A heartfelt Stevie Nicks, Dreams & Gypsy
Seeing Fleetwood Mac has been stored in my wishes for a long
time now. The desire to see a band so great, and witness the pure spirit of
Stevie Nicks was an invitation too great to deny.
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| Embracing my inner bohemia. |
One of the best memories of my life has Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams playing as I danced with my husband on our wedding night, in a room bursting
full of love. The moment so strongly resonates with me – because in that moment
I had the sudden realisation of what I had done – not only literally but
intimately, I had married my soul mate – life had significantly changed forever.
This was by far the greatest day of my life.
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| Our wedding night May 24th 2014. |
From then on, whenever I hear Dreams (like the time we
arrived in New Zealand feeling very jet lagged, and it was casually playing on
the radio), my heart skips a beat.
It is very rare, that I like a band so much that I can
recall every song. But, with Fleetwood it’s so incredibly easy because so many
of their songs are memorable. The chain will always remind me of watching
Formula 1 with my husband, when we were first boyfriend and girlfriend.
As much as I feel romantically connected and intertwined
with Fleetwood Mac. There is one strong reason I am so devoted, and without a
doubt it is the presence of Stevie Nicks. The true gypsy, heroine and hippy of
her time. I am far too young to remember
those days, but old enough to admire and revisit them now.
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| What seems the soundtrack of my life. |
Stevie spoke so openly to the audience, about a time in her
life when she felt she was approaching something. She gave a fierce and scarily
accurate account of how she felt at the time, and how important it was to
follow your dreams – and not let anybody bring you down.
Tears began streaming down my face, and I felt intense
shivers. Because, all of the doubts and worries that have consumed my thoughts
the best part of this year (or more so the day I turned sixteen, a decade ago),
and the unsettled desire I talked about in my last post – has finally been answered.
Do I follow my dreams?
Yes.
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I love this, I will always have fond memories of Fleetwood Mac, Rumours was played a lot as I was growing up and we still have it in the car now!
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Envious that you saw Fleetwood Mac Live recently(would dearly love to see them live:) !
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