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19. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Gold Dust Woman Web Piano Teacher Artist Series
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The final track on Rumours album, Gold Dust Woman, is written by Stevie Nicks. Even though she wrote it before ever joining Fleetwood Mac, the song's vibe fit the band perfectly. Stevie grew up immersed in fairy tale stories read by her mother, and experienced country music on the lap of her grandfather in honky tonk bars across the Southwest. Just like many of her songs, Gold Dust Woman has a sound that's not quite country and not quite rock and roll which was a popular sound emerging out of southern California at the time. In true Ken Caillat and Lindsey Buckingham form, this song is full of obscure "instruments". Can you hear glass breaking throughout the song? Mick Fleetwood was able to use his skill of rhythm on a whole other level for this song.
Gold Dust Woman is quintessentially Stevie. The lyrics are meaningful while somehow remaining mysterious, steeped in symbolism represented in little turns of phrases. Later in life, Stevie gives more insight into the inspiration behind the words she wrote. It's always interesting to recognize the initial inspiration of a song in the lyrics, but see that the artist doesn't keep a strict focus on just that one subject. Perhaps that's why her songs are so popular, everyone can hear and relate to what they need to hear and relate to at any given moment in time.
Most of the research for this episode was done by reading Ken Caillat and Steven Stiefel's book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.
The final track on Rumours album, Gold Dust Woman, is written by Stevie Nicks. Even though she wrote it before ever joining Fleetwood Mac, the song's vibe fit the band perfectly. Stevie grew up immersed in fairy tale stories read by her mother, and experienced country music on the lap of her grandfather in honky tonk bars across the Southwest. Just like many of her songs, Gold Dust Woman has a sound that's not quite country and not quite rock and roll which was a popular sound emerging out of southern California at the time. In true Ken Caillat and Lindsey Buckingham form, this song is full of obscure "instruments". Can you hear glass breaking throughout the song? Mick Fleetwood was able to use his skill of rhythm on a whole other level for this song.
Gold Dust Woman is quintessentially Stevie. The lyrics are meaningful while somehow remaining mysterious, steeped in symbolism represented in little turns of phrases. Later in life, Stevie gives more insight into the inspiration behind the words she wrote. It's always interesting to recognize the initial inspiration of a song in the lyrics, but see that the artist doesn't keep a strict focus on just that one subject. Perhaps that's why her songs are so popular, everyone can hear and relate to what they need to hear and relate to at any given moment in time.
Most of the research for this episode was done by reading Ken Caillat and Steven Stiefel's book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.
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