In Your Dreams Countdown: Day 3

Oh gosh.  We are at the 3 day mark.  Its oh so close!

3 DAYS!

Here is rare video of Stevie Nicks circa 1985.  She is in the backstage of her dressing room and simply jamming out with her makeup artist and backup singer, Lori Nicks.  She is singing the song "Wild Heart," off of her 1985 album, "Wild Heart."  Its a cool video that I thought you Macsters may enjoy. 

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In Your Dreams Countdown: Day 4

Ok, I was probably distracted from the Royal Wedding and forgot to create a post, but come on my ladies out there, it isn't every day that you have  a regular girl turn into a princess right before your very eyes!


How gorgeous was  Kate Middleton's wedding dress BTW?  Absolutely stunning. I heard rumors that the dress was modeled after Grace Kelly's wedding gown.   Middleton represented herself with pure elegance and poise.   Today surely was a magical day...

And it got even better-Only 4 days until the new Stevie Nicks album guys!

4 DAYS!

I figured I would post a song that mentioned the word "castle" in the song.  Its only fitting on the night of the Royal Wedding right?

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In Your Dreams Countdown: Day 5

We are literally a workweek (In my case, school week,) away from the new album guys.  Yup.  Only five short days until the release date of "In Your Dreams!"

5 DAYS!

Expect one or two Stevie Nicks/Dave Stewart collaborations on the new album.  Honestly, I kind of wish she was collaborating a few songs with Mr. Tom Petty rather than Stewart.  She has had a history of collaborations with the man and they never seem to disappoint.

Nicks did a performance of Tom Petty's hit, "I Need To Know," in 1981.   It lets us take a new look at this song from a lady's perspective. Stevie's version is great and I love her humongous tambo!





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In Your Dreams Countdown: Day 6

We are one day closer to that Stevie solo album Macsters!

Here is the music video for a song off Stevie Nicks' last solo album, "Trouble in Shangri-la"  Here is the video to "Every Day."

6 DAYS!

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In Your Dreams Countdown: DAY 7

I figured we might as well start counting down the days until Stevie Nicks' solo album, "In Your Dreams," is released. Let me remind you that this solo album is Nicks' first solo album in TEN YEARS!


 Every day from here on out I will post a Stevie Nicks video...just to get you all excited.

We might as well start by posting her first single off the new album.  Here is her music video for "Secret Love."  The video was actually released today on AOL. Yayyyy...exciting!

 7 DAYS!

P.S.-Oh yes.  The drummer in the video is the one and only Mick Fleetwood.  Mac Lovin'!

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Lindsey Buckingham Hits the Stage Solo

Oh yes.  You read correctly.  Lindsey Buckingham is planning on releasing another solo album in September of this year.  The name of the album will be entitled, "Seeds We Sow."

My older sister (my inspiration for my love of Fleetwood Mac,) currently lives in the LA area and was able to see Lindsey Buckingham's "sneak peak" performance at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills this past Friday. He played some Mac songs such as "Go Your Own Way," "Second Hand News," and many more that you know and love.  Needless to say, the older sis was once again blown away by his performance.

I did find some videos from Youtube of that night.  These songs are the tracks that will be on his upcoming September solo album, "Seeds We Sow."  I can't wait for the tour after seeing these live performances!

Stars

This song is my favorite so far. Sometimes I can never tell if the man is playing a guitar or a harp. They talk about guitar gods...I think he's a guitar angel.  Actually, I lie.  He is a guitar god in my mind.  God and angel can be the same thing can't it?

The Way Love Goes

I love how this song starts so delicate and quiet and then....BOOM, crazy drums and guitar riffs mingle to create one hell of a rockin' sound. Check out the guitar solo at mark 2:15. He keeps that intricate riff going while he finishes the song out strong. "It goes, it goes, it goes, it goes..."-Gosh Bucker you already got me singing...

End of Time

Just hearing this song makes me wish that he was releasing his album this summer rather than fall. This one makes me feel like I am laying on a beach in SoCal. Ahh picture it. I already can feel it.


Those are only a few new songs that he played that night. I will post more throughout the week, but what do you think so far? I for one LOVE it. I can barely wait for the fall tour after seeing these performances! It seems as though the great energy of these songs will result in one wild concert.-wild in a good way of course!

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When I See You Again

I have to admit, when I first heard this song off the Tango in the Night album...I hated it.  I didn't like the sound of Stevie Nicks' voice.  I didn't like it at all.  It wasn't until one night that I actually took a listen to the song all the way through and realized how beautiful it really is. 



So, mark 2:37 onward is absolutely stunning right?  Well, rumor has it that after the track was recorded, Nicks snuck back into the studio  and took out her vocal which left only Lindsey Buckingham singing the last few seconds of the track.  Buckingham wanted Nicks singing harmony on the track  and Nicks wanted  to simply have only Buckingham's voice.  It was left to a vote, and everyone in the band, and the studio,  voted to have Buckingham close the song with his haunting vocals. 

My opinion?  Good choice!  This sneaky move by Nicks made me love the song even more.  When you strip out Nicks' vocal, you can actually hear the emotion in Buckingham's voice.  I kinda want to be sneaky myself and do that on a few other Mac songs.  The Chain?  Go Your Own Way?  Mmmm I think I'm getting ideas...

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