{"id":794315,"date":"2019-03-29T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T01:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=813901"},"modified":"2019-03-29T19:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T01:01:35","slug":"read-harry-styles-heartwarming-rock-hall-tribute-to-stevie-nicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/read-harry-styles-heartwarming-rock-hall-tribute-to-stevie-nicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Harry Styles\u2019 Heartwarming Rock Hall Tribute to Stevie Nicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harry Styles<\/a> gave a rousing speech for Stevie Nicks<\/a>, the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> twice, at the awards\u2019 2019 induction ceremony on Friday night, describing her as a \u201cmagical gypsy godmother who occupies the in-between.\u201d The duo also performed Nicks\u2019 hit single \u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around,\u201d with Styles standing in for Tom Petty. <\/em><\/p>\n

Styles and Nicks are good friends who have performed together on several occasions; Nicks once joined Styles on stage at the Troubadour<\/a> and Styles later performed \u201cThe Chain\u201d with Fleetwood Mac at their 2018 MusiCares Tribute<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s Mick [Fleetwood]\u2019s and my love child,\u201d she told<\/a><\/em> Rolling Stone. \u201cWhen Harry came into our lives, I said, \u2018Oh my God, this is the son I never had.\u2019 So I adopted him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Nicks was first inducted alongside Fleetwood Mac in 1998<\/a>, a year after the original line-up reunited for their famed Dance tour. She is the first member of the group to be inducted twice and 23rd artist in the Hall of Fame\u2019s history to be inducted twice.<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s that kind of thing. Nobody expects to ever go in it. But when you get that little invitation, you\u2019re dancing around your house because there is nothing better than being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,\u201d the rock star told <\/em>Rolling Stone soon after the announcement of her inclusion in this year\u2019s class of inductees. \u201cBeing inducted into it twice, for your own work out of the band, there really isn\u2019t anything better than that, to be able to be in both clubs. It\u2019s the \u2018you\u2019re in it because you\u2019re in a band club\u2019 and the \u2018you\u2019re in it because of your solo work\u2019 club.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Styles had to say on Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she\u2019s singing\u2026<\/p>\n

Stevie Nicks is the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a second time. First, with Fleetwood Mac, and now for her unforgettable solo work. With Stevie, you\u2019re not celebrating music from long ago through the mists of time. She was standing on stage headlining a place doing her best work just three nights ago. She is forever current. She is forever Stevie.<\/p>\n

But what exactly does that mean? In my family we listened at home, we listened in the car, we listened wherever we could. \u201cDreams\u201d was the first song I knew all the words to, before I really knew what all the words meant. I thought it was a song about the weather. But I knew it was a beautiful song about the weather. I always knew the words and I love them all. \u201cThunder only happens when it\u2019s raining, Players only love you when they\u2019re playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s so wise and serene. She sees all the romance and the drama in the world and she celebrates it. She will stand on stage introducing a song, telling you how she wrote them \u2014 honestly \u2014 like you\u2019re the only other person in the world. You\u2019re more than a fan. You are a friend. And the words say in so many ways: I understand you and you are not alone. And that is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

She walked a path created by Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell \u2014 visionary women who had to throw a couple of elbows to create their own space. Her early band Fritz opened for Jimi Hendrix and they held their own. She was far ahead of her time, creating her own sound; it was bright, it was fresh, it was magical. Next, she formed a duo with Fritz\u2019 bassist Lindsay Buckingham. Then on New Years\u2019 Eve 1974, Mick Fleetwood invited Lindsay Buckingham and herself to join Fleetwood Mac and everyone\u2019s lives became brilliant and a lot crazier.<\/p>\n

Stevie Nicks stepped onto the world stage with unforgettable ease. I remember it well!<\/p>\n

She began creating stories that flowed from her heart to her pen, which ended up in our souls, with characters we\u2019d always remember. Classic songs like \u201cSilver Springs,\u201d \u201cRhiannon,\u201d \u201cGypsy\u201d and \u201cSara.\u201d In the 1980s she released Bella Donna<\/em> \u2014 as powerful as the supergroup she was still in. With \u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around,\u201d she and Tom Petty took things to another level. Then she did it again with albums like The Wild Heart<\/em> and Rock A Little.<\/em> She went out on her own. It\u2019s probable that at some point she found herself in a barbershop quartet. Stevie can do it all, and that is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t take your eyes off of her, as we\u2019ve seen tonight. She is the magical gypsy godmother who occupies the in-between. It\u2019s a space that can and will only ever be hers. She\u2019s a lot like a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll Nina Simone \u2014 finding the notes that only she can. And by being so unapologetically herself, she gives others permission to do the same. That is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to know her, she\u2019s always there for you. She knows what you need, advice, a little wisdom, a blouse, a shawl \u2014 she\u2019s got you covered. Her songs make you ache, feel on top of the world, make you want to dance, and usually all three at the same time. She\u2019s responsible for more running mascara \u2014 including my own \u2014 than all the bad dates in history combined. That is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

There are few people that hold the stage like her. I was lucky enough to play with her at the Troubadour a few years ago, and all I could do was watch. The show is no longer yours, it\u2019s hers, and you take a knee as she takes it from you, and that is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

She has many solo hits: \u201cIf Anyone Falls,\u201d \u201cEdge of Seventeen,\u201d \u201cTalk to Me.\u201d But there are so many gems within the albums, songs like \u201cBelle Fleur\u201d and \u201cGarbo.\u201d \u201cAnnabel Lee\u201d and \u201cOoh My Love.\u201d However you feel, or want to feel, there\u2019s a Stevie Nicks song that will meet you there. Each song is a dance, an emotional ballet, a letter to a lover or a friend. And every single year, she gathers more momentum.<\/p>\n

Somewhere around 2005, 2006, this woman became God. I think we can all agree on that. On Halloween, one in seven people dresses as Stevie Nicks. She is both an adjective, and a verb \u2014 to quote my father, \u201cThat was very Stevie Nicks!\u201d or to quote my mother, \u201cI Stevie Nicks\u2019ed that shit so hard.\u201d Mick Fleetwood calls her the \u201cfearless leader.\u201d She is \u201cMama Lion\u201d to her friends. She is the family member that you can always count on. I hope she knows what she means to us, what she means to yet another generation of artists who look to her for inspiration and trailblazing courage. That is true Stevie.<\/p>\n

She is more than a role model \u2014 she\u2019s a beacon to all of us. Whenever you hear her voice, life gets a little bit better. When she sings, the world is hers, and it is yours. She is everything you\u2019ve ever wanted in a lady, in a lover, in a friend.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Nicks, I love you. We all do. And that is true, Stevie. Ladies and gentlemen, It has been an honor to be here with you all tonight, please join me in welcoming to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Stevie Nicks.<\/p>\n

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