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Even the Rich

Stevie Nicks: Dreams | 268

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.311.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Most people can’t weather the storm that is the music industry. But Stevie Nicks isn't most people. She breaks onto the scene with musical and romantic partner, Lindsey Buckingham. They make beautiful music in and out of the recording studio, and make a life-altering move in 1974 when they join British rock group, Fleetwood Mac. Stevie’s on top of the world as she swaps out tiny gigs in coffee houses for massive concerts in sold-out stadiums. But then, there are legendary clashes within the band - which include her and Lindsay. After a messy breakup - and a string of diss tracks they fire off at each other - Stevie goes solo. And the “Edge of Seventeen” hitmaker proves that thunder really does only happen when it’s raining. And what rains down on her is the devastating loss of her best friend, and a decades-long battle with drugs, which almost kills her. But this ""Queen of Rock 'n Roll"" is still standing, and living her “dreams.”

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:13.0

So, Risha, have you ever had a breakup that has haunted you even years after the relationship ended?

0:19.7

No? I don't think so.

0:21.6

Really?

0:22.8

I mean, I guess if we're going to talk about the white whale, I guess that still haunts me, but...

0:27.1

Mm.

0:28.4

Okay.

0:29.0

At some point, you just got to move on, you know?

0:31.3

You can't give them that time.

0:32.5

That's very, very true.

0:34.6

Yeah.

0:35.2

Well, if you ask today's subject that same question, the answer would absolutely be 100% yes. One failed relationship has had such an enormous influence on her life that she and her ex have both written several breakup songs about it. That tumultuous love affair was so dramatic, it even inspired a television series. Today, we're talking

0:55.7

about the mystical goddess that is Stevie Nix. It's 1973, and 25-year-old singer-songwriter

1:07.1

Stevie Nix is gazing out a window in Aspen, Colorado. As she stares at the beautiful,

1:12.4

snowy, rocky mountains, she thinks about all the uncertainty in both her career and life.

1:17.9

She feels she's at a crossroads. She waits and hopes for her big musical break. For a while now,

1:24.4

she's been supporting herself and her boyfriend, guitarist Lindsay Buckingham,

1:28.2

by cleaning houses and waiting tables.

1:31.0

After several years together, she doesn't know if their relationship can survive the stress.

1:35.7

Stevie grabs a pen and paper and scribbles down some lyrics.

1:39.2

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills, till the landslide brought me down.

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