http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/ Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:44:05 GMT vBulletin 60 https://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/ http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61010&goto=newpost Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:41:10 GMT Beautiful Child was inspired by a brief fling with a married man and former Beatles road manager Derek Taylor. Taylor called Stevie Beautiful Child which really annoyed her at the time. Stevie was really bouncing around with boyfriends and flings around the Tusk era. For years, Stevie Nicks... Beautiful Child was inspired by a brief fling with a married man and former Beatles road manager Derek Taylor. Taylor called Stevie Beautiful Child which really annoyed her at the time.

Stevie was really bouncing around with boyfriends and flings around the Tusk era.

For years, Stevie Nicks left the meaning of “Beautiful Child” largely unexplained. The haunting Fleetwood Mac song appeared on Tusk in 1979, but it wasn’t until decades later that Nicks revealed the track was inspired by her brief relationship with Derek Taylor.

Among the five songs Nicks wrote for the album, “Beautiful Child” leans into a softer, more vulnerable side of her songwriting. The piano and vocals make it sound like a lullaby, but the lyrics are about wanting someone despite the age gap and knowing the relationship won’t last.

Nicks eventually explained the story behind the song during a 2013 Q&A. “‘Beautiful Child’ was about a relationship I had with the Royal road manager of the Beatles, whose name was Derek Taylor,” she said. “It didn’t last very long, because he was married, but it affected me very much, because he told me so many stories about the Beatles.”

Taylor was married to Joan Doughty when he and Nicks became involved, and their relationship was brief. What really drew Nicks in was Taylor’s connection to the Beatles. She was fascinated by the stories he had from his time around the legendary band.

He began covering the group as a journalist in 1963 and later worked on a newspaper column “written” by George Harrison with Harrison’s approval. Brian Epstein eventually put Taylor in charge of the band’s press releases, giving him a front-row view of the Beatles and the people around them.


Nicks referred to him as the Beatles’ “royal road manager,” explaining just how much she learned from him.

“Everybody has your road manager,” Nicks said. “We had JC, crazy JC (John Courage), Led Zeppelin had Peter Grant. The road managers are the ones who know everything. And so I learned so much about [Taylor] about the whole world of the Beatles that it was stunning.”

Taylor left more than stories behind, he also ended up giving the song its title. In the 2015 Tusk liner notes, Nicks remembered him reciting poetry to her “in his beautiful English voice” and calling her a beautiful child, a phrase that annoyed her at the time.

However, that phrase stuck with her. Nicks wrote “Beautiful Child” in a single night. She started around midnight on a Sunday and had finished it by dawn.

She later said that her Fleetwood Mac bandmates and the album’s producers didn’t ask what it was about because they understood that it was such a personal song.

Nicks didn’t keep “Beautiful Child” just for herself, though. During the 1979 International Year of the Child, she donated the song and all of its royalties to a United Nations fundraising campaign. ]]> Rumours Macfan4life http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61010 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61009&goto=newpost Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:28:54 GMT I'm checking the Bob Brunning 2004 book "The Fleewood Mac Story - Rumours and Lies" I recently recovered, I had already given it up for lost until my brother called to say he’d found it in his attic. It’s a long story how it got there.

I had forgotten much of what is in that book, different or not included in Mick's book. One of those things caught my attention; I want to ask if anyone remembers any reviewer or critic saying this about Say You Will:

The new album, Say You Will, was completed in November 2002 and released in April 2003. It immediately entered the UK and US charts and was largely welcomed by reviewers and fans alike. Some reviewers carped a little, referring to it as Rumours: Part Two. But considering Rumours: Part One has now sold upwards of 25 million copies this might be regarded as a huge compliment, and certainly not something likely to worry Warner Bros.

If I had to choose an album as a Rumours 2 -which I don't— it would be Mirage. But not SYW. Not only because Christine isn't on it, but because it's quite different from Rumours. ]]> Rumours Villavic http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61009 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61003&goto=newpost Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:26:55 GMT I'm not sure if this was previously posted (or if anyone cares...LOL), but Mick signed with Warner Brothers Records in August for an upcoming project.

https://share.google/Yb3ZynJLIJZIdiC4d ]]> Rumours Bandon http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61003 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61002&goto=newpost Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:04:25 GMT Weird video. I don't remember seeing it before. They must have clogged the pipes when they showered. If the date is correct it was during the Tusk tour shows in Honolulu.

]]> Rumours Villavic http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61002 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61001&goto=newpost Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:41:32 GMT This is freaking amazing. This should be professionally released. The video is so damn trippy too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ih0wzv7HH0 This is freaking amazing. This should be professionally released. The video is so damn trippy too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ih0wzv7HH0 ]]> Rumours Macfan4life http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=61001 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=60999&goto=newpost Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:40:58 GMT The best selling albums in the United States are (newley updated): 1. Eagles Greatest Hits 2. Michael Jackson Thriller 3. Eagles Hotel California 4. AC DC Back in Black 5. Led Zepplin IV 6. Billy Joel Greatest Hits 7. Pink Floyd The Wall 8. Garth Brooks Double Live The best selling albums in the United States are (newley updated):

1. Eagles Greatest Hits
2. Michael Jackson Thriller
3. Eagles Hotel California
4. AC DC Back in Black
5. Led Zepplin IV
6. Billy Joel Greatest Hits
7. Pink Floyd The Wall
8. Garth Brooks Double Live
9. Hootie and the Blowfish Cracked Rear View
10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours and Shania Twain Come On Over


AC DC has really climbed these charts lately
The Eagles only act to have 2 albums in the top 10
Rumours is actually tied with Shania Twain UNBELIEVABLE
Cannot believe Hootie and The Blowfish are on this list let alone ahead of Rumours.
Hotel California may have been knocked from the #1 spot by Rumours in 1977 but it continues to sell more today

Mick - we need another tour to boost these sales numbers in the United States ]]> Rumours Macfan4life http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=60999 http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=60997&goto=newpost Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:49:26 GMT I know we have all seen the behind the scenes of the Gypsy shoot before. Recently there was an article or video posted that Stevie was in rehab post Mirage recording and had to leave rehab because the shoot could not be rescheduled. Stevie begged for cocaine and someone snuck in a big glass tube... I know we have all seen the behind the scenes of the Gypsy shoot before. Recently there was an article or video posted that Stevie was in rehab post Mirage recording and had to leave rehab because the shoot could not be rescheduled. Stevie begged for cocaine and someone snuck in a big glass tube of cocaine. However someone accidently or purposely threw it away. In this interview Stevie has major cocaine sways. She keeps swaying back and forth in this interview. You can see she is a fish out of water. She was a spoiled rock star that slept until 4pm every day and stayed up and partied all night. She says she needed to get up at 3:30am to get to the shoot on time. BTW please comment if you really believe Stevie did an exercycle at 4am before going to the shoot (like she says). Stevie recently commented that you can see Lindsey's distain for her in the Gypsy scene when they were dancing. You can see the torture the band went through for this video. Even though it was the second single it was the first video recorded. No wonder the band could not even be filmed together for Hold Me.
In part 2 Stevie admits she looks like an idiot and cannot memorize anything. She keeps grabbing the collar of her jacket in the beginning because she cannot do the cocaine sways since she is sitting. Girl got a hold of some good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWnDirp01u8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWe0aiYIjXw ]]> Rumours Macfan4life http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=60997