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Stevie previews new song and speaks out for reproductive freedom
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Here’s the article from Consequence of Sound:
The post Stevie Nicks Shares Poem and Teases New Song Ahead of Midterms: “They’ll Take Your Soul” appeared first on Consequence. Stevie Nicks is marking deadlines for registering to vote in the 2022 midterm elections with her new poem, “Get It Back.” The twice-inducted member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said she will be releasing the poem as a song at a later date. “At 74 years old, I can honestly say that I am worried about every one of you,” she wrote in a social media statement. “Worried about health care, and just in general, worried about your God given rights. You must gather together now. You must register to vote as soon as you can (for many of you the deadline is tomorrow, October 11th!) and you must vote!” Nicks also warned, “The disintegration of Roe v. Wade will change your life in an unfathomable way,” a position likely informed by her own 1979 abortion. “You will not have control of what your beautiful dreams want for you.” She added, “I watched what happened to women from 1966 (I was 18) to 1973 when I was 25 and 2 years away from joining Fleetwood Mac. Believe me when I tell you, you don’t want that world to come back.” “Get It Back” opens with the words, “I have my scars/ You have yours,” and continues, “They’ll take your soul/ They’ll take your power.” She asks the reader to “Try and see the future/ And get mad,” and repeats the warning, “You don’t have much time/ Get it back.” Read the full poem below, and register to vote through the Rock the Vote website. Recently, Nicks has been turning to poetry to express her most immediate thoughts. Earlier this year she shared a poem in tribute to Taylor Hawkins. Nicks will be touring with Vanessa Carlton through October and the beginning of November, and tickets are available here. Get It Back I have my scars You have yours Don’t let them Take your power Don’t leave it alone In the final hours They’ll take your soul They’ll take your power Don’t close your eyes and hope for teh best The dark is out there The light is going fast And all the rights you had yesterday Are taken away And now you’re afraid You should be afraid Because everything I fought for Long ago in a dream — is gone The dream is not over, the dream has just begun Or is it a nightmare? Or a lasting scar It is — Unless you save it And that’s that Unless you stand up And take it back Try to see the future And get mad It’s slipping through your fingers You don’t know what you had You don’t have much time Get it back I want to be the lighthouse Bring you all together Bring you out in stormy weather I wanna teach you to fight I’ll bring it out In a song It’s happened before –History– It’s on repeat You have been warned… You have to save it And that’s that Unless you stand up And take it back Try to see the future And get mad It’s slipping through your fingers You don’t have what you had You don’t have much time Get it back You’ve got to get in the game You’ve got to learn how to play You’ve got to make a change — You’ve got to do it today Because… In the midnight hour They’ll slam the door Make you forget What you are fighting for Put you back in your place They’ll shut you down And what’s more — You better say it out loud You better shout it out This is war Unless you save it And that’s that Unless you stand up Take it back Try to see the future Get mad It’s slipping through your fingers You don’t have what you had You don’t have much time To get it back |
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From Rolling Stone: "A worried Stevie Nicks pens poem to encourage voting"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...f231f8dabfc300
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The dream is not over, the dream has just begun.
Straight Back to Show Them The Way to Get It Back. I look forward to the music but the lyrics are really simple for Stevie. Where is her use of her great vocabulary? Fall From Grace, Italian Summer, Gate and Garden, Bella Donna. |
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She's staring at the stairs as fast as she can
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My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away |
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On a Persian carpet in a great house in the Hamptons
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The purple paisley that Prince painted them is very confusing for her. She can't stop the stairing.
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Christine McVie- she radiated both purity and sass in equal measure, bringing light to the music of the 70s. RIP. - John Taylor(Duran Duran) |
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I appreciate the thought, but this is a really bad pastiche of her earlier work. This reads like a RAL outtake.
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The ship sailed quite some time ago for her abilities as a songwriter.
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Children of the world the forgotten chimpanzee..in the eyes of the world you have done so much for me. ..SLN. |
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Indeed, and these feeble attempts to be relevant by suddenly taking a seemingly inauthentic interest in social issues make these songs even more unpalatable. Nice move from "praying to the commercial gods" to pandering to them. #sorrynotsorry
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You are so spot on. But, I get flamed for saying, "You're a bit late to the party. But thanks anyway.
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For the majority of her career Stevie has been savvy enough to stay out of politics publicly. It's disappointing to see these past few things that seem to be ill-advised attempts to get in the spotlight. I suppose next up is joining the ranks of celebrities who made fools of themselves by swearing publicly to move out of the country if this person or that person was elected?
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I don't think her interest in the abortion issue is inauthentic at all. She's had direct personal experience. Which is also why I'd say that the issue isn't necessarily political for her (or for many others). It's deeply personal. It's other people who've made this issue political for their own gain.
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There were reasons to be crazy. - Stevie Nicks, “Real Tears” |
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