{"id":28441,"date":"2015-01-24T23:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T04:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28441"},"modified":"2015-01-25T00:24:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T05:24:14","slug":"more-stevie-nicks-plus-kanye-rihanna-and-paul-mccartney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/more-stevie-nicks-plus-kanye-rihanna-and-paul-mccartney\/","title":{"rendered":"More Stevie Nicks, Plus Kanye, Rihanna and Paul McCartney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/musical-interlude-fleetwood-mac-is-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday&#8217;s post<\/a> about this week&#8217;s Fleetwood Mac concert at Madison Square Garden, I mentioned that gorgeous Instagrammer <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/carriecourogen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Courogen<\/a> was soooo front-row that<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/yLlugxFYJ7\/?modal=true\" target=\"_blank\"> she played Lindsey Buckingham&#8217;s guitar<\/a>. Twice. Because I already posted the guitar picture, here&#8217;s a nice shot Carrie got of Stevie Nicks.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/yL4IRIlYNC\/\" target=\"_top\">The perfect halo of gold hair and lightning.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Carrie Courogen (@carriecourogen) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-01-23T05:58:50+00:00\">Jan 22, 2015 at 9:58pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Carrie sent me the link to a <a href=\"http:\/\/carriewintour.tumblr.com\/post\/95684317505\/stevie-nickss-daughters-of-the-moon\" target=\"_blank\">touching post<\/a> she did about Stevie&#8217;s role as a mother figure to young <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=wimmin\" target=\"_blank\">wimmin<\/a> like herself. (Carrie&#8217;s 23. I could be her mama too! Bwah!) Reflecting on how Stevie never had her own children, Carrie writes, &#8220;Just because you don\u2019t have children doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not a mother, and we have Stevie Nicks as proof. And shouldn\u2019t we all be thankful for that?&#8221; She says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Mothers are the best teachers in the subject of life. <\/em>[Wendy&#8217;s personal aside: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/happy-birthday-barbarab-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">BarbaraB<\/a>, do not let this go to your head.]<em> They share their wisdom and knowledge with you, unsolicited, and it\u2019s those nuggets that guide you through life. Stevie has doled out beautiful, motherly guiding words so many times, it\u2019s impossible to pick just one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Carrie ends her post with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;[Stevie] may never see this, she may never know it exists, or even know how much her love is reciprocated. She may never know that words can\u2019t even begin to say thank you for her influence, at least from me, but at least it\u2019s here for the crowd.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think Stevie would love Carrie&#8217;s post, so if anyone knows Stevie or knows someone who knows her, send along this link.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/carriewintour.tumblr.com\/post\/95684317505\/stevie-nickss-daughters-of-the-moon\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Nicks&#8217;s Daughters of the Moon<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of celebrities who don&#8217;t know about the intimate relationships we have with them, my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/happy-birthday-almost-husband-paul-mccartney\/\" target=\"_blank\">almost-husband<\/a> Paul McCartney is kicking ASS lately! I meant to say something about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/only-one-feat.-paul-mccartney\/id955053780\" target=\"_blank\">Only One<\/a>,&#8221; a Kanye West song featuring Sir Paul on piano, which was released on New Year&#8217;s Eve.\u00a0 But I was too busy tuning out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/paul-mccartney-kanye-west-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">the media frenzy over a couple of tweets<\/a> &#8212; tweets that really seemed to be knowing jokes, IMO &#8212; asking about the unknown dude working with Kanye. Well, tonight, Rihanna surprised everyone with a new song called, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/fourfiveseconds-single\/id961384859\" target=\"_blank\">FourFiveSeconds<\/a>,&#8221; featuring Kanye West on vocals and Paul McCartney on guitar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28443\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/paul-mccartney-kanye-west-rihanna-fourfiveseconds-20150124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28443\" class=\"wp-image-28443\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paul-and-some-unknowns.jpg\" alt=\"paul and some unknowns\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paul-and-some-unknowns.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paul-and-some-unknowns-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handsome Paul McCartney and two unknown artists with promising careers ahead of them. Photo via Rolling Stone. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s inspiring that Paul&#8217;s doing these collaborations. I love how much he loves music! <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/my-almost-husband-paul-mccartney-is-70\/\" target=\"_blank\">Like he told Rolling Stone in 2012<\/a>, &#8220;If you\u2019re enjoying it, why do something else?&#8221; For me, it&#8217;s a life goal to have a job that&#8217;s so fun that I just can&#8217;t quit it. Whether it&#8217;s my almost-husband, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/musings-on-former-greatness-and-the-week-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Dylan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/happy-birthday-keith-richards-and-thanks-for-the-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Rolling Stones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/spartacus-madonna-aging-disgracefully-and-yolo-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna<\/a>, Stevie Nicks, or a relative youngster like <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/life-begins-at-40-eminem\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eminem<\/a>, I&#8217;m a huge fan of people who are <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/spartacus-madonna-aging-disgracefully-and-yolo-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">aging disgracefully<\/a>. As Paul said in that 2012 interview: &#8220;You get the argument &#8216;Make way for the young kids &#8230; And you think, &#8216;Fuck that, let them make way for themselves. If they\u2019re better than me, they\u2019ll beat me.'&#8221; Damn straight! And I don&#8217;t care whether artists are declared &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/online\/daily\/2015\/d-angelo-paul-mccartney-relevant\" target=\"_blank\">relevant<\/a>&#8221; or not, as long as they&#8217;re showing me a good time at their shows, preferably with me in the front row. Of course, I&#8217;m a fan of young new artists too (check out my boy <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/hi-rez-the-rapper-beautiful-struggle-and-wendyb-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hi-Rez<\/a>, who is celebrating his 21st birthday) but being a kid doesn&#8217;t make you automatically relevant &#8230; not for long, anyway. As Stevie Nicks sang in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/performingsongwriter.com\/stevie-nicks-landslide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Landslide<\/a>&#8220;: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;But time makes you bolder<br \/>\n Even children get older<br \/>\n And I&#8217;m getting older too<br \/>\n Oh, I&#8217;m getting older too&#8221;<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/04\/booming\/stevie-nicks-just-following-her-muse.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie told the New York Times that when she wrote that song<\/a>, &#8220;I was 27, and I did already feel old in a lot of ways.&#8221; Hmmm. Rihanna will be 27 on February 20, and has a new album coming. 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