The mountain that she sees in front of her is symbolic of the enormity of these obstacles. They would find out through the years how these changes, which would at times become obstacles, helped to shape their lives. Neither of them were prepared for the changes that surrounded them. Here she reflects on the realization she's reached about the relationships in her life, especially the one with Lindsey, which was at times difficult. "I took my love, I took it down, climbed a mountain and I turned around." We are the most peaceful when we are with nature and this peacefulness inspired Stevie to put her feelings into poetry. The song is touching, displaying how Stevie's simple poetry, while accompanied by the familiar, comfortable acoustics from Buckingham's guitar, can exhibit an overwhelming feeling of emotion that comes from within the heart. However, Greyhound went on strike and Stevie was stranded and all alone, realizing she had no one to rely on but herself. She had a lifetime bus pass on Greyhound since her father worked for the company and knew she could get out of Aspen on her own. "Landslide," written by Stevie Nicks in Aspen, Colorado, after an argument with former lover and fellow band member, Lindsey Buckingham, is a reflection of her bittersweet relations with him at that time, as well as a reflection of the changes she was experiencing in her life.Īs the story goes, Stevie and Lindsey were in Colorado and had a disagreement in which Lindsey left her in Aspen and drove the old "beat-up" car down the "snow-covered hill." Stevie never thought she would be stranded - she didn't care if Lindsey left her there. If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Now approaching 70, Nicks is still out there doing it, having survived a life of rock ‘n’ roll excess to become a legend among female singer-songwriters.I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills Numerous female artists, from Courtney Love to Florence Welch, have cited her as an inspiration and an influence. And a few years later, the Dixie Chicks took the song to the top 10 of the pop and country charts.ĭespite a couple long breaks, Nicks has been a prolific writer, having written or co-written nearly all of her solo material, and is respected in rock and pop circles for the way she hits it out of the park with her writing from the heart. “There’s nothing more pleasing to a songwriter than doing one of their songs.” A version of “Landslide” from the 1998 live Fleetwood Mac album The Dance was released as a single, and while it barely dented the charts, it introduced a whole new generation of listeners to the tune, which was becoming a classic soft-rock standard. “I was very honored to have Billy Corgan pick out that song on his own,” Nicks told Yahoo! Chat in 1998. In 1994 the Smashing Pumpkins, unlikely as it may seem, had a minor acoustic hit with the song. One mark of a good song is when people who don’t need the money record it simply because they love the song. It’s an emotional lyric, and while it may seem simple, the introspection of those words resonated with millions of record buyers – mostly female, one would guess – who helped make the eponymous debut album by this Fleetwood Mac lineup one of the biggest multi-platinum albums of the 1970s. And one verse contains questions that most of us ask ourselves at one time or another:Ĭan the child within my heart rise above?Ĭan I sail through the changing ocean tides? Her months in the mountains inspired the lines with the song’s title, And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills/‘Til the landslide brought me down.
Nicks has said in interviews that the song was about her romance with Buckingham and their career struggles, as well as her relationship with her business-executive father. The duo gave the band new energy and an identifiable vocal sound, as well as material that would become part of the band’s identity, like the Nicks-written “Landslide.”Ī song about the changes and challenges of life, Nicks wrote “Landslide” in 1974 in Aspen’s snow country, while her then-boyfriend Buckingham was on tour with Don Everly. The addition of Buckingham and Nicks was just what Brits Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and his then-wife Christine McVie needed to achieve long-overdue success. Originally a blues band, the group was as famous for its revolving door of guitarists and vocalists as it was for its handful of FM hits, making it hard to develop a familiar signature sound. When Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, the band had been in a state of near-constant flux.
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