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defrogWhile I’m copping to Fleetwood Mac in my 45 collection, I should probably mention the Stevie Nicks single in there.
Well, yes. Her first solo album was a pretty big deal at the time, though I never owned a copy. And while the first two singles (i.e. the duets with Tom Petty and Don Henley) were okay (the former more than the latter), "Edge Of Seventeen" was the first one to grab me.
Naturally, at the time I had no idea what it was about (the death of John Lennon as well as Stevie’s uncle, as it turned out), but it sounded great and serious and urgent.
The 45 has the studio version for the A side and a live version for the B-side, and it’s interesting to me that the B-side was the version in rotation on all the local radio stations. It’s certainly the side I played more often in the privacy of my own home.
Still, it didn’t make me a Nicks 4 Life fan – probably because none of her other singles really lived up to this song, and I really didn't identify with the whole Welsh Witch persona. Still, I can see why her solo career has been the most lucrative of all the F-Mac members, and why so many singers cite her as an influence.
Just like the white-winged dove,
This is dF
Well, yes. Her first solo album was a pretty big deal at the time, though I never owned a copy. And while the first two singles (i.e. the duets with Tom Petty and Don Henley) were okay (the former more than the latter), "Edge Of Seventeen" was the first one to grab me.
Naturally, at the time I had no idea what it was about (the death of John Lennon as well as Stevie’s uncle, as it turned out), but it sounded great and serious and urgent.
The 45 has the studio version for the A side and a live version for the B-side, and it’s interesting to me that the B-side was the version in rotation on all the local radio stations. It’s certainly the side I played more often in the privacy of my own home.
Still, it didn’t make me a Nicks 4 Life fan – probably because none of her other singles really lived up to this song, and I really didn't identify with the whole Welsh Witch persona. Still, I can see why her solo career has been the most lucrative of all the F-Mac members, and why so many singers cite her as an influence.
Just like the white-winged dove,
This is dF
