John Stewart w/ Stevie Nicks - Gold (1979) | REACTION
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Produced by Lindsey Buckingham.
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So many golden songs in the late 70s, including this gold.
I was hanging with John a lot before and after Gold. I know all the little stories behind the song and the recording of it. Jim Bass was actually a guy who worked at a gas station where John would get gas. He asked John if he’d put him in one of his songs. He got his wish.
I like how you tell the history of the song. So cool, thanks for the video!
Love your selection here. As a fellow performer and one who had the privilege of working with John Stewart in the late eighties and early nineties, (also, I will admit he is my favorite singer songwriter), I would request you not be too harsh on John concerning this matter. The RSO Record experience (there is a follow up album to Bombs Away Dream Babies called Dream Babies Go Hollywood) was a series of promises made and not kept and here is John with a solid reputation as a serious songwriter being asked to be a pop star on the TV show Solid Gold by a record company that just wanted someone to chart and not respect John's long reputation as a pioneer and influencer in the Americana Folk Rock sound. And while you may say this is just a Fleetwood Mac song ft. John Stewart, (and yes, it has a distinct Mac sound), I would remind you that John wrote the song, picked Lindsay to produce and Stevie to perform and that Lindsay learned to play guitar and form his style of playing while listening to John Stewart records. Yes, I am sure John cashed the checks, because he did the job and deserved the money (like we all would do when we complain about the constraints thrown on us in our own jobs). I would ask that you keep listening to John Stewart (over 40 solo albums) and see the depth of his talent. He was a kind and witty man and I miss him dearly. His songs were like an Andrew Wyeth painting, showing the American Dream in all its highs and lows. Thanks your your channel.
Thank you, Jeffrey, for your thoughtful comments. In hindsight, I was far too hasty and harsh in my judgement of John Stewart as it pertains to this recording. I've since been corrected, by yourself and others, and I now have a better understanding of what he was dealing with behind the scenes during this time in his career.
Hey, no problem. If you look at it from a 30,000 ft view, it's easy to think like you did. You were just trying to give your honest opinion. I get it.@@timelesspoprocksoul
Gold still has such a great dark vibe to it. I was too young to appreciate it back then, but I discovered it a few years back. Stewart also wrote a great song "Runaway Train", covered in the mid-80's by Roseanne Cash.
and that track by Roseanne, went to number one in the country charts for a brief moment
The hard feelings about the song seem more about how WB was pushing Stewart for a "single" and giving him a very hard time about the rest of his album not being commercial enough. He said Buckingham as co-producer was also frustrated by WB. Interestingly the idea for Gold came about after going to Lindsey's home. He was gobsmacked and asked Lindsey if felt strange and Lindsey said - all the time, he kept waiting for his parents to come through the door.. From that Stewart thought - There's people out there turning music into gold - which he then turned into the "hit" WB wanted.
Even then WB pulled the plug on financing the album, Stewart had to let his band go and it was left unfinished until Lindsey paid $20k to finish it. There's a lot of talent on that song but Stewart felt it was written for cynical reasons and that tainted it for him. He never faulted the production or their contribution but rather his own lyrics. I doubt he was ungrateful - they remained friends. He wrote songs about Lindsey (Liddy Buck) and Stevie (Blonde Star). Lindsey wrote Johnny Stew about him. He opened for Stevie on her later Bella Donna tour and Lindsey contributed to his next two albums.
Overall his antipathy toward Gold probably has nothing to do with the actual song. Similarly Stevie Nicks has never let FM play I Don't Want To Know because she was always pissed it replaced Silver Springs and felt Mick forced her into singing on it. It's the only Rumours song never played in concert which is a shame because it's positively charming.
Wow, it’s fascinating to finally hear the full story behind this song. Great info and insight into the the song, but more importantly, their relationship. Sounds like typical record label bs…sorry if it appears I judged JS too harshly. Thanks for this great comment, cap!
Looked,past tense,John Stewart passed away in January 2008
Didn't that come out in 77-78? I seem to remember it coming out earlier than 79.
Album and single both debuted in May, 1979.
I. Love. You. 😂
I think Christine is playing the keys here.
This is a great song, but I can understand how Stewart would have had second thoughts about its value, after the fact. I don't think it was rude or unkind of him at all--not toward Buckingham and Nicks, certainly--for him to declare the song was vapid. It's Stewart's song; he had every right to say that and feel how he did. I don't think Stewart was being ungrateful at all. It's a terrific song, with or without Buckingham and Nicks' influence or contribution.
John was not enamored with the idea of RSO Records trying to make him a pop star at age 40. He had long established his ability of singer songwriter and pioneer of the Americana (folk/rock/country mix). The music RSO wanted him to make was super pop chart oriented and that was not what he thought he was he should do. Once he acquiesced, he got Lindsey and Stevie on board, still wanting to make it a great album even if it wasn't what John wanted to do. I had the privilege of working with John during a few of his concerts in the late eighties, early nineties and even though he would still perform some of the songs in his concerts, he did indeed find the relationship with RSO records empty.
It really does sound like a Fleetwood Mac song. Rude of Stewart to say that. He had to know it might be insulting to Stevie and Lindsey. I say just keep on loving the song as you always have. It's a great song.Forget the negativity.
Can’t imagine how the song would have sounded without Stevie’s vocals.
having worked with John back in the eighties and nineties, it sounded like Fleetwood Mac because Lindsey Buckingham was brought in by John to be a producer. So, it had Lindsey's fingerprints all over the album. Other songs on that album are great too with some sounding more like Mac and others not. Also try listening to Midnight Wind (also with Stevie Nicks) off of that album. Lindsey learned a lot on how to play guitar by listening to John's records before he joined Mac, so it was a great match. Lindsey sings with John on the track Spinning Of The World. You should try and track down the whole album. Worth a listen. But then, go back to some of John's earlier work as well. John produced over 40 solo albums, so there is a lot to choose from. Lindsey never took offense to anything John said about the album (Lindsey knew the difficulty of working with RSO records on this).
The man who left the Kingston Trio, Dave Guard, (John took his place) came up with the title