Paying it forward, giving the gift of Stevie?

[SuzeQuze]

Last night I got IYD for a friend. She's recovering from surgery and we all know how therapeutic Miss Nicks' music is.

I was listening to Florence and the Machine in my car yesterday and thought, "IYD is just better, I am switching back to that." I can't stop listening to it. It is such a great album. I was thinking that everyone should have it. I will probably buy more and give as gifts. Such as for dad for Father's Day! Just thought of that one. ;)

I'm wondering how many of you have given the gift of Stevie, present or past?

[mikebise]

Both of my nieces, 24 and 18, have gotten all Stevie-related releases their entire lives from me. When Brittany was 6 in 1991, she kept getting in trouble for singing along to "Sometimes It's A Bitch" from her parents. ;)

When all the press started about In Your Dreams, both of them texted me and asked when they were getting the CD from Uncle Michael!

[SuzeQuze]

Both of my nieces, 24 and 18, have gotten all Stevie-related releases their entire lives from me. When Brittany was 6 in 1991, she kept getting in trouble for singing along to "Sometimes It's A Bitch" from her parents. ;)

When all the press started about In Your Dreams, both of them texted me and asked when they were getting the CD from Uncle Michael!

Oh good job brainwashing! I wonder if my niece would like it, she is 8. A good time to start her!

My brother loved singing swear words in songs when he was little! Of course my mother just found it cute and funny. :rolleyes:

[bluefox4000]

My little cousin, her names Taylor heard me listening to Edge of Seventeen one day. She freaked out. I mean she loved it. So we sat down and we had a little listen to Bella Donna. She loved Stevie. So come her birthday, I got her BD, Wild Heart, The Dance, TISL, and The live in Chicago DVD. Yea I do Stevie big. Her fav song though was Gold and Braid:thumbsup:

Oh unrelated note......Lindsey Buckingham Scares her:lol:

Mick

[SuzeQuze]

My little cousin, her names Taylor heard me listening to Edge of Seventeen one day. She freaked out. I mean she loved it. So we sat down and we had a little listen to Bella Donna. She loved Stevie. So come her birthday, I got her BD, Wild Heart, The Dance, TISL, and The live in Chicago DVD. Yea I do Stevie big. Her fav song though was Gold and Braid:thumbsup:

Oh unrelated note......Lindsey Buckingham Scares her:lol:

Mick

Sounds like Taylor's a healthy little girl, Lindsey is scary! :shocked:

[bluefox4000]

LOL yea Taylor's freakin' awesome. I only Showed her the Dance where Lindsey is relatively tame. Thank god I didn't show her Live in Boston:eek: Or live Not That Funny on youtube.

Mick

[Regina]

Yeah, I've done it. Received absolutely NO feedback, either. So, I'm assuming they didn't like it.
But, that won't stop me from doing it again.
I actually tried to get my niece to like Stevie/FM when she was little (probably about 4). I put the headphones on her when we were driving somewhere and played Gypsy for her. I told her it was a song written about her cat, Gypsy.
She didn't buy it.

Kids these days! Me? You told me the stork delivered babies and I believed it till the fourth grade (we didn't have man vitamins back in the day;-)

[SummerlongBoots]

I recently handed over my 1981 copy of Bella Donna to my best friend's son.

A bittersweet moment for sure, but the enthusiasm of a 20-year-old for "all things" classic rock (on vinyl) had me scrambling to turn him on to my favorite artists.

He is now an official Stevie/FM fan in training. His next training class will be Traffic. :nod:

[SuzeQuze]

... So, I'm assuming they didn't like it.
But, that won't stop me from doing it again...

Priceless!

Kids these days! Me? You told me the stork delivered babies and I believed it till the fourth grade (we didn't have man vitamins back in the day;-)

Yeah jaded by 4 years old, geesh!