Songs written about Stevie?

[Heartboy]

Besides Lindsey, do you think or know of any songs written about her or feature her in some way?


This has me thinkin' about some songs.:)

[louielouie2000]

How funny, I was just thinking about starting a similar thread :). I believe:

I would Die 4 U by Prince to be about Stevie.
Stevie Baby by Dave Stewart
Don't Come Around Here No More by Tom Petty is inspired by a Stevie incident.
It's Only Love by Sheryl Crow
Malibu by Hole/Courtney Love

There are more I'm forgetting. And I'm sure plenty we don't even know about.

[Artemis]

I'm fairly sure Life In The Fast Lane by the Eagles is about Stevie and Lindsey. Even if they deny it. The lyrics fit. :laugh:

[WildHearted]

Life in the Fast Lane has been rumoured to be about Stevie and Lindsey, hasn't it?

Also, I've seen it suggested that Hotel California was partially inspired by her (I guess the 'she' parts), or her house or something don't know if that was just speculation or where that came from exactly. And I know next to nothing about the Eagles, I just read this somewhere haha.

Then there are those songs with her name in the title that I can't think of right now.

[saintvox]

Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks - The Rotters

[WildHearted]

Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks - The Rotters

That's the one I was thinking of. :lol:

[APerfectLie]

How funny, I was just thinking about starting a similar thread :). I believe:

I would Die 4 U by Prince to be about Stevie.
Stevie Baby by Dave Stewart
Don't Come Around Here No More by Tom Petty is inspired by a Stevie incident.
It's Only Love by Sheryl Crow
Malibu by Hole/Courtney Love

There are more I'm forgetting. And I'm sure plenty we don't even know about.

Def I Would Die 4 U. I think his song Darling Nikki is about her too. Also, I have ALWAYS thought Purple Rain is about her too. He apparently gave her the track for her to write the words, but she couldn't and then he comes up with lyrics like this:

I never wanted to be your weekend lover.
I only wanted to be some kind of friend.
Baby I could never steal you from another.
It's such a shame our friendship had to end.

Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing.
It's time we all reach out for something new,
That means you too.
You say you want a leader,
But you can't seem to make up your mind.

[cristochango]

Witchy Woman - The Eagles (?)

[WildHearted]

Witchy Woman - The Eagles (?)

The lyrics fit but the timing doesn't. Didn't that song come out in like 1972?

[cristochango]

The lyrics fit but the timing doesn't. Didn't that song come out in like 1972?

Just wikipedia-ed it. You know your stuff ;)
twenty bucks Stevie calls it one of those "premonition" songs :D

[CADreaming]

The lyrics fit but the timing doesn't. Didn't that song come out in like 1972?

You're right - Witchy Woman is not about her.

Stevie by Brian Wilson is.

[Artemis]

I like to think Christine's Friend is about Stevie, as well as the other members of the band. It makes it that little bit extra lovely for me.

[BombaySapphire3]

Calexico -Not Even Stevie Nicks

[APerfectLie]

Just wikipedia-ed it. You know your stuff ;)
twenty bucks Stevie calls it one of those "premonition" songs :D

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[Amlyn]

Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan

[michelej1]

Magnet and Steel

Michele

[Heartboy]

A few people have mentioned that Rupert wrote this song with Stevie in mind & after hearing some of the lyrics, I can see it but I doubt it's about her. :shrug:

Awesome song, though!:nod:


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[michelej1]

I also feel that Prince's Fury is about Stevie and FM.

Michele

[WildHearted]

Do songs Stevie wrote about herself count?

If so, we've got lots of material there :lol:

[cristochango]

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:o
Wait... she said she's not a witch? Am I the only one whose never heard this before? :shocked:

[WildHearted]

:o
Wait... she said she's not a witch? Am I the only one whose never heard this before? :shocked:

"I'm not a witch. Get a life!"

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[DarkUponLight]

"Theres no like... Owls up there"... Those are only brought in for special occasions... like the Moonlight video... Lol

[jrpjr]

there was a song posted somewhere either on here or some other site...dont kno the name of the song and i just spent 20 minutes trying to find it..maybe 1 of u folks know...i thought it was called "stevie nicks that ****..." I KNO this was the chorus (if u will) cause they repeat it 100 x's..its an anti drug song making ref to her giving up cocaine and/or klonopin...now its driving me nuts so help me out if u can...appreciated

[Musicman408]

What was the rap song, "Stevie Nicks that S***

[jrpjr]

What was the rap song, "Stevie Nicks that S***

i thought so but i cant find it...i heard it probably last summer..i'll keep lloking but ihope somebody finds it..IT DRIVING ME NUTS!! still lookingggggggg.............

[gypsy4life]

I like to think Christine's Friend is about Stevie, as well as the other members of the band. It makes it that little bit extra lovely for me.

I have always felt "Friend" was about Stevie, too.

[gypsy4life]

i thought so but i cant find it...i heard it probably last summer..i'll keep lloking but ihope somebody finds it..IT DRIVING ME NUTS!! still lookingggggggg.............

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[henryscutter]

I always thought the Eagles "Victim of Love" , Don Henley's "I can't stans still" and "Not enough Love in the World" among others could easily been inspired by Stevie. Great songs too :thumbsup:

[Musicman408]

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Thank you!! :)

[ontheEdgeof17]

"Nolita Fairytale" by Vanessa Carlton has a Stevie reference right in the bridge of the song.

[saintvox]

Nolita Fairytale - Vanessa Carlton

This one only mentions Stevie, but I still count it.

The One -Vanessa Carlton

Features Stevie, and I believe Nessa said it was about conversations she had with her.

LOL I should read, the first one was mentioned.

[jrpjr]

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HAHAHAhaaaaaaa!! u the bessssssssssssst gypsy4life...now come to my house and help me find my damn tax bill!! haaaa..JK!! thanks for finding this...i told my wife i would find it..she says....YA!.."IN YOUR DREAMS" she did the stevie nix **** w/o even realizing.. i married a NON FAN..grounds for divorce?? nhaaaaaa...we "cheaper than free" cy a..thanks again..made my night

[jrpjr]

has stevie ever commented on this song?? would love to kno wat she thinks about it...anybody kno???

[sorcerer999]

Don Henley said he wrote "Those Shoes" (an Eagles tune) about Stevie.

[CreepingDeath]

Witchy Woman - The Eagles (?)

I heard it was about Linda Ronstadt. Weren't the Eagles her back-up singers for awhile?

[Dodfather]

Witchy Woman - The Eagles (?)

I've heard/read several times that this was about Linda Ronstadt. The Eagles were her backing band before they hit it big (the wuote I've read is that Linda "got their chops up!") and she was also in a relationship witjh JD Souther and living with him Laurel Canyon. He dumped her for Joni Mitchell - there have been several mentions of an unfortunate incident where they both met on his doorstep as Joni was leaving one morning!

[jellyman10]

I've heard/read several times that this was about Linda Ronstadt. The Eagles were her backing band before they hit it big (the wuote I've read is that Linda "got their chops up!") and she was also in a relationship witjh JD Souther and living with him Laurel Canyon. He dumped her for Joni Mitchell - there have been several mentions of an unfortunate incident where they both met on his doorstep as Joni was leaving one morning!

'Love was around every corner'. And the sheets were never cold round JD's gaff.

[jellyman10]

'Desiree' by Rick Vito is about Stevie.

[Dodfather]

'Love was around every corner'. And the sheets were never cold round JD's gaff.


Very true. Check out several interviews, documentaries about that whole scene as well as Hotel California by Barney Hoskins to found out just how much he got around... Linda Ronstast, Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill, Bonnie Raitt, not tomention endless young girls who hung around the Troubadour. There's a story involving him, Jackson Browne and some groupies in the Troub parking lot...

[StandbackStevie]

I heard Stevie inspired for Dave Stewart and Tom Petty to write
"Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty. I remember reading in an interview a few years ago from Dave Stewart that it was a one night stand he and Stevie had in the 80's and Stevie told him Don't Come Around Here No More so a song was inspired.

[chriskisn]

I think his song Darling Nikki is about her too.

Really? In a hotel lobby? Stevie? Sheesh I thought she had more class... :lol:

[jellyman10]

I heard Stevie inspired for Dave Stewart and Tom Petty to write
"Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty. I remember reading in an interview a few years ago from Dave Stewart that it was a one night stand he and Stevie had in the 80's and Stevie told him Don't Come Around Here No More so a song was inspired.

I think the story is that the morning after Dave and Stevie were together, Joe Walsh called her up and Dave overheard her telling him on the phone to 'Don't come around here no more'. That gave him the start of a song idea that went on to become that track.

Jimmy Iovine is also in the story somewhere, though, as I think he and Stevie were still on-off at that time too?

[Artemis]

How could we all forget the ultimate ode to Stevie... by Stevie;

That Made Me Stronger.

[Gypsybecca]

"Evil Woman" by ELO. In heard a Jeff Lynne radio interview a few years ago and he hinted that the song was about Stevie. I think she dated him for about 5 minutes. God, I love that woman!

[Bubba Fleetwood]

"The Long Run" and "Wasted Time" are about Stevie, from what I've heard. I've also heard that, "Not Enough Love in The World" is about Stevie. All Don Henley songs.

[jellyman10]

"The Long Run" and "Wasted Time" are about Stevie, from what I've heard. I've also heard that, "Not Enough Love in The World" is about Stevie. All Don Henley songs.

It does seem highly unlikely that she isn't the subject of at least a couple of his songs. The real question is which ones? 'Victim of Love' seems to fit, too. And maybe 'Miss Ghost'?

[cliffdweller]

I'm fairly sure Life In The Fast Lane by the Eagles is about Stevie and Lindsey. Even if they deny it. The lyrics fit. :laugh:

I don't know: "He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude/ said he was ruthless, said he was crude." And "she held him up and he held her for ransom"... etc. Those lyrics just don't seem to fit Lindsey at all :shrug: But then again, I don't know him, do I ? :laugh:

[WildHearted]

I don't know: "He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude/ said he was ruthless, said he was crude." And "she held him up and he held her for ransom"... etc. Those lyrics just don't seem to fit Lindsey at all :shrug: But then again, I don't know him, do I ? :laugh:

I don't think the ransom bit is meant to be literal at all.

But, as for the other parts... well, if you take into account the allegations of how Lindsey has supposedly treated some of the women he has been with in the past, then it makes sense. :shrug: I love the guy and mean no harm, that's just always where I've drawn the connection from.

[TerraRhiannon]

Life in the Fast Lane has been rumoured to be about Stevie and Lindsey, hasn't it?

Also, I've seen it suggested that Hotel California was partially inspired by her (I guess the 'she' parts), or her house or something don't know if that was just speculation or where that came from exactly. And I know next to nothing about the Eagles, I just read this somewhere haha.

Then there are those songs with her name in the title that I can't think of right now.

Hah, I have never heard anything about Hotel California being about Stevie before... that song is a huge mystery to me...I've heard it is about their careers.

[TerraRhiannon]

Witchy Woman - The Eagles (?)

LOL - Oh dear hubby Chris, she is not a witch! Duh...

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[michelej1]

From an AV Club article on Calexico:

By Eric Swedlund@EricSwedlund Jun 23, 2015 •12:00 AM


http://www.avclub.com/article/calexico-brought-its-myriad-influences-harmony-fea-220917

Along with “Across The Wire” and “Sunken Waltz,” “Not Even Stevie Nicks” remains a live favorite, a bittersweet folk-pop hybrid that plays on the image of a priestess, with Burns’ falsetto singing a tale of seduction, inevitability and the power of music to hold people in its grasp, at least for a little while.

[jcalzaretta]

Sometimes it's a Bitch.

[WildHeart97]

I learned so much from this thread. No wonder Life in the Fast Lane is my favorite Eagles song.

[BlueDenimLamp]

"Nolita Fairytale" & "Stevie Baby"

[starshine]

I always thought the Eagles "Victim of Love" , Don Henley's "I can't stans still" and "Not enough Love in the World" among others could easily been inspired by Stevie. Great songs too :thumbsup: I can agree with Victim of Love about Stevie (maybe?) but I think that 'Not Enough Love in The World' is about Maren Jensen whom Don almost got married to in the 80's , 'Stand' not sure about that one either. Anyway, just my 2 cents thats all. :shrug:

[singertobe]

Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks - The Rotters

LOL WHAT?!:eek:

[singertobe]

Life in the Fast Lane has been rumoured to be about Stevie and Lindsey, hasn't it?

Also, I've seen it suggested that Hotel California was partially inspired by her (I guess the 'she' parts), or her house or something don't know if that was just speculation or where that came from exactly. And I know next to nothing about the Eagles, I just read this somewhere haha.

Then there are those songs with her name in the title that I can't think of right now.

I thought that song was about the church of satan?:laugh:
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[singertobe]

I wrote a song about Fleetwood Mac and the Beatles. I don't know if that counts though since I'm not famous:(

[haleyd]

LOL WHAT?!:eek:

Hahahaha I was going to post about that song but wanted to read through the comments first to see if anyone else did. This song is sooo inappropriate and spoke soooo awkwardly hilarious!

[Papillon]

What about "A Thing About You" by Tom Petty?

[iamnotafraid]

I'm sure you guys have heard Tony Joe White's interview
where he mentions Stevie as the inspiration of his hit song
Polk Salad Annie.

[PenguinHead]

This thread jarred my memory of lurid song in 1979 from punk rock band The Rotters. It's passionately entitled "Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks." You can find this sweet little ditty on YouTube.

[UndoingTheLaces]

https://youtu.be/Qg1qDLBFKwA

Don't forget this little gem. :)

[~*BellaDonna*~]

This thread jarred my memory of lurid song in 1979 from punk rock band The Rotters. It's passionately entitled "Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks." You can find this sweet little ditty on YouTube.
Oh, such a charming little title! I can only imagine how the rest of it goes....... :lol:

[ahafan02]

How funny, I was just thinking about starting a similar thread :). I believe:

I would Die 4 U by Prince to be about Stevie.
Stevie Baby by Dave Stewart
Don't Come Around Here No More by Tom Petty is inspired by a Stevie incident.
It's Only Love by Sheryl Crow
Malibu by Hole/Courtney Love

There are more I'm forgetting. And I'm sure plenty we don't even know about.

I Would Die 4 U was about Sheila E. Confirmed by both I remember a while back. It's mentioned in Sheila E's biography as well.

Darling Nikki was inspired, allegedly, but a run in with a prostitute.

[DauphineMarie]

I might make the leap and say that "When Doves Cry" is about Stevie...

Firstly, it's talking about doves. :D

Second, the theme generally fits in with what we know about Stevie and Prince's short time together, and how she turned him down. He says he's too demanding, too bold, and how upset her rejection makes him feel.

Adding to that, Stevie used to sing "I know what it sounds like, when doves cry" meaning she knows what it sounds like when Prince is upset. Her tweet after his death, calling him her dove, only confirmed this (to me at least). :shrug:

[ahafan02]

I think you're reaching a bit. Prince only came in to her studio for a short time and then left...that was all there is to that. When Doves Cry is about:

"According to the Purple Rain DVD, Prince was asked by the director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film – one which involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had reportedly composed two songs, one of which was "When Doves Cry". According to Per Nilsen, Prince's biographer, the song was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member Susan Moonsie".

As far as I know (and I'm as huge Prince fan as Stevie) he never wrote anything about her. Not everyone that worked, slept or been around her wrote songs about her.

[StreetAngel86]

I think you're reaching a bit. Prince only came in to her studio for a short time and then left...that was all there is to that. When Doves Cry is about:



she said she went to his place
that one night
and then it was back on the Mac plane

[ahafan02]

she said she went to his place
that one night
and then it was back on the Mac plane

She has told different stories before. Read the liner notes on Timespace. She said after he recorded his bit in the studio she says, "he just got up and left as if the whole thing happened in a dream." It really doesn't make any difference. I don't believe he wrote anything about her. I am not saying this to be hurtful, just speaking the truth.

[SisterNightroad]

Walter Egan turned his crush on Stevie Nicks into a hit

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Two things you may not know about Walter Egan's 1978 hit, "Magnet and Steel." Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks sing background vocals on the song and were co-producers. Also, the song's kind of about Nicks.

As Egan recalled to Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International, he had just finished singing in the studio with Nicks and found himself "smitten." On the drive home, a license plate caught his eye, and the rest is rock history.

What was your thought when you started this song?

WE: My thought was to revive the great sounds of the fifties. I’m old enough to have remembered American Bandstand when it was in Philadelphia, and then as it progressed, but doo-wop music meant a lot to me in my early days…

As we had the deal in hand, we were looking for producers. I thought, “How about Todd Rundgren? How about Brian Wilson?” and they were going, “Well, how about Buckingham-Nicks?” I didn’t know who Buckingham-Nicks was at the time. I thought it was Don Nix who was doing southern rock, and I thought, “No, that doesn’t sound right,” and they gave me (their) album to listen to and I thought, “Oh my goodness, this is really close to what I think I’ve been doing.” In fact, as I got to know Lindsey and Stevie more, we were seemingly in the same crevice.

So, they were my producers on the first album, and it was a wonderful time to get to know them because Fleetwood Mac was just recording Rumours at that point, and just sort of on that launching pad that set them off in the late 70s as the biggest group in the world. So, I just happened to tag along on that as the recording progressed. One night as I was recording my first album, Fundamental Roll, one of my producers, Miss Stevie Nicks, was singing backgrounds on a song of mine called ‘Tunnel of Love’ which was the most salacious song I could do.

I just love the way you said this, so I want to quote “you” to “you”.

“On the night when Stevie did the background vocals for my song, ‘Tunnel of Love,’ my nascent, amorous feelings toward her came into sharper focus. I was smitten by the kitten, as they say.”

WE: Well, I couldn’t say it better than that. That was very true, that’s how it all happened...I love Stevie, obviously. So, it was 3 or 4 in the morning when that session broke up and that was in Van Nuys and I was living in Pomona at the time. I got on the freeway, the 101, and noticed the car in front of me, which was what they used to lovingly refer to as a “pimp mobile.” It was lowered, and it had the lights underneath it, and the had fringes around the window, and the diamond window in the back. The license plate said “NOT SHY,” and I’ve always been open to messages from the universe as a songwriter. So, I sort of mulled over that as I drove home, and this song that I had been working on which was my throwback to the fifties, to the stroll, it just seemed to work quite well for that.

I think it’s important to describe the car; metal flake blue paint. So, there’s this metal/steel image in there.

WE: Maybe that’s how it came in. You know, it’s been pointed out to me that there’s something wrong with this metaphor of magnet attracting steel because it’s iron that a magnet really attracts, I believe. They want to debunk my song.

So, I’ve got to ask: nascent, amorous feelings….unrequited?

WE: Semi-requited, actually.

We’ll leave it at that. I just had to get that in there because I think it’s part of the journey of that song.

WE: You know, I just saw Stevie… She had other things going on that year, but for the month of December 1976 I think I had her attention.


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[bombaysaffires]

"In fact, as I got to know Lindsey and Stevie more, we were seemingly in the same crevice."

This sentence suggests so many possibilities...........:eek:

[lilyfee]

Maggie Rogers, "Retrograde"

Standing, staring straight ahead
Listening when Stevie says
Mm, "Come out of the darkness"

Feeling all I've ever known
Fall away and letting go
Oh, come out of the darkness

[bombaysaffires]

she said she went to his place
that one night
and then it was back on the Mac plane

yes. she fell asleep on his kitchen floor. (wasn't she in front of the open fridge, trying to cool off?) I believe this is what is described in her song Thousand Days

The closest you've ever come to me
was to help me up the stairs
you stood in the middle of the stairway
you nearly dragged me up the stairs

"You've been asleep" well...
"I've been asleep for how long?" she says
"ooh, why do you question me?" he said
"You've never cared about time before, my friend"

and then:
you live by the light of the moon
I live by the light of desire

etc etc

I always felt his song 17 Days was about her, and that her song Thousand Days was inspired by that -- but who knows

She also told the story of him coming to visit her (on the road?) and giving her cough meds and being all concerned about her taking too much of it or some such

[HomerMcvie]

I wrote one about her...
There once was a girl from Phoenix
She had a great love of....:laugh:

[Macfan4life]

I wrote one about her...
There once was a girl from Phoenix
She had a great love of....:laugh:
Kleenix ???

[Macfan4life]

Anyone provide info on Prince's I would Die 4U as about Stevie? Never heard that one before. Also, IMHO Stevie copied Price after When Doves Cry. They are different doves and not connected. But in 1989 she tried to make a connection on her own. Lame!

I am surprised no one mentioned GO INSANE. Lindsey talks about it being about his long time girlfriend who looked like Stevie and had the same bad karma as Stevie. He knew it was going to end bad.

The line in song "she's a lot like you" Is clearly about Stevie

[cbBen]

"Go Your Own Way"????

[HomerMcvie]

Kleenix ???

That's not the lyric! :wavey::D

[sue]

I wrote one about her...
There once was a girl from Phoenix
She had a great love of....:laugh:


The Eurythmics...

[cbBen]

I am surprised no one mentioned GO INSANE.

Well, if we were to include Lindsey songs the thread would me a mile long: Say Goodbye, Go Your Own Way, Second Hand News....

We may as well also include songs like Candlebright that Stevie wrote about herself.