What Do You Do To Get Back Into Stevie/Mac Hardcore?
 

In the past, we've talked about the various cycles of Stevie fandom, and right now I am kind of in one of those lulls in the fandom. I'm kind of wondering if it seems to happen in the Winter, and then kind of comes back in the Spring- I don't know. That's just me thinking out loud.

But ANYWAY- when you are in a lull in the fanhood, when you're not listening to Stevie all that much, what do you do to kind of get back into the swing of things. I'm wanting that feeling to come back soon, because it always inspires me to write new music and such, and it's just a beautiful thing.

I go for like a solid 7 day week without listening then put either Bella Donna or Mirage on the turntable (Strictly no mp3) and bask

Meet up with fellow ledgies in your area & have a giant Stevie Nicks party, with tambourines, candles, and long nets of white.

I just wait until it returns, and it always does eventually. You can't force it.

See her live (not that's it's an option right now but it always works for me). Also, download and listen to stuff you've never heard before. Check out some stuff on the demo request thread.

if you're me, wait until you're home alone and then BLAST "EDGE OF SEVENTEEN" IN YOUR BEDROOM AND SING AND DANCE LIKE A MAD MAN!!!!!!!

......yeah, usually works...

don't know, my fandom has NEVER waned~

Mine did at one time for about a year, and it was sad. I just didn't want to listen to her, or FM. I started listening to heavier rock, mostly Manson. And for about a year nothing worked to get me back. But it eventually came back, stronger than ever and it hasn't went away yet.

Its nice to walk away now and then, I hadn't heard Belladonna for a long time (mainly cause it really skipped allot) but recently bought it new and really enjoyed hearing it again.

"[B]What Do You Do To Get Back Into Stevie/Mac Hardcore?"[/B],wrote the excellent thread-starter, excellently.

I come to The Ledge. It keeps Stevie and Fleetwood Mac more alive and vital. With many years between new music, we can come here and find a 'Call On Me For Magic' or promise (and proof!) of a new song like 'Everybody Loves You' and get a lot of insight from others who have the same (apparant) passion for the music. Since I was a kid, I wondered about the 'is that what you want' 1980 Mobile version of 'Rhiannon', bam, almost 3 decades later, last year, it was here on The Ledge. I was blown away by it.
There seems to be many of us who 'found' Stevie and Fleetwood Mac when we were teenagers or pre-teen, and it seems many of us are in our 40s and want to hold close what really made us megafans in the 70s and 80s, and maybe (?) confirm that we were right...Stevie was amazing, the band was incredible. 'Space Needle?'-- The Ledge. Her brilliance is showcased and appreciated here in a way we don't get with 'Dreams' every tour and the few chances taken and little new material released. The killer out-takes...The Ledge.
People share songs and in the past year the quality of the songs themselves and the clarity of sound have been staggering, and much better than the boots many of us hunted down since the beginning. The version of 'If You Were My Love' ('on and on and on and on') which I believe was the Mirage out-take was a revelation to me. So good. She sure was singing it, and as someone else pointed out, she was fearless back then in her vocal approach. Others here liked the SA out-take version, which I had heard before and liked less, but whatever, The Ledge keeps us, and Stevie, and Fleetwood Mac not just a memory, and not just waiting. Even 'Unleashed' seemed like a memory, the way the tour all worked out. I enjoyed the show I saw last year, but it didn't compare to everything that has been shared and learned on The Ledge.
I wrote a better version of this an hour ago, but when I was finished writing, I was made to relog in and lost it all.
It is also interesting to read messages here from those who are really young, who have such interest in Stevie and Mac and really have a lot to offer, and often write excellently. Some weren't even alive way back in the 70s and 80s!
So, as ever, as always, of such few words and so very briefly yours,
Kol.
Thank You, Ledgies!

^^^

Nice post.

There's always prayer.

i either watch "Gypsy" video..i still remember wen they "World Premiered" this on MTV!! wat a moment!! Orrrrrrrr go to YouTube and watch Stevie sing "HAEWAFY" on Letterman...one of her BEST live performances of this song..the "Enchanted" promotional guest appearance...and last..pull up"Think About Me" from Tusk...this was a heavily rotated song of theirs played A LOT back in 79/80 (but NOT overplayed) and it reallllly bring me back..i have always looooved this song cause it is so simple but it captures raw FM at one of their finest 2:44 minutes...now i wanna go listen..so perhaps i shall...try this..i think u will agree

Amen!!!!!!

You know it!Nothing works better than "a charmed hour&a haunted song"I'm partial these days to the live Crystal Visions version,of which I press the "repeat" button for&then proceed to let it crank out for well,about an hour or so.LOL!