Dave Stewart Memoir
 

Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart to Publish Revealing Memoir, "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This," Next Month

BY ABC News Radio | January 12, 2016

http://kwbe.com/abc_classicr/eurythm...abcid35579547/

Founding Eurythmics guitarist/songwriter Dave Stewart shares stories about his fascinating and wide-ranging career in a new memoir titled Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life in Music. The book, which features an introduction by Stewart friend and collaborator Mick Jagger, will be published on February 9 and will be available in hardcover, audio and electronic editions.

In the autobiography, Stewart delves into his years with Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox, including the five-year romantic relationship they had prior to the group’s formation. He also discusses his collaborations as a musician, songwriter and producer with a variety of other famous artists, including Jagger, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Daryl Hall and more.

Among the interesting tales included in Sweet Dreams Are Made of This are Stewart’s recollection of a visit he and Dylan made to the folk-rock legend’s favorite underground club, a crazy night night he spent at Nicks’ Beverly Hills residence during the 1980s and a psychedelic experience he had with Hall.

Of course, Dave also reveals stories behind the creation of many of classic Eurythmics songs, including “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” “Here Comes the Rain Again” and “Would I Lie to You.”

“It has been a mind-blowing experience looking back on all of these adventures and wondering how I managed to survive a lot of them,” says Stewart of the memoir. “Just writing about the wild things that happened to me back in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s was exhausting. Mind you not much has changed! I must have taken a busy pill somewhere along the ride.”

the night of their 'Dont Come Around Here No More' romantic liaison, I'm sure?
Ooh. I wonder if he's prepped her in advance for that expose.

She needs to get over herself.

Fixed ^ ^ ^ that for you!!!

Why he's not ashamed of the things he did in life, she is

Are we talking about Joe or Dave??? They BOTH have regrets I am sure!!

Joe who ? The topic of this thread is about Dave Stewart in his autobiography isn't it?

and the song was about Joe Walsh of the Eagles at the time, with whom she had broken UP with the night before................

My understanding is she broke up with Joe and immediately spent the night with Dave. When she kicked him out in the morning he wrote the song after she said 'Dont come round here no more'. Can't remember whether she made the comment to Joe or Dave. Joe I think.

Apparently Dave overheard it and it was a reference to Joe as in "Dont Come Round Here no More."

NOW, as to whether Stevie and Dave did the deed, UGGH, I surely hope not!! A true gentleman would never tell. BUT, her choice in men has not always been stellar too.

they sure did. Twice, according to Dave. Once that night and once again in the morning.

Tis true.

And she knew he would talk about it and was fine with it.

She invited him to party at her house. She was off with her girls, high as a kite, staying up all night putting on different outfits and the like. She was into very frilly frou-frou Victorian nightgowns and dressings gowns and such in those days. She stumbled into the bedroom where he had gone to crash out after she'd forgotten about him with her friends. They took a tumble. Then another.

There was something in the story about him wearing like leather pants that laced up on the front and in the morning she was all like, "you need to go!" ( I can't recall if it was because Joe was coming by or something...anyway) and fumbling with trying to do up the laces on his trousers. Oy.

Here is an interview with Dave on Howard Stern many years ago. He says that Joe and Stevie are ok with this story being told. He met Stevie the night after he broke up with Joe Walsh. He did not know who she was and she did not know who he was. Crazy night back and Stevie's place where they made romantic love twice. Stevie got up and told him he had to go because someone was coming to collect his clothes. But too late, Joe was there. The inspiration for the mad hatter theme on the video Don't Come around here no more was Stevie's house. Dave found out Jimmy Iovine was living with Stevie and Tom was coming over and it was so insane it reminded him of the mad hatter tea party from Alice in Wonderland. The Stevie story begins around 6:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLKj5YDsG-E

Thats amazing he took all that and turned it into a hit song

Still confused :confused:

Who was Stevie telling to "Dont Come Around here no more??" Joe or Dave or whom?? If it were Dave, I'd understand, BUT she truly loved Joe and has alluded to this in many non-Pinocchio interviews.

Did you listen to the interview? She says it to Joe. The night before they broke up after the Wild Heart Tour. Dave was in Stevie's bed when he heard Joe's voice downstairs and Stevie said to Joe "Don't come around here no more." Dave wrote the song for Stevie but Tom Petty wanted it because he said Stevie had one of his songs SDMHA on Bella Donna and he wanted the song which Stevie said ok. In the beginning of the video you can see Dave on top of the mushroom as the mad hatter. Early in this interview Dave explains he dropped acid a lot and it led to his creativity.
Very very wild wild times indeed.

New York Daily News, January 16, 2016

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2498560

Michael Buckner/Getty Images for SXSW

Musicians Dave Stewart (L) and Stevie Nicks arrive at the screening of "In Your Dreams:Stevie Nicks" during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival.

Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart tells Confidenti@l that his upcoming memoir “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life in Music” is full of revelations, one of which recalls a debauched trip to L.A. in 1983 when the Eurythmics topped the charts and he wound up on top of Stevie Nicks.

“We were number one in America and I met Stevie backstage when we played the Wiltern Theater and it was packed full of loads of singers and Los Angeles glitterati and I got whisked with Stevie back to her house to a party that she invited me to,” Stewart tells Confidenti@l. “But when I got there, there was no party, just an empty house. So I thought, ‘Well this is interesting.’ We wound up staying together.”

Things got even more interesting for Stewart a few days later when he wound up in a recording studio with Nicks and her ex-boyfriend, producer Jimmy Iovine.

“There was a great point at the piano where she and Jimmy were arguing at the piano and he said, ‘Don’t argue in front of my friend, you don’t even know him,’ and she said ‘What are you talking about? We slept together the other night.’”

Those sessions resulted in Stewart writing “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” which wound up being recorded by Tom Petty in 1985.

Stewart says that for better or worse, his four kids, aged 13 to 28, will probably learn a few things about their pop-star papa when his book hits shelves next I got there, there was no party, just an empty house. So I thought, ‘Well this is interesting.’ We wound up staying together.”

Things got even more interesting for Stewart a few days later when he wound up in a recording studio with Nicks and her ex-boyfriend, producer Jimmy Iovine.

“There was a great point at the piano where she and Jimmy were arguing at the piano and he said, ‘Don’t argue in front of my friend, you don’t even know him,’ and she said ‘What are you talking about? We slept together the other night.’”

Those sessions resulted in Stewart writing “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” which wound up being recorded by Tom Petty in 1985.

Stewart says that for better or worse, his four kids, aged 13 to 28, will probably learn a few things about their pop-star papa when his book hits shelves next month.

“I’ve pre-warned them,” he laughs, unsure of whether or not they’ll read his book. “I think at one point in their lives they probably will ... well, what can I say? What can I do, you know?”

Stewart also says his 1983 smash hit “Sweet Dreams,” which inspired his book title, has also become something he can’t control.

“There are hit records that do well in one country, but don’t do anything in other countries,” he said. “When you have a record that it’s a hit in every country, it becomes like (the song) ‘Happy Birthday.’ Wherever you go, it’s playing somewhere to this day. Someone in Korea is singing it in a karaoke bar while it’s on the sound system when you’re buying your groceries. And you get in the car and it’s on and some cover band is playing it somewhere. It’s a great thing.”

^^^ For some reason I can't imagine Stevie being okay with this being released in such an uncouth fashion. One would think he would have asked permission? I know he doesn't have to and it's not his job, but considering their close working relationship, I would imagine she wouldn't be too happy. :shrug:

He did. He has said publicly he did ask her if it was ok and she said it was. She still seems to want to work with him, so if she wasn't ok....

I even remember they had already told this story together on tv once.

Hmm interesting... Thank you! I knew the story itself was true, but I just couldn't imagine her condoning the piece considering how guarded she is/was about her conquests. ;)

i think for sure she's sensitive about "outing" other people... she always says she'll write her book after everyone's "so old they won't care anymore" and recently said all her old beaus etc are "on their 3rd wives" which wasn't clear-- does she think the wives will care?? Who knows.

When 24k came out she talked openly about which songs were about Mick because she laughed "he doesn't care" and he had already let it out himself.

Same with Dave-- he outed himself. But he asked her first.

Can anyone find this? I would love to see it.

Unfortunately I don't remember well.
It was talk/Tv show, they were talking about In You Dreams and the interviewer was a woman. When she asked how they met, they told this story together in quite a funny fashion.

I was surprised to learn that they had a brief fling in the 1980s. The Eurythmics were an interesting group, but quite different to Fleetwood Mac in style.

He seemed like a very quiet person and not an obvious pin up. Stevie Nicks was going through one of her worst times though and a painful breakup. I am guessing that's why it happened but didn't last long.

There are women who find English men and their accents charming. And he must have a thing for eccentric women, having also been involved with Annie Lennox and married to Siobhan Fahey.

I like biographies and The Eurythmics, but probably won't read this book. I don't necessarily want to know what was happening behind the scenes. Would probably mess with the perceptions I had as a kid.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...g-jimmy-iovine

In an exclusive excerpt from 'Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life in Music,' Dave Stewart's scintillating memoir (Feb. 4, NAL), the former Eurythmics member recalls a wild night of love -- and drugs -- with Stevie Nicks (and the drama that followed)

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We continued touring America for the remainder of 1984. When Annie [Lennox] and I played the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, the place was absolutely packed with half of the L.A. music industry and a host of famous *musicians. There was hardly room for the general public. It was a wild show. There were a lot of *musicians and *singers backstage, and one of them was Stevie Nicks.

Stevie was in my dressing room doorway, wearing a faux-fur coat just like the first time I met Annie. Underneath she wore a black lace dress and she had long, flowing hair. I didn't know who she was, but there was something about her that I was instantly attracted to. Stevie remembers that I looked her straight in the eye and said, "I want to be your *boyfriend." Little did I know that the day before, [The Eagles'] Joe Walsh and Stevie had had a big fight and had broken up. She invited me back to her house for a party, and 10 minutes later, still in full sweaty leather stage gear, I was in the back of a limo with Stevie and her backing singers.When we got there it wasn't really a party: just Stevie and her singers being very speedy, *laughing and talking. The house seemed enormous to me, so I wandered around, and when I came back to the *living room, they had all disappeared into a bathroom for what seemed like hours. Actually it was hours. At around three in the morning, I ended up saying to myself, "OK, I'm really tired now and I have no idea where I am or which hotel Annie and the band are staying in."

I just went to bed in one of the four bedrooms upstairs. I woke up at about 5 a.m. to the sound of doors rustling open and in the half-light saw Stevie opening and closing closets, as if it was the middle of the afternoon. Obviously they were all still *wide awake, aided, I imagine, by what we in England call "marching powder." Stevie went back in the bathroom and about an hour later came out in a long Victorian *nightdress and quietly slipped into the other side of the bed. Stevie is an incredibly talented, soulful and *beautiful woman. There was a fair amount of what I'd call skirmishing that went on. I remember at one point actually falling backward out of bed onto the floor, which made us both laugh hysterically. Stevie recently told me that all she could see when she came out of the bathroom that night was a mound of black leather and chains on the floor and a wild head of hair poking out of the bed covers. I remember making love once, but she later told me we made love twice. And then she said, "I remember clearly because I was wide awake, wired on cocaine." It was all very good-humored and sweet, but also romantic in a rock'n'roll kind of way.

I was woken up at about 9:30 a.m. by Stevie saying I had to leave because someone might have been coming around to collect their clothes, and things could get tricky. I didn't like the sound of "tricky," so I phoned my management, found out where the band was *staying and jumped in a cab.

After San Francisco we had some time off, and I decided to go back to L.A. to see Stevie again. Jimmy Iovine, the great producer who went on to start Interscope Records in the early '90s, had invited me to stay with him at his house, and this was where it got interesting. I had no idea of the complexity of the relationships among Jimmy, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty at the time. But I was soon to find out more than I ever imagined.

Jimmy had been living with Stevie in 1981 when he was producing her album Bella Donna, which was a huge success. Now he was working on her next album, except this time around they were not together. Stevie said later that it was because she was so addicted to drugs at that time.

I played Jimmy the demo of "Don't Come Around Here No More" [which Stewart co-wrote and co-produced], and he said, "Wow! This is going to be great. Let's make it for Stevie's album."

I jumped at the chance to work with Stevie, and we went right into the studio a few days later. When we started recording, Stevie was acting strangely and not really coming out of the bathroom much.

There seemed to have been quite a bit of friction between them. I had no idea that it was because they had been living together and were now broken up. Finally, Stevie appeared with her lyric book and started to sing into the microphone.

I was mesmerized until Jimmy said, "She's *reciting f--ing Shakespeare!" He did have a point; it was kind of Shakespearean and very odd. He was trying to get Stevie to change the lyrics. Stevie was upset and the discussion became very tense. He was saying, "Can you stop arguing with me in front of my friend David? You don't really know him." And she said, "Your friend? What are you talking about? We slept together the other night." I turned white and stared at the floor, *wondering what was coming next. Fortunately Stevie turned, walked out the door and left the studio.

I thought Jimmy was going to ask, "What does that mean?" But he just said, "I know what we should do. We should get Tom Petty down here to finish writing the song with you. He's great."

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 6 issue of Billboard.

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. So they did do the deed, twice... :shocked:

Dave Stewart Recalls His Fling With Stevie Nicks -- and How It Led to a Hit With Tom Petty! https://t.co/JMuONniTA2 via @billboard

— Dave Stewart (@DaveStewart) January 29, 2016

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Let the promotion begin!

I had no idea of the complexity of the relationships among Jimmy, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty at the time. But I was soon to find out more than I ever imagined.

I find this bit verrrrry intriguing. We know Stevie and Jimmy had a multi year affair, but she and Tom have always maintained they were just "friends".

Her and Tom being pals doesn't seem like it should be all that "complex"..... so what was the real deal, hmmmm?

My question is how on earth did he have no idea who Stevie Nicks was in 1984??

Well stevie wasn't a huge solo act over in the UK back in 1984.I'm sure he knew Fleetwood Mac, but not her in general.

crazy, indeed,

Right. And he's in the music business and friends with some of her friends. What in the world.

Michele

i don't know. i'm from Europe (but yeah not in the music business), and while i was very familiar with FM name (and the music from previous FM incarnations), i've never heard of Stevie Nicks before moving to the US.

He could have been familiar with her name or band, but not known what she looked like.

Or been so wrapped up in his own life that he didn't have time to listen to other music.:shrug:

he should have googled her :]:]:]:]

in all fairness I know people who don't know who she is today

It's easier not to know who she is today than it was back then.

Michele

I may have heard their music and have heard their names, but I didn't know what any of them looked like until 1979. BUT I did know the names and faces of my peers, people that I was in school with. I think if I was Dave Stewart I would have known a little more about people who were making the music charts and magazine covers at the same time as I was.

Michele

she wasn't a household name even then I knew people who did not know her

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Michele[/QUOTE]

but you're not and he didn't ;)

i know what you are saying about peers but i guess it's a more co-localized community... when was this encounter happening? 80s some time? Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart / Eurythmics were huge and unavoidable in Europe at the time. i've noticed when Stewart first starting working on SN's album some people here had no clue who he was which was completely shocking to me, and so i understand they were never as huge here. guess the situation was reversed with SN - huge here and nobody knew who she was over there. did she know who Dave Stewart was at the time of that encounter? so, maybe it goes both ways and both were stunned to be unknown to the other?

I don't believe he didn't.

Michele