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Originally posted by ERigby818
BTW I thought the Annabel Lee lyrics came directly from the Poe poem. 
-Sonia
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I think the lyrics from Annabel Lee are very similar if not the same in some instances to the poem. But, like she did in RTTG, I think she added some to tell her story of that N. Hawthorne story. In any event, I love all three songs mentioned :;
Also, here is a snippet from a March 1982 article from high Times magazine (full text in on the nicksfix) where SN discusses the whole witch thing. I know there are many articles on this topic, but I thought I would haul this old one out to show that this rumor has been around a long time despite her vocal denial, etc.
Also, I know her stage wardrobe smacks of witchcraft, but it also is very Edwardian and prior to then a la Dickens. So, who knows. Personally, I think she emphatically denies the denies the rumor and then perpetuates it even if just a little to keep people guessing. I think this helps her aura of mystery.
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HIGH TIMES: Where does your fascination with witches come from? Did you dream about things like that when you were a little girl?
STEVIE NICKS: I dreamed only about giving a little fairy tale to people. That’s what the outfit is on my album cover, that’s what that bird is. (Reaches for the album jacket.) That bird belongs to my brother, that’s the only reason I could work with a wild animal. That’s Max on the front. With my clothes and the things that I wear, I have so much fun with them. I was talking to a lady today and were talking about dress-up and about how much fun dress-up used to be. And if there was a trunk in the attic, I was in it looking. And I would rather wear that drape than anything you could sell me from Bloomingdale’s. I don’t like all that stuff. I love the Muppets. Miss Piggy on the front of the TV Guide kills me with her portable TV, and Kermie in the back sitting, and with her little shoes. I just adore Miss Piggy to death. I collect marionettes and dolls so I have an incredible collection and I carry these things all over the world. They’re so real. See, that’s a fantasy. The Muppets are no different from my fantasy. My fantasy is giving a little bit of the fairy princess to all the people out there that maybe don’t have the Hans Christian Andersen books, and the Grimm’s fairy tales. If that’s the only thing I can do for them, well, that’s fine.
HIGH TIMES: I couldn’t imagine you as a type that sits around and puts black spells on people.
STEVIE NICKS: I don’t do that. That’s silly and stupid, and anyone that does that is making up their own character and has nothing to do with me. I love good witches. I like the good witch of the north, Glinda. Glinda is my friend, not the other one. And I don’t want them around. My love of that fantasy fairy-tale thing is the good part, and I’m a coward and I get very scared. I don’t go see any of those scary movies. I just watch old movies and good sad movies, but I don’t want to be scared and frightened.