IYD - iTunes Deluxe Edition

[Richard B]

The iTunes store just notified me via email my pre-order was ready, which is a iTunes LP. The artwork is nice and has a few more photos not in the CD packaging and...a section where she writes about what each song means. Very nice!

[fumidesigns]

ha! and here i was willing to wait until midnight to get it! thanks for posting this! i'm too excited right now!!!

[WildHearted]

Oh goodness! Would you mind briefly, in like a sentence or less, posting what she said each song was about?

I'm craving to read that so badly but my computer is broken and can't download the CD on someone elses iTunes

[tilthefirefades]

Mine is downloading right now, I can't believe it's finally here!!!

[Richard B]

Spoilers!

Secret Love
Written in 1976, 35 years ago, Life was moving and fast. We were young and beautiful and wild. Love was just "a kiss away." I'm not truly sure who it was about, but I put it away ~ a secret ~ never to be told...

For What It's Worth
Sometimes, in your darkest hour, an angel comes along and lifts you up...Keeps your head above water. A selfless act of love that saves your soul...for what it's worth.

In Your Dreams
A song about the time right after 9-11. A person who promised me that he would get me through every show ~ Even though I was terrified. We did not go home and hide ~ We stayed on the road and did our best to lift people's spirits.

Wide Sargasso Sea
The story of the woman we first come across in Jane Eyre. The first wife of Mr. Rochester. From a novel written in 1966, and a movie made in 1993. It tells the story of Antoinette ~ the beautiful, titled woman from Jamaica, who enchants him with her beauty ~ But goes completely mad when he drags her away from her island back to England.

New Orleans
Written five days after Katrina hit. An eloquent precious embattled little boy broke my heart with his poignant words ~ "Look around us ~ This is a shame ~ Somebody needs to come and help us...I wrote the poem for him. He was eight years old.

Moonlight
Written about an essay I wrote in Melbourne Australia discussing the stories of Beauty and the Beast, New Moon ~ The story of Bella and Edward and The Mabinogion ~ The stories of Rhiannon and Pwyll and Their Gang of Gods and Goddesses. The main theme is the love stories between monsters, Gods and humans...But I dedicate it to Edward and Bella.

Annabel Lee
When I was 17, it was a very good year ~ I met Lindsey and I read some of the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe. Annabel Lee was my favorite. I picked up my guitar with the open book in front of me ~ And 10 minutes later I went and played it for my Mom. It was never recorded ~ It just lived in my heart until the mid-nineties when I made a piano demo of it in Phoenix ~ Finally she has come to life.

Solider's Angel
From a poem written after my second visit to Walter Reed and Bethesda Hospitals. I printed the poem, all verses of it and started to give it out to the soldiers and their families every time I visited. I always told them that someday it would be a song. But I could never write a chorus ~ Those few lines eluded me. When I was in London with Fleetwood Mac in November 2009, an extremely tragic incident in Iraq concerning seven English soldiers caused a four-page journal entry where I pulled the four-line chorus, I asked Lindsey to help me record it ~ Which brought Buckingham/Nicks back to life on this, my most revered song.

Everybody Loves You
This is Dave's "Ode to Being A Duo." A duo is a different breed of cat. Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Only we four really understood this song. Fall in love with a person for who they are. Then fall in love with them again ~ For what they do. Rare...

Ghosts Are Gone
Sometimes relationships end with one thought..."I'm Done." All memories, bad and good, wiped out, never to come again ~ The ghosts are gone...

You May Be The One
This is about the one in all our lives that got away. Sometimes destiny comes into play when we least expect it ~ And changes everything.

Italian Summer
Written at The Palazzo Sasso Hotel on September 20, 2009 in Room 102. My friends and I arrived on a Sunday afternoon to be told that a great storied fireworks display would be held that night (not to be missed, the concierge said) if the great storm that was starting, let up. It didn't ~ But the fireworks went on anyway through the glorious wind and rain. Stole my heart. "Oh it's so romantic ~ Hey it's soulful ~ The rain falls down ~ And the thunder rolls...

Cheaper Than Free
At the end of 2009, my producer, Dave Stewart, was planning on escaping for a week to Nashville to make an album. Our friend Reese Witherspoon had come to the studio to listen and she offered up her condo in Nashville to Dave. I said ~ "Great! That would be cheap!" and Reese said ~ "What's cheaper than free?" So, when Dave got to Nashville he called and said, "Did you write Cheaper Than Free yet?" I said, "Only 6 lines, but if you want it, give me an hour, I'll finish it and send it back to you.: So I took a half hour, wrote it, and sent it back. Two hours later he sent me the track with a great lead vocal. When he returned, I put my harmony on it and it was done. Not free ~ but pretty cheap. That's how David and I work. Effortless...



That's it! Spoilers over. Hope this helps!

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by Richard B

In Your Dreams
A song about the time right after 9-11. A person who promised me that he would get me through every show ~ Even though I was terrified. We did not go home and hide ~ We stayed on the road and did our best to lift people's spirits.

That adds meaning to the line "I'm just at the other end of your night" (i.e., "I'm here for you after the show").

[saintvox]

I'm downloading the deluxe version right now.

I've been checking all day! So excited.

I didn't expect it to have extras.

[HighPassion]

Wow i'm reading those descriptions. They're making my mouth water!!!!!!! I thought they'd be a good psyche leading up to listening to the album

It's neat she's still referring Moonlight to Rhiannon - being as it was one of the "Rhiannon songs".! Can't wait to hear it!!!!!!!!

[SandyMac]

Thanks for the heads up. I was debating on just getting the regular version, but just bought the deluxe.

[Richard B]

Glad it helped out...I didn't realize I could type all that fairly quickly.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Spoilers!

Secret Love
Written in 1976, 35 years ago, Life was moving and fast. We were young and beautiful and wild. Love was just "a kiss away." I'm not truly sure who it was about, but I put it away ~ a secret ~ never to be told...

Eff you, Nicks. I already related this song to my friend whose favorite band is the Stones

[tabruns]

I can totally see people being like "AHA! She only wrote the lyrics to "Cheaper Than Free" in half an hour! No wonder!"

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I can totally see people being like "AHA! She only wrote the lyrics to "Cheaper Than Free" in half an hour! No wonder!"

I thought the same thing when I was typing the story. Lol.

[Richard B]

It's #11 for Music on iTunes as well right now. It jumped from #160 an hour ago. I'm sure it will hit the iTunes Top 10 albums any moment now.

[mylittledemon]

Damn! I'm jealous! I still have to wait for my stupid Barnes and Noble CD... grr...grumble...mumble...