![]() The first two singles off Bella Donna - “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” with Tom Petty and “Leather & Lace” with Don Henley - were duets with other established superstars that helped her earn tons of airplay. Iovine assembled a killer band that included E Street band keyboardist Roy Bittan, drummer Russ Kunkel, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn and every member of the Heartbreakers besides bassist Ron Blair. “I found that very exciting and I was jumping off the walls. ![]() “It was Jimmy that said, ‘I will produce your record and we’ll make you a Tom Petty record, expect it’ll be a girl Tom Petty record,'” Nicks recalled. ![]() Nicks the solo star was born in 1981 when Jimmy Iovine took time away from working with Tom Petty to help her craft her debut album. That’s what I’m hoping, that what’s happened here to me will give all the little rock and roll stars that are just waiting out there a little hope that they can also do what I do.” “I think that’s really a little off balance. “My biggest hope is that I have opened the door due to the fact that there’s 22 men who have gone in twice and zero women,” she told Rolling Stone. ![]() It is a vital piece of work that marks one of Stevie Nicks' most winning solo career moments.Earlier this month, Stevie Nicks learned that she was going to become the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on two occasions. To date, "Edge of Seventeen" can still be heard on classic rock and adult contemporary radio stations. Beyond its success as a song, in terms of content, structure, and performance, "Edge of Seventeen" will be remembered as one of the preeminent recordings that helped define the early '80s. "Edge of Seventeen," as much of Nicks' recordings, is an outlet or tool offered to listeners to be applied and interpreted however they see fit. Whether audiences are aware of the song's true meaning is inconsequential, because it does what music is supposed to - touch people. Her words and music bring listeners right back to their most vulnerable times. The term "edge of seventeen" is used to describe the innocence and angst often associated with the teenage years, as experience by Nicks, her uncle's son, and Jimmy Iovine, Lennon's friend, protégé, and producer of "Edge of Seventeen." Syncopated music that pulses with a sense of urgency and Nicks' powerful vocal performance further magnify the intensity of "Edge of Seventeen." Nicks is successful in capturing the stark aspects of that age and applying them to adult situations. The death of both men, and its effects on Nicks and the people close to her, are poetically documented in the song. According to contemporary music's reputed "gypsy," this driving '80s rock anthem was inspired by John Lennon and her late uncle Jonathan William. On "Edge of Seventeen," by Stevie Nicks, former co-singer of the legendary Fleetwood Mac, her "white-winged dove," which dominates the chorus, signifies all of these things, and more. ![]() Sometimes the bird symbolizes an angel or harbinger of peace and comfort, and other similar connotations. Historically, in literature and art, a white dove is used to represent purity, freedom, and divinity. ![]()
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