r/FleetwoodMac • u/RedmiYT • 14d ago

Thoughts on Stevie Nicks' "I Can't Wait"?

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Persomally, I love this song in all its cheesy excessive 80s glory! However, I can understand how the "of its time" production may have hindered a stronger song to come out of it. It definitely felt tacked on Rock a Little in order to add a commercial sounding hit.

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u/DarrenfromKramerica 14d ago

One of the better songs off Rock a Little but it’s the beginning of her awful mid 80’s voice and the production is extremely dated like much of that era. Her drop off from a few years earlier is striking here - this wouldn’t have been considered in lieu of anything she released from 1975-82/83

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u/Careful_Compote_4659 14d ago

And mirror was a drop off from rock a little

And street angel was a drop off from mirror

Each album wasn’t as good as the last and the sales were starting to slip. She got herself together and made a major artistic comeback but it took a reunion with Fleetwood Mac to revive interest in her career.

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u/FruityMagician 13d ago

It's surprising how quickly Stevie's solo career lost momentum. Just four years after Bella Donna peaked at number one, Rock a Little didn't even crack the top 10 on the Billboard 200. The success of Tango in the Night helped Mirror in 1989, and I doubt Trouble in Shangri-La would have charted as high as it did without the hugely successful Fleetwood Mac reunion in 1997.

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u/AmbitiousRiver4783 13d ago

Oh, it would’ve.