~Stevie Nicks, Timespace Liner Notes, 1991 I did run out into the hallway, but no one was there. so I sat there and held his hand, and sometime right about sunset, he turned his head slightly to John, and then to me, and his hand slowly let go of mine. and I sat on his bedside, while John sat on the floor beside him, and we stayed there. and went to visit my uncle (who was very sick), not knowing that no one but his son, John, was there. A terrible sadness set in over the house, there was simply nothing I could say. Anyway, it was a real life fairy tale and I believed it. and I was entranced because I could not imagine these two together. Jimmy had told me many times about his incredible friendship with John Lennon how John had taken Jimmy in and taught him to record. I was ready to begin Bella Donna and it seemed like it would just never happen. I was also starting to feel very unimportant and very sorry for myself. He was coming to the end of Tom Petty's seemed I had waited a long time, and since no one really knew where I was, I was starting to get very edgy to do something. I had lived up in the hills with Jimmy for almost six months. That no one really ever heard fall at all It is a vital piece of work that marks one of Stevie Nicks' most winning solo career moments.Well the music there, well it was hauntingly 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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