It’s been kind of like falling in love with another band - for a minute. 'It’s about going outside your own life and getting attached to something that isn’t yours.

“It’s like a love song, but it’s not,' she told the Chicago Tribune in September 1981. Going by the subject matter - it's about her initial time working with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - it's clear why she wanted to get it just right. Nicks spent subsequent decades trying to make the song work, workshopping it with Fleetwood Mac and even tracking it for 1993's Street Angel. The version on 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault is 'exactly the way she originally recorded it,' the site noted. 'This song should have been on Bella Donna, but I didn't like the way it was done,' she said. Later appeared: Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the VaultĪccording to a review from MLive posted on Nicks' official website, her record company meddled with 'If You Were My Love' after she recorded the demo in 1980. They record from a more technical standpoint.' It was really the beginning of Bella Donna, because it was the first thing I'd ever recorded with other musicians, and it was the first time I'd ever recorded by standing in a room singing at the same time that five guys were playing. 'It was very important that it found a place for itself,' she told BAMin 1981. 'When Fleetwood Mac - we found them or they found us or whatever you know - it was a definite light at the end of the tunnel for both Lindsey and I.' However, Nicks also saw the song represent new beginnings in her solo career. However, it's one of Nicks' finest solo songs, based on a 'dark blue Tiffany lamp' from her mom that 'symbolized to me the light that shines through the night,' as she told The Source in 1981. You can hear why 'Blue Lamp' didn't end up on Bella Donna: The song has a darker, rock-oriented vibe that's quite different from the rest of the album. Later appeared: Heavy Metal soundtrack (1982) Below we run through 10 of the songs Stevie Nicks left off her debut solo LP Bella Donna and where you can find them.

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