Article: Stevie On Her Favourite Songs ("Mick told Lindsey..")

Spikey · #1 04-02-2009, 07:38 AM

Hey folks,

I'm sure most of us have seen this article:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/03/stevie-nicks-in.html

If not, it's an absolute treat. Lots of very candid comments from Ms Nicks, and some valuable insights into some tracks and some things that happened. The Mick/Lindsey bits were the most interesting to me, hence the thread title..

Anyway, enjoy!

- Spike

TrueFaith77 · #2 04-02-2009, 08:09 AM

Yes, yes, great interview. I love how Beauty & the Beast is about Mick, but then the story turns into a story about Lindsey.

I don't know. Do you think part of her reason for getting involved with Mick was to hurt Lindsey... or, rather, to see if it would hurt him?

When I hear the song, I hate to say it, but I always think of Lindsey as the Beast.

TwistedGypsy · #3 04-02-2009, 08:14 AM

Thanks! I really enjoyed that.

Skyveris · #4 04-02-2009, 08:23 AM

What a great read. Thank you for sharing that with us. Incidentally, there's an interview with Stevie floating around on YouTube in which she said "Oh Daddy" was her favorite Christine song and "Stephanie" was her favorite song of Lindsey's.

-Matt

TrueFaith77 · #5 04-02-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Skyveris

What a great read. Thank you for sharing that with us. Incidentally, there's an interview with Stevie floating around on YouTube in which she said "Oh Daddy" was her favorite Christine song and "Stephanie" was her favorite song of Lindsey's.

-Matt

omg i totally agree that "Oh Daddy" is Christine's best song. And I think Stevie should do it on this tour!!

As for "Stephanie," how perverse. Yes it's beautiful, but he doesn't sing. I guess it's the one pure love song he wrote for her.

then, he turned it into "eyes of the world"

Skyveris · #6 04-02-2009, 08:35 AM

Ah, here's the link to that aforementioned interview. Enjoy.

-Matt

Skyveris · #7 04-02-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

omg i totally agree that "Oh Daddy" is Christine's best song. And I think Stevie should do it on this tour!!

As for "Stephanie," how perverse. Yes it's beautiful, but he doesn't sing. I guess it's the one pure love song he wrote for her.

then, he turned it into "eyes of the world"

"Oh Daddy" is a such a haunting masterwork. It should have been a hit. It happens to be my favorite Christine song as well, along with You Make Loving Fun.

I was surprised that Stevie chose "Stephanie" as her favorite Lindsey song, considering all of the great songs he had written after that one. Granted, I hardly expected her to declare "Go Your Own Way" her favorite, but... "Stephanie"? It is a good song, meditative, inspiring, perhaps intimate, but -- then again, good times, ahem.

-Matt

skcin · #8 04-02-2009, 09:57 AM

This perfectly describes so many of her songs:

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Some songs are about a lot of things, some songs only have one or two lines that are that main thing, and then the rest of it, you’re just making a movie, writing a story around this one paragraph, that little kernel of life.

We fans are always joking "wait, I thought she said that song was writtin for so&so, or it was about such&such." We usually don't take into consideration that some of it's added in/made up - not reality, not a true part of the history.

ontheEdgeof17 · #9 04-02-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

omg i totally agree that "Oh Daddy" is Christine's best song. And I think Stevie should do it on this tour!!

Surely, you jest. That song is sacred and should never be touched by Gypsy Hands. Although, Stevie did kick ass on the harmonies that are displayed on the Rumors Reissue version....BUT NO LEAD VOCAL.

strandinthewind · #10 04-02-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

This perfectly describes so many of her songs:

We fans are always joking "wait, I thought she said that song was writtin for so&so, or it was about such&such." We usually don't take into consideration that some of it's added in/made up - not reality, not a true part of the history.

She has consistently said "Sara" is about more than one thing. I think people do not listen to what she actually says. Then, they call her inconsistent, contradictory, etc.

shackin'up · #11 04-02-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

She has consistently said "Sara" is about more than one thing. I think people do not listen to what she actually says.

Of course your right here, Strand

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Then, they call her inconsistent, contradictory, etc

But even those who DO listen to her, still can come to this conclusion. Because most of the time, she is.

strandinthewind · #12 04-02-2009, 10:22 AM

1. I am always right - learn to live with it

2. I think that while she, like anyone else, gets things like dates wrong every now and then, the vast majority of the stuff she says is consistent
and accurate. I think she says things in direct response to the actual question, withut context or background and people
Take it to mean a broader commentary than it actually is.

sjpdg · #13 04-02-2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Surely, you jest. That song is sacred and should never be touched by Gypsy Hands. Although, Stevie did kick ass on the harmonies that are displayed on the Rumors Reissue version....BUT NO LEAD VOCAL.

I'm afraid I must wholeheartedly disagree. I think Stevie could do a totally kick ass version of "Oh Daddy"' and they should try it out on this tour.

She's got the voice for it and I think, especially in light of her saying it is her favourite Christine song, she would treat it with love and respect and do her absolute best not to disappoint the fans or Christine.

Go for it Stevie!! Give "Oh Daddy" the Gypsy treatment!!

David · #14 04-02-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

1. I am always right - learn to live with it

But you never answer your PMs.

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2. I think that while she, like anyone else, gets things like dates wrong every now and then, the vast majority of the stuff she says is consistent
and accurate. I think she says things in direct response to the actual question, withut context or background and people
Take it to mean a broader commentary than it actually is.

I think she's a goofball.