"Landslide"Fleetwood Mac has been one of my favorite bands my whole life. My mom has been a HUGH fan her entire life so, naturally, that's how I came to love Stevie and the gang. Both my mom and I share a love for "Landslide", it's just a special song between us. This is kind of silly and random but I'll say it anyway; it does have a point. I never had a big sweet sixteen birthday party like many of my friends, frankly, I really didn't want one. However, one day I decided to, in my head, think of the people I would pick to light the 16 candles at my party if I was to have one. If you don't know, this traditional little ceremony is a way to remember each year of your life and light a candle with someone who is close to you for each year, hence 16. Usually, as the birthday girl says something heartfelt and reminiscent about the person they pick for each candle, a song that means something to them is playing in the background. Anyway, as I was thinking about this imaginary party in my head, there was no question who the first candle would go to...my mom...and there was no question what the song would be..."Landslide." I'll get back to this point.
So, back to the purpose of this blog, "Landslide" is a song that everyone can relate to, in my opinon. We've all had bad times and we've all climbed mountains and tumbled down them. Life is never easy and time just keeps moving on and we are stuck in it's strong current. We may not be able to stop time from making us older or prevent ourselves from tumbling down that mountain but we know that others are having problems too. As humans, we are social beings and at one point or another we are going to see others falling down the mountain and we are going to fall down the mountain but we are there to catch eachother and help eachother start climbing again. We may question if we can withstand our hectic and sometimes crazy lives; "if we can handle the seasons of our lives." Alone, maybe not, but together, we can climb mountains and withstand the coldest winters and hottest summers.
Sometimes we have one special person that we know will always be the one to pick us up and push us back up that mountain. For Stevie, this person is her father, obviously, since every time she sings this song, whether shes recording it for an album or singing it live at Madison Square Garden in NY, she dedicates it to her father. I guess that's why I picked "Landslide" as the song for my mom's candle at my imaginary sweet sixteen. We have more than a mother-daughter realtionship, we are best friends, and I know that whenever bad times hit me in the face, my mom is there to wipe the tears. So I guess in the footsteps of Stevie Nicks, "This is for you, Mommy."
3 comments:
Hey! I agree that everbody can relate to this song. It's just one of those things that depicts life and all of its moments. I almost cry every time I hear this song becuase I knew a girl and high school who sang it for a talent show. Nobody knew she could sing, when she moved to Lyndhurst she could barely even speak English. She was having a tough year -- it seemed like she had a lot of personal issues that year, but nobody really knew what was wrong. She got up ther at that talent show and sang her heart out-- you could tell this song really meant something to her. She did a great job.
I loved it when I saw this song on your blog. If I'm having a bad day this is one of the songs I will listen to. It helps me realize that it's just one bad day and I will get over it and there are people in my life who will help me through it.
I also agree that everybody could relate to this song because we all have our bad days and our good days. It's just the way life is. Anyway back to the song, eveytime I hear this song, I feel so motivated and hopeful because it has such a strong meaning behind it. It just lifts your spirits and according to Jackie it reminds you that you are just having one bad day. Another song that I love and I relate to all the time is Takes A little time some times by Amy Grant. I think you guys might love it.
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