Does your partner hate Stevie?

[chriskisn]

Last night on TV we saw a mention of Stevie and Edge of Seventeen. Later before bed my wife goes "I've still got that song by that STUPID woman in my head"

So, innocently I ask "Which woman"

"You know which one"

"Oh you mean Stevie"

"Yes you know I mean Stevie"

My wife has suffered for the past 10 years with my Fleetwood Mac/Stevie addiction. When I first met her she actually liked a couple of FM songs, but now she hates them all. I dragged her along to both the FM and Stevie concert. She sat there hoping that Stevie would fall off the stage while twirling...

She does admit though that she hates Christine more than Stevie. Sadly she has come to hate most of my music Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Bob Dylan (she refused to go to his concert), etc.

So, anyone else got a partner who passionately hates Stevie/FM?

Oh and as a side note, when we met I told her that I if we had a daughter we had to call her Rhiannon. Well, ten years later (no kids yet) we are thinking of having a baby and now I am fighting to have Rhiannon as a middle name... :distress:

[Lee]

Wow, it sounds like your wife really doesn't like Stevie. Well, back in the 70s, I didn't really like her either or her music. She's a little different though now then back then. I don't really think my husband hates her, but I think he still thinks she's like she was back then. He does go with me to her shows & once to see Fleetwood Mac, but he says stuff like she's sleeping with all the men in Fleetwood Mac, & the members of her band like Waddy. Well, she did have that kind of reputation back then, but she's totally not like that now, I'm sure. I just saw the thread about Stevie's underwear on E-Bay, & that's funny because my husband thinks she doesn't ever wear any underwear on stage. :laugh: My husband does like Fleetwood Mac's, Lindsey's (solo) & Stevie's (solo) music.

Lee :)

[GoldDustOrphan]

For a while, my Brazilian boyfriend loved to challenge me at every opportunity when it came to Stevie. He just doesn't get her music, or why I find everything surrounding her so damn funny. And he thinks I spend way too much on this message board. Now, he won't speak of her in English. Every complaint of "here we go again" is whispered under his breath in Portuguese. He's even drawn moustaches and beards on pictures of her.

[chriskisn]

. He does go with me to her shows & once to see Fleetwood Mac, but he says stuff like she's sleeping with all the men in Fleetwood Mac, & the members of her band like Waddy. Well, she did have that kind of reputation back then, but she's totally not like that now, I'm sure.
Lee :)

ah yes thats something else my wife always says...about how many men Stevie has slept with...I think she says it jokingly but I can't be sure :confused:

[Lee]

My husband is joking, well, I think he is anyway. But really it's none of my business who Stevie slepts with or hasn't slept with. All this history she has though, that the band has is intriguing to me. Their obvious chemistry together (& music) when I saw them on TV in The Dance is what finally drew me in. :thumbsup:

Lee :)

[louielouie2000]

All of my boyfriends have just been rather indifferent towards her. None hated her, but none were nuts about her either. Although one did own Red Rocks, and knew it inside and out. It was he and an old high school buddy's 'obliteration tape.' They always put it on when they were in the mood to get really f!cked up, I guess Stevie guided the way for them in her coked out stupor LOL. :laugh: Come to think of it, he may have owned a Mac album or two as well. He was more a fan of Christine though. I drug yet another boyfriend to go see Stevie in 2005. I think he actually really had fun. But again... none of them were fans by any means. I think they just thought she was OK because her music meant so much to me.

[darla]

My husband like Stevie. He said there is something about her. He doesn't go
to all of the Stevie concerts with me, but he gone to two and one with Fleetwood
Mac. I am bringing him with me next year to see Fleetwood Mac

Darla

[GODDESS6]

my husband knew that when we got together that stevie was part of the package~
but he was a fan of the mac before i met him~ he graduated in 1978 & had 2 copies of rumours~ he likes stevie & will go to ends of the earth so i can see her live~

[Steviefan49]

my husband knew that when we got together that stevie was part of the package~
but he was a fan of the mac before i met him~ he graduated in 1978 & had 2 copies of rumours~ he likes stevie & will go to ends of the earth so i can see her live~

Nice Jill!! That's awesome! My boyfriend John, I met on the "Stevie Nicks Chain" - so that's sorta a "given" that he knows Stevie comes along with the package here too, and knowing he's into her as well, boy does that help! LOL.. He also loves the Mac too, so I think we are SOOOO lucky in that aspect.. I dunno what I'd do if my significant other didn't like Stevie.. I guess I would just be listening in the car and going to her shows by myself.. or with my buds, instead of him.. ? :confused: LOL

[vivfox]

A couple of boyfriends ago named Carlos said it would be ok with him if I played my new rock CD and so I put on Crystal Visions. When it was over he said all the songs sounded the same. He had never heard of Stevie Nicks before. I always date Hispanic men and none of them had ever heard of FM or Stevie.

[Musicman408]

Last night on TV we saw a mention of Stevie and Edge of Seventeen. Later before bed my wife goes "I've still got that song by that STUPID woman in my head"

So, innocently I ask "Which woman"

"You know which one"

"Oh you mean Stevie"

"Yes you know I mean Stevie"

My wife has suffered for the past 10 years with my Fleetwood Mac/Stevie addiction. When I first met her she actually liked a couple of FM songs, but now she hates them all. I dragged her along to both the FM and Stevie concert. She sat there hoping that Stevie would fall off the stage while twirling...

She does admit though that she hates Christine more than Stevie. Sadly she has come to hate most of my music Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Bob Dylan (she refused to go to his concert), etc.

So, anyone else got a partner who passionately hates Stevie/FM?

Oh and as a side note, when we met I told her that I if we had a daughter we had to call her Rhiannon. Well, ten years later (no kids yet) we are thinking of having a baby and now I am fighting to have Rhiannon as a middle name... :distress:

That's really sad. I'm sorry to hear that it is that way.

[michelej1]

I just saw the thread about Stevie's underwear on E-Bay, & that's funny because my husband thinks she doesn't ever wear any underwear on stage. :laugh:
Lee :)

Has your husband seen Stevie lately? She looks like she's wearing a whole house under her dress, let alone underwear.

Michele

[mylittledemon]

Last night on TV we saw a mention of Stevie and Edge of Seventeen. Later before bed my wife goes "I've still got that song by that STUPID woman in my head"

So, innocently I ask "Which woman"

"You know which one"

"Oh you mean Stevie"

"Yes you know I mean Stevie"

My wife has suffered for the past 10 years with my Fleetwood Mac/Stevie addiction. When I first met her she actually liked a couple of FM songs, but now she hates them all. I dragged her along to both the FM and Stevie concert. She sat there hoping that Stevie would fall off the stage while twirling...

She does admit though that she hates Christine more than Stevie. Sadly she has come to hate most of my music Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Bob Dylan (she refused to go to his concert), etc.

So, anyone else got a partner who passionately hates Stevie/FM?

Oh and as a side note, when we met I told her that I if we had a daughter we had to call her Rhiannon. Well, ten years later (no kids yet) we are thinking of having a baby and now I am fighting to have Rhiannon as a middle name... :distress:

hahahaha....awesome.

My wife doesn't dislike Fleetwood Mac, but doesn't really like them either. I think she likes the Lindsey Buckingham stuff more than the Stevie Mac tunes.

My previous "long term relationship" was with a girl named Stephanie. She detested Stevie Nicks. Just to rub her wrong I'd call her Stevie sometimes. I've learned in recent years that most all of her friends now call her "Stevie." =)

[Zombie]

Last night on TV we saw a mention of Stevie and Edge of Seventeen. Later before bed my wife goes "I've still got that song by that STUPID woman in my head"

So, innocently I ask "Which woman"

"You know which one"

"Oh you mean Stevie"

"Yes you know I mean Stevie"

My wife has suffered for the past 10 years with my Fleetwood Mac/Stevie addiction. When I first met her she actually liked a couple of FM songs, but now she hates them all. I dragged her along to both the FM and Stevie concert. She sat there hoping that Stevie would fall off the stage while twirling...

She does admit though that she hates Christine more than Stevie. Sadly she has come to hate most of my music Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Bob Dylan (she refused to go to his concert), etc.

So, anyone else got a partner who passionately hates Stevie/FM?

Oh and as a side note, when we met I told her that I if we had a daughter we had to call her Rhiannon. Well, ten years later (no kids yet) we are thinking of having a baby and now I am fighting to have Rhiannon as a middle name... :distress:

Aw, jeez. :-( What's the reasoning behind hating her so much? Do you think she's maybe jealous? Zee wimmins, they can be zee crazy.

I have an ex that didn't care for her at all and would sometimes crack sarcastic jokes, but nothing so bad as what you are dealing with. I'm sorry she is like that to you. I feel like the music we love is a fundamental part of our personalities, so when you go after what someone likes, it's basically a way of saying that you think they're inferior somehow for liking something you don't.

My boyfriend is probably what you'd call neutral about Stevie & the Mac, but he humors me because he knows how much I love it all. He was going to take me to see Stevie in Ontario over the summer, but we ended up scrapping that to see Leonard Cohen instead - I'd already seen Stevie twice this year, and the Cohen show was a once in a lifetime chance that we couldn't pass up. We also ended up seeing Morris Day and the Time the night before the Cohen show, which was a total blast.

While being neutral on Stevie, however, he <i>is</i> a major Waddy fan (partly due to being a major Warren Zevon fan), so I can sometimes get away with rambling about Stevie by mentioning Waddy a few times. :laugh:

To show my appreciation for his tolerance and patience in the face of my rabid fan-geekery, I made it my mission to snag one of Waddy's picks for him at the last Stevie show I went to, which he was really pleased with.

[Enchanted_Stevi]

My ex boyfriend didnt like Stevie...his band and his friends made fun of me and Stevie...lol...They only did it to piss me off until I just didnt care anymore...So they stopped. He would put up with Stevie but he didnt really like her.

My crush likes Stevie Nicks:D My other guy friend likes Stevie ...he made me make him a mix cd with all of my facvorite Stevie songs.

[Steviefan49]

Has your husband seen Stevie lately? She looks like she's wearing a whole house under her dress, let alone underwear.

Michele

LMAOOOOOOOOOO.. Michele.. I have to say that's SOOO true.. I dunno how many corsets and push up bras I thought I saw her in, during a couple of songs the last time she was here, in Houston.. and I was rolling thinking how hot she must be in all that gear.. LMAOOO:laugh:

[gold-dusted]

So, anyone else got a partner who passionately hates Stevie/FM?



Sad to see that your wife doesn't like your passion or is respecting it. This would make it much easier.

My boyfriend did know that I'm a Stevie fan and never ever said something against this. I think it's because he's a Bob Dylan fan and understands having this passionate for an artist. Honestly it took my two or three years *lol* 'til I "fell" in love with Bob. I never gave a dime on him because I never REALLY listened to his lyrics and read his work. Then we went to a concert and I just was VERY impressed. I love his new song "Dreamin' of you". Few months ago I've restarted collecting stuff on Sharon Tate. I've collected Sharon Tate before Stevie but stopped doing this for years. Now I'm collecting again and what did my boyfriend? He just smiled!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

LMAOOOOOOOOOO.. Michele.. I have to say that's SOOO true.. I dunno how many corsets and push up bras I thought I saw her in, during a couple of songs the last time she was here, in Houston.. and I was rolling thinking how hot she must be in all that gear.. LMAOOO:laugh:

Yet she doesnt sweat!! has anyone noticed that? Like most musicians get all sweaty and nasty....Stevie doesnt...lol

[Steviefan49]

Yet she doesnt sweat!! has anyone noticed that? Like most musicians get all sweaty and nasty....Stevie doesnt...lol

Hey Caitlin..

I saw that too.. Maybe it's all that "Le Mer" that keeps her cool? LOL:shrug::p

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Hey Caitlin..

I saw that too.. Maybe it's all that "Le Mer" that keeps her cool? LOL:shrug::p

HEY Arlene!!

MAYBE..or maybe because Stevie is just good like that...SUPER STEVIE!

[DavidMn]

Me ex-boyfriend Derek was at times VERY jealous of my interest in Stevie/Fleetwood Mac. I told him you can either put up with it or not because I'm not going to change. Thats one of the reasons hes now my ex....:laugh:

[GODDESS6]

Sad to see that your wife doesn't like your passion or is respecting it. This would make it much easier.

My boyfriend did know that I'm a Stevie fan and never ever said something against this. I think it's because he's a Bob Dylan fan and understands having this passionate for an artist. Honestly it took my two or three years *lol* 'til I "fell" in love with Bob. I never gave a dime on him because I never REALLY listened to his lyrics and read his work. Then we went to a concert and I just was VERY impressed. I love his new song "Dreamin' of you". Few months ago I've restarted collecting stuff on Sharon Tate. I've collected Sharon Tate before Stevie but stopped doing this for years. Now I'm collecting again and what did my boyfriend? He just smiled!

wow i would love to see what you have in regards to sharon~ i was 1 yr & 4 days old when the murders occured & have virtually been raised knowing the story~ she is one of the most beautiful women i have ever seen~ did you see the show recently where her sister opened her closet?, i would love to have clothes like that!!~

[SandyMac]

I guess I should consider myself a little bit lucky in the sense that my husband doesn't hate Stevie or anything like that, but thinks her music is just "okay". He does humor me by helping me get set up with a bit torrent client so I can download torrents, he helps me record stuff onto our DVR and transfer to computer, and stuff like that.

He also got a BN album from E-Bay and stuff like that too for me.

I also have dragged him to many Stevie and FM concerts. Although, this past June I gave him a rest and went to Atlantic City with a friend of mine that was totally blown away by Stevie's performance on 6/20 of this year. It was so very nice to know that Stevie can have that affect on someone. My friend was almost speechless after the concert and had a huge smile on her face and all she could say was "AWESOME". She was amazed at how much of her personality and humor came out during the concert.

I would say my husband is tolerant of my fandom because he knows how much Stevie's music means to me and he wants to see me happy. He even asks me from time to time if there is anything new or exciting on the message boards.

[wolfontherun]

I have dragged my partner to about 10 stevie shows and 3 FM shows. He is really great about it. In the beginning he bought sevferal CDS so that he could get to know their songs before we went to a concert. He also sees how much I love her and them and so he encourages me and sees my joy and gets joy in seeing my joy.

One time we were at the Edge walk and as she was approaching he started yelling to her " Stevie, Stevie, STEVIE" until she looked at him then HE pointed to me and said " they love you" she looked at me and smiled and said oh ok thank you then reached down to shake my hand.

I know, awwwwwwwww!

[gold-dusted]

wow i would love to see what you have in regards to sharon~ i was 1 yr & 4 days old when the murders occured & have virtually been raised knowing the story~ she is one of the most beautiful women i have ever seen~ did you see the show recently where her sister opened her closet?, i would love to have clothes like that!!~

Hi Jill,
no, I haven't seen the show where Debra Tate has opened Sharon's closet but did see a short YouTube Video of it. I don't have any videos on Sharon but like to watch the YouTube videos here and then. I'm mostly collecting photos and articles on Sharon and have a pretty nice collection with rare original clippings from 1965 'til today. It's sad that the most people do remind her as a victim of Charles Manson. Unbelievable what she might have been going through to safe her baby and her life but lost the fight. Sharon was a very talented actress and indeed a very beautiful woman. The most people are not seeing this side of her.

[gold_dust]

My boyfriend doesn't really care enough about Stevie to hate/love her. Just like I don't care enough about Radiohead or Bloc Party.

I turned him onto Fleetwood Mac, and I know that if they get back out on the road again next year he'll come with me, but if it was just Stevie - I'm on my own.

[Msgypsy1959]

My husband is ok with Stevie.He has come with me to FM and Stevie concerts.He just says he gets tired of hearing them all the time.But it works both ways.He is into country music now.It's ok but I am sooo sick of Sugarland ;).We did name our daughter Rhiannon though.I had told him when I found out I was pregnant if it was a girl that was gonna be her name. I researched the meaning and read the Mabinogion.He liked it also but I had a boy first.My kids names are Jude ( after Saint Jude not the Beatles song) and Rhiannon.My daughter just had a little boy 3 months ago, you would think she would name him something non traditional.Nope his name is James lol.

[chriskisn]

Sad to see that your wife doesn't like your passion or is respecting it. This would make it much easier.



It might also have something to do with the fact that I think Stevie is hot...not sure why she feels threatened - my wife is 27, Stevie is 60. :shrug:

[StandbackStevie]

my bf doesnt hate stevie but he says is too much but i really dont play her music around him for a long time and he says oh her again or them again refering to fleetwood mac but when he is at work and he is a mechanic and they have the radio on and if a stevie nicks or fleetwood mac he says he loves gyspy so he cranks it and he tells me every once in a while at work i heard gyspy and cranked it so i say to him oh gee you crank up a song you by an artist you can't stand...lol he says every time he hears a stevie nicks and fleetwood mac song he thinks of me all the time..lol he does have his rudeness like took him to see stevie in concert once in hartford on trouble in shangri-la tour and we had 13th row center seats he saw maybe 3 songs and he fell asleep thru the whole show and makes rude comments too when i go to the concerts by myself or with some friends but he is a gear head i told him well you go to the same damn car shows every year same people are there and its for 3 days in PA in Carlisle and the same damn people win the same awards i go and dont say a word and try to have fun there with him but i said you have your thing i enjoy going to see stevie nicks and fleetwood mac have been since I was 9 years old and first stevie concert at 16. And he told me he used to like them until he met me i have to say he did have the rumours cassette which i think every house hold in the world has one copy of rumours around. So he always throws his diggs so i am playing a little more stevie around him again just to piss him off even more now...lol :lol:

[wildheart048]

When my partner and I first met, he had the Tango and a two-fer of FM(white)/Rumours - both on Cassette...Tango he had never flipped over, and so only knew the first side...other than the obvious hits, that was the extent of his knowledge ... He didn't hate or dislike Stevie, but didn't know much...In no time at all, however I got him into her...not like me (or most of us here) but he knows every song, most of the demos...her back up work ... He gets excited when she tours, we've gone to a couple of Night Of A Thousand Stevie's together ... He's totally on board. That makes it a hell of a lot easier, I must say, because we live together now, and it would be a shame if he lived in a shrine to someone he hated hee hee hee...

On a side note...to the person who first started this thread (I'm sorry...i just read through the whole thing, and I forget your name) anyway, Bonnie Tyler is another of my favorites and (I just (2 weeks ago) got the chance to finally see her live after 30 years of fandom!) Anyway, after the show she came out and I was able to meet here ... totally awesome...:angel:

[chriskisn]

On a side note...to the person who first started this thread (I'm sorry...i just read through the whole thing, and I forget your name)

thats ok I'll forgive you :)


Bonnie Tyler is another of my favorites and (I just (2 weeks ago) got the chance to finally see her live after 30 years of fandom!) Anyway, after the show she came out and I was able to meet here ... totally awesome...:angel:

Now I'm green with envy. I absolutely adore Bonnie (which is probably weird for a 34 year old guy). Her voice is amazing! My favourite female vocalists are Stevie, Bonnie and Janis Joplin - must be something about the husky vocals? :D

Sadly I doubt I'd ever get the chance to see her live - big acts don't always make it down-under... I can't see Bonnie making down here these days.

[GODDESS6]

Hi Jill,
no, I haven't seen the show where Debra Tate has opened Sharon's closet but did see a short YouTube Video of it. I don't have any videos on Sharon but like to watch the YouTube videos here and then. I'm mostly collecting photos and articles on Sharon and have a pretty nice collection with rare original clippings from 1965 'til today. It's sad that the most people do remind her as a victim of Charles Manson. Unbelievable what she might have been going through to safe her baby and her life but lost the fight. Sharon was a very talented actress and indeed a very beautiful woman. The most people are not seeing this side of her.

sounds like you have neat things~ & you're right it is sad that alot of people only associate her w/ manson~ i loved her on the hillbillies & valley of the dolls~
& her hubby's movie rosemary's baby is an alltime fav of mine~

[wildheart048]

thats ok I'll forgive you :)




Now I'm green with envy. I absolutely adore Bonnie (which is probably weird for a 34 year old guy). Her voice is amazing! My favourite female vocalists are Stevie, Bonnie and Janis Joplin - must be something about the husky vocals? :D

Sadly I doubt I'd ever get the chance to see her live - big acts don't always make it down-under... I can't see Bonnie making down here these days.

Thanks for the forgiveness! :wavey: Well, apparently, Bonnie hadn't done a full show in NYC since 1979 or something? So it was kind of a big deal...I had seen her once before (I think it was in '06) but it was a Jim Steinman show and Bonnie came out as a special guest and did one song (TEOTH, duh!) Her voice is everything you'd imagine live, she just opens her mouth and that rasp comes out - it's truly effortless ... anyway, don't give up, I've a feeling these shows are because she is putting out a new CD next year and perhaps it's going to get a worldwide release for a change..who knows? Maybe she'll come to you next! BTW, love Janis, too...Bonnie did Turtle Blues and it was amazing (she also did 'To Love Someone', which is sort of a Janis cover, too) And she is sweet as can be, too...when i spoke with her, we laughed and she signed my It's A Heartache album cover, took pictures, and just spent as much time as I (and every one else waiting to talk with her) wanted...

[PenguinHead]

Sad to see that your wife doesn't like your passion or is respecting it. This would make it much easier.

My boyfriend did know that I'm a Stevie fan and never ever said something against this. I think it's because he's a Bob Dylan fan and understands having this passionate for an artist. Honestly it took my two or three years *lol* 'til I "fell" in love with Bob. I never gave a dime on him because I never REALLY listened to his lyrics and read his work. Then we went to a concert and I just was VERY impressed. I love his new song "Dreamin' of you". Few months ago I've restarted collecting stuff on Sharon Tate. I've collected Sharon Tate before Stevie but stopped doing this for years. Now I'm collecting again and what did my boyfriend? He just smiled!

Sharon Tate??? Do you actually mean the actress who was murdered by Manson's freaks? I'm very curious to know what it is that you collect from her?? "It's too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate," (the only lyrics I remember from a song named "All The People I Know Have Died!"

[vivfox]

Sharon Tate??? Do you actually mean the actress who was murdered by Manson's freaks? I'm very curious to know what it is that you collect from her?? "It's too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate," (the only lyrics I remember from a song named "All The People I Know Have Died!"
I think the song is called People Who Died and it is sung by The Jim Carroll Band.

[Mywyldhrt]

My partner can't stand Landslide, nor most of her commercially released stuff-Quite frankly-I spent about 30 years drawn to Stevie for that material. However, through these websites, I was introduced to her demos and unreleased material as well as kick ass bootlegs. I am getting into her music all over again-like its brand new. I very rarely listen to released stuff-I much prefer my new found demos-my girlfriend can tolerate a certain amount, but I won't push it-I commute-I use that to have my "STEVIE MOMENTS".