Fleetwood Mac and The Dreams of Stevie Nicks | Professor of Rock
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- When you listen to the modern day standard "Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac, you may not immediately hear the sadness. You may not recognize that it is song about a failing relationship.
The song’s methodical seduction begins with the sweet romantic haziness of the intro, followed by an alluring Stevie Nicks vocal with her free-spirited, yet gentle, vibrato casting a gypsy spell that puts your senses in a blissful dream state. The Fleetwood Mac Soft Rock Hit Dreams is now back thanks to Nathan Apodaca’s viral tik tok video. This is the inside story and meaning behind the song.
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#70s #FleetwoodMac #Dreams
What were you doing when you first heard this song?
I was riding my tricycle. Didn't care for it then but now...it is a classic!
My aunt Opal gave it to me for Christmas '77 (Rumours). My mom had a couple of Mac's previous releases on record too. I grew up with this stuff...
Getting ready to get married.
Papering the walls of a friend in Quebec City who had literally 1,000 records blew me away. I got the job done but spent most of it just listening. By the way Stevie Nicks is my sister's musical hero but not my personal hero ; I know his wife Dana and Stevie a brilliant woman who turned her life around really agressively moved in on him in 1999 that horrible year and Dana was ready to leave. And it happened again with Adria Petty: Dana doesn't give a fuck, gets out out of toxic situation, leaves. She was/is a protector. When there is nothing left to protect ... she goes her own way, pun intended. But she is and will always remain like me a civilian and perhaps just read this comment and erase it.
Solitary on a lakeshore with my portable radio on a family camping trip. I was 13 and this album (as well as the previous one) spoke to me. 10 years later I named my first child, a daughter, Rhiannon.
Stevie Nicks was the first songwriter to write about players, decades before others started writing about players and their propensities to take advantage of others.
Ramblin' Man" by The Allman Brothers or House of the Rising Sun by the Animals comes to mind
Andrews Sisters "Don't go sittin under the apple tree with anyone else but me" is essentially them begging their GI boyfreind to stay loyal to them while over there.
I remember listening to that album over and over again in 1977. It's hard to tell a young person (I'm 60 years old), that you used to sit in front of a record player and listen to music. No video, just listening to the album was all the entertainment
you needed. The Rumours album had a certain mystique and energy that's hard to explain to somebody who wasn't around in the seventies. Stevie Nick's voice is unique in tone and texture. Fleetwood Mac is one of a kind.
yes, I'm 42 and as a kid would just sit for hours at the record player
FUNNY NOW AIN'T IT HARV?
Sophomore in high school in that puppy hit the charts and to this day it's still one of my favorite songs of all time! so since we're in the same loop same age and I happen to be a musician. He screwed up a few things here on this video but that's okay - I seem to like the guy for some reason but he's got to be in his 40s? But my producer and I did have a roll through the record plant in Sausalito because I was living on a boat there and working on a novel and playing music, and the vibe in that place is HEAVY to say the least! ( BTW - the RECORD PLANT in SAUSALITO had been closed for a long time and some cat who had the bread and didn't want to see this thing torn down actually had it taken apart and moved I guess to wherever he lives? But the record plant lives on with the myriad of unbelievable classical pieces that were recorded there and I'm glad that, like so many other things they just rip them down and all that heavy juju goes Up in smoke! LOL! I thought as a fan you might be interested to hear what happened to it because it sat vacant for a very long time and, interestingly enough you would walk right by it if you didn't know what it was! Which I think was some of the allure to the magic of the place because it was hidden. Just figured I'd share that with you! ) BUT - I don't feel old, I EMBRACE IT; IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE EARNED! I just look now at the kids and suddenly realize that they could be our kids or grandkids and it's all good in every way because I would not want to grow up now LISTENING to this madness that's going on musically in the "BUSINESS". I remember when the FIRST Fleetwood Mac album came out - that was 1975 which would have been my first year of high school. And even that record was great and had a couple of hits on it, AND - NOT a BAD SONG EITHER! BUT; I can sing and play you every song on it! I think that we were just BLESSED to be born when we were and I'M SO HAPPY you have the ability to EMBRACE that! Just a little shout out here to you my brother! FREEZING my butt off here in NYC in this Pandemic & SO wanting to get back home...
John McVie is a Mate/he's: w/Fleetwood, been around the block and really doesn't want to talk music? He's not that kind of guy...
ANYWAY; "WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE GROWN UP WHEN WE DID!"
Be WELL and do KIND!
CHEERS MATE 💕💯
I saw the Rumors tour in 77
How about picking up the arm over and over to get all the words??🙄 We never cared if it was a sad song or a love song.😍
You’ll be delighted to know that records and record players are the the thing now and the price of record players have skyrocketed in the last 5 years
Silver Springs still brings instant tears to my eyes.
Well, it did serve as the perfect B side to "Go Your Own Way"....
its their best song
Reminds me of Stevie’s mom....
yes, me too. i agree.
@@CaptRobertApril Except that Silver Springs was the B side to GYOW
My mother named me Stevie after Stevie Nicks. “Dreams” along with every other Fleetwood Mac song has been constantly in the background in my life. I love this band as much as my mom does!
If you're from my necks of the woods, I know your mother.
Lucky you! I love your name, and the wonderful artist you were named for.
Very cool story!
Her name is Stephanie. For Christ's sake
@@zapkvr no shit
I've followed Fleetwood Mac and Stevie for decades, attending many concerts. One concert that stands out to me as the most powerful, poignant moment was during "The Dance" tour, when they performed at the Palace in Auburn Hills, MI. We were close enough to be able to see the facial expressions of the artists as they performed, and at one point during the song "Silver Springs" Stevie turned from the bulk of the crowd to face our direction, lifting her hand to dry her eye... she was crying. I bawled my eyes out at that moment, and any time I hear the song that memory comes back and I start bawling all over again. It was absolutely haunting and heartbreaking.
Saw her more times than I can recall. But one that stands out. Was Nashville 98. I was 16 rows back. Of course at then end when she starts edge of 17 and begins accepting flowers gifts and touching our hands. I don't know how but when she started doing that I felt as if God himself lifted me alive 15 rows and made me 6 feet tall I am reaching my hand out and I just missed her by seconds. And then don't you know Stevie saw me looked at me came back and gently gave me 4 fingers of her hand and a smile. My hand smelled like thee most beautiful perfume.
That's sad and as u said haunting. Wow. You caught the real emotion in person
Thank you @northenkitty for sharing, what a priceless experience. Brought a tear to my eye.
I agree, today's female singers rely on looks, very little talent, very little clothing, or outrageous behavior to get attention, the lyrics or meaning of the music mean very very little now! Stevie Nicks, doesn't rely on her beautiful good looks, but puts her heart into composing songs with a real meaning like Dreams, Landslide, Gypsy, Rhiannon, and others. She is the true Queen Of Rock N Roll. And she beat her drug addiction too!
I met Mick Fleetwood in a small club back in 1992 when his side project The Zoo performed. They say you shouldn't meet your heroes because you may end up disappointed, not so with him, he was kind and gracious.
The saying is not because you might be disappointed because they will treat you unkindly and ungraciouly but because they often don't live up to your idolised mental version of them meaning they are not godly but human.....fantasy is brought down to earth with reality.
Nice work.
If you were a teenager in the 70's this song has many memories for you. Its iconic.
Amen to that.
And i was!
@@brookswade5774 And awoman.
You dont know what icons are, do you?
The entire Rumours album is immeasurably great.
I still have my LP from 1977.
I wore mine out,I played it so much.
Although seemingly simplistic, the John McVie bass line in "Dreams" is one of the very best in Rock. It's right "in the pocket" (& in perfect time) as it carries the song. IMO, it "makes" the entire track!
And the fact that he can make playing the same 2 to 3 notes the whole song interesting!
@@alextirrellRI ... Super easy to play. Yet so mesmerizing.
Ya, It is NEVER EVER Boring to play ( I play 6 string Bass ) - you can do SO much with it and still not loose anything .
FINALLY...!!! THANKS FOR "HEARING" HE'S A MATE/AS MUCH AS ANYONE Can be w/John...
AND - HE'S THE BASS PLAYER WHO played with John MAYALL / with Clapton and the "BEANO" COMIC BOOK COVER...
HE'S BEEN AROUND - JUST A THIRSTY LAD...
CHEERS! 🙏🏻💕🤔🛐🛐💯
He played his part perfectly. Agree, the song would not be the same if not for that quality yet simple bass line.
I became a huge Stevie Nicks fan in my teens. Saw my first concert, an outdoor concert at our NFL stadium, with Pablo 15:56 15:56 15:56 Cruise, Foreigner, Bob Welsh, and final act Fleetwood Mac. I loved Stevie the first time I heard her voice, and loved her so much I said I would name my first daughter after her should I have one. My Stevie is now recently married. Stevie remains my favorite singer/songwriter to this day, and still rocking, touring at 76 years old. Rock on, Queen! My three kids all love her now!!
In the lates 70's I was studying ballet in North Hollywood and a few times Stevie Nicks showed up and took the classes I was in. As a 17 year old Fleetwood Mac fan and Stevie devote, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. By that time Rumors had been released & was huge (with Stevie wearing black toe shoes on the cover of course. A detail not lost on any of her fans in the class), I had seen the band in concert a few times & I had adopted & emulated Stevie's bohemian fashion style. So there I was at the barre with my idol Stevie Nicks, both of us with our over processed blonde hair, fried from getting both perms & bleach that was a telltale sign of the time. I remember the ballet teacher called her by her real name, "Stephanie" as if it would help her take the class in incognito & none of us would recognized that Stevie freaken Nicks was in class. I remember thinking three things:
1) Wondering, if she was going to start coming regularly (which she didn't, I think she took about 4-5 classes)
2) I was very curious what her level of ballet training/ability actually was (it turned out it was about the same as mine, which wasn't great) and
3) I remember recognizing that I would never forget her being in same class, the same change room and hearing her speaking voice in person for the rest of my life and of course I have not.
Great 70s LA story there, I can just picture it. Stevie was always bewitching, and I can imagine ballet was part of her on-stage performance.
One of the most perfect pop songs ever written and recorded.
yea because todays pop "music" is garbage
Without a doubt!
Is pop rock really considered pop now?
@@scotchwhisky6094 I guess so. There's a new genre called "dream pop" or bedroom pop that sounds alot like 70's pop-rock. So in the modern lens it's considered pop. It's funny how it's called dream pop when the sound is heavily drawn from the song dreams 🤣 I still count it as rock in my book!
Fleetwood Mac's Rumors tour was my first concert when I was 15 years old. When they played "The Chain" Mick did this amazing 10 minute drum solo. It was electrifying!
I saw Fleetwood Mac again on my 50th birthday when Christine started touring with them again. They opened with "The Chain." The arena exploded.
I'm 63, And man when this track came out I melted I already was in love with Stevie but Dreams has made me cry more then once I'll tell you! I was driving in my car when I 1st heard it and 19 years old.
My High School SR year was 1977.The most important albums of that year were Rumours and Hotel California by the Eagles..Great Records and great memories.Thankyou for all the memories..
Greatest music year ever
8th grade for me... Those 2 albums were played 24- 7 seems like
Pre- MTV, real music, real musicians, real emotions with no over the top effects.
4 years ago, we had a pair of goats born a boy and girl. The little girl was tiny, but very vocal! Since she was such a "singer", I named her Stevie after Stevie Nicks. She's my favorite little goat, she's very smart and has a great personality. I think Ms. Nicks would approve!
Especially considering what "GOAT" stands for!
Fred
You didn't say so, may I assume you named the male goat Lindsay? :-)
@@urbangorilla33 I thought about it, but my niece is named Lindsey and I didn't know what she would feel about that. I named him Walter White because I was watching "Breaking Bad" at the time and figured it would be easy to remember. It was an ironic name because Walter was so sweet and cuddly.
Unfortunately, we lost Walter a couple months ago to a mountain lion. That damned cat has killed so many animals here in our community, It got all four of my friend's goats in one night, just killed them all and left them like it killed them for fun.
I love animals, but I hate that cat. I've lived here 15 years but never had anything like that up here that has no fear of humans.
@Intergalactic Shroom I've had at least 30 goats in the last 14 years, and I'm old and forgetful. I found that if I name them after celebrities or characters, I can remember their names.
Right now I have 15 goats; Stevie (Nicks), June (Carter-Cash, sadly Johnny died), Lucas (McCain "The Rifleman") and his sister "Cheyenne", AOC (because she looks like her!) and her sister Elizabeth (Warren), GiGi and her brother Mamba were born the day Kobe Bryant and his daughter died, "Scout" is named for the girl in "To Kill a Mockingbird", her sister is "Ripley", named for Sigourney's character in "Aliens". Stevie has 2 son's, Willie (Nelson) and Snoop (Dogg). There's also Harley (Davidson), Bud (Weiser), and Big Guy. Big Guy was given to us 12 years ago and already had that name. He's the only one who wasn't born here.
I'm sure it sounds funny when I'm talking about my kids and dropping names, if people don't know I'm talking about a herd of goats!
@Intergalactic Shroom Well, since "A Fish Called Wanda," perhaps...
Fred
Not to be too focused on her looks, but Nicks also showed that good looks isn't all that a pop star can be. She was looks and brains and heart! Amazing talent!
I saw her live solo in 87. She stank.
@@zapkvr Really? Well, that happens!
It's not just one of the best songs of the 70s, it's one of the best songs of all time!
heard this song a thousand times but her voice in the opening still gives me chills
I was seven and eight when this came out and it was in every car, bar, older brother and sisters stereo and FM radio dial you could find. Stevie cast a spell on us all, and I am still spellbound.
I was 8 years old, and could NOT stop staring at Stevie's image in the group photo on the back of the album - and listened to that album at least 500 times.
She is drop dead gorgeous. Still is. Lots of boys fantasies I'm sure.
Me too man....
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I was 18, and it was the same for me, staring at her in that photo, listening to her sing. Beautiful. The most beautiful woman I had ever seen, the most beautiful voice I had ever heard. That's what I felt like.
@@Jmatt455 Undeniable. I am now a professional session vocalist... and in my studio at home, I only have one photo: Stevie Nicks, 1975.
@@positivelybobby all my personal friends had her pic at our houses. I listen to her often even to this day. I long for those days.
Wow, so many memories with this song!!! I was 5 years old when this hit #1. I can still hear Casey Kasem announcing it at #1, while playing cards with my sisters on our living room floor. I remember hearing it in the car a lot in the summer of 1977. It was a time when life was so simple, before school started for me. Fleetwood Mac overall was one of the greatest things about the mid-late 70's!!!
Great story, thanks bill!
Loved Casey!!! Miss him so much!!!
Me too ✋ couldn't get enough of his radio dj skills & when Fleetwood mac hit i was playing always singing in my room ♥ thats when I knew I luved true music :)) thanks 4 your story its good to know others get the same feeling from her performance 🎭 yall stay safe+ blessed 👋 🙌 🙏 ❤
It is the ultimate break-up song: 'What you had... And what you LOST' pierces through you heart like a knife. They don't make songs like that anymore, unfortunately...
Im a huge metalhead, but there is always room for Fleetwood Mac, I adore Stevie! Thanks Professor!
How many times has Bohemian Rhapsody made comebacks? My kids hate the autotune and lack of true love of music by today's artists because they grew up with my music. You're great Professor!
I fell in love with Stevie the moment I first time saw her on the Buckingham Nicks album. Never met her, but the love endures to this day.
For me it was a photo of her in a lace dress in Kerrang! magazine.
I love that, with all the millions spent on promoting music and musicians, what you really need to get a number one is an everyday dude filming himself blissfully singing along while skating.
One of the songs from the soundtrack of my youth. Pretty sure this album played near constantly in our house back in '76-'77
"Fast-food, autotune, brain-dead pop" is my new favorite phrase. Love it. Stevie could really sing back in the day.
One thing that is so great about this music is that people relate to it from every generation. People have heartache and break ups and anger no matter what age . I've loved their music for years and the songs change their meaning for me at different ages.
This album was so ubiquitous when it was released you couldn't get away from it if you wanted to. Nowadays an album is considered a runaway hit if it sells 1 million copies (or close to it). 'Rumours' sold 10 million in it's first month alone and 40 million total in the years since. A true landmark in music.
That Other Canadian: Yeah, but how many downloads and streams did Rumours have in that first month? Not so impressive. :-)
Stevie is one of the best singer-songwriters ever. Beautiful woman, hauntingly beautiful voice.
I would say the best female singer-songwriter ever.
Stevie Nicks is in my opinion the undisputed Queen of Rock-N-Roll and the only female to have been inducted into the rock hall of fame twice. Fleetwood Mac musically was a magic pairing of musicians that turned out some awesome music but in reality the one member of that iconic band that would have been near impossible to replace and still have the success they had would have been the haunting vocals of Stevie.
Also Stevie captured the hearts and was many a young mans heart throb and never needed to take her clothes off on stage and strut around half naked with sexual gestures or acting like she was getting laid on stage to become one of the top female artist of all time, she did the seducing with her voice and just her plain beauty using the concept that showing less is more and let the viewers imagination take the lead from there.
A lot of current female performers sure could take lessons from Stevie on what is actually a good artist that will remain relevant for going on 5 decades. And actually in many ways I think Stevie as she has grown older and learned her craft uses her voice better now than she did when she was young.
Want to see a good performance of Stevie and her solo show buy the Live in Chicago dvd or check out some of the videos from that performance.
I agree with everything you said! To think she almost left Fleetwood Mac at one point for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers is crazy to think about. That would have been a great band too though I mean look at "Stop Dragging My Heart Around". The duet she did with Don Henley in "Leather and Lace" was absolutely magical as well.
And yet, I don't think the band would have stuck together professionally through the worst time without Christine, who got along with everyone. She was the diplomate of the group.
@@ShadaxOfTheRift absolutely magical! You are so right!!
I worked at a store for almost 10 years where we heard the same songs every single day. It's enough to make you hate all of those songs forever. But there were 5 or 6 songs I never got tired of and Dreams was one of them. I think that says a lot.
Rianon by Fleetwood Mac, Wish you were here by Pink Floyd, The motown song by Rod Stewart, Enjoy the silence by Depeche Mode, Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears.
I was fortunate enough to see them on the Rumours Tour. In fact, this song was just starting to play on radio. Amazing show that I’ll never forget.
The day I first heard this song I was hooked line and sinker in so deep and have yet to withdraw. I love this woman with all my heart. May the Lord bless you Stevie forever thank you for that beautiful voice. So blessed I grew up to Fleetwood Mac.
i have always told people, most bands that have EVER existed were not fortunate enough to even have one good song writer. Fleetwood Mac had at least THREE GREAT song writers.
Rubbish. The beach Boys had five
@@zapkvr I don’t think Beach Boys having possibly 5 diminishes the point @newwavepop conveys. If Beach Boys had 5 GREAT writers concurrently they were rare occurrence, but somehow that is twisted to depreciate Fleetwood Mac? Beatles had two primary that developed to three great and four decent, and Beach Boys had outside songwriters in the wings as did Mac. They weren’t direct contemporaries, trivial variations exist, IMO comparison is moot.
Add Peter Green to that list, I know it is an instrumental, but he should be added.
So did Zep- they all 4 wrote & didn’t trash each other even to this day!
@@zapkvr The Beach Boys
are utter shit lol
In my experience knowing that a relationship was really and truly over was the most painful aspect . If you make it through that, knowing you can never go back home so to speak, something beautiful and unexpected happens. this song exemplifies that 100 % .
Surviving the 70's and dragging myself through the 80's, My favorite Stevie songs are,After the Glitter Fades and Rooms on Fire.Life wouldn't have been the same without her and The Mac!!!
I was 10 years old when this song came out. I would sneak into my older brother’s room and listen to this album over and over. I loved it so much!
Stevie Nick's & Mick Fleetwood where very nice when we met in Palm Springs, back in the late 70's.
'Dreams' was honestly my theme song for over a year in 2019... I'd sing this lovely song to warm up my voice when I sang at this place here on 'The Riverwalk'... I absolutely adore this song.
I heard this album first time at a friends sister's house. I loved it, went and bought it and played it constantly. The whole album is great. So fortunate to have grown up in those days of great music!
Adam, this song and "Rhiannon", are the reasons I first fell in love with Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. I was 3 years old, and it was plain as day, to me, then, it was a song about a failing relationship...I took it to mean: Stevie's sadness at having Lindsey leave her for someone else (little did I know, she was the one who left him), and vowing that his mistake will haunt him forevermore ("Say, Women...They will come...and They will go...When the rain washes you clean...You'll know..."). One of the first sad songs I had heard, up to that point. It still haunts and enthralls me, 44 years later. And, yes: Mick Fleetwood and John McVie's rhythm section is the support for it all.
I heard this song on the school bus in 6th grade. I was memorized. It became my first favorite song, Fleetwood Mac became my first favorite band and Stevie Nicks became my first favorite singer. And all these decades later, they still are.
I remember sitting on the floor or lying on the floor listening to the whole album with grad school friends, letting the music wash over us (sober and straight BTW), liking every song. That such an album rose above the conflicts of the group proves the talent and resilience of the musicians involved. Maybe the best pop/rock album of the 70's, certainly one of the tightest.
LOL.... so glad you mentioned "sober and straight".... yes, there are people who can enjoy good music and other people's company and not be under the influence.
When my sister and I were in high school in the late 1980's this was our breakup song after every failed relationship 💔
As a teenager growing up in the 70's I was fortunate enough to be the bass player in a band. It was my moms band. I of course was the youngest member and received quite the education from the older band mates. We covered this song. My mom did such a great job and passed on a legacy of music appreciation that I will always cherish. Love your channel!
The 1st time I heard the song, I was in Art class in the 8th grade. When my mom picked me up from school I begged her to take me to the mall so I could buy the album.
She is such an original, talented, driven, love her.
I'll bet Mick is really glad he took Stevie in the band when he only wanted Lindsey!
You are spot on! 1. She brought another aspect to the songwriting. 2. Later on, she became a lover of Mick's too (from what I have read).
@@FatherAndTeacherTV From what you read? They both admitted it and Mick was the Great Dark Wing.
The interesting thing about that is, Lindsay didn't even want to join the band. It was Nicks who told him they were going to join FWM. She was tired of working 2 and 3 jobs to support the two of them...
Deborah 78. The relative failure of Buckingham Nicks in 73 ( except in certain Deep South states like Alabama ) also led them to re-evaluate their career track and plans. Stevie was tired of doing hostess and waitress duties and cleaning Keith's house ( think cleaning lady version of Sara).
@@Deborahtunes Interesting part to the story that I didn't know! Thanks!
To my long lost love, the one who forced me out kicking and screaming, "Has the rain washed you clean, do you now know"? LONG LIVE ROCK-N-ROLL!!!
DREAMS is a timeless classic that sounds as good today as it did back in the 70's. Absolute masterpiece. The combination of Stevie's writing and Lindsey's production is what I love about Fleetwood Mac.
I love the song and the band, stevie has the sexiest voice in music,ever. IMHO. I was born in 71 , so i have listened to this band my entire life, it shocks me they only had one number one hit, so underrated!!!
Drugs and heartbreak makes for great lyrics. But the powerful voice of Stevie Nicks makes this song even better!
I love Fleetwood Mac! My mom would always play Fleetwood Mac on our drives anywhere back in the 90s. Back then I didn’t know what they were singing about but I loved the singing and the feel of the music. Now that I’m an adult. I have great appreciation everything going on in their songs. Each time I listen to FM, I always pick Mick’s drumming, John’s bass, Christine’s vocal, Lindsey’s guitar/vocals or Stevie’s vocals to listen to. Just feel the music.
Dreams bring back memories of a simpler and innocent time in my life. Always will love this song..thank you Stevie and Lindsey
I was a teen wen Rumours came out - it was so magical, it would be hard to describe the effect. It's still magic, and I still love the album just as much as I always did. Dreams is one of my favorite songs ever. 💗
I was 5 yrs old when i first heard this song and i was captivated by the voice of Stevie nicks !! That was the beginning of my crush :)
I grew up in the 70's.
This music takes me back to a different time. This song was part of the soundtrack of my childhood for sure.
Yes, I first heard that song on the radio driving to work across the San Mateo Bridge! Stevie is a songwriter extraordinaire! I love just about all Fleetwood Mac songs and Stevie solo songs. Stevie has a way of making the meaning of the lyrics so hazy that often times you could interpret them in various different ways- or not at all, just leave ‘em be. I’ve been a Stevie fan since the mid 70’s. I absolutely love her voice, it’s instantly recognizable. I saw the Mac in concert a few years ago (also Stevie solo concert). They are mesmerizing! Mick treated us to an extended drum solo I will always remember. Yup, the Mac is in my top 5 all time favorites along with the Beatles and the Stones. Thank you so much, Adam!
I like ALL music, EVERY GENRE across the board. All through the years I'm always able to find something to appreciate in the music humans create. However, in the 70's when I snuck into my older brothers padlocked room with the strobe lights and incense burners, and randomly borrowed an album like i did every few days, I pulled a white looking album, without knowing it would change my life and rock me to my core. The 70's where PACKED with awesome, groundbreaking music, if i do say so myself. I took this album and randomly through the needle down at the beginning of "Rhiannon". After the intro, a female voice started spinning a tale of an old welsh witch. The tone, the timber of the vocal was completely entrancing to my 11-12 yr old brain. I kept coming back to that song. I eventually saved money up and bought the 8-track. It just had to be available at all times. A couple of years later, Rumours came out and I hitchhiked into town to by the record at the record store. DREAMS was my immediate favorite. Lush, entrancing, hopeful, giving me a peaceful feeling that I yearned for in my crazy young teenage life, of a broken home. The tone of Nick's voice had become my therapist! Anytime ANYTHING was out of place in my life, all had to do was put my gigantic 1970's headphones on and play "Dreams" and everything was immediately calm in my world. To this day at 40+ years later it's EXACTLY the same. I owe Stevie so much money for saving me from having to pay a therapist!!! Even though her accolades are many, I still think she's underestimated. Her writing and vocals and chord changes, are UNIQUE and unmatched to date. Dreams is just one of her many spells she's cast along her journey in this timespace. We are lucky to have been here for it.
What you said reminded me of a quotation by Derrick Taylor, PR guy for the Beatles, "Music encourages all of us to believe in majic, for majic it is! It is alchemy in accessable human form!"
Silver Springs is a beautiful break up song also glad you brought that one up
I saw Fleetwood Mac in late 1979 on their Tusk tour, which was the one right after Rumors. I was 15, a freshman in High School, and the band was still at their peak. As a drummer, I am normally focused on the drummer at concerts, and Mick Fleetwood was definitely worth watching, but it was Lindsey Buckingham who REALLY captured my attention that night. I had never really paid attention to guitarists, and I still don't, but Lindsey blew my mind with his playing. There's only been one other guitarist who captured my attention the way Buckingham did, and that was Frank Zappa (who I hadn't realized played guitar before I saw him in 1982). I'm STILL in awe of Lindsey Buckingham from seeing him that night. Of course, I was also captivated by Stevie Nicks. For the first half of the concert, I was dead center in the audience with only two people standing between me and Stevie. God, that was a great show, Adam. You would have loved it! Christopher Cross was the opener.
Dreams has been my favourite Fleetwood Mac song ever since I got deep into Classic Rock in high school.
it's also what I think of when I hear the word "atmosphere".
A girl I was dating at the time bought me this album for my birthday,,I still have it...still listen to it..such good music..every once once in awhile when I see her around town I think about that album. Music is a time machine.
My step dad was a studio musician and so I grew up in a house with a lot of music. My stepdad could play multiple instruments but his favorite was the bass guitar. I asked him once who he thought was the best bass player and he said he didn't know who the best of the best would possibly be but his personal favorite had always been John McVie..listening to Fleetwood Mac as the years go by iv got to say he is special, as all members of this band are...I can't imagine them being this good apart, something great happens whenever the fab five get together.
One of the greatest songs ever composed, played, and shared. This is Stevie's reality at the time. Beautiful song, beautiful lady. Her voice and Lindsey's haunting guitar in this song have gotten me through many rough times in my life by just bringing me someplace else, someplace better in time, even for just a little while. Thank You Stevie Nicks. If you only knew how much you have meant to me.
I got to see the Mac live at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in 1978. They were excellent!! Truly one of the high lights of my life. I was right up front and Stevie was so lovely. The whole band was killing it. And, they played Dreams along with most of their two albums Rumors and Fleetwood Mac. What a magical night that was!
As a teen in 1975 (I think) I got to hear Buckingham Nicks play at the Boutwell Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. I don't think the duo was very well known outside of California, but in Birmingham, they were rock royalty! We had a great FM station that played their album in totality almost every night. So when they came to play in Birmingham, tickets sold quickly and the concert was a sellout. It was the BEST concert I've ever been to...and I even saw them with Fleetwood Mac a few years later. The two of them together were pure magic.
I lived in Colorado then with a band of musicians that never made it big. It was the breakout of women in rock in the mid ‘70’s. It wasn’t meant to be that they’d listen to my advice. I have an ear for a hit song. They ended up dying young of their addictions. Hearing Rumours always takes me back to what might have been. Having good songs and a killer lead guitarist wasn’t enough. It takes the unselfish devotion the Mac had. I wish they’d reunite for us.
my love for Stevie Nicks is profoundly deep, abiding and enduring
Mine too! Not a day goes by where I don’t listen to Stevie 🖤🌙✨
@@lilbebegirlxx Her voice and music are healing
@@zequielchristopherdroz8815 I concur 👍🏼❤️
I was 12-13 years old, sitting in the back of my sister’s boyfriend’s car, a big old Cadillac, hearing songs from Rumors on the car radio, completely entranced with the voices and the emotions, wondering if I would ever feel this way, this bad, about someone. Years later, yes, all too truly did I experience this sorrow that they captured. Please do a video The Chain and/or Gold Dust Woman.
I had no idea about the tiktok comeback of this song. It would never occur to me that "Rumours" could be forgotten.
Absolutely one of my favourite Mac songs and in fact on of my favourite songs period. All the years I refused to listen to any cover of this song, 'cause this song doesn't need any cover. And then, last year during this tiktok cranberry hype, I couldn't avoid to hear the cover by Lanie Gardner... since I'm awe much like I was way back with Stevie. What a great cover, what a great voice! Look it up, its here on UA-cam.
Stevie Nicks is the queen. Rock on, professor! Greetings from the Philippines!
Stevie Nicks is My favorite singer and songwriter. Has been since 1976.I Love Stevie Nicks she is timeless, First woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame twice and rightly so. My granddaughter is named Rhiannon in honor of Ms Stevie Nicks.
Fleetwood is one of the most underrated drummers in rock.
His drumming on “Go Your Own Way” took that song to another level.
Stevie and Lindsay used to open for Janis Joplin at Filmore West. Stevie said she wanted to sound like her. Her hybrid sound is amazing!
Love Fleetwood Mac so much. Dreams is indeed haunting I bought Rumors album 3 times. Thats how much I loved it. A timeless Masterpeice. And u can see the heartfelt intensity as Stevie stares Lindsey down as she sings her heart out to him. So incredibly sad . I don't know how she could do that night after night, month after month. Year after year. That had to be so difficult. But the result wasn't lost on her fans even if it was on Lindsey. Indeed she cast a spell on us all. Stevie if u see this, Thank u 4 all the beautiful music that I for 1 will always cherish. And Thank u Professor for another great episode. ❤.
My best friend & I listened to Fleetwood Mac all the time in the late 80’s. Love them, so precious to my heart. Stevie is such a great song writer. All the lyrics you mentioned are brilliant. I’ve always been impressed how simply she pointed out what we all know, “players only love you when their playing.”
Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are one of the top rhythm sections of all time.
Dreams is one of those songs that can take me back in time with memories so vivid that I can almost smell the room where the record was playing.
You should have heard it live in 1975 like I did at the Day on The Green in Oakland. My life was changed forever. I am 62 and she is still my idol.
Fantastic album of the era, loved it from start to finish.Stevie was a dream girl for all the guys and Christine wasn't far behind. Christine's voice and playing was fantastic and Lindsay's voice and playing, was unmatched.
Dreams was the first 45 I bought when I was 7. Loved this song!! So awesome to hear the story behind the music. Thank you!!
"Great music will always rise to the top, no matter the trends, no matter the decade" The Professor has spoken. The yeas have it. The motion is hereby passed! Great quote my friend. Sometimes we just have to wait to prove it so!! Keep up the great work with this channel! I appreciate all you do!!
I adore Stevie, have from the first moment I saw her, she showed a free spirit most of us little girls wanted to have forever. When Stevie and Lindsey come together they are pure magic, the love they shared will always be there no matter how much they fight it. Dreams will always be one of my go to songs
I used to sit in my room with a new album and read the lyrics and everything written and look a zillion times at the photos on the album sleeve, trying to ascertain any more background on my favorite groups, Fleetwood Mac being among them. These background stories you dig up are exactly what I was always looking for. This is a Great channel, Professor.
They don't make music like this any more.
Stevie Nicks has done some amazing outreach to wounded veterans over the years. I enjoy her music but more so I admire her humanity.
Love this song. I was only 10 at the time. I came to love this song a bit later when I bought the first Stevie Nicks solo album. I went back to it to fully understand the arrangement. The harmonies and musicianship are flawless.
Your explanation of the hypnotic feeling of dreams is the perfect description of how i felt as a kid whenever my parents put this record on. They where hippies in the 60s. In 74 when i came around they were the music junkies of our street. Sabbath, floyd, fleetwood, linda ronstadt, ccr, zeppelin, zappa, and countless others blasting from the house daily. Im thankful for my early musical education. Its stayed with me like a soundtrack of my life. It makes me kinda sad sometimes at what musics become. But i also think were lucky to have come up in a time with such powerful, life changing music available to us.
Thanx for your vids.
They bring back good memories for us all.
Take care
Fascinating how brilliant this FM classic came together...sad that this beauty came together at the expense of a broken heart.
*"Silver Springs"* is one of my favorite FWM songs. Especially since the title comes from a city in my home state, "Silver Spring," Maryland...
Nice work having Lindsey Buckingham's 'Go Insane' album in the back drop. He oversees all great things Fleetwood Mac, that's just fact. John's hypnotic bass and Lindsey's mesmerizing & moody guitar touches are other highlights for me. For what it's worth I'd vote Rumours as one of the greatest albums to enjoy with headphones... takes it to another universe. Brilliant production & audio engineering work. Goosebump city...
I appreciate how you feel the lyrics. I listen mostly to the song entirely and don't ever focus on lyrics. I appreciate the music sonically vs comprehensively. That's probably why I don't usually remember lyrics but still remember and appreciate the songs in their entirety. The feel.
I saw Fleetwood Mac Rumors tour 1977 at Madison Square Garden June 30,1977. I had just turned 18 years old that month. It was awesome.Stevie was dressed in black and Christine all in red.They had that full moon backdrop and the band was at the height of their powers.I'll always remember it.Oh, to be that young again...