SN: You Never Know What I'll Do

michelej1 · #1 08-27-2010, 01:21 AM

[Oh, I have a pretty good idea what she'll do! She's not Miss Unpredictable just yet!

Here's another interview. Along the same lines as before, but already I think she's hedging on a new FM album and putting the idea of just another tour back on the table]

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/artic...nd-giving-back

Stevie Nicks talks touring, new music and giving back
By ED CONDRAN • CORRESPONDENT • August 27, 2010, My Central Jersey

The adrenaline coursing through Stevie Nicks is palpable, even over the phone. The Fleetwood Mac vocalist is pumped up about her forthcoming solo album and her mini-tour, making a stop tonight at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

"Much of the new material was inspired by a trip to Italy, which was just fantastic,'' Nicks said while calling from her Los Angeles home. "I wrote the most romantic ballad I've ever written that was inspired by my time in Rovello, Italy. I also wrote a rock 'n' blues song that kind of sounds like Canned Heat. You have to hear these songs.''

Nicks is anxious for her fans to experience her new tunes. However, you'll have to wait until the album drops in 2011.

"As much as I want everyone to hear the new songs, I can't do them live,'' Nicks said. "I don't want them on YouTube after the show looking and sounding terrible. When you hear these songs for the first time, I want you to hear them the way they should be heard.''

So when Nicks plays Atlantic City, expect an array of hits as well as some choice deep album cuts. But according to the veteran singer-songwriter, she will keep fans guessing throughout the show.

"You never know what I'll do,'' Nicks said. "I've resequenced my show. I'm a master at sequencing. I'm the one who sequenced for Fleetwood Mac. I sequenced "Rumours.' Everyone loves my sequences. They're fun.''

There's a serious side to the show. Nicks is donating proceeds to benefit an 8-year-old fan, who is suffering from cancer.

"Her name is Cecilia, and she was diagnosed with a very rare cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma,'' Nicks said. "It's a rare soft-tissue cancer. It has just devastated her family.''

Nicks will be selling "Team Cecilia'' T-shirts with a silkscreen of the pop-rock icon's art.

"I've been so fortunate,'' Nicks said. "I lost my best friend to leukemia in 1981, and I've had so much success with Fleetwood Mac. How can I not do something?''

With her mini-tour and her new album in the wings, Nicks doesn't have much time for Fleetwood Mac, but she insists that she'll be back with her band at some point.

"It's busy now,'' Nicks said. "I want to complete my album, then tour behind it next summer. Once that cycle ends, I can definitely see myself getting back in the studio for another album with Fleetwood Mac or at least going on tour with the band. We did a world tour (in 2009) and did 83 dates. We've had too many good times, and we have all of those great songs.''

Nicks, who still exudes a youthful ardor, hopes to write material for many years.

"I really feel like a teenager at times,'' Nicks said. "I'm just so inspired. I can't see stopping writing. I'm still seeing parts of the world for the first time, and it's moving me. I still have to express myself as a writer and, of course, as a performer.''

Zombie · #2 08-27-2010, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

"You never know what I'll do,'' Nicks said. "I've resequenced my show. I'm a master at sequencing. I'm the one who sequenced for Fleetwood Mac. I sequenced "Rumours.' Everyone loves my sequences. They're fun.''

I think this might be my new favorite Stevie quote.

louielouie2000 · #3 08-27-2010, 01:39 AM

I'm so glad to hear Stevie actually had a great time touring with Fleetwood Mac on the Unleashed Tour following her self-described misery on the Say You Will Tour. She even suggested of her own volition another Mac album might follow... so it might be in the bag! It seems she's been the sole holdout... and she's so charged about writing and recording new material right now... let's hope the wind stays in those sails!

michelej1 · #4 08-27-2010, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Zombie

I think this might be my new favorite Stevie quote.

Yeah, that's pretty great. We've heard her say she's sequenced Rumours before, but now she's just gotten completely carried away.

Yeah, how did sequencing SYW work out for you, Steflana?

Someone told her they love her sequins and she misheard them.

Michele

Josh2003 · #5 08-27-2010, 06:10 AM

Hold up.

Is she talking about "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai?

Maxd9 · #6 08-27-2010, 06:56 AM

I think she's talking about the band Canned Heat. That would make sense with all the blues, rock/ Bob Dylan talk that's been happening.
At least, I really hope she's not talking about Jamiroquai...

Lee · #7 08-27-2010, 07:57 AM

I'm looking forward to her new album & tour, & Fleetwood Mac's new album & tour.

Thanks for posting the article.

Lee

wheart · #8 08-27-2010, 08:24 AM

she may be a "master sequencer" but unfortunately, she keeps resequencing the same songs. I don't care where you put Rhiannon in th set, it's still Rhiannon. The same goes for every other song that she's been doing for a gazillion years.

Tango · #9 08-27-2010, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Yeah, that's pretty great. We've heard her say she's sequenced Rumours before, but now she's just gotten completely carried away.

Yeah, how did sequencing SYW work out for you, Steflana?

Someone told her they love her sequins and she misheard them.

Michele

I seem to remember Stevie didn't do the "sequinsing"

of "Say You Will" (Mick referred to it I believe), and it was the cause of one of the major fights before the tour even started--so much that the tour might have been in jeopardy. The sequencing was discussed quite a bit on this board as I remember it. A few people actually suggested alternatives here, some of which I personally liked better than the album (Chili's, I think was the best?).

Zombie · #10 08-27-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Yeah, that's pretty great. We've heard her say she's sequenced Rumours before, but now she's just gotten completely carried away.

Yeah, how did sequencing SYW work out for you, Steflana?

Someone told her they love her sequins and she misheard them.

Michele

Hee. I thought "sequins" when I read that, too. It reminds me of something Cher said once about her abominable stage fright - how when she got really nervous before a show one time, her wardrobe or makeup person said something like, "Look, if God hadn't meant for you to do this, he wouldn't have pointed down at you while you were in your bassinet and said, "SEQUINS!"

Maybe next time around, Stevie can be the Master Bedazzler.

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

Hold up.

Is she talking about "Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai?

Sh*t, son - you know that boogie is for real. Mama got canned heat in her (Frankenbok) heels.

vivfox · #11 08-27-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I'm so glad to hear Stevie actually had a great time touring with Fleetwood Mac on the Unleashed Tour following her self-described misery on the Say You Will Tour. She even suggested of her own volition another Mac album might follow... so it might be in the bag! It seems she's been the sole holdout... and she's so charged about writing and recording new material right now... let's hope the wind stays in those sails!

Don't get too excited about a new FM record.This is what she said in this article: With her mini-tour and her new album in the wings, Nicks doesn't have much time for Fleetwood Mac, but she insists that she'll be back with her band at some point.

"It's busy now,'' Nicks said. "I want to complete my album, then tour behind it next summer. Once that cycle ends, I can definitely see myself getting back in the studio for another album with Fleetwood Mac or at least going on tour with the band.

See, she plainly says, "another album with FM or at least going on tour."

michelej1 · #12 08-27-2010, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tango

I seem to remember Stevie didn't do the "sequinsing"

of "Say You Will" (Mick referred to it I believe), and it was the cause of one of the major fights before the tour even started--so much that the tour might have been in jeopardy. The sequencing was discussed quite a bit on this board as I remember it. A few people actually suggested alternatives here, some of which I personally liked better than the album (Chili's, I think was the best?).

Yes, that's what I was talking about. I think there were sequencing arguments while Lindsey was here and the band was in Hawaii. He said that someone had to stay and make decisions and, presumably (especially considering the 2 tracks that start the album), Lindsey is the one who made them. I don't think Lindsey is part of that crowd that just loves her sequencing.

Michele

michelej1 · #13 08-27-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by vivfox

See, she plainly says, "another album with FM or at least going on tour."

Right and this is in contrast to the other interview posted where she talks about a new album and a new tour. She's changed it around a little here and said a new album, "or at least," which tells me she's giving herself an exit route, just in case.

Michele