the 2 nights, and that was the night you see of SOFTM, Rhiannon, Gypsy, and The Chain.
The video is amazing, but still doesn't compare to what it was like in the venue. Stevie's voice echoed over Chris & Lindsey's so much, she was almost all you heard...LOVE IT still to this day :]

[Remy]

I was devastated, but Dreams really gave me the strength to go on.

Dreams is the soundtrack to heartbreak. To mine also....Unfortunately. :(

And, 1987 kid here, too.
My dad always loved little lies & everywhere, we'd listen to the hits compilation on every car trip in summer when I was a kid. But i never knew anything about the band - besides the name, that is.
Then, one summer- i think two years ago, as I was preparing for a long car ride to the seaside with my then- boyfriend, I found the old cd we'd been playing with Dad, and I just grabbed it with me last- minute. Still not knowing any of the band history, we really enjoyed every track.
"And the summer became the fall..." -and I was heartbroken and very depressed, and looking for something to take my mind off my problems. I'd stumbled across a video of "Silver Springs" live at the dance and THAT WAS IT. I had to know who these people were, why was this woman singing with so much longing and passion directed at the guitarist? " And did you say she was pretty...? And did you say that she loves you? Really...I dont want to know." Someone was singing my heart out. I think i just broke into tears at that very moment. And spent the whole night reading all I could about them.

Sorry for the melodramatic tone, that's how it was :)

[GrahnNicks]

I've been on this board for 24 hours:)!

I'm 39 and from Sweden (so please, remember English is not my first language!)

Hardcore Steviefans are rare in Sweden, but I met 2 1984 on a private party.
The 2 girls walked in, wearing platforms etc etc, turned off the music that was on at the moment and simply changed record...to The Wild Heart..
Stand Back was the very first I heard of SN, at that point I didn't know who she was at all, and it was...well, I was stunned...
A couple of years went on and what did I one day att work hear from the radio? I can't wait and that strange voice AGAIN!?

My sister then told me it was SN and I ran to the nearest record store for more!

In 1988 I heard Dreams on the radio at work and since that day I' m a hardcorefan.

As I told you in the first place, I'm from Sweden and FM and SN is not a very big issue here..so I guess I'll have to thank those 2 girls in platforms back in 1984.

Anna

[DeeGeMe]

1975: the White Album era. I was 10. Yes, I'm old now. LOL. I just thought it was so incredibly cool that there were two girls in this rock band and I loved the music. I remember being so excited when Rumours came out. And waiting on Tusk to arrive. Good times. Good times. Anyway, I've been a fan ever since. So yes, pretty much my entire life.

[marinnette]

Sorry for the melodramatic tone, that's how it was :)

I understand you 100%!!

viva 1987 kids!!

[wolfontherun]

When I was a kid my mother played Rumours constantly. I was always intrugued by the woman who sang Dreams and GDW. She seemed very mysterious to me and at that time, late 70s, not a lot was known about her, an artist could still be mysterious. ( Unlike in today's world.)

As time went by I became frustrated that there were no albums with just her songs, until BD.

I was like a kid in a candy store 10 whole songs from my fav singer. :-) Been hooked ever since. Though I do not listen to her cds all that much any more I mostly go to the FM stuff.

[jrpjr]

LOVE TALKING ABOUT THE GYPSY!! First saw Stevie on a Friday night concert show called "The Midnight Special" back in 1975 w/FM. I was an instant fan. Her stage presence was like nothing i had ever known. I was 13 years old @ the time. I loved Barbara Eden, Farrah Fawsett and Stevie Nicks. Lost my virginity to (pics of) these ladies LOL!! Saw Stevie again on "Don Kershner's Rock Concert" also on w/e nights. She was unreal!!! Saw her live for first time in July of 83 w/Joe Walsh @ Worsester Centrum in Mass. Then she became my drug. She was @ her height. I feel Wild Heart is her best work, she sang her best then and was able to kick ass on stage. After that she got a little heavier (not that I minded- always a beautiful woman) and she REALLY slowed down late 80's. Did not have the same stage presents. I know lots of problems, we love her and forgive her. She is only human...a very special human. I have seen her every time she has come to Mass since 83 and noticed she has increasingly gotten less interesting: same set list, does not even move on stage...i really feel now she should stop touring (PLEASE NOBODY GET MAD) and write her memoirs or a good book and get a movie going. IT WOULD BE A HUGE HIT!!! She is like no other musician in the world!!! She is a survivor and truthfully even people that don't particularly care for her music, have nothing bad to say about her. She is a great role model. I am a 46 year old guy and I find inspiration in her music as well as her perseverance.

[gold_dust]

I'm 23 and I pretty much grew up with Fleetwood Mac (oh, how I wish it was literally). My mum had Tango In The Night and Other Side Of The Mirror on CD and Rumours and Tusk on LP so I constantly heard then. I remember hearing Rumours all the time in the car on some homemade tape - I must've been about 4/5. I went to France when I was about 6 and all mum played was OSOTM and Timespace.

I sort of drifted away from them and then in my early teens, when I was about 15, I remember seeing GYOW from Rosebud on VH1 Classic and just thinking how cool Stevie looked and that was it. It was like I'd seen them for the first time. I've been obsessed ever since. That version of GYOW has always been my favourite.

When they came to England during the SYW tour there was no question that the only people I'd go with would be my parents. It just seemed so right. I remember my dad being completely gobsmacked at how good Lindsey was during the Come solo. And they were amazing. I saw the Rolling Stones a few months earlier and FM were the better band.

I've slowly converted my boyfriend too. He's not so much into the Stevie side, but enjoys listening to the Lindsey stuff. He's likes Christine's songs as well. And if they come back to England we both want to see them this time.

[1sttimelongtime]

When I was a kid in elementary school we were made to sing Fleetwood Mac songs by our music teacher, who I am guessing was a big fan. There was nothing like being forced to sing the same songs over and over to make you hate them!

Fast forward to 8th grade when I noticed the girl sitting next to me had "Stevie Nicks" written in pen on her jeans. This was around the time of Leather and Lace and SDMHA. I remember thinking "ah, yes, Stevie is quite cool" and probably didnt think another thing about her/them until 1997 and The Dance!

I remember driving from NY to Chicago with my best friend and playing that tape the entire way! We never got tired of it but at the time I was more into Metallica and soon forgot about Fleetwood Mac. Foolish...

I am now completely insane about them/her. A few months ago I was hunting on youtube for a song I heard and stumbled across Silver Springs. Started reading the comments, started watching the other videos and realized I absolutely loved Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. I am kicking myself to this day that I didnt rediscover them a few months earlier, because I could've seen her when she toured in NJ. I am thrilled I got to see her in Detroit in October and look forward to seeing them in March.

I'm also thrilled to have found this board. I'm on a lot of message boards, on various topics and this is far and away the best. Everyone seems to have a brain and an incredible sense of humor. I'm working my way thru the back pages and laughing my ass off at so many of the posts!

[StreetAngel86]

loved the music since i was 6 or 7
i used to sing to Rhiannon and Sara every time they came on the radio
and i wondered why this chick only sang about these ladies :lol:

got [I]really into them mid 2003
after SYW came out and i found out there were on tour
and i insisted on getting tickets for my 21st
Stevie's my fave but i love the band as a unit more :nod:

i'm 26 now:D

[DavidMn]

Well, my story starts in the summer of 1977 at the age of 6. I remember it was around the 4th of July, and I was riding with my mother in the car and Gold Dust Woman came on the radio. I distinctly remember immideately turning to mom and asking her who was singing. She said it was a lady named Stevie Nicks from a band called Fleetwood Mac. Well, mom bought Rumours for me for Christmas that year and I wore it out in 6 months! I was never able to see Fleetwood Mac or anybody in the band until the Dance tour in 1997, due to either being too young, not having the money Etc. But since then Ive been to over 100 shows between Stevie/Lindsey/Fleetwood Mac. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to enjoy them to this extent after having not seen them live in the first 20 years. 32 years and counting as a fan!:thumbsup:

[Zombie]

I have my mother to thank for much of my excellent taste in music, including my introduction to Fleetwood Mac, though my rabid fandom didn't extend directly from that. My earliest memories always involve my mom & music - from tooling around Sacramento in her little convertible Rabbit when I was 5, singing "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" to laying on my belly at the top of the stairs to spy on her while she danced around the living room, by herself (unless you count a glass of wine as company) to Eat a Peach in its entirety.

When I got older, she gave me all her old albums, including <i>Fleetwood Mac</i> and <i>Rumours</i> and though I listened to both quite often and always liked them, I didn't realize what an amazing band they are until I caught <i>The Dance</i> on TV in high school. That prompted me to go out and get <i>Tusk</i>, and my love for the band has steadily grown over the years since.

HOWEVER, Stevie did not become my whirling dervish of a hero until I saw a copy of her SNL performance of "Stand Back" some time later - then it was all over but the moaning. She so crazy.

I am passing my love of the Mac both on to my small children now. My 8 year old son thinks Mick is the greatest thing since sliced bread (on wheels, even) and constantly requests to watch the videos of him with the Hotz vest, and my 6 year old daughter likes to draw pictures of Stevie - though most recently, she gave me a yellow highlighter drawing of a stick man with crazy hair labeled LINZEE BUCKIN-HAM. Makes a good companion to the STYVY NIKS piece from a while back. (http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=37369) :laugh:

[IKV Nexis]

Well, I'm 44 and I have always been a passing fan of Fleetwood Mac. Hell I can still think back and all my memories involving the radio always has a song from Rummors in there someware. I even got a copy of Tusk when it came out (it was so oddball I could not pass it up!). But it was when The Wild Heart came out that things changed. At that time I had a health crisis and everything was falling appart for me. One day I was watching a show called "Good Rockin Tonight" A Canadian video show (in the good old days when they acctualy showed videos and the host only spoke to introduce them). He played Stand Back and If Anyone Falls In Love back to back and as I stood there watching If Anyone Falls....BLAM!!!...It was like being smacked in the head with a gold brick wraped in velvet! :lol: That day I fell in love.

[lilymoon]

i've been a fan since 1974. yes, yes i'm the big 51. FM is the foundation of my music library. :o

[michelej1]

my 6 year old daughter likes to draw pictures of Stevie - though most recently, she gave me a yellow highlighter drawing of a stick man with crazy hair labeled LINZEE BUCKIN-HAM. Makes a good companion to the STYVY NIKS piece from a while back.

That is the cutest thing in the world. And she got the hair right. She is a genius. Michele

[The Catdancer]

1975: the White Album era. I was 10. Yes, I'm old now. LOL. I just thought it was so incredibly cool that there were two girls in this rock band and I loved the music. I remember being so excited when Rumours came out. And waiting on Tusk to arrive. Good times. Good times. Anyway, I've been a fan ever since. So yes, pretty much my entire life.

Same here. I'm 45 now (ugh). Indeed, very good times :woohoo:

[Zombie]

That is the cutest thing in the world. And she got the hair right. She is a genius. Michele

Hah, I don't know about genius, but the hair was pretty accurate. I'll have to make a video of when I tell her I am going to see them in concert in March, because the last two times I've gone to see Stevie, the announcement provoked face-down-on-the-floor crying because she's too small to go, too.

It's neat to see how many different people, from all different age groups, etc, are fans - good thread idea.

[jld92]

I'll be 17 next month. I've listened to the Mac since I was in the womb. lmao. My parents are fans...thus my middle name is Lindsey and my sister is Sara. I can remember being little and when I would ride in the car with my dad he would tell me stories about rock stars. My favorite one was about this girl named Stevie and this guitarist named Lindsey(like me). The music was always around me but I never really started listening to them until we went on vacation in 2002. My mom had this green CD (Greatest Hits) and I thought it looked weird so I popped it in my CD player. To make a long story short, I listened to that CD for 8 hours straight. By the end of that week I was hooked. My parents are so proud.

Jess

[SandyMac]

It was Edge of 17 that caught my attention, and then I caught on Stevie was the voice behind so many songs I loved, (Including Magnet & Steel, Gold, and Whenever I call you Friend), as well as, Leather & Lace, Dreams, Sara (the Intro still amazes me...), Etc...I was also a huge Linda Blair fan, and in those days they looked alot alike.
Stevie's voice, looks, style, stage presence, and lyrics are all the reasons I love her.

A fan sinc e 1981, I've seen EVERY tour since the Mirage Tour, and was there on of the 2 nights they filmed the Live Mirage Tour concert that's on Video, with the amazing version of Sisters of the Moon, (and I think the best live version of The Chain too...). What most people don't know, is if you had a ticket for those 2 nights at the L.A. Forum, the concert(s) were postponed for 2 weeks, and you had to hang on to your tickets. It was mentioned on the greatest rock station (at the time) KMET that the shows were postponed due to Stevie having "nods on her vocal chords".
Either way, she delivered! I was lucky enough to be there the 1st of the 2 nights, and that was the night you see of SOFTM, Rhiannon, Gypsy, and The Chain.
The video is amazing, but still doesn't compare to what it was like in the venue. Stevie's voice echoed over Chris & Lindsey's so much, she was almost all you heard...LOVE IT still to this day :]

My story is somewhat similar in that I noticed EO17 on the radio in 1981 (I was only 12 years old and had my ear glued to the radio) I kept hearing EO17 and really liked the song. I also liked Rhiannon but didn't really make the connection right away. I also could not get enough of Gold. Also loved Dreams. One day I think I finally made the connection that Stevie was the singer of all these wonderful songs. Then when Wild Heart came out and Stand Back was everywhere, well, that cemented my fandom I think. I also connected with Pat Benatar but there was just something so unique about Stevie. She was strong, but yet so feminine. I would run to the TV every time Gypsy or Stand Back video came on and just be in total awe of this woman. I knew deep in my heart that her career/songs would last the test of time.

Oh I am so jealous of you being at that Mirage concert. Wow, what an experience!
We can only hope and pray that SOTM will be included in this upcoming tour. I think everyone would just go totally nuts. It would be such an awesome way to bring the whole venue to a rocking frenzy.

It is really nice to know other people came into their fandom in similar ways because sometimes people look at me like I have two heads or something when they are told I am a huge Stevie/FM fan. Or you get that look like.. hmmm I remember them back in the day and there is this smile and a nostalgic look on their face. I think the music just brings people back to a simpler time without all the stress and troubles of today's world events. Plus hey, Stevie just ROCKS. Period.

[SandyMac]

When I was a kid in elementary school we were made to sing Fleetwood Mac songs by our music teacher, who I am guessing was a big fan. There was nothing like being forced to sing the same songs over and over to make you hate them!

Fast forward to 8th grade when I noticed the girl sitting next to me had "Stevie Nicks" written in pen on her jeans. This was around the time of Leather and Lace and SDMHA. I remember thinking "ah, yes, Stevie is quite cool" and probably didnt think another thing about her/them until 1997 and The Dance!

I remember driving from NY to Chicago with my best friend and playing that tape the entire way! We never got tired of it but at the time I was more into Metallica and soon forgot about Fleetwood Mac. Foolish...

I am now completely insane about them/her. A few months ago I was hunting on youtube for a song I heard and stumbled across Silver Springs. Started reading the comments, started watching the other videos and realized I absolutely loved Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. I am kicking myself to this day that I didnt rediscover them a few months earlier, because I could've seen her when she toured in NJ. I am thrilled I got to see her in Detroit in October and look forward to seeing them in March.

I'm also thrilled to have found this board. I'm on a lot of message boards, on various topics and this is far and away the best. Everyone seems to have a brain and an incredible sense of humor. I'm working my way thru the back pages and laughing my ass off at so many of the posts!

Welcome to The Ledge! :wavey:

[Remy]

I'll have to make a video of when I tell her I am going to see them in concert in March, because the last two times I've gone to see Stevie, the announcement provoked face-down-on-the-floor crying because she's too small to go, too.


I'd love to see that! I mean, not kids crying :) but little STYVI NIKS fans :)

[Zombie]

I'd love to see that! I mean, not kids crying :) but little STYVI NIKS fans :)

LOL, I will see what I can do.

I bet there are a bunch of Ledgie kids that are fans, too. We gotta raise 'em up right, y'all.

[nailatixela]

My mom had The Dance CD when I was little. I remember listening it in the car whenever we went to the Doctor because it was a long trip and we could get through a good part of the CD. I remember My Little Demon the most - I guess those noises in the song are appealing to little kids. LOL. I also enjoyed Say You Will when it first came out I liked that, but still was not obsessed. (Back then I thought Christine was doing the vocal in Morrow turning over in his grace) When I learned that Crystal Visions was out and it was by the Stevie in Fleetwood Mac I was excited to get it - and I was hooked since then. And went out to get every other album I could get my hands on.

[UCYOURGYPC]

My story is somewhat similar in that I noticed EO17 on the radio in 1981 (I was only 12 years old and had my ear glued to the radio) I kept hearing EO17 and really liked the song. I also liked Rhiannon but didn't really make the connection right away. I also could not get enough of Gold. Also loved Dreams. One day I think I finally made the connection that Stevie was the singer of all these wonderful songs. Then when Wild Heart came out and Stand Back was everywhere, well, that cemented my fandom I think. I also connected with Pat Benatar but there was just something so unique about Stevie. She was strong, but yet so feminine. I would run to the TV every time Gypsy or Stand Back video came on and just be in total awe of this woman. I knew deep in my heart that her career/songs would last the test of time.

Oh I am so jealous of you being at that Mirage concert. Wow, what an experience!
We can only hope and pray that SOTM will be included in this upcoming tour. I think everyone would just go totally nuts. It would be such an awesome way to bring the whole venue to a rocking frenzy.

It is really nice to know other people came into their fandom in similar ways because sometimes people look at me like I have two heads or something when they are told I am a huge Stevie/FM fan. Or you get that look like.. hmmm I remember them back in the day and there is this smile and a nostalgic look on their face. I think the music just brings people back to a simpler time without all the stress and troubles of today's world events. Plus hey, Stevie just ROCKS. Period.

Hey Sandy,
Glad to know I have a "Soul Ghost" out there, I loved hearing your story, and I agree on SOTM, I'd love to see her do that song today...I also would like to mention, after reading everyone's stories, I wonder how many Ledgie's loved Say You Will as much as I did? Destiny Rules & Thrown Down have turned out to be 2 of my favorite songs, especially Destiny Rules...The only complaint I'd have of our Goddess, is that she completely change her solo concert set. Enchanted Tour was the closest set to what I'd like to hear. I mean, whatever happened to, After the Glitter Fades, Sleeping Angel, Violet & Blue, Nightbird....HELLO??? I would dump, I need to know, Enchanted, and sorry, but I wish she'd only do a piano version of Rhiannon nowadays....

[GypsyGirl15]

Hey Sandy,
Glad to know I have a "Soul Ghost" out there, I loved hearing your story, and I agree on SOTM, I'd love to see her do that song today...I also would like to mention, after reading everyone's stories, I wonder how many Ledgie's loved Say You Will as much as I did? Destiny Rules & Thrown Down have turned out to be 2 of my favorite songs, especially Destiny Rules...The only complaint I'd have of our Goddess, is that she completely change her solo concert set. Enchanted Tour was the closest set to what I'd like to hear. I mean, whatever happened to, After the Glitter Fades, Sleeping Angel, Violet & Blue, Nightbird....HELLO??? I would dump, I need to know, Enchanted, and sorry, but I wish she'd only do a piano version of Rhiannon nowadays....

I definitely love the SYW album, my favorite Stevie songs beeing Everybody Finds Out, Destiny Rules and Running Through The Garden. Love the demos of Thrown Down though.

[SandyMac]

Hey Sandy,
Glad to know I have a "Soul Ghost" out there, I loved hearing your story, and I agree on SOTM, I'd love to see her do that song today...I also would like to mention, after reading everyone's stories, I wonder how many Ledgie's loved Say You Will as much as I did? Destiny Rules & Thrown Down have turned out to be 2 of my favorite songs, especially Destiny Rules...The only complaint I'd have of our Goddess, is that she completely change her solo concert set. Enchanted Tour was the closest set to what I'd like to hear. I mean, whatever happened to, After the Glitter Fades, Sleeping Angel, Violet & Blue, Nightbird....HELLO??? I would dump, I need to know, Enchanted, and sorry, but I wish she'd only do a piano version of Rhiannon nowadays....

On SYW, I liked Illume, EFO, Destiny Rules, and RTTG, but have to say that EFO is by far my favorite song on this CD. I really like the ending. Stevie sounds like she is telling someone off and turning around in a huff and leaving someone in the dust.

[DoubtfulMiracle]

My story is so recent that I envy all of you who have loved Stevie/FM for decades - what a ride it must have been.

But I think mine was destiny. I was born in 1986. My parents never seemed to be huge fans of FM (although I've since discovered Rumours, Tusk, a Greatest Hits, and RaL on vinyl) but did find them inspirational for baby names, considering Sara, Rhiannon, and Stevie for me. But the first was stolen by a cousin a few months before I was born, the second had a few too many 'ns' for my surname, and Stevie... well, neither parent had the courage to pose that to my very conventional grandmother for her first born granddaughter. But even without the name, I think there was an influence somewhere in there.

My musical tastes have long focused on anything released before I was born. Early last year I was ratting around in the music store for some cheap, older CDs. My mum happened to be with me and goes "What about Fleetwood Mac?", holding up the 2CD Very Best Of. I literally screwed up my nose and said I liked them a bit but not that much. I really only knew anything that got played on the radio. I especially loved Rhiannon and GYOW, but thought Dreams was a bit dull and didn't really want two CDs full of FM stuff. But I gave it the once over, found that it pretty much had everything off Rumours anyway - a CD I'd never seen cheap in store - and was only $19. So I grabbed it.

Putting aside my new copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I listened to the first disc that afternoon in the car. I was spellbound with my new find.

I listened to those 2 CDs for weeks on end and read everything I could on the internet. I remember being completely depressed (in a wonderful way) listening to Storms and Landslide, and rather surprised with SotM. Even GDW was a revelation for me, and I warmed to Dreams. Stevie's songs all fascinated me in different ways. I watched videos on YouTube for hours, and was captivated by The Dance. I was completely addicted and had strange withdrawal-like symptoms when I hadn't listened to FM for more than a few hours. Within a month, I had all the Rumours era CDs, plus Mirage 82 and The Dance. Within another, I had all of Stevie's albums.

I've had a blast these last 12 months, and I've never been so into an artist. I'm desperately hoping FM will come to Australia - my parents tried to get tickets in '04 but they were sold out. I think I scoffed and wondered how many songs they actually had to play. And knowing that I missed Stevie by a couple of years now kills me - I remember the ads and not even really knowing what solo stuff she had done. To think I was at the venue two days before her show here --- for the Backstreet Boys.

Ah, I was so young and naive.

[SandyMac]

My story is so recent that I envy all of you who have loved Stevie/FM for decades - what a ride it must have been.

But I think mine was destiny. I was born in 1986. My parents never seemed to be huge fans of FM (although I've since discovered Rumours, Tusk, a Greatest Hits, and RaL on vinyl) but did find them inspirational for baby names, considering Sara, Rhiannon, and Stevie for me. But the first was stolen by a cousin a few months before I was born, the second had a few too many 'ns' for my surname, and Stevie... well, neither parent had the courage to pose that to my very conventional grandmother for her first born granddaughter. But even without the name, I think there was an influence somewhere in there.

My musical tastes have long focused on anything released before I was born. Early last year I was ratting around in the music store for some cheap, older CDs. My mum happened to be with me and goes "What about Fleetwood Mac?", holding up the 2CD Very Best Of. I literally screwed up my nose and said I liked them a bit but not that much. I really only knew anything that got played on the radio. I especially loved Rhiannon and GYOW, but thought Dreams was a bit dull and didn't really want two CDs full of FM stuff. But I gave it the once over, found that it pretty much had everything off Rumours anyway - a CD I'd never seen cheap in store - and was only $19. So I grabbed it.

Putting aside my new copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I listened to the first disc that afternoon in the car. I was spellbound with my new find.

I listened to those 2 CDs for weeks on end and read everything I could on the internet. I remember being completely depressed (in a wonderful way) listening to Storms and Landslide, and rather surprised with SotM. Even GDW was a revelation for me, and I warmed to Dreams. Stevie's songs all fascinated me in different ways. I watched videos on YouTube for hours, and was captivated by The Dance. I was completely addicted and had strange withdrawal-like symptoms when I hadn't listened to FM for more than a few hours. Within a month, I had all the Rumours era CDs, plus Mirage 82 and The Dance. Within another, I had all of Stevie's albums.

I've had a blast these last 12 months, and I've never been so into an artist. I'm desperately hoping FM will come to Australia - my parents tried to get tickets in '04 but they were sold out. I think I scoffed and wondered how many songs they actually had to play. And knowing that I missed Stevie by a couple of years now kills me - I remember the ads and not even really knowing what solo stuff she had done. To think I was at the venue two days before her show here --- for the Backstreet Boys.

Ah, I was so young and naive.

Wow, what a wonderful story. Well, they say there is no better time than the present so at least you know of FM now and can enjoy the flood of reviews/photos/videos that I am sure will start coming in once the tour starts. And hey, they might... just might actually release another CD to enjoy in a year or so hopefully. So glad you found Stevie and Fleetwood Mac. They do seem to really enrich our lives musically and that is a precious gift as they usually are the soundtrack to our lives.

[THINKABOUTIT]

Hey UCYOURGYPSY...you know who this is (LOL)

Speaking of "Say You Will", there was someone a few weeks back on KLOS, whom when asked by Mark and Brian what Fleetwood Mac works he disliked, he said "Say You Will"?!?!?!?!!! :eek:
That's a first!!!! How in the hell can you dislike that album? Or at the very least, "Thrown Down" (which is soooooo damn amazing).....:shrug:

[marinnette]

thrown down..like a barricade...you listen to this 5 words and you can get the whole picture (of stevie and lindsey of course). another bit of THE LADY genious.

[David]

thrown down..like a barricade...you listen to this 5 words and you can get the whole picture (of stevie and lindsey of course). another bit of THE LADY genious.I don't get it. What does "thrown down/like a barricade" mean? A barricade is the thing that isn't supposed to be thrown down. If it's thrown down, a law is being broken, more than likely. We should support our law enforcement officials by respecting the barricades they erect around crime scenes, construction sites, or crowd-control hot points.

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/pmguide/barricade.gif

[THINKABOUTIT]

the way i always took that is...and pardon my detail...I'm a Literature teacher (LOL) :)

A barricade is a stronger term for a wall...it's a permanent division between two people, in this sense.

So, I always figured that if someone was "thrown down like a barricade", they were quickly tossed aside, made to stay away, in one place., so as to keep a distance.

Most of us always thought it was Stevie who was thrown down by Lindsey during the Dance tour, when there was a "supposed" rekindling between them, and then his girlfriend, now wife, got pregnant. :)

Anyway, there's my two cents...I love interpreting her words; always have. Makes complete sense to me :) Anymore you got for me David? :wavey:

[michelej1]

And when the wall between two people is thrown down, that can be a good thing. A reopening of the lines of communication, letting down one's defenses, melting barriers.

On the other hand, "thrown down" can also be a very passionate term, bringing a scene of raging lust and torrid grasping to mind.

Michele

[marinnette]

And when the wall between two people is thrown down, that can be a good thing. A reopening of the lines of communication, letting down one's defenses, melting barriers.

On the other hand, "thrown down" can also be a very passionate term, bringing a scene of raging lust and torrid grasping to mind.

Michele

that's the picture I get, and I'm sure Stevie knew the image it created and how it could be interpretated. She wouldn't let people think something she didn't mean at all, although her songs can be taken in very different ways, I don't believe she would let listener's minds go so far if it wasn't real (sex reference) or didn't want to say it. It's only my opinion, but anyway, this is off-topic. :woohoo:

[David]

the way i always took that is...and pardon my detail...I'm a Literature teacher (LOL) :)Good morning!

A barricade is a stronger term for a wall...it's a permanent division between two people, in this sense. But when I think of a barricade, I think of the wooden thingies that law enforcement officials use to reroute traffic or block off parts of indoor & outdoor parking lots. Temporary blocking devices.

So, I always figured that if someone was "thrown down like a barricade", they were quickly tossed aside, made to stay away, in one place., so as to keep a distance.I don't understand. The barricades I'm thinking of aren't thrown down or up or any which way. They're picked up & loaded into the back of the truck or the squad car trunk. If somebody is going around throwing those things, an innocent bystander can get hurt. To me, the person throwing a barricade poses a credible threat of force or violence, & should be taken into custody & probably tried for attempted assault or battery -- or at least vandalism. The other thing I don't understand about your explanation is that it seems to me to be an example of hypallage: the transfer of attributes from proper subjects to others (as in Virgil's "the trumpet's Tuscan blare" for "the Tuscan trumpet's blare"). Am I misreading you? You say that someone was "thrown down like a barricade" & that this means that this person was "made to stay away." But wouldn't you put a barricade UP to make someone stay away? That's the purpose of a barricade, yes? Is it likely that Stevie meant "put UP a barricade"? "Thrown down" is ambiguous. Does it mean "thrown out" or "put up" (just like the expression "lay down the law" which means to reinforce with strength the law).

Most of us always thought it was Stevie who was thrown down by Lindsey during the Dance tour, when there was a "supposed" rekindling between them, and then his girlfriend, now wife, got pregnant.I don't understand. You mean that "thrown down" means both that she went to bed with Lindsey & that she was later tossed aside (or thrown out)? But then why would she refer to herself as a barricade? A barricade to what? Her own happiness? Kristen's happiness? Lindsey's desires?

Anyway, there's my two cents...I love interpreting her words; always have. Makes complete sense to me :) Anymore you got for me David? :wavey:How about the opening lines of my favorite song THE NIGHTMARE:

Thrown down through the arms of sleep
She feel through the ivory morning
Deep into the waters of the one she called love
She paled in the wake of what some call a dream
ut you cannot know a dream
Till you've known the nightmare

Aaahhhh. . . . I love that.

[michelej1]

Good morning!

But when I think of a barricade, I think of the wooden thingies that law enforcement officials use to reroute traffic or block off parts of indoor & outdoor parking lots. Temporary blocking devices.



That's just your romantic streak coming through. It tinges your perception of everything. Michele

[THINKABOUTIT]

Ok...sorry, yet I don't understand how this is confusing ;)

If Stevie herself, was the one 'thrown down', she was tossed aside, get it? Used and then meant to keep everything else out/forgotten. (much like, your police reference David)

A barricade carries with it more definitions than that of something used by police.

No....I don't believe she went to bed with Lindsey during the Dance.....there was a supposed rekindling though...that does not exude actual sex.

and yes...a barricade is an ambiguous term...it means either thrown down or put up.

As for your nightmare lyrics....

--Thrown down through the arms of sleep
She feel through the ivory morning
Deep into the waters of the one she called love
She paled in the wake of what some call a dream
but you cannot know a dream
Till you've known the nightmare--

*an ivory morning would suggest a new day...fresh start...lots of possibility; hence, the 2nd line about love.
*to "pale" into something means that you wallow on it...wade around...wading, suggesting trepidation.

[David]

Ok...sorry, yet I don't understand how this is confusing ;)I'm dense. Whaddya want? :]
--Thrown down through the arms of sleep
She fell through the ivory morning
Deep into the waters of the one she called love
She paled in the wake of what some call a dream
but you cannot know a dream
Till you've known the nightmare--

*an ivory morning would suggest a new day...fresh start...lots of possibility; hence, the 2nd line about love.But why specifically "ivory"? Ivory is a muted white, a satiny finish. It's a beautiful color, but what does it mean here? The slight blur, the haze, of ivory satin or a pearl-like surface? The ivory of the piano keys? The ivory of Fleetwood Mac's TUSK? Moreover, falling through the morning connotes danger -- what does she fall into? Presumably, the deep waters of love -- in other words, the swirling maelstrom of passion. Danger, again -- the danger of passion, of attraction. There's a lot going on in these two lines alone -- more than just a pretty new day. My reading is of a vortex of uncontrollable lust, the vortex that sucks you into it, that can obliterate you.

*to "pale" into something means that you wallow on it...wade around...wading, suggesting trepidation.That's what pale (verb) means?! To wallow? I've never heard pale used to mean wallow. Can you give me an example in another source that uses pale to mean wallow? To pale means to turn pale, to blanch (or by extension, to decrease in importance). This person has turned pale in the "wake" of a bad dream (great connotations for wake: boat wake -- emphasizing the water imagery of the earlier line -- & the laying out of the dead for religious reasons). There's also the "wake" of "to awaken" from -- a nightmare! These lines are actually quite chilling. We could go phrase by phrase throughout the entire song & find all sorts of insights. That's in addition to all the beautiful word-painting, the imagery.

This really is one of Stevie's best songs of all time. Throughout this great work, death hangs like a pall of black crepe over a casket.

[michelej1]

I'm dense. Whaddya want? :]


And mischievous.

I'm dense. Whaddya want? :]
But why specifically "ivory"? Ivory is a muted white, a satiny finish. It's a beautiful color, but what does it mean here? The slight blur, the haze, of ivory satin or a pearl-like surface? The ivory of the piano keys? The ivory of Fleetwood Mac's TUSK? Moreover, falling through the morning connotes danger -- what does she fall into? Presumably, the deep waters of love -- in other words, the swirling maelstrom of passion. Danger, again -- the danger of passion, of attraction. There's a lot going on in these two lines alone -- more than just a pretty new day. My reading is of a vortex of uncontrollable lust, the vortex that sucks you into it, that can obliterate you..

Maybe I've been brainwashed by Proctor and Gamble, but I take this use of ivory to mean innocence, purity. She fell from innocence, youth, and virtue into a dark, troubling love. Dangerous, but then you can't appreciate the joy and light, until you've known the dark and nightmarish part of it.

Michele

[David]

Maybe I've been brainwashed by Proctor and Gamble, but I take this use of ivory to mean innocence, purity. She fell from innocence, youth, and virtue into a dark, troubling love. Dangerous, but then you can't appreciate the joy and light, until you've known the dark and nightmarish part of it.These are great points, Michele.

I didn't really lay my interpretive cards on the table before. I sort of hinted at my real view, but I'll just go ahead & say it. Stevie's "nightmare" is a literal nightmare, & her reaching out for the firm handlehold of love is a result, not a cause, of it. This song, in my mind, is a confrontation with terror of the most profound sort: Stevie is describing her nightmare -- a nightmare of her own death.

[michelej1]

I didn't really lay my interpretive cards on the table before. I sort of hinted at my real view, but I'll just go ahead & say it. Stevie's "nightmare" is a literal nightmare, & her reaching out for the firm handlehold of love is a result, not a cause, of it. This song, in my mind, is a confrontation with terror of the most profound sort: Stevie is describing her nightmare -- a nightmare of her own death.

I see, but why is she falling deep into the waters of the one she called love. Does she begin with a pleasant enough dream and then it becomes the nightmare? Because thinking of what you've said, I don't see how she is trying to reach out to love, to rescue her from fear and sleep. Instead, the love comes first and then it turns dark.

So, did she lay down to enjoy pleasant dreams of love, only to have them turn frightening? And if so, has she seen that love or her lover will be the cause of her death?

Michele

[Zombie]

I do not think I recall "pale" being used to mean "wallow" ever in my life...but in Stevie's lyric there, it's always seemed to evoke the word "faded" to me.

[estranged4life]

So my question for everyone is how old are you and when did you really get into Stevie's music. I don't mean when did you first hear of her, but when did you become a dedicated fan.

I'm 38 and I became a dedicated fan years ago (No specific date since I can remember hearing my older brother playing her music back in the late 70's/early 80's)

[wolfontherun]

I've been on this board for 24 hours:)!

I'm 39 and from Sweden (so please, remember English is not my first language!)

Hardcore Steviefans are rare in Sweden, but I met 2 1984 on a private party.
The 2 girls walked in, wearing platforms etc etc, turned off the music that was on at the moment and simply changed record...to The Wild Heart..
Stand Back was the very first I heard of SN, at that point I didn't know who she was at all, and it was...well, I was stunned...
A couple of years went on and what did I one day att work hear from the radio? I can't wait and that strange voice AGAIN!?

My sister then told me it was SN and I ran to the nearest record store for more!

In 1988 I heard Dreams on the radio at work and since that day I' m a hardcorefan.

As I told you in the first place, I'm from Sweden and FM and SN is not a very big issue here..so I guess I'll have to thank those 2 girls in platforms back in 1984.

Anna

Cool story and your English is fine.