The evolution of your fandom?

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by skuncles

I'm the same way, anytime Stevie or the Mac are in CT then I'm there. I've been to all of her CT shows (1986, 1990, 1997-today). My biggest regret was during the Unleashed tour I had floor sets at Mohegan Sun, prior to the show starting an usher came down to my area and was looking for people to stand at the stage, I personally wasn't asked, but the people next to me we're, I should have just gone up with them. To this day I've never met Stevie or been up where I could shake her hand during the Edge walk. I'm ok with that though.
Stevie is the only artist that I see every time I can, there is no one else that I go to the effort to see each tour.

Ditto on that.I've been at all of Stevie's/FM's show here in the Nutmeg state{CT}.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

I agree to with you I only go see in concert is Stevie,FM out of every time they tour, I never paid scalper ticket prices
for any tickets and won't either , was lucky to get great tickets on my own thru ticketmaster the past few years.I also like Heart and see them ever so often when they come around.

I probably seen everyone bothers and sisters of country music over the years.But when it comes to Stevie and FM tours I'll pre -empt the country shows to go see Stevie/FM shows.I did get scalper tickets for Tom Petty tickets in 2006 for the Mansfield show due to me being slow to get them early.Also I did a upgrade at the same venue for Stevies show to get better seats.That earned me a handshake from her.

[jannieC]

My first memory of Stevie is with Fleetwood Mac- my parents were listening to Rumours a lot. Then I remember Whenever I Call You Friend was my favorite song for a while, though I'm not sure if I knew who was singing it.

I was in all my Stevie glory during the Rock A Little era. I wore that cassette out in my camaro. It wasn't until the TISL tour that I discovered this online world of Stevie fans. I'm pretty sure The Nicks Fix was my first online experience, bless my heart. I remember being just as excited to see her for TISL as I was for RAL. I was reading the fan reviews, looking at pictures, and just being a total Stevie dork.

I've never had the financial ability to go nuts on her tours. One show per tour and not always great seats. It wasn't until Fleetwood Mac/SYW that I got a front row seat.

Anyway, I am a lifetime fan and always will be though I don't feel the same way about her as I did say, 20 years ago. I have no desire to go back stage, meet her, tell her how much she's meant to me. I will *always* go see her play when I can and support her by buying her music. I think she is a great songwriter, performer, and probably an all around cool person. Stevie's music is pretty much the soundtrack to my life, and I will never tire of listening.

[rhiannondontgo]

I was just thinking about this the other day! Stevie's just one of the people I'm really into, along with Dolly Parton, Cher, Madonna, and others.
She was however my first so she'll always be the most special. My mom is a huge Stevie fan and when I was a baby she would sing me Landslide, so I guess you could say i've been a fan longer than I can even remember
I made it a personal mission when I was younger to see every interview on youtube, and every live song, and have every demo, etc etc. I was a little wacky with all that. After a few years, it was just like I had seen it all, and I loved her just as much but stopped with the constant following. Until several months ago when I saw she was coming to NJ twice. I had loved her all my life but never had enough money as a kid to see her in concert as I'm from a very, very low-income family. But I started saving up every cent and selling all my old things until I had enough to get tickets at Holmdel for myself, my mother, and her bestfriend who's also a big fan, for Mother's Day. The concert was so great, I saved up enough for the Borgata as well. And i'm now just remembering why I loved her so much and what she meant to me. It's refreshing to see someone who was such a huge part of your childhood through the eyes of yourself once you're grown. I was also too young as a kid to get into the forums or make "Stevie friends" but it's cool to be able to do so now.
I'm not very much into the Stevie gossip, or demos, or collecting like crazy, anymore still. But it is refreshing to be able to go back to your childhood like this and see her now.
Reminds me of Gypsy.

[Nickingham]

I'm not a rabid fan or really well versed in all things Stevie, but I do know some things about her and consider myself a fan.More of a conservative fan, I suppose?
(Note: This post is long.Sorry if I come off as being a little redundant. I'm typing this stuff as it comes to mind.)

First off, I'd like to state that I never saw FM or Stevie live. I grew up poor so I couldn't afford it and when I was working, I still couldn't afford it. And at the moment I can't go to a concert due to health problems.I have only watched videos of concerts, interviews and documentaries.I have also read interviews, bio's and forums.Including this one.Thanks guys!

My fandom started in 1984 when I was 4 years old. My mom and I went to a record store in the mall and I remember her picking out the BD album from one of many crates that were on the floor.I remember seeing TWH album and I asked her if she wanted that too but she said "No. I want the Bella Donna album. It has SDMHA and EoS on it."
So I was like "Okay" and I stared at the TWH cover for a bit while she was looking at other records.I remember thinking; "She has a black cape on.IS she a witch?" Because that's when rumors were still going around that she was a witch.

My mom always played SDMHA, LAL,BD,and EoS.Which got old and tiring over the years because my mom loved that album and she didn't buy any other Stevie album.
I couldn't stand to listen to LAL because the melody and lyrics would make me cry.Don't get wrong though, it's a really good song.

I used to pull out the BD record and look at the cover alot.I remember thinking how cool and pretty she looked with those really long sleeves and boots (that I wanted and still want lol). My mom made two remarks about the cover; 1) When I asked her why Stevie wore such big high heels, my mom said "Probably because she's short so she wears them to be taller" and 2) "She sings 'just like the white winged dove' in EoS but she's not holding a dove, she's holding a parrot." lol
And then for some reason I thought Stevie was kind of a slut because she wore those platform boots. I think it was because of the old adage that girls that wear really high, high heels was considered to be easy/skanky. I don't know.I was a dumb kid! lol

Around that same time, my older cousin that lived next door had a cassette of TWH and she let my mom borrow it to listen to it.I I liked Stand Back and Nightbird.
Then there was my uncle (my mom's brother) who loved Stevie.He thought her and Christine were hot.lol So he had all the Fleetwood Mac and Stevie albums.
I, too thought Stevie and Christine were pretty.But not in THAT way.hehe
I remember my uncle had an 8-track of Rumours and I didn't know that Stevie was in Fleetwood Mac until he told me.I used to look at that picture of Stevie and Mick alot too because I like that cover even to this day.It's so iconic and there's something that screams 'timeless' about the way they're dressed like medieval times and then Mick is holding a crystal ball.And the pose they're in is like as if they're lovers (which I didn't know about until years later lol) and yet they're friends but they give off this vibe like they're depicting the three muses from greek mythology.Being playful and whimsical but watching from another place while they influence the humans.
But I digress.

My uncle used to play the Mirage album constantly.I liked "Gyspy" alot around this time also.

I admired Stevie not only because of her appearance but because she came off as a powerful and successful woman.I kinda looked to her (besides family members) of how a woman should be.


When RAL came out, my uncle said he was going to pick it up. I think he bought a cassette of it because when he came back, he said "It's not as good as her other stuff" so he obviously played it in his car, and I said "Really? It's not good?" and he said "No." So I didn't bother to listen to it because I trusted his opinion.He also said it sounded like she was coked up alot on that album which made me sad and I began to have a low opinion of her.It also made me scared because by that time everybody knew that cocaine could kill you.
Around this time was when TTM was all over the radio and I liked it but I didn't care too much about Stevie's music at that point.

Two years later was when TITN came out and I liked that album.Stevie was back with Seven Wonders and she looked different.She looked good.I remember hearing about how she kicked the habit. I thought that was great.I was happy for her.My idol was not going to die. Yay!

But then in '89, TOSOTM debuted. My uncle bought this album as well but he didn't mention it until I saw it buried along with all his other records in a cardboard box.I was like "Ooo she came out with another album? D=?" and he said "Yeah.But she looks fat and that album isn't good.I think she might be off the wagon again.Doing coke or something." I was like " :/ Nooooo!" So I asked him if I could listen to it and he played it.The only songs I liked off that album were ROF and FB.I liked the cover of the album but I got the impression that she was going the hard edge route.Like she was changing her style of music and appearance.Which was okay.You gotta switch it up sometimes.But I didn't like most of her songs on TOSOTM.I usually tried/try to listen to her lyrics to hear what story she's trying to tell and what feelings she's conveying. And the message I got from TOSOTM was a woman in her 40's trying to fight against the old bitty stereotype and revamp herself.

Which gave way to; Street Angel.
I didn't care about this album because 'Maybe Love' didn't sound like Stevie's usual songs.It was like she had given up.Therefore, I gave up on her new music...
Until one day in the summer of 1997 when PBS aired The Dance.

When I saw Stevie I was like "O.O she's back!" She sounded good.She looked good (although she didn't move around like she used to but that's understandable because she's older.) I thought that Stevie or FM might come out with another album. But they didn't. So I just taped The Dance and watched it every now and then.I also remember when Bootylicious came out and I heard them use EoS sample. I kinda got mad that Destiny's Child used it and a little mad at Stevie for letting them use it because I saw Destiny's Child as just another R&B pop act that wouldn't last and for them to use a sample of one of Stevie's greatest songs for a song titled "Bootylicious"... was an atrocity.A bastardization if you will.

Then a couple years passed. TISL and Say You Will You was released. I didn't care much.The songs on TISL are decent but they're not great in my opinion.The only song of Stevie's I like off of SYW is EFO.I like SAY but only the 'angry demo'.

About four years ago, I decided to read up on Stevie. I wanted to learn more about her.And now I feel bad about the way I viewed her as a person and her career (the negatives) when I was a kid because now that I am older and wiser, I understand her better.I can relate a little more. I appreciate her.