Gypsies, Angels, Dreams, and Vampires

[SmileAtYou]

I just wanted to start a thread to discuss a few ideas which have been occurring to me lately...

When I find myself listening to artists other than Stevie and Fleetwood Mac, I sometimes notice similarities. These are things which are either simply coincidental, or which may have actually inspired Stevie's songwriting. For example, one of my favorite artists to listen to is Jimi Hendrix. Stevie has spoken of the great impact he had on her, and these similarities may be obvious, but I will go ahead and detail the connection:

~ Jimi and Stevie both have songs titled "Angel"
~ Jimi has a song titled "Little Wing"; Stevie sings "You will fly like some little wing" in "Straight Back"
~ Both have songs titled "Freedom"'
~ Jimi's song "Night Bird Flying" ; Stevie's song "Nightbird"
~ Jimi had an album called "Band of Gypsies", and a song "Gypsy Eyes" ; "Stevie's song "Gypsy"
~ Jimi's song "Purple Haze" ; Stevie's purple haze reference in "Bombay Sapphires"
~ Jimi's song "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" ; Stevie's song "Blue Lamp"
~ Overall other-worldly mysterious presence (ex. voodoo chile)
~ Stevie has covered "Wild Thing"
~ Both sometimes perform in bandanas





Van Morisson's canon of legendary rock also has a few similarities with Stevie's... Although his style of music is very different from hers, the topics of his songs are similar.

For example, Van Morrison contains countless references to gypsies in his lyrics...
~ In his song "Into the Mystic," he sings "I want to rock your gypsy soul"
~ His song "Caravan" contains the lyrics "Gyspy Robin"
~ Van Morrison's song "These Dreams of You" ; Stevie's "Dreams"
~ VM's song "Just Like Greta" on his album "Magic Time" ; Stevie's songs "Greta" and "Garbo"

Though he may not have directly influenced Stevie Nicks, I enjoy listening to songs with familiar themes, by other artists




One last item which other Stevie fans might enjoy is the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The main character's name is Bella. Stevie fans would likely enjoy the themes of forbidden love and mystery/magic. I find the novels darkly humorous, suspenseful, and romantic.



Anyone... thoughts on Hendrix, Van Morrison, Twilight, or other artists with similarities to our Gyspy Queen?