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[MacMan]

Stevie Nicks Wants To Work With Timbaland, Opens Up About Collaborating With Prince
Fleetwood Mac singer admits Prince co-wrote 'Stand Back.'
By Rya Backer and Kim Stolz
MTV

For a person who's proud to own neither a computer nor a cell phone, one doesn't expect to hear the name "Timbaland" at the top of Stevie Nicks' list of potential collaborators. When we asked legendary Fleetwood Mac frontwoman about rumors that she was interested in working with Timbaland, she exclaimed, "Oh, I would love to!" But as far as what their work together might sound like, she replied, "Well, I don't really know, so that's why it's exciting."

While this might be news to some of her fans, Nicks — who is currently on tour with Fleetwood Mac — said she's long been a fan of R&B, "I learned to sing to R&B artists, not rock and roll or country artists," she said. "That was my first love, strangely enough. I am really very, very R&B, for my own music. When I'm listening just for my own fun, when I'm dancing around my apartment, I'm pretty much listening to R&B," she continued, noting that she's a fan of both contemporary and classic artists in the genre.

That love came into play more than two decades ago, when she collaborated with Prince. The story began on the first night of her honeymoon with Kim Anderson, to whom she was briefly married. "I'm driving to my honeymoon night in Santa Barbara from L.A., and 'Little Red Corvette' comes on," she recalled. "We're like oh my God, it's Prince! So I start singing all these words, and I'm like, 'Pull over, we have to get a cassette player! And we have to record this!' I'm writing in the car — here we are, newlyweds, and we get to our hotel and we're setting up the tape recorder and I've made up my whole new melody to [the song]. So I haven't really ripped off the song, because I'm admitting that I have done this. So we go into a studio in Los Angeles a couple weeks later and I track down Prince's phone number — and because I'm Stevie Nicks, I can get it.

"I call him, and I never thought he was going to answer, or that it would be him, or that I would ever find him — and he answers. I said, 'Prince, this is Stevie Nicks, and I wrote a song to your song 'Little Red Corvette,' and we're at Sunset Sound right now, and I was wondering — first of all, I wanted to tell you that I'm giving you 50 percent of [the royalties] it if it ever goes anywhere, but are you in town? If you are, how would you feel about coming down and playing on it?' Never in a million years did I think this man would be like, 'I'll be right there.' He was there in 20 minutes and he played [she mimes instrumental parts of the song] on 'Stand Back,' and he was there an hour and a half, and then he left."

But that was far from the end of their musical relationship. "Prince and I became really good friends," she said, "and he actually gave me a cassette, and said, 'There's a song on it, and I would like you to write.' I take it home and put it on, and I'm listening to this like amazing song ... and it's 'Purple Rain'! And I'm like, I can't write a song to this! It [wasn't] 'Purple Rain' yet, but it [was] the track that became 'Purple Rain.' "

Times have changed since in the past 25 years, but Nicks is still writing new music, and thinking of new collaborators, like Timbaland. When asked what he might think of her interest in working with him, Nicks laughed and said, "Of course, he'll hear about this and go 'Oh my God, why in the world?' "

Tim, it's your move.

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[Tango]

Wow, thanks MacMan. Purple Rain. Amazing! We are getting a lot of great stuff on these interviews. It would be one incredible book if she ever gets around to writing it!

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by MacMan

So I haven't really ripped off the song, because I'm admitting that I have done this.

Nicksian logic strikes again.

So we go into a studio in Los Angeles a couple weeks later and I track down Prince's phone number — and because I'm Stevie Nicks, I can get it.

[GoldDustOrphan]

Because I'm Stevie Nicks, I can get it.

I love her more than ever.

[Musicman408]

I looove this interview!! Stevie is precious!

Is that Sandra B, interviewing her?

[GoldDustOrphan]

The interviewer is Kim Stolz, from America's Next Top Model. (She was the tomboyish lesbian.)

[whitewingdove73]

Great video clip, but I hope she doesn't work with Timbalind. I really love how pure and raw many of her songs in the fleetwood mac album from the 70's - to mirage. I also loved Bella Donna and The Wild Heart. But somewhere along the line her songs became over produced and over mixed. This is why I love many of her demos more then the actual song. I wish she would tone down the over producing. All Timbaland does is over produce.

[LukeA]

Anyone who thinks Timbaland should work with Stevie should do themselves a favor and listen to the new Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) solo album.

http://www.myspace.com/chriscornell

While I understand why some Stevie fans find the idea of her working with a dance-oriented producer/influence appealing (given the success of dance remixes of her songs), this is just a BAAAAAD idea.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Anyone who thinks Timbaland should work with Stevie should do themselves a favor and listen to the new Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) solo album.

I'm not a fan of Chris Cornell, so I haven't bothered to listen to any of his new material. I have heard that it's awful though. I actually really liked the collaborations between Duran Duran and Timbaland. I thought Timbaland did a good job of retaining the vibe of Duran Duran's overall style, while still adding some interesting touches of his own.

Not sure that I would want an entire album of Stevie working with him, but a one-off track could be interesting.

[whitewingdove73]

I would like to see Stevie work with an Indie artist like Antony and the Johnson's pr Pete Yorn, James Morrison ect.

I just don't like thise dance, hip hop, pop producers. I didn't even like when Sherl Crowe produced Shangri La. I found many songs there over produced. The demo of Planets of the universe was much better as well as Sorcerer.

[fleetwoodtrick]

I'd like to hear Stevie do "Apologize!" Okay, so it's kind of a One Republic song, but I like the Timbaland version a lot better. A Stevie / Rihanna duet would be much cooler tho!

[wheart]

I am on total Stevie overload! I love all this press she's doing. And is it me or does she seem really happy and rejeuvenated lately in these interviews?? In her interviews from a few years back she seemed much more reserved and somber.

[GoldDustOrphan]

The Chris Cornell & Timbaland collaboration is terrible. I have the CD.

[whitewingdove73]

Originally Posted by GoldDustOrphan

The Chris Cornell & Timbaland collaboration is terrible. I have the CD.

Never heard it. I know Chris has a great voice though.

[StreetAngel86]

and because I'm Stevie Nicks, I can get it.



i am soooooo excited she seems so excited about this
and reinvigorated about making NEW music
i hope this happens
it would be very different
briing it on!