Stevie in Blender

[SandyMac]

Originally Posted by kak125

Hey SandyMac, these are for you. Yes there are some photos in the magazine but nothing that most of us havent allready seen before.

What is 'Gold Dust Woman' really about?

The 'Gold Dust' thing came from a street in Phoenix, where I grew up, which is called Gold Dust Lane or Avenue or something. 'Gold Dust Woman' was kind of a premonition of the beginning of the drug world. When I say, 'take your silver spoon and dig your grave' it sounds like I was right in the middle of drugs, but I really wasn't; there weren't any drugs around Fleetwood Mac for a while. But it was a premonition of getting famous really fast and being thrown into a whole culture. 'Gold Dust Woman' was just me looking aroung and going, This is a pretty scary society down here, and boy, I hope we make it.

It's July 1977, describe your average day.
We would have been working on Rumours in Los Angeles. An average day would have been getting up and going to the studio, pretty much six days a week. It was fun. I enjoy the process of recording. I'd have my special chair, my special cofee cup--I'm very at home there. And every day somebody wulod bring something: Somebody brings fishnets and puts the over the lamps, somebody brings pillows, and then Mick Fleetwood brings a statue and pretty soon there's a pair of giant African elephant tusks bracketing the soundboard.

What lyric are you most proud of?
That's hard. Any song of mind that goes out into the world I'm pretty proud of. Hmmmm....I'm thinking a song called 'Storms,' off Tusk. 'Every night that goes between/I feel a little less/As you slowly go away from me/This is only another test/Every hour of fear I spend/My body tries to cry/Living through each empty night/A deadly call inside.' Those lyrics came out when I was really hurting.

You are too kind. Thank you.
Very interesting about Stevie's most proud lyric. I was half expecting her to say something from Dreams, Landslide, E017, or Silver Springs.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by danax6

Obviously they are, otherwise you couldn't be knocking on Lindsey's door.

Totally cracking me up. Pattie, yeah, that made me laugh also, but those days were all part of the Big Cocaine Blur, so it's okay if she doesn't exactly remember it all. In fact, I expected that.

It is rather scary that we know the timeline of her life better than she does sometimes

[SpyNote]

Originally Posted by Stevie

I ask myself, “Stevie, could you have just, while you were filming that video, not done any cocaine and not drank and not smoked pot? For those three days, could you have laid off of it so you could have looked great?” But I didn’t, and now I’m very sorry. If I could have gotten it together a little more I would have had a better career. I would have made a couple more great albums, I would have painted more pictures. You are sorry later

This is such a revealing statement, and I admit I feel guilty for having felt the same thing as a fan for so many years.

[shackin'up]

Storms.





WHY DON'T YOU SING IT LIVE THEN!!!!!!!!!

[Livia]

^^^ AMEN!

Every time I see this thread, I misread it as, "Stevie in A Blender." Bass-O-Matic anyone?

[tlssln]

Originally Posted by kak125

What lyric are you most proud of?
That's hard. Any song of mind that goes out into the world I'm pretty proud of. Hmmmm....I'm thinking a song called 'Storms,' off Tusk. 'Every night that goes between/I feel a little less/As you slowly go away from me/This is only another test/Every hour of fear I spend/My body tries to cry/Living through each empty night/A deadly call inside.' Those lyrics came out when I was really hurting.

Cool surprise answer. Then why doesn't she sing it live? I, for one, would freak OUT! I love all her Tusk songs.

[JazmenFlowers]

pics courtesy of Kelly.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Storms.





WHY DON'T YOU SING IT LIVE THEN!!!!!!!!!

That's what exactly what I was thinking (well.. shouting).

Anyway, I agree, this is a fantastic interview.


Romy

P.S Thanks to all those who typed the Q&A and to Jason and Kelly for posting the interview.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by kak125

What lyric are you most proud of?
That's hard. Any song of mind that goes out into the world I'm pretty proud of. Hmmmm....I'm thinking a song called 'Storms,' off Tusk. .

I love STORMS, and I think it's a bit underrated since it is never played in mac gigs. So I'm very happy she thought in STORMS. But confused because if she is proud, why she never sings it ??? Not even in her solo shows I think (or did she?)

[DJM]

i think she doesn't sing storms in concert because it doesn't translate to the stage very well. it's a beautiful song but i don't think it's the type of song i want to hear in concert.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around for one.

Right on! That's the first one that came to mind for me.