Fun Story

[danax6]

I translated this from Dutch. It was posted on the Top 2000 website, where people send in their stories pertaining to certain songs. This is what Ron sent in about 'Go Your Own Way'.

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I remember it like it was yesterday. It was 1989 and I was working in a 5-star deluxe hotel in Düsseldorf. During my time there I had the opportunity to greet a lot of famous people. A lot of bands also stayed at this hotel when they had shows in that particular region.

That's how it happened that during my time there, working Roomservice, I got to meet Pink Floyd, and the band this story is about: Fleetwood Mac.

Normally I would have been on the phone, taking orders from guests. However, that day the hotel was fully booked, so the chef was taking orders himself, and every other member of the staff was running around delivering them. That day a few orders came in from the tenth floor, which was the floor Fleetwood Mac had booked for a few days.

With a trolley full of food and hard liquor I got sent up to one of the rooms. With my heart beating out of my chest, I knocked on the door. From somewhere far away a voice called out to me, telling me to enter. At first I didn't see anything, the room was pitch dark. But when I entered with my trolley, a light was switched on, and voila, there was Stevie Nicks on the bed, with the guitarist.

They didn't let me linger around and I was sent out of the room almost immediately, with a 20 DM tip. I have my own theories as to what was going on... Those two didn't come across as the very energetic bandmembers I knew them to be. I wasn't even downstairs before I got called up again, this time to one of their other rooms.

Humming one of their songs, 'Go Your Own Way', I knocked on the door. What a difference with the last room! The door was opened quickly by Mick Fleetwood himself. He invited me in and even told me to sit down, but we weren't allowed to do that. I had trouble understanding what he was saying, because the TV was on very loud. There was a western on, one with a lots of noise and lots of shooting.

Imagine my surprise when Fleetwood jumped on the bed and started to reenact the scene that had just been shown on TV. Right before my eyes he started shooting, jumping and tumbling through the room, as if he was the leading man himself. After a full minute of watching him, speechless, he pushed a tip into my hands and I left the room.

Afterwards I had a good laugh and to this day I'm reminded of Mick Fleetwood when I hear that great song, 'Go Your Own Way'.

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Obviously, the 1989 date is wrong. It could be that he meant 1988, when Pink Floyd was indeed also touring Europe. That would mean though that a. Stevie was sleeping with either Rick or Billy, or b. Lindsey flew in for no good reason. I'm inclined to believe the former first, but hey, stranger things have happened. Also, not many people even knew who Rick and Billy were, so for him to reach the conclusion that it was the guitarist, and that he wasn't as energetic as he normally was, leads me to believe it was someone more familiar. Maybe it wasn't the guitarist, maybe it was John?

It could also be that he mistakenly typed a 9 instead of a zero, which would make it 1980 and Pink Floyd was touring Europe then as well. Somehow I find the 'Stevie Nicks in a pitch dark room in bed with the guitarist' story easier to take when placed in that timeframe.

Mick Fleetwood as Dirty Harry? I can picture that very easily.

[Sanne2]

Haha, great story! You're right, it would make a whole lot more sense if he actually means 1980, instead of 1989.

[njova]

Please don't tell me she slept with either billy or rick

[vermicious knid]

ZOMG it's like in Cinderella when she goes to the stepmother's bedroom and the room is all dark and hushed, and Lady Tremaine is cast in shadow and she can see you but you can't see her and sdlkgcnvldc,mf,c,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, this person never says they were under the covers together. Just that they were on the bed.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by danax6

With a trolley full of food and hard liquor I got sent up to one of the rooms. With my heart beating out of my chest, I knocked on the door. From somewhere far away a voice called out to me, telling me to enter. At first I didn't see anything, the room was pitch dark. But when I entered with my trolley, a light was switched on, and voila, there was Stevie Nicks on the bed, with the guitarist.

I always thought there was something going on with Rick and Stevie.

Originally Posted by danax6

Humming one of their songs, 'Go Your Own Way', I knocked on the door. What a difference with the last room! The door was opened quickly by Mick Fleetwood himself. He invited me in and even told me to sit down, but we weren't allowed to do that. I had trouble understanding what he was saying, because the TV was on very loud. There was a western on, one with a lots of noise and lots of shooting.

Imagine my surprise when Fleetwood jumped on the bed and started to reenact the scene that had just been shown on TV. Right before my eyes he started shooting, jumping and tumbling through the room, as if he was the leading man himself. After a full minute of watching him, speechless, he pushed a tip into my hands and I left the room.

Hysterical!

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I always thought there was something going on with Rick and Stevie.

Yeah, weren't there rumours about those two? She seemed pretty smitten with his 'butt' on her Street Angel tour.

[Betsy]

Interesting ....

He is tipped 20 Marks (approximately $10 ?) in 1989 by Stevie's room and doesn't mention how much he was tipped by Mick...

[CADreaming]

It's all believable....

Edit: I checked the tour dates. FM was in Germany in 1980 for the Tusk Tour, 1988 for the TITN tour, and 1990 for BTM tour. As to the author's theory on what was going on in Stevie's room with whoever - given the mention of them not being very energetic, I think it was alluding to the intake of some mellow-making substances perhaps....

[michelej1]

Yeah, weren't there rumours about those two?

I remember her saying how Rick was always willing to come over to her place to write songs, which she could never get Lindsey to do, because they'd only end up arguing about the past. Maybe she and the guitarist were on the hotel bed . . . writing songs.

Michele

[danax6]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Maybe she and the guitarist were on the hotel bed . . . writing songs.

Kinda hard to do in the dark.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Interesting ....

He is tipped 20 Marks (approximately $10 ?) in 1989 by Stevie's room and doesn't mention how much he was tipped by Mick...

The floor show...er, bed show was enough.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by danax6

Kinda hard to do in the dark.

Not if you know the scales by heart.

Michele

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by danax6

Kinda hard to do in the dark.

I find it kinda hard to believe that a random concierge hotel employee would even know that
Rick or Billy were a "guitarist" in Fleetwood Mac.
The fact that the writer brought up Pink Floyd in the same sentence as FM, makes me think he was referring to the 1980 tour anyway......when both were in Germany touring. (esp. since FM didn't tour in 1989)

[CADreaming]

I find it hard to believe anyone would pick out Rick or Billy too and especially overseas. Here's the dates though...

1980 - FM - June 1-8

1981 - Pink Floyd -Feb 13-20


1988 - FM - June 4-12
Pink Floyd - June 16-29

[kathy1]

great story thanks for sharing.