Lyric interpretation time: I think the lyrics of The Challenge is Chris talking from John’s perspective about why he named his ship The Challenge and how his challenge is her. I’m forevermore tagging the McVie ship #thechallenge
Happy 74th Birthday, Stevie Nicks! To celebrate, Longreads contributor Jill Spivey Caddell has collected six great reads spanning Nicks’ incredible career.
WhenRolling Stone published an updated list of the 500 greatest songs of all time last year, a tune that had not been included at all in the 2004 iteration of the list suddenly appeared in the top 10: “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. Of course, anyone with a fleeting acquaintance with the overwrought and raucous history of Fleetwood Mac knows that “Dreams” is a Stevie Nicks song, part of a Rumours diptych with Lindsey Buckingham’s “Go Your Own Way” rehashing Stevie and Lindsey’s tortured breakup. Anointing Nicks’ “Dreams” as a classic anthem 45 years after its initial release, beloved by Gen Z TikTokers and nostalgic Boomers alike, speaks to the irrepressible essence of Stevie herself.
From Prince to Harry Styles, Tom Petty to Haim, Stevie Nicks links generations of musicians and fans, genres and trends. This reading list probes the source of her ongoing popularity through her refusal to be anything but herself, showing how Stevie’s instincts for survival and her silvery songwriting prowess allowed her to rise above her band’s many implosions and cement her own supernatural cultural presence. As we celebrate Stephanie Lynn Nicks’ 74th birthday on May 26, these essays explain why the ageless sound of her voice continues to haunt us.
one time we were listening to fleetwood mac in the car and my sister who was probably 4 at the time asked, without being prompted, “can girls marry girls?” and THAT is the power of stevie nicks
Loving you isn’t the right thing to do. How can I ever change things that I feel? If I could, baby, I’d give you my world. How can I when you won’t take it from me?
1987 was a very colourful year for Stevie’s hair. She started out with orange/red streaks, as seen in the Red Rocks close-ups and early TITN promo’s. In some of the later promo’s she had a bright pink streak and during the first leg of the tour it was a bright blue streak with some red. In 1988, after the tour, during promo for the FM’s Greatest Hits album there was red on one side and later on both side. It can also be seen in the OSOTM promo’s, including the album cover photo’s, and some of the tour photos.
