Tag: Christmas

  • VINTAGE VIDEO: ‘Silent Night’

    VINTAGE VIDEO: ‘Silent Night’

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    In this installment of Vintage Videos, Stevie talks about her favorite Christmas memory: waking up on Christmas Eve to find her dad unexpectedly building a baby buggy for her because “Santa was very, very busy tonight.” The interview is followed by Stevie’s Top of the Pops performance of “Silent Night,” which she recorded for A Very Special Christmas in 1987. She is joined by Robbie Nevil, best known for his hair and Top 10 1986 hit “C’est La Vie.”

    Like on the classic ’80s music-countdown show Solid Gold, guests of Top of the Pops seemed to lip-synch their performances. But Stevie has the distinction of being one of the few artists to have sung live on both shows — extremely rare for the time. That’s nothing to keep silent about! Well, to be accurate, most singers performing on Solid Gold did actually sing live, according to Michael Miller, the show’s musical director for eight years. “The vocals were live and the music was taped. The reason for taping the music is that live music didn’t always sound quite as good as it should have when played through a television’s audio system.”

  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas from STEVIE NICKS INFO! May your holiday season be filled with bliss and plenty of Stevie Nicks music!

    Enjoy these classic Christmas Stevie moments.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJPWBFkI7g4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ROlig3WqfA

  • Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac Christmas gift exchange: No scarves, but plenty of jewelry

    Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac Christmas gift exchange: No scarves, but plenty of jewelry

    Kristen Burns
    (Photo: Kristen Burns)

    The members of Fleetwood Mac are famous for their dysfunctional relationships, and it seems as though they have an equally dysfunctional time exchanging Christmas gifts — at least according to Stevie Nicks.

    Asked if there’s an annual Christmas gift exchange among the members of the Mac — that’s Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie — Stevie tells ABC News Radio, ‘There is, between Mick and I. I buy Lindsey things…I’ve probably bought him 25 cashmere scarves…He doesn’t like them. He won’t wear them. And he says, ‘Don’t buy me any more cashmere.’

    Explaining why she keeps giving her former lover scarves, Nicks laughs and says, ‘It’s the only thing I can think that he might wear when we’re in Sweden and it’s cold. Everybody buys [him] a scarf. He must have drawers of scarves!’ She adds that, ultimately, ‘I wouldn’t even know what to buy Lindsey, so I don’t bother. He doesn’t buy me anything.’

    But when it comes to Fleetwood, with whom she also had a romantic relationship, Stevie says she goes completely over the top. ‘Mick and I, we love to buy presents for each other, because we like the same things,’ she tells ABC News Radio. ‘We like 24-carat gold jewelry. We like opals and jade. We like diamonds. You know, Mick and I are one and the same. We’re kind of the same person.’

    And even if the two are feuding, expensive gifts are still on the agenda, reveals Nicks.

    ‘Once, I was mad at Mick about something and I bought him a red skull, with diamond eyes, on a 24-carat-gold chain,’ she laughs. ‘And I said, ‘This is just so you know I’m always watching you!’ And that was a fantastic gift. And he loved it! So, you know, Mick and I have the same taste.’

    Fleetwood Mac will close out the year with a December 30 show in Las Vegas.


    ABC News Radio / Tuesday, December 25, 2013

  • SINGLE PICK: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

    Section: Music
    Billboard Picks; SINGLES

    HOLIDAY
    CHRIS ISAAK FEATURING STEVIE NICKS
    Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2:30)
    PRODUCER: Chris Isaak
    WRITERS: E Coots, H. Gillespie
    PUBLISHERS: EMI Feist Catalog; Gillespie
    Haven Music (ASCAP)
    Wicked Game/Reprise 101453 (CD promo)

    CONTRIBUTORS: Jim Bessman, Leila Cobo, Deborah Evans Price, Rashaun Hall, Sarah Han, Katy Kroll, Gall Mitchell, Michael Paoletta, Wayne Robins, Chuck Taylor, Christa L. Titus, Philip van Vleck, Christopher Walsh.  ESSENTIALS: Releases deemed by the review editors to deserve spec attention on the basis of musical merit and/or Billboard chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased albums of special artistic, archival and commercial interest and outstanding collections of works by one or more artists. PICKS (**): New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITICS’ CHOICES (*): New releases, regardless of chart potential, highly recommended because of their musical merit. All albums commercially available in the United States are eligible. Send album review copies and singles review copies to Michael Paoletta (Billboard, 770 Broadway, 6th floor, New York, N.Y. 10003) or to the writers in the appropriate bureaus.

    Michael Paoletta (Editor) / Billboard / 11/20/2004