MacNuggets

[vivfox]

Now, all of a sudden, I am (back) in a phase of Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks, Rumours being the particular focus this time. I remember when I bought this album, and I mean that I remember the night. Not the particular date, even though it was late December/early January of a certain year in the past three years (2007 I believe (?)).

To understand the album from a lyrical standpoint, here's a little bit of musical history for you: guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks had joined the band together. Before joining the band, the duo recorded an album under the name Buckingham Nicks. The album didn't sell very well, but Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood discovered them. Well, actually, he wanted Buckingham and not Nicks. He refused to join the band unless Nicks could come along for the ride. Fleetwood wanted Buckingham so much that he agreed, even though he wasn't too hot on Nicks. Ironically, she ended up becoming the most successful and famous member of the band.

Well, Buckingham and Nicks were also in a relationship with each other. However, things turned bitter, and they broke up. The married couple in the band, bassist John McVie and pianist/vocalist Christine McVie, also break up. It ends up fueling the fire for the majority of the album on a lyrical level.

Now that I've gone and said all that, back to me. Upon purchasing the album, I was practically in love with it. Every track on the album is terrific. However, there was that one track that I always kept going back to: the Nicks-penned "Dreams." It is a beautiful yet heartbreaking account of a relationship gone wrong.

It's absolutely one of the best songs ever written (as far as I'm concerned), and although Nicks had an awesome solo career in the 1980s, having two number one singles on the Mainstream Rock chart (I think she's the only female to have more than one song top that chart?), this is the pinnacle of her career as a vocalist, as a songwriter, and as an icon.

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