The 1975s Matty Healy in conversation with Stevie Nicks

lilyfee · #1 05-05-2020, 03:05 PM

A really wonderful long-form interview with Stevie Nicks by The 1975’s Matty Healy: https://theface.com/audio/matty-heal...-fleetwood-mac

The link includes both the transcript and a podcast/audio version.

Stevie talks about her early days in Fleetwood Mac, but she also tells some new stories as well. For example, she talks a little about the situation with Lindsay, starting and ending cocaine, the Tango in the Night album, her writing process, and her love for The 1975. I found the whole interview to be really interesting and enlightening. I love just hearing Stevie talk. I did wish at times that Matty Healy had circled back to certain questions after the interview became more conversational but I was surprised at how open and candid Stevie was.

sleepless child · #2 05-05-2020, 03:45 PM

I wish we could have gotten more out of her about what happened with her and Lindsey.

But overall, it's a pretty good interview.

sleepless child · #3 05-05-2020, 03:54 PM

So basically she says they separated paths. Like it was so amicable.

And that the music kept them together and now that they aren't recording anymore, there is no more magic? So no reason to stay together?

That's kind of what I got from her as her side of the split.

vivfox · #4 05-05-2020, 06:44 PM

That was a fantastic interview!! Thank you so much for posting.

BombaySapphire3 · #5 05-05-2020, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepless child

So basically she says they separated paths. Like it was so amicable.

And that the music kept them together and now that they aren't recording anymore, there is no more magic? So no reason to stay together?

That's kind of what I got from her as her side of the split.

Because she refused to record with Fleetwood Mac anymore !..sheesh what a piece of work.

UnwindedDreams · #6 05-05-2020, 09:53 PM

She said Lindsey's Tango songs were her favorites. Big Love was wonderful and that FM didn't get to do the album version on stage b/c Lindsey didn't want to.
Why didn't Neil Finn sing Big Love, Family Man, or Caroline instead of MM, SHN, or GYOW then?

SteveMacD · #7 05-06-2020, 03:43 AM

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She said Lindsey's Tango songs were her favorites. Big Love was wonderful and that FM didn't get to do the album version on stage b/c Lindsey didn't want to.
Why didn't Neil Finn sing Big Love, Family Man, or Caroline instead of MM, SHN, or GYOW then?

Who cares?

ViscountViktor · #8 05-09-2020, 08:10 AM

Midway through this and it's so great.

ViscountViktor · #9 05-09-2020, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ViscountViktor

Midway through this and it's so great.

Love hearing Stevie talk, I could listen to her tales all day.

Especially the bit about Tango in the Night, it's so great to hear Stevie being a fan of Fleetwood Mac and specific album cuts which we don't hear about very often.

I'm gonna have to check out the 1975 now. As a fellow Brit I can vouch for the cultural impact of that album, Everywhere is such a massive hit here.

sleepless child · #10 05-09-2020, 02:48 PM

I'm still puzzled as to when the Kolonopin kicked in. Mick said in an interview that during Tango in the Night, he and Stevie were the big cocaine users and would use a trailer that Lindsey had parked outside his house to party in. She was gone most of the time because she was touring with Rock a Little and she was using during that tour. She went to Betty Ford after the tour and then went in to work on Tango. Wouldn't she have been alert and drug free? but she mentions working on Tango after being prescribed the Kolonopin. So I still am so confused as to when she started using it and when it kicked in making her a bit of a zombie. She seemed really good during the Tango press tour and videos. So she must have been working on Tango while touring and using. Then went to Betty Ford at the end of the year and was given Kolonopin when she got out?

HomerMcvie · #11 05-09-2020, 04:11 PM

I think it takes a while for Klonopin to start really kicking your ass. I know a couple of people prescribed it recently, and I always tell them about $tevie's problem with it.

Maybe she was taking double or triple what she was supposed to???

SteveMacD · #12 05-09-2020, 07:03 PM

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I'm still puzzled as to when the Kolonopin kicked in. Mick said in an interview that during Tango in the Night, he and Stevie were the big cocaine users and would use a trailer that Lindsey had parked outside his house to party in. She was gone most of the time because she was touring with Rock a Little and she was using during that tour. She went to Betty Ford after the tour and then went in to work on Tango. Wouldn't she have been alert and drug free? but she mentions working on Tango after being prescribed the Kolonopin. So I still am so confused as to when she started using it and when it kicked in making her a bit of a zombie. She seemed really good during the Tango press tour and videos. So she must have been working on Tango while touring and using. Then went to Betty Ford at the end of the year and was given Kolonopin when she got out?

She was probably coked up early on, got clean from coke, but was still heavily using alcohol and probably pot.

tabruns · #13 05-09-2020, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepless child

I'm still puzzled as to when the Kolonopin kicked in. Mick said in an interview that during Tango in the Night, he and Stevie were the big cocaine users and would use a trailer that Lindsey had parked outside his house to party in. She was gone most of the time because she was touring with Rock a Little and she was using during that tour. She went to Betty Ford after the tour and then went in to work on Tango. Wouldn't she have been alert and drug free? but she mentions working on Tango after being prescribed the Kolonopin. So I still am so confused as to when she started using it and when it kicked in making her a bit of a zombie. She seemed really good during the Tango press tour and videos. So she must have been working on Tango while touring and using. Then went to Betty Ford at the end of the year and was given Kolonopin when she got out?

The other thing is THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR came out 2 years after TANGO IN THE NIGHT and Nicks referred to that album as her "last good album" before Klonopin started turning her into a zombie. So yeah - it does seem that the Klonopin effect was largely after TANGO.

I think its likely she was off coke but still drinking quite a bit during TANGO. Whatever it was, Buckingham referenced how hard Nicks and Fleetwood were partying and how much that made it difficult to finish the album and impossible to tour behind it.