Gypsy

Stevie Nicks.  Free like a gypsy.

      Whenever the song Gypsy comes on the radio, I am taken back to being five years old and watching VH1's Pop-Up Video on my living room floor.  I would be sitting in my mom's pink silk robe, once again trying to dance and be like Stevie Nicks in her 1982 video. Whether I am driving on my way to school or work, I automatically forget the stress and feel warm inside when I hear the first cords of the song blare out of the speakers. Stevie Nicks' song Gypsy which comes off Fleetwood Mac's 1982 Mirage album, seems to be one of those songs that can never get old. Watch the video and it is as if you are taking glimpse into Stevie Nicks' world. In this world, you are forever young.

    Stevie Nicks' says that this song is about going back to the person that she was before she joined Fleetwood Mac.  If you go to this site, you will come across many different quotes by Nicks' regarding the song.  This song is relateable to almost anyone and that is what makes a song great.  Everyone can think back and remember a simpler time.  A time when not every choice that you made came with a consequence.  A time when we all were wide-eyed with excitement and wonder.  This songs makes you realize that not everything has to be so complicated.  Deep down, we are all children living in one crazy world and the journey is what makes it all worth living for.  We need to look at every experience with that same wide-eyed mentality that we had when we were five. The lyrics that shape the meaning of this song are "Lighting strikes,  maybe once, maybe twice."  Life can be chaotic like a rainstorm, but when we see that flash of lightning rip across the sky, we realize that there is still light even during the most complicated times.  Lightning can also represent chances that were missed and chances that we can gain within our lives.  We don't know what the future will bring.  We can't plan everything.  So why not look at the world like we did when we were five and embrace whatever is thrown our way. 
                              
                                   Gypsy: 1982 Mirage album
                                     

"I still see your bright eyes...
                                           ...your bright eyes."

Embrace your inner gypsy...

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