Ryan's Top 5: Stevie Nicks


Would you believe the great Stevie Nicks just turned 60 last month?


We're getting old.


For today's Top 5, I thought I'd countdown my favorite Stevie songs. Besides her distinctive voice, Nicks brought a distinctive look to the 1980s. Heck, there were legions of folks who truly believed Stevie was a witch.


This of course was complete nonsense. Nicks most certainly battled her share of demons, in the form of addiction, but she can be counted among the survivors.


Now, my favorite bit of trivia I gleaned from various Web sites about Stevie is that there was allegedly a punk song back in the late 1970s called "Sit On My Face, Stevie Nicks." What a brilliant title.


5. Rhiannon (w/ Fleetwood Mac)


Notes: Did you know that Fleetwood Mac actually started out way more bluesy than what they turned out to be. Mick Fleetwood then hired Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie to join the group, and voila ...


4. If Anyone Falls


Notes: A massively underrated song of the early 1980s, I preferred this to all but one of Stevie's solo efforts.


3. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (w/ Tom Petty)


Notes: Stevie and Tom later scored a hit with a remake of the 1960s song "Needles and Pins."


2. Edge Of Seventeen


Notes: One of the truly great guitar riffs of all time, it was sampled by Destiny's Child a few years back on "Bootylicious."


1. Gypsy (w/ Fleetwood Mac)


Notes: Perhaps it's merely sentimentalism, but this track has always defined Stevie to me. It's mellow, groovy and timeless.


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1 Responses to “Ryan's Top 5: Stevie Nicks”

  1. # Anonymous Anonymous

    Not allegedly. I have a copy of the song. it's by the Rotters. In response to the big albums of the day by Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, punk rockers trashed them. It is funny. Check it out on ITunes.  

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