Stevie Nicks literally grew up learning to harmonize with a man. Starting at about five years old, she was singing with her uncle in clubs. Then in high school she sang in a band with Lindsay Buckingham. They eventually became a couple and spent almost all their free time writing music, singing and performing together. Then they got snapped up by Fleetwood Mac, originally just for Buckingham's guitar prowess, but the band noticed how beautifully Stevie wrapped her voice around Lindsay's. Added to Christine McVie's vocals, they created magic. The rest is history! :)
Congratulations, you nailed what this song is all about when you said it has a "family reunion" vibe. Kenny & Stevie got a chance to tour together, hung out & became friends just having a good time with one another. No romantic relationship, just buddies. Kenny co-wrote the song with singer-song writer Melissa Manchester & was originally going to do it with her, but some contractual obligations with her label got in the way. While touring together, Stevie said if he ever needed a "chick singer" to give her a call. He did & wel are all the benefactors. Just a really great pairing & great song 😁.
That song was big when I was 12. Stevie was big from Fleetwood Mac fame and Kenny from logging and Messina. Great song, great singers, great harmonies, great memories. There were some super sweet songs in the 70's.
A lesser known song which was actually a huge hit in the summer of 1978 and features Stevie’s amazing vocals and Lindsey Buckingham on background vocals as well along with co-producing Walter Eagan’s “Magnet and Steel”. Some other subscribers mention “Gold” by John Stewart which features a great vocal from Stevie. Both songs are “reaction” worthy
Hey Chod! Did you know Kenny co-wrote that with Melissa Manchester? This is a pretty perfect song. Starts slow, builds up and goes for a while, then finally starts way in. Wonderful putting together all the pieces. Love this.
Fun fact.. He wanted to do this one with Michael mcdonald. The two of them are great friends and collaborators. Kenny took it to Stevie while opening for f. Mac. She said ok.
I absolutely love the vocal arrangements throughout this song. Their voices compliment each other in an AMAZING way. This is another song that will always be in my playlist. (Couldn’t get enough of it when it was new)
I remember hearing this when it was a hit. A terrific and well crafted pop song. I love the interaction of the two vocalists. After more listenings I recognized the female singer from some other realm. Back then I didn’t know many artists names and faces. But I seemed quite familiar with the woman that sang on this and I came to the opinion I very much preferred her singing on ‘her’ music. I was actually longing for that music. This woman on this song seemed ‘out of place’ doing this music to me. Stevie said in an interview that Kenny Loggins worked with her for three days to get it right and it was hard to do. Even though Stevie’s vocals on this are sometimes stunning I prefer her raw and unrefined vocals and her words that I love so very much.
Back in the late 1970's to early 1980's she was the duet queen. She had at least 4 hits as a duet partner... I guess today she would be credited as "feat. Stevie Nicks" on a lot of these songs. These are the 4 that I can remember: Gold, with John Stewart Whenever I Call You "Friend", with Kenny Loggins Stop Draggin' my Heart Around with Tom Petty Leather and Lace with Don Henley
I never knew that was Stevie singing with him. I remember this song well from back in the day. I haven't heard it in decades now. Thanks so much for the reaction to this. Wonderful.
Excellent choice duet especially for Valentine's Day. It ranks high with other famous duets like "All My Life"(Ronstadt and Neville),Hathaway and Flack,etc.
This is definitely a song you turn way up when you catch it on the radio. The song takes you on a journey with all the switches and added layers of groove from beginning to end. Definitely at 10/10!
Stevie's voice is also great with Tom Petty, on "Stop Draggin My Heart Around" and Don Henly "Leather And Lace". I suppose Stevie has done other duets, outside Fleetwood Mac, but these three together are the most famous ones I can remember.
When he sang this live back in the day they got a fill-in girl to sing, It was released as a Single by Kenny Loggins, his first hit. She had offered to help him out as a backup singer on an album and this song just got a little more than a Backup singer. Stevie and Lindsey sing back up on "Magnet and Steel" a song a lot of people know from Duece Bigalow Male Gigalo (however you spell it).
When this was released as a single, Stevie was not credited so it was considered Kenny Loggins’ first solo hit. (She was credited on the album, just not the single.) Fortunately, her voice is so distinctive that people realized it had to be her singing. I think the unusual sound she had made it possible for her to duet and harmonize with just about anyone. In addition to this, the Don Henley, and Tom Petty duets, Stevie has some lesser known duets with Sheryl Crow (Sorcerer) and Dave Smith (Cheaper than Free). Of course, the way Stevie’s voice melded with Lindsey Buckingham’s and Christine McVie’s is a major reason for Fleetwood Mac’s success. Each singer was distinctive and could carry the lead, but the combinations and harmonies made the band unique.
Kenny Loggins is one of the greatest. Please search for other songs he recorded, wrote, produced. He contributed to the soundtracks of “Top Gun” and “Footloose” . He is a versatile musician.
Perfect song for two very talented singers.... the original single didn't even mention Stevie Nicks I remember radio at the time wanted to know who the female was....non other than Stevie Nicks 💕
Hello. I stumbled across one of your reaction videos; don't ask me which one as I immediately fell down a rabbit hole and proceeded watching many others. I enjoy your videos because you listen to some great tunes and, more importantly, you do not interrupt the song to comment, waiting until only after the song is over to do so; I really appreciate that. Not knowing how else to get in touch, I figured I'd leave my comment/suggestions on your most recent upload. First thing I'd like to suggest is a train song theme: Blackfoot's 'Train, Train', from 1979; another is Procol Harum's 'Whiskey Train', from 1970, with Robin Trower on lead guitar; and finally Free's 'Catch a Train', from 1972. Also, you mentioned you think Tommy Bolin was a musical genius, an opinion with which I wholeheartedly agree. One song I suggest is from Deep Purple's 1975 album "Come Taste the Band", 'Drifter'. You mentioned you are a drummer and there are another few Bolin songs to choose from off of jazz drummer Billy Cobham's award-winning 1973 album "Spectrum" on which Bolin plays guitar on four cuts; the two he DIDN'T play on were 'Spectrum' and 'Les Lis'. You also mentioned Yes as being a genius group of very talented musicians; again, an opinion with which I have no beef. There is an instrumental album, from 1973, made by Yes' keyboardist, Rick Wakeman, titled "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Any of those songs are worth reacting to, but I'd go with 'Catherine Parr'. The song is almost triumphant in tone as she managed to outlive Henry. Also, if you want to get into early Yes, and see a glimpse of where they were heading, a very good song is 'Time and a Word' off of their same-titled 1970 album. Anyway, that's my comment/suggestions. Thanks for the uploads.
A fine pop song with 2 legendary lead vocalist!👍🏻🎹👍🏻😀🎼🎤 Now you need to do so many more Lenny Loggins songs, like Danny’s Song,Celebrate Me Home , Footloose, And Conviction of The Heart, which has a great chorus in the background!👍🏻❤️☮️🎤🎼
Chod, I can’t believe that you have not come across Bruce Hornsby and the range doing: The way it is” -given your love of the piano and pocket drummers. If not the original at least as sampled by Tupoc…. Give Bruce a listen, you won’t be disappointed…
I think you'll find that it was Kenny hitting some of those higher notes on "Sweeeeeet..." I think Stevie is holding steady in her octave, but she's known more for emoting than her huge range. Kenny, on the other hand, did that wail at the beginning, and hits some amazing amazing high notes through his career. My fave of his is probably Heart to Heart because it's funky (for a white guy!) and so, so fun to sing along to.
For years, I use to get a shiver chill down my spine, literally, when Stevie held that long sustained note. Kenny Logins first tried to get Michael McDonald to do the duet with him, but Michael didn’t think it would work. Lucky for us, it was Stevie instead. This song always transports me back to the Summer of 1978 on Oahu. Another song that does the same thing is a great one to react to: Reminiscing by The Little River Band. Don’t react to the video out there on UA-cam because it’s not the original singer. React to the Studio version. Just a great song.
Taking emotion, favoritism, and memories of the songs or the singers out of the equation, Kenny's vocals are an 8.5 and Stevie's are about a 4. This is just a rational and albeit personal observation and some will disagree and that's fine. It's still totally okay to agree to disagree.
Stevie Nicks literally grew up learning to harmonize with a man. Starting at about five years old, she was singing with her uncle in clubs. Then in high school she sang in a band with Lindsay Buckingham. They eventually became a couple and spent almost all their free time writing music, singing and performing together. Then they got snapped up by Fleetwood Mac, originally just for Buckingham's guitar prowess, but the band noticed how beautifully Stevie wrapped her voice around Lindsay's. Added to Christine McVie's vocals, they created magic. The rest is history! :)
Congratulations, you nailed what this song is all about when you said it has a "family reunion" vibe. Kenny & Stevie got a chance to tour together, hung out & became friends just having a good time with one another. No romantic relationship, just buddies. Kenny co-wrote the song with singer-song writer Melissa Manchester & was originally going to do it with her, but some contractual obligations with her label got in the way. While touring together, Stevie said if he ever needed a "chick singer" to give her a call. He did & wel are all the benefactors. Just a really great pairing & great song 😁.
That song was big when I was 12. Stevie was big from Fleetwood Mac fame and Kenny from logging and Messina. Great song, great singers, great harmonies, great memories. There were some super sweet songs in the 70's.
A lesser known song which was actually a huge hit in the summer of 1978 and features Stevie’s amazing vocals and Lindsey Buckingham on background vocals as well along with co-producing Walter Eagan’s “Magnet and Steel”. Some other subscribers mention “Gold” by John Stewart which features a great vocal from Stevie. Both songs are “reaction” worthy
I raised my 3 teenagers on this....not today's music. They hear it obviously but know which is superior.
This song is on often in my home what a beautiful song
Hey Chod! Did you know Kenny co-wrote that with Melissa Manchester? This is a pretty perfect song. Starts slow, builds up and goes for a while, then finally starts way in. Wonderful putting together all the pieces. Love this.
I forgot how pretty this song was. Thank you.
Not played alot but I put myself driving in a car in the 70S with just an am radio hearing this song. Great Memory
No one doesn’t like this song. So uplifting!!!!!!
The 80s had some great and surprising duets
Excellent musical analysis. Great song. Two very talented and gifted artists. Just subscribed! ❤️
1978, I was in high school. Remember it so well.
Damn son! That bass was THUMPING !
Fun fact.. He wanted to do this one with Michael mcdonald. The two of them are great friends and collaborators. Kenny took it to Stevie while opening for f. Mac. She said ok.
Michael sang backup.
In the 70's I always got excited when this song came on the radio. Such a happy song. 😊
A classic Kenny composition! Lots of rhythm and key changes. Soulful.
Love Stevie Nicks but i thought i'd never heard of this song, then i remembered i've got a Best of Kenny Loggins album and it's on there.
I totally agree with you about duets. Sometimes you take 2 great singers, but their voices don't blend together. And with others it's just perfection.
I absolutely love the vocal arrangements throughout this song. Their voices compliment each other in an AMAZING way. This is another song that will always be in my playlist. (Couldn’t get enough of it when it was new)
I remember hearing this when it was a hit. A terrific and well crafted pop song. I love the interaction of the two vocalists. After more listenings I recognized the female singer from some other realm. Back then I didn’t know many artists names and faces. But I seemed quite familiar with the woman that sang on this and I came to the opinion I very much preferred her singing on ‘her’ music. I was actually longing for that music. This woman on this song seemed ‘out of place’ doing this music to me.
Stevie said in an interview that Kenny Loggins worked with her for three days to get it right and it was hard to do. Even though Stevie’s vocals on this are sometimes stunning I prefer her raw and unrefined vocals and her words that I love so very much.
Back in the late 1970's to early 1980's she was the duet queen. She had at least 4 hits as a duet partner... I guess today she would be credited as "feat. Stevie Nicks" on a lot of these songs.
These are the 4 that I can remember:
Gold, with John Stewart
Whenever I Call You "Friend", with Kenny Loggins
Stop Draggin' my Heart Around with Tom Petty
Leather and Lace with Don Henley
Thanks for reacting to the video I made!!
Love the bass line..
Bob Welch and Stevie Nicks-Ebony Eyes
Everyone always talks about Stevie but Kenny’s voice is 👌🏼👌🏼 that wail in the intro lol
I never knew that was Stevie singing with him. I remember this song well from back in the day. I haven't heard it in decades now. Thanks so much for the reaction to this. Wonderful.
Excellent choice duet especially for Valentine's Day. It ranks high with other famous duets like "All My Life"(Ronstadt and Neville),Hathaway and Flack,etc.
such an amazing intro!
Always like this song!
What a perfect song.
Stevie and Don Henley doing "Leather & Lace" is another great duet.
When Stevie comes in on the second verse it's just magic...she's doing nothing technical it's just the sheer feeling and soul of it.
How many of us are blessed to say we have somebody that we can say " Whenever I Call you Friend"?...I do !...Great song!
I love this song. The harmonies are perfect. 🤟🏼
One of my favorite Stevie Nicks background singing is John Stewart's " Music Into Gold " Love your insight and journey.
Lyndsey Buckingham also plays guitar on that song.
The song is called just “Gold”
@@johnlisonbee6494 “Lindsey”
This is definitely a song you turn way up when you catch it on the radio. The song takes you on a journey with all the switches and added layers of groove from beginning to end. Definitely at 10/10!
Stevie's voice is also great with Tom Petty, on "Stop Draggin My Heart Around" and Don Henly "Leather And Lace". I suppose Stevie has done other duets, outside
Fleetwood Mac, but these three together are the most famous ones I can remember.
She also sang Insider with Tom Petty and I Will Run to You.
@@marikka9347 Thanks I did not remember.
You could say that the best duet is Stevie Nicks and Fill In The Blank.
They would play this song at suburbian roller rinks back then. classic song.
“I’m Alright” was the one I remember hearing.
Damn!!!!!! This song deserves the light 🔥
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. Triple perfection. They did an entire album together.
“ Trio”
When he sang this live back in the day they got a fill-in girl to sing, It was released as a Single by Kenny Loggins, his first hit. She had offered to help him out as a backup singer on an album and this song just got a little more than a Backup singer. Stevie and Lindsey sing back up on "Magnet and Steel" a song a lot of people know from Duece Bigalow Male Gigalo (however you spell it).
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you should check out Loggins & Messina. great duo from the 70's. Jim Messina played in Buffalo Springfield and Poco.
This is a good one!
Gotta hit 'Heart to Heart' next. One of his best. Awesome sauce.
When this was released as a single, Stevie was not credited so it was considered Kenny Loggins’ first solo hit. (She was credited on the album, just not the single.) Fortunately, her voice is so distinctive that people realized it had to be her singing.
I think the unusual sound she had made it possible for her to duet and harmonize with just about anyone. In addition to this, the Don Henley, and Tom Petty duets, Stevie has some lesser known duets with Sheryl Crow (Sorcerer) and Dave Smith (Cheaper than Free). Of course, the way Stevie’s voice melded with Lindsey Buckingham’s and Christine McVie’s is a major reason for Fleetwood Mac’s success. Each singer was distinctive and could carry the lead, but the combinations and harmonies made the band unique.
Kenny Loggins is one of the greatest. Please search for other songs he recorded, wrote, produced. He contributed to the soundtracks of “Top Gun” and “Footloose” . He is a versatile musician.
Perfect song for two very talented singers.... the original single didn't even mention Stevie Nicks I remember radio at the time wanted to know who the female was....non other than Stevie Nicks 💕
Hello. I stumbled across one of your reaction videos; don't ask me which one as I immediately fell down a rabbit hole and proceeded watching many others. I enjoy your videos because you listen to some great tunes and, more importantly, you do not interrupt the song to comment, waiting until only after the song is over to do so; I really appreciate that. Not knowing how else to get in touch, I figured I'd leave my comment/suggestions on your most recent upload. First thing I'd like to suggest is a train song theme: Blackfoot's 'Train, Train', from 1979; another is Procol Harum's 'Whiskey Train', from 1970, with Robin Trower on lead guitar; and finally Free's 'Catch a Train', from 1972. Also, you mentioned you think Tommy Bolin was a musical genius, an opinion with which I wholeheartedly agree. One song I suggest is from Deep Purple's 1975 album "Come Taste the Band", 'Drifter'. You mentioned you are a drummer and there are another few Bolin songs to choose from off of jazz drummer Billy Cobham's award-winning 1973 album "Spectrum" on which Bolin plays guitar on four cuts; the two he DIDN'T play on were 'Spectrum' and 'Les Lis'. You also mentioned Yes as being a genius group of very talented musicians; again, an opinion with which I have no beef. There is an instrumental album, from 1973, made by Yes' keyboardist, Rick Wakeman, titled "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Any of those songs are worth reacting to, but I'd go with 'Catherine Parr'. The song is almost triumphant in tone as she managed to outlive Henry. Also, if you want to get into early Yes, and see a glimpse of where they were heading, a very good song is 'Time and a Word' off of their same-titled 1970 album. Anyway, that's my comment/suggestions. Thanks for the uploads.
Kenny is awesome, and Stevie is the GOAT!
Kenny Loggins and Steve Perry recorded a great duet, "Don't Fight It." Please do a reaction, you will definitely enjoy it!
A fine pop song with 2 legendary lead vocalist!👍🏻🎹👍🏻😀🎼🎤 Now you need to do so many more Lenny Loggins songs, like Danny’s Song,Celebrate Me Home , Footloose, And Conviction of The Heart, which has a great chorus in the background!👍🏻❤️☮️🎤🎼
There are actually a couple of phrases in the song where he's singing higher than her.
Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley (Eagles)
I heard this one as a kid and never heard it in the last few decades. Great to put it together it was these 2 legends
Kenny Loggins: Leap of Faith is a great song too
Brings me back.
Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks/ Stop dragging my heart around. Official video
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Check out the title track of Stevie Nicks' "Wild Heart" album if you are a fan of harmonies.
Chod,
I can’t believe that you have not come across Bruce Hornsby and the range doing: The way it is” -given your love of the piano and pocket drummers. If not the original at least as sampled by Tupoc…. Give Bruce a listen, you won’t be disappointed…
I think you'll find that it was Kenny hitting some of those higher notes on "Sweeeeeet..." I think Stevie is holding steady in her octave, but she's known more for emoting than her huge range. Kenny, on the other hand, did that wail at the beginning, and hits some amazing amazing high notes through his career. My fave of his is probably Heart to Heart because it's funky (for a white guy!) and so, so fun to sing along to.
You got to check out Loggins and Messina!!! Try Your Mama Don't Dance, for starters
For years, I use to get a shiver chill down my spine, literally, when Stevie held that long sustained note.
Kenny Logins first tried to get Michael McDonald to do the duet with him, but Michael didn’t think it would work.
Lucky for us, it was Stevie instead.
This song always transports me back to the Summer of 1978 on Oahu.
Another song that does the same thing is a great one to react to: Reminiscing by The Little River Band. Don’t react to the video out there on UA-cam because it’s not the original singer. React to the Studio version. Just a great song.
You don’t understand…Stevie Nicks can harmonize with absolutely any other singer in the world.
Check out Kenny's "Celebrate Me Home" album. You will enjoy.
Kenny had better hair than I did. :)
You need a magnifying glass by your side to read your chicken scratches.
The human voice is the hardest instrument to master...
Chod, Angry Eyes by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Got a request check out this song by Starship it's called We Built This City
If you want to hear 2 artists that really click, check out high school classmates Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond's You Don't Bring Me Flowers.
Sing me back home
Try her duet with Tom Petty and Don Henley. She sounds good with anybody. 👍🎶
Love your channel bro. Check out THE CULT song SUN KING
Taking emotion, favoritism, and memories of the songs or the singers out of the equation, Kenny's vocals are an 8.5 and Stevie's are about a 4. This is just a rational and albeit personal observation and some will disagree and that's fine. It's still totally okay to agree to disagree.
You got it wrong, Kenny's voice is high like Michael Jackson high and Stevies is low...Listen again