"Don't come around here no more"

Nickingham · #1 08-02-2009, 02:30 AM

I was looking up this song on google which is one of my favorites and I came across some interesting things.
We know Stevie sings backup vocals on it, but there's more to it apparently.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=693

"Stewart tells the full glorious story in The Dave Stewart Songbook http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ngfactscom1-20, but here are the highlights: Eurythmics had a huge hit with "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" and became a phenomenon in the United States. They played the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, and Stewart met Stevie Nicks backstage after the show. She had broken up with Joe Walsh the day before, so she took Stewart home with her and they had a romantic encounter. The next morning, Stevie kicked him out, and Stewart flew to San Francisco for his next gig. After the show, he used a Portastudio to create a track using a drum machine, a synthesizer and a sitar. Reflecting on the last 24 hours, Stewart says: "I really liked Stevie and she seemed vulnerable and fragile when I was leaving that morning. I was thinking about that and the situation she was in and I started singing, 'Don't come around her no more.'"
A few days later Stewart was staying with producer Jimmy Iovine, who was working on Stevie's Bella Donna album. Stewart played him his demo, and they started writing the song for Stevie. Stewart didn't know that Nicks and Iovine were once a couple, and when she came over to record the song, tensions boiled over and she left in a huff. Iovine decided to give Tom Petty the song, and had him come by, where they finished it up. Petty and Nicks had worked with Iovine on the duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," which went on Stevie's album, so it was only fair that Petty got this one."

Wow.I wonder if it's true.Stevie and Dave Stewart, who would've thought!
Has anyone read his book or heard other stories about it?

daniellaaarisen · #2 08-02-2009, 03:10 AM

Is it just me, or does there tend to be a juicy story behind everything Stephanie Lynn Nicks has done within the last 30 years?

I love it. I guess that's what happens when you live life like she did/does. This is really interesting, though-- stuff like this reminds me that there are so many things we probably don't know that would totally blow our minds.

Lala · #3 08-02-2009, 10:58 AM

I didn't realize Stevie sang backup on the song. I'm re-listening now...kind of hard to pick out...but I think I can hear it.

CADreaming · #4 08-02-2009, 11:06 AM

This was on wikipedia:

"Don't Come Around Here No More" is the third track on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 album Southern Accents and one of Tom Petty's biggest hits. It was a collaboration with David A. Stewart of Eurythmics. The original inspiration was a romantic encounter that Stewart had with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. [1] On The Howard Stern Show, Dave Stewart explained that the title's phrase was actually uttered by Stevie. She had broken up with Joe Walsh the night before, and invited Dave Stewart to her place for a party after an early Eurythmics show in L.A. Dave didn't know who she was at the time, but went anyway. When the party goers all disappeared to a bathroom for a couple of hours to snort cocaine, he decided to go upstairs to bed. He woke up at 5am to find Stevie Nicks in his room trying on Victorian clothing and described the entire scenario as very much reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Later that morning, she told Joe Walsh, "Don't come around here no more".

How could he possibly not have known who she was in 1984/85???? That's absurd!!

trackaghost · #5 08-02-2009, 11:35 AM

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How could he possibly not have known who she was in 1984/85???? That's absurd!!

Because she wasn't that famous in the UK, that's why.

LikeAWillow · #6 08-02-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming

This was on wikipedia:

"Don't Come Around Here No More"

How could he possibly not have known who she was in 1984/85???? That's absurd!!

How could she possibly have gone to school for five years to be an English teacher and still say things like "don't come around here no more" and "I should have turned away and ran"

Sorry, personal pet peeve/secret guilty pleasure.

I love this story. It's so humanizing (especially the detail where she informs him that they f*cked, very specifically, TWICE in what I can only imagine was a "you're-not-Joe-but-I'm-damn-well-telling-SOMEONE-that-I-don't-care-about-him" moment.) Oh, Nicksie <3

daniellaaarisen · #7 08-02-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

How could she possibly have gone to school for five years to be an English teacher and still say things like "don't come around here no more" and "I should have turned away and ran"

Sorry, personal pet peeve/secret guilty pleasure.

Wait, WHAT?! Stevie wanted to teach English?

I think my morning was just made. Where have I been?! this is the type of thing I would know about!

nailatixela · #8 08-02-2009, 02:20 PM

Yeah Stevie wanted to teach English. My understanding was that she was a communications major. I don't know why she wouldn't major in Education then - but I don't know anything about what major to pick if you were going to major in English.

CADreaming · #9 08-02-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

Because she wasn't that famous in the UK, that's why.

Bull......

LikeAWillow · #10 08-02-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Wait, WHAT?! Stevie wanted to teach English?

I think my morning was just made. Where have I been?! this is the type of thing I would know about!

Mmmhmmm, like nailatixela said, she was a Communications major at San Jose State and wanted to eventually become an English teacher. I don't think she was a full time student, in one interview I read, she listed some dates that made it seem like she was taking classes sporadically for around five years (but then again, we all know how Stevie is with dates), but I'm glad to help even more with your kindred spirits theory

ShatteringGlass · #11 08-02-2009, 06:55 PM

Stevie doesn't sing backup on the song folks...

dnightshade · #12 08-02-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

So you think I'm lying for some reason? Okay.
I'm not, however. I've lived in the UK all my life and hardly anyone I know outside this community know who she is, especially in 84/85, as she hadn't had even one solo hit here at that time and even her famous Fleetwood Mac singles like Gypsy weren't that big.
So in my humble experience it's very plausible he was unaware who she was especially if he wasn't a fan of Fleetwood Mac and I've found that even casual fans are often unable to name the members of the band. I'm sure he knew of Fleetwood Mac, but I know of Foreigner, but if you said the name of any member of that band I'm certain to respond with "who?"
But if you know better please enlighten me.

I don't think anyone is saying you're lying, it's just that Fleetwood Mac was incredibly big in England durng the 70s and into the 80s. Mick, John & Christine are British and even before Stevie and Lindsay joined the group The Mac had a very large substantial following in England. Fleetwood Mac sold out Wembley Stadium for several nights during the Tusk tour in 1980. I hardly think people would have forgotten Stevie by 1984/85. I have several very good friends in England, not all are "into" Stevie but they all knew exactly who she was back then. I know what you mean about being a casual fan of a band but with the Mac, there was so much drama and personalities that even casual fans couldn't help but be made aware of the members, esp. the front runners like Stevie, Lindsay and Chris. Foreigner and other bands that didn't have their personal laundry aired out the way the Mac did remained, probably gratefully, more anonymous.

DeeGeMe · #13 08-02-2009, 07:49 PM

I think Sharon and Lori sing backup but if Stevie is in there, she's buried deep down in the mix somewhere.

LikeAWillow · #14 08-02-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

I think Sharon and Lori sing backup but if Stevie is in there, she's buried deep down in the mix somewhere.

Isn't that story that Stevie WAS supposed to show up (and Sharon and Lori actually did), but for some reason or another didn't make it? I'm sure we've discussed this before, and I think the common consensus is that you can definitely hear Sharon on the song, Lori is questionable, and Stevie is a no-go.

David · #15 08-02-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

Isn't that story that Stevie WAS supposed to show up (and Sharon and Lori actually did), but for some reason or another didn't make it? I'm sure we've discussed this before, and I think the common consensus is that you can definitely hear Sharon on the song, Lori is questionable, and Stevie is a no-go.

What's even worse is that I went to see the Heartbreakers at the Forum in 1985 (with Lone Justice opening) specifically to see Stevie come out & sing this song -- but the bitch didn't!!