Stevie's article on Tom

[bombaysaffires]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...petty-19691231

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...petty-19691231

Good find. Thank you for posting.

[Jondalar]

the article seemed to be more about her than him

Did you look at that list? Fleetwood Mac is not it. What a crock.

[jcalzaretta]

It is utter BS that FM would not make that list. That is why I did not look at the list. It probably would piss me off.

Funny that they told Stevie she needed SDMHA or else she would not have a hit single on Bella Donna. How wrong they were with the record!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by jcalzaretta

Funny that they told Stevie she needed SDMHA or else she would not have a hit single on Bella Donna. How wrong they were with the record!

Ha-ha! Yep!

Also, "just got out of rehab in '94"? Say what?

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Ha-ha! Yep!

Also, "just got out of rehab in '94"? Say what?

Stevie is always notoriously off by a year or two when recounting these things. It's not surprising that she lumped getting out of rehab (the Klono detox) with the eventual release year of Street Angel. Stevie went to rehab in late 93', pushing SA's release date back @ 9 months. And a little while had passed after coming off SA's tour and album failure that Stevie did have the "talk" w Petty in 95' at the Ritz Carlton, infamously asking for his help with writing songs for her next record.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by jcalzaretta

It is utter BS that FM would not make that list. That is why I did not look at the list. It probably would piss me off.

Funny that they told Stevie she needed SDMHA or else she would not have a hit single on Bella Donna. How wrong they were with the record!

Yes, but Stevie was venturing into unknown territory with her first album. While a success within Fleetwood Mac, her career as a solo artist was still questionable.

Stop Dragging My Heart Around was a smart, calculated move as the lead single. Tom's presence assured the song and album would get traction, so to pave the way for Leather and Lace, Edge of 17, and After the Glitter Fades.

[DashingDan]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

the article seemed to be more about her than him

That's so unusual for her.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by DashingDan

That's so unusual for her.

[Nathan]

^^^

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

the article seemed to be more about her than him

As it should be!

"Sometimes he's my best friend, even when he's not around."

If I heard this lyric in a Stevie song, I'd assume she was singing about Lindsey.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

If I heard this lyric in a Stevie song, I'd assume she was singing about Lindsey.

I don't think of Lindsey as much of a best friend. If she said, "sometimes he's my lover, even when he's not around," I'd tend to think more of Lindsey. Lover, husband, partner, menace, dragon, demon . . . any of those words I'd think of him.

Michele

[ali101]

Thanks, nice info on the jewelry sentiment too.



"In 1976, I'd been in Fleetwood Mac for about a year when I heard Tom Petty's debut. I became a fan right then. I loved the way Tom's Florida swamp-dog voice sounded in cahoots with Mike Campbell's guitar and Benmont Tench's keyboards. Tom had the same influences we had — the Byrds, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash — but he dropped in lots of serious old blues. And Tom is such a great singer and so charismatic onstage. I became such a fan that if I hadn't been in a band myself, I would have joined that one.

When I started doing my first solo album, Bella Donna, my first thought was, "Who produces Tom Petty?" When they said Jimmy Iovine, I got Jimmy, because I wanted my solo work to be as much like Tom's as possible.

I first met Tom in the studio, and he was pretty much what I expected. There's not a fake bone in his body. Jimmy and Tom decided to give me "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," which they had written with Campbell. When they showed it to me, I was like, "Is this the right thing to do? I only get 11 songs and one of them won't be mine." And both Tom and Jimmy said to me, in a brutally honest way, "You don't have a single on this record. And here's a single for you."

Tom is a great and loyal friend, but he's also honest like that. In 1994, I had just gotten out of rehab, and Tom and I had dinner. I wanted to make a new record but I was scared. I said to him, "Will you help me write a song or two?" I didn't really expect the reaction I got, which was, "No, I won't. You are one of the premier songwriters in this business. Go home and turn off the radio. Don't be influenced by anything. Just write some great songs — that's what you do." He reinforced that I was still Stevie Nicks. I wrote a song about him I've never recorded, but I will someday. It goes, "Sometimes he's my best friend, even when he's not around."

In 2006, I did 27 shows with him. Tom made me a little platinum sheriff's badge that had 24-karat gold and diamonds across the top and said "To Our Honorary Heartbreaker, Stevie Nicks." On the back it says "To the Only Girl in Our Band." I keep it on my black velvet top hat. It goes with me everywhere. It's probably the most beautiful piece of jewelry a man has ever given me, ever."



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[glamorousnymph]

Originally Posted by ali101

Thanks, nice info on the jewelry sentiment too.

It sounds nicer than the Merlin pendant from Mr. Don Henley. No offense to Stevie's Rumours tour jewelry, which I love, for the most part.