I've always loved the original Fleetwood Mac version of this song, but this is just so hauntingly beautiful. It moves me in a way that the original does not.
You're like an angel, this song, when I was 12, touched my soul, as this demo does today. If I were asked what an angel is I would have to say Stevie singing this song is the universe sending us an angel.
This song is amazing <3! If you love Stevie Nicks like I do, go on to Facebook and Like the page "Get Stevie Nicks on Oprah: The Farewell Season", or write to Oprah via email requesting it, and spred the news about it! Come on, let's get our Idol on Oprah!
This is my all-time favorite song in the whole world. It's haunting and beautiful to hear it, pure and melancholy like this. It has a sadness and it's lovely. Thanks for posting!
and it all comes down to You....and you know that it does....but you wont answer, you never do.......you watch but wont help, so........I am what I am because you never cared really, never did.........
I Love this song more than the finished version. This video is full of so much love that I have been unable to find in other ones that have attempted it. Thank you:)
@BansheeSiren You're so right. As with most of her demos the essence of the song is within the simplicity of just her and her piano playing. Always made we wonder why people felt that Lyndsey was the genius behind her songs, because as many fans have said, many of the demos are better than the recorded version!
: ) He happily took the credit and then when Stevie left Fleetwood Mac all the beautiful haunting new songs with that distinctive style were Stevie Nicks songs and we didn't hear a peep from Fleetwood Mac.
I always thought Christine McVie was pretty special too.
I agree. Lyndsey's difficulty was his jealousy of Stevie's genius with songs. He thought he was the greatest. But, as more of her songs came out, he learned it was Stevie and Christie who the fans loved. Stevie went solo, she proved her genius to the music industry. Today, she is the Goddess of Rock N Roll and beauty of song. She is a phenomenal icon and will always shine brighter than anyone else she goes on or off stage with. She is humble and loves her fans as much as she loves her life!
imagine all of the other wonderful songs she probably has written that have not been recorded; hopefully she releases another solo cd - then we'll have 10-12 more songs!
Reply to sublimelysunkssd and, in particular, pennymusicMama......
Some of them can't play by ear.
No reason for your comments, though, pennymusicMAma.....
If they can play by sight, I could show them the chords to this song that your "Pro" training has bought you in about 5 minutes. Piano, as you're referring to, is math.
Beethoven played, by ear, for a while. Then he was deaf.
Thank you SmashedJohn for posting this and the mp3!!! This is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I love the studio version for it's mystery and drama, but this version is pure and raw and just STEVIE. I LOVE it thank you thank you!!!
This is so beautiful, I've listened to this version so many times in the last two days. Theres so much emotion in this...i think it takes on new meaning when you hear this version!
it's fascinating how this version is just so different from the version which has been released. many people would simply overhear the dramatic and tragic chords used in the mirage version.
Not true entirely NJPIPEBEAR. Robin her friend since youth is mentioned in the line regarding seeing bright eyes. Also the lightening striking is about luck; meeting a true friend in life. Once, maybe twice..
This is my absolutely favorite rendition of this song. I wish this was the one that made the albums. Don't get me wrong, I love them all, but something about this just gets me...heart and soul. Love it...
wow, thanks for the download. i admit, that version got me pretty choked up. i like Lindsey's production of her songs, and it's hard to say if I would like the song having only heard this demo.
This song has always been a beautiful song,but i think this slower tempo really sets the mood on which the basis of this was written.If you like this i insist that you all listen to "Storms working demo" There is a little talking in the begining but it is great.
Well, this is the only somng that my best freind and roommate ever sang while getting ready to go out as he breezed through my long hallway and yes hes gone unlikley lightning will strike again but i wont forget how much you taught me a friend stabs you in the front. I love you Sir David Edward White. i will try really try your doe doe head. Timmy Brandt/.. I love u now u know i meant it..ty Miss Stephanie..k now im crying
This version is pretty cool. What the great LB did by adding the guitar solo at the end of the studio version is fantastic. This version is cool as a solitary moment kind of thing.
Sweet, simple version of a lush song as sung on the Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night album, so this is an unexpected surprise! Nice. Nice montage too--very beautiful!
To the right of the video there is a box that has info about this video. Click on the words more info (in blue) and you will see the link for an MP3 audio download. TY Smashedjohn!
Thank you so much for sharing! It is soo beautiful! and everytime she sings:"she is dancing away from you now. She was just a wish, she was just a wish. And her memory is all that is left of her now". It makes me cry! because you know she is singin about Robin and her passing, and when she wrote it she wrote: "she is dancing away from me now. She was just a wish, she was just a wis. And her memory is all that is left of her now. I see my gypsy! I see my gypsy!" and it's is soo sad!
I love the way she sings ~You see your gypsy~ in this one. She sounds like she's giving the song a little bit of a darker Cyndi Lauper song. It's bittersweet sounding. The montage created for this song would be a great actual music video I think.
i wish so much she would do this song , just like this , live today !!!!!!!!!!!! she rarely does this song live....she would kill em everytime with this version!!!
I love this :) sooo much. It makes me so happy to hear. I get transported back to another time, another way of living and loving, and at the same time it reminds me how to feel all that again...Thank you man, God bless You all....
This is amazing! Gives me goosebumps :) x
xxPrettyRaveGirl18xx 1 month ago
Her voice catches you and doesn't let go.... It always takes me away..... Music is truly is a driving factor in my life....
UndercityTV 1 month ago
IMO demo's capture better the real emotion in a song and the voice of the artist, Stevie is timeless and always beautiful.
beccamorrisfifteen 5 months ago
Downloadable??? Everything on Youtube is downloadable... Trust me.
Hoopermazing 6 months ago
What type of electric Piano is that? Sounds like a fender rhodes
guest371 7 months ago
Did you edit it so the piano would kind of..."pulsate"? I love it.
MarkMc1990 7 months ago
Can someone please tell me what kind of piano this is? Rhodes? Wurlitzer? I can't figure it out. Thanks.
crodrigo 7 months ago
I've always loved the original Fleetwood Mac version of this song, but this is just so hauntingly beautiful. It moves me in a way that the original does not.
runawise 8 months ago 4
very nice
holiehoodlum84 9 months ago
stevie u kno i really love u right? i wanna dance witchu...(smile)
st1stone1 10 months ago
stevie u kno i really love u right?
st1stone1 10 months ago
I can never listen to the album version the same way again.
SummerGraceMusic 10 months ago 2
Such emotion. We love you, Stevie! Keep on rocking; you're a true legend.
charmedandenchanted 10 months ago
pretty :) pretty :) this song is inspiring!
suckthere123 11 months ago
Thanks for the download link too! :)
INF3darkgreen 1 year ago
i LOVE the piano versions of her songs, like the piano version for Rhiannon is amazing too, gosh almost better than the origianl
INF3darkgreen 1 year ago 2
She's was a Beautiful Gypsy.
MarkDetroiti 1 year ago
So long as there are recordings from this era of Rock, the music will never die. Otherwise, we are done.
MarkDetroiti 1 year ago
Thumbs up if Perez brought you here!
TheWayneChronicles 1 year ago 5
fav song
JasonLizForever 1 year ago
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cunnidvd 1 year ago
wow
Stonejohn28 1 year ago
how do i download??
winkbelle 1 year ago
You're like an angel, this song, when I was 12, touched my soul, as this demo does today. If I were asked what an angel is I would have to say Stevie singing this song is the universe sending us an angel.
smcobb99 1 year ago
LOVE THIS VERSION OF GYPSY JUST LIKE RHIANNON
MrJimmiesaldana 1 year ago
wow. this is great! I'm blown away.
ricksan123 1 year ago
i want those pix!! lol
TheXander360 1 year ago
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This song is amazing <3! If you love Stevie Nicks like I do, go on to Facebook and Like the page "Get Stevie Nicks on Oprah: The Farewell Season", or write to Oprah via email requesting it, and spred the news about it! Come on, let's get our Idol on Oprah!
lovelykenzie 1 year ago
her best song
seventeenboi 1 year ago
this is like listening to her thoughts!
ToniHedley 1 year ago
This is my all-time favorite song in the whole world. It's haunting and beautiful to hear it, pure and melancholy like this. It has a sadness and it's lovely. Thanks for posting!
mikeyocrooner 1 year ago 3
This is a great tune. Thanks for posting.
smcobb99 1 year ago
moving
MainN00B57 2 years ago 4
What a beautiful demo version...
Cicilo1983 2 years ago 2
please please please resubmit the link for this song......
kicksomething 2 years ago
@kicksomething
I updated the link.
smashedjohn 2 years ago
Almost cried watching this version! thank you so much for posting this! I must download this, know where I can get it?
Smartmouth78 2 years ago 2
There's a download link up to the right.
cindyshealed 2 years ago
this version is quite haunting
LoriAnneKat 2 years ago 4
from just saying how you feel
MystSilverDragon 2 years ago
pride stops you
MystSilverDragon 2 years ago
and you sit there watching and I wonder why you do
MystSilverDragon 2 years ago
and it all comes down to You....and you know that it does....but you wont answer, you never do.......you watch but wont help, so........I am what I am because you never cared really, never did.........
MystSilverDragon 2 years ago
What a song... love it every time!!!! Great version!! :)
silvp9 2 years ago
I absolutely love this version..perhaps more than the released. Great choice of pics. I could watch this over and over. Thanks for this!!!
standoffsighs 2 years ago
can someone please give me the chords for this?
miladymaia 2 years ago
@miladymaia agreed!
iluvvanessacarlton 2 years ago
I Love this song more than the finished version. This video is full of so much love that I have been unable to find in other ones that have attempted it. Thank you:)
Isabel5Justice 2 years ago 4
" lighting crash, maybe once maybe twice .... " ahhh simply beautiful
sorcerer1975 2 years ago 2
stunned.
ch3rubrock 2 years ago
Just a Wish
MystSilverDragon 2 years ago
awesome version!!! this is my all time favorite song!! can someone tell me how to download this thank you
lisaintennessee 2 years ago
That's all Stevie singing and playing on a keyboard and it's all right there.
The finished version is beautifully done of course but the Essence of the song is all in this demo.
BansheeSiren 2 years ago 2
@BansheeSiren You're so right. As with most of her demos the essence of the song is within the simplicity of just her and her piano playing. Always made we wonder why people felt that Lyndsey was the genius behind her songs, because as many fans have said, many of the demos are better than the recorded version!
steviefreak69 2 years ago
: ) He happily took the credit and then when Stevie left Fleetwood Mac all the beautiful haunting new songs with that distinctive style were Stevie Nicks songs and we didn't hear a peep from Fleetwood Mac.
I always thought Christine McVie was pretty special too.
BansheeSiren 2 years ago 3
I agree. Lyndsey's difficulty was his jealousy of Stevie's genius with songs. He thought he was the greatest. But, as more of her songs came out, he learned it was Stevie and Christie who the fans loved. Stevie went solo, she proved her genius to the music industry. Today, she is the Goddess of Rock N Roll and beauty of song. She is a phenomenal icon and will always shine brighter than anyone else she goes on or off stage with. She is humble and loves her fans as much as she loves her life!
performingsys 2 years ago 7
stevie is one of a kind, living legend
imagine all of the other wonderful songs she probably has written that have not been recorded; hopefully she releases another solo cd - then we'll have 10-12 more songs!
somegirl60171 2 years ago 9
Wonderful Stevie
She is simply gorgeous
ozzymandi 2 years ago 7
Reply to sublimelysunkssd and, in particular, pennymusicMama......
Some of them can't play by ear.
No reason for your comments, though, pennymusicMAma.....
If they can play by sight, I could show them the chords to this song that your "Pro" training has bought you in about 5 minutes. Piano, as you're referring to, is math.
Beethoven played, by ear, for a while. Then he was deaf.
Then, he played by feel........
Like Stevie does in this song......
I dismiss you, MAma
I encourage you, Sunk.
gottfriedmind 2 years ago
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bruho5 2 years ago
reminds me of helping my teenage girlfriend get dressed..she was beyond beautiful...
she was beautiful and so clever and really smart...so intelligent........her skin was soft and tasted
olliespike2 2 years ago 3
Reply for sublimelysunkssd, I could, perhaps. Am pro. pianist. Can you play 'by ear', do you understand
chords at the piano?? Piano part is rather simple - some of best compositions are!
pennymusicMAma 2 years ago
wow so great this version.......... nowadays they don t play this kinda music anymore.............
fedefc73 2 years ago 5
"i have no fear.. i have only love" i love this, i love stevie. :))
moonflower0924 2 years ago 8
I got chills when I heard this.I love it.
prleiaorg 2 years ago 8
Can anyone give me the chords for this?? I have been working on figuring this out, but it doesn't seem correct...
Help! Please.... I need to be able to play this!
sublimelysunkssd 2 years ago
LOVE THAT DANCING SOOOOOO MUCH!!! i CAN SPEND all day and nite doing that...
bruho5 2 years ago 3
Thank you SmashedJohn for posting this and the mp3!!! This is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I love the studio version for it's mystery and drama, but this version is pure and raw and just STEVIE. I LOVE it thank you thank you!!!
BrklynBoy73 2 years ago
This is for you DaviD Eward White only song you sang while you were getting ready to go out. I love u il;l see you one daY again.
bruho5 3 years ago
unbelievable
jackpeaanthony 3 years ago 4
Beautiful... I love this version! Thanks Ramblin66man, for sharing this gorgeous video with me.
sleepingTitania 3 years ago 3
This is so beautiful, I've listened to this version so many times in the last two days. Theres so much emotion in this...i think it takes on new meaning when you hear this version!
thanks so much for this!
saphi12 3 years ago 6
incredible..
the simplicity of this here totally emphasizes her passion and the very song itself..
the emotion is here, it somehow got lost on/in the studio version..
misshair 3 years ago 4
it's fascinating how this version is just so different from the version which has been released. many people would simply overhear the dramatic and tragic chords used in the mirage version.
martintherobot 3 years ago 2
Phenomenal.
CrypticWriter 3 years ago 2
This is real passion.
She died for our sins in each and every song...
BounceToTheJiggy 3 years ago
now, i don't think I'd go THAT far...but, I LOVE Stevie Nicks, and this is an excellent version of the song...
wdharveyoicu 3 years ago 2
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alltubez 3 years ago
Oh Stevie, once in a million years a lady like her...rises.
finoky 3 years ago 4
i'm obsessed with how many versions of this song there are, and how they are all so different, but all so fascinating.
martintherobot 3 years ago 7
I love singing her songs...I don't have that husky quality she's got, though...who does?
charleneb2000 3 years ago 6
just wow!
malexfan 3 years ago 6
i think stevie is always a gypsy always was and always been...u can see the way she dressed...even today...she alwayssss wear long skirts ..
amsterdammara 3 years ago
this kinda vioce ..we will never hear of have again..period.!! she is timelessssss..
amsterdammara 3 years ago 19
great ++++++++++++
napperaggarn 3 years ago 4
My favorite song. I love this version. The most beautiful thing I've ever heard...
VelmaKellyx3 3 years ago 24
Excellent :)
Mystwicca 3 years ago 7
This is a song that reminds me of a friend I let down. What they will never know is that they will remain in my heart...forever.
safehouse123 3 years ago 4
Beautiful! Love it...thx for posting
Katlover07 3 years ago 8
Is amazing how just a piano and her voice can make this sound so beautiful.
MidnightCatQueen 3 years ago 8
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moonflower0924 3 years ago
and she sounds so magical.
moonflower0924 3 years ago 6
The song Gypsy is about Stevie herself, not her friend Robin.
NJPIPEBEAR 3 years ago
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rexvortex 2 years ago
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Not true entirely NJPIPEBEAR. Robin her friend since youth is mentioned in the line regarding seeing bright eyes. Also the lightening striking is about luck; meeting a true friend in life. Once, maybe twice..
rexvortex 2 years ago 3
Incredible how beatiful are her songs in demo's version, basically only her voice and her immense talent.
solredoc 3 years ago 3
Awesome! It sounds like a requiem. And it really sort of is. Its about her deceased friend Robin.
MarkMc1990 3 years ago
Absolutely fabulous version. Pure, clean and plainly elegant...Thanks for posting. SUPERB
snjones99 3 years ago
This is my absolutely favorite rendition of this song. I wish this was the one that made the albums. Don't get me wrong, I love them all, but something about this just gets me...heart and soul. Love it...
WitchyWonder 3 years ago
I have a requiem feeling when I listen to this.
ASAngelo 3 years ago
wow, thanks for the download. i admit, that version got me pretty choked up. i like Lindsey's production of her songs, and it's hard to say if I would like the song having only heard this demo.
jiaxiaobo 3 years ago 2
WONDERFUL!!! PammieKay
sober1980 3 years ago
This song has always been a beautiful song,but i think this slower tempo really sets the mood on which the basis of this was written.If you like this i insist that you all listen to "Storms working demo" There is a little talking in the begining but it is great.
fryguy8582 3 years ago
beautiful
you
kisses
Marcella 5*****
:)
22Marcella 3 years ago
that was great!!!
puggykisses 3 years ago
"Lightning strikes, maybe once,maybe twice!" - your 'gypsy'/Lady. - Penny
pennymusicMAma 3 years ago
thank you so much <3
alvein7 3 years ago 2
Hahaha WTFFFFF
TysonMS 3 years ago
Well, this is the only somng that my best freind and roommate ever sang while getting ready to go out as he breezed through my long hallway and yes hes gone unlikley lightning will strike again but i wont forget how much you taught me a friend stabs you in the front. I love you Sir David Edward White. i will try really try your doe doe head. Timmy Brandt/.. I love u now u know i meant it..ty Miss Stephanie..k now im crying
bruho5 3 years ago
This is beautiful. It's nice to see how and where they built upon the frame of this early version to make the album cut of the song.
Gypsybrarian 3 years ago 2
This version is pretty cool. What the great LB did by adding the guitar solo at the end of the studio version is fantastic. This version is cool as a solitary moment kind of thing.
Joeeey1 3 years ago 4
Sweet, simple version of a lush song as sung on the Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night album, so this is an unexpected surprise! Nice. Nice montage too--very beautiful!
rkhobo 4 years ago 4
Actually, its from Mirage back in '82. TANGO IN THE NIGHT STILL ROCKS!
ipostrandomthings 3 years ago 3
It's on the Mirage album ;)
sanders8323 3 years ago
Stevie is a poetic singer,composer,pianist. She studied ballet & dances like a whirling dervish! Stevie-Love, Penny
pennymusicMAma 4 years ago 2
I am just completely speechless...
lani1123 4 years ago 3
She looks great in those purple pants at 1:00.
SallyHardestyMarilyn 4 years ago 2
this is just beautiful -- it really affects me.
--> thank you SmashedJohn
3gypt1an 4 years ago 3
Amazing!!! Thought I had everything of hers. Thanks so much for sharing!
snicksbo 4 years ago 2
Beautiful demo and compilation.
Provencaldesigns 4 years ago 2
Thank you for posting this hauntingly moving demo.
BeatAngel93 4 years ago 3
And I thought I'd heard everything Stevie ever recorded and made available. This is nothing short of astounding.
jbeet6 4 years ago 5
Cheers to the gypsy in all of us! Right
Stevie?
prdot 4 years ago 4
Thanks again.
Ilonaceleste 4 years ago
Unbelievable, if I did not hear it for myself. Sweet,sad,beautiful and haunting...
dprintup 4 years ago
This is so beautiful. I'm in tears.
Aarwaves 4 years ago 2
fantastic version!
grillandy 4 years ago
Actually gave me chills........
RhiannonsDaddy03 4 years ago
Stunning! This is such a treasure to find as I always thought this song should have been done all soft and subtle like this. Thanks!
OapostropheC 4 years ago
Beautiful! Strange to hear this rather haunting version and compare it to the upbeat studio version - love that one too.
cnqnmei 4 years ago
Nice job on this.
powergirl901 4 years ago
Thank you Stevie,in my darkest moments you have always eased my heart.
obsolete59 4 years ago 2
It is as though one might open a rare and beautiful music box, and within would play this very song exactly as it is played here.
nahnni 4 years ago 10
WOW!
sfarmdude 4 years ago
Thanks for making it downloadable :)
EmEmEmilyily 4 years ago
i would drink her sweet gypsy tears...
SweetGypsyTears 4 years ago
***Beautiful, Beautiful as ever...
emeraldecity 4 years ago
AMAZING!!!
aaroninlongbeach 4 years ago 2
Only she can do it like this. She is timeless and beautiful as always. I love you Stevie.
mzlilrob86 4 years ago 3
I would like to hear this version live. Would be cool. Lindsey on acoustic guitar, Stevie singing raw.
Ultimate!
Joeeey1 4 years ago
There is an acoustic version of this floating around. (It's from a concert for the Heart Association in Arizona that Stevie backs)
houghlocke 4 years ago
Thank you.
cindyshealed 4 years ago
When you find out roq1299 let me know plz! She is my inspiration.
Wildheart62 4 years ago
brought tears to my eyes thanks the perfect ending to my day
namtat 4 years ago
how do I download this?
rog1299 4 years ago
To the right of the video there is a box that has info about this video. Click on the words more info (in blue) and you will see the link for an MP3 audio download. TY Smashedjohn!
Wildheart62 4 years ago
I'm breathless!
magikbymoonlight 4 years ago
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
moviesitara 4 years ago
Her, voice sounds so crisp and clean in this song..
bruho5 4 years ago
Great video and thanks for making the audio available!
whassup4321 4 years ago
how do I download this?
lilone2231992 4 years ago
I love all the pictures in the beginning, it's been 20 years since I saw some of those!
stuntcat666 4 years ago
This is so underated! she performs it so rarely, and yet, for me, its easily one of her best songs...
ptimms1 4 years ago
Hot.
potional 4 years ago
Wow, the sound quality of this is great. Awesome. Keep the Stevie vids coming.
seagullls 4 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing! It is soo beautiful! and everytime she sings:"she is dancing away from you now. She was just a wish, she was just a wish. And her memory is all that is left of her now". It makes me cry! because you know she is singin about Robin and her passing, and when she wrote it she wrote: "she is dancing away from me now. She was just a wish, she was just a wis. And her memory is all that is left of her now. I see my gypsy! I see my gypsy!" and it's is soo sad!
Rhiannon90 4 years ago
Is she playing this on her Rhodes piano?
tallulah2 4 years ago
This is incredible. Stevie never ceases to amaze me -- and to think, this was just the demo to a great, great song. This demo is awesome in itself!
snickers4ever 4 years ago
So beautiful
magikbymoonlight 4 years ago
I love the way she sings ~You see your gypsy~ in this one. She sounds like she's giving the song a little bit of a darker Cyndi Lauper song. It's bittersweet sounding. The montage created for this song would be a great actual music video I think.
musicianyea 4 years ago
Wow! You did it a GREAT job on this. Amazing pics and audio. Thanks for sharing!
GoodBoys79 4 years ago
i wish so much she would do this song , just like this , live today !!!!!!!!!!!! she rarely does this song live....she would kill em everytime with this version!!!
StevieSaraLily 4 years ago
AHHHHHH....thankssssss!!! Ilove this demo....Stevies voice is just incredible!!!
You see your gypsy........you see your gypsy.....your gypsy....
love yaaaaaaaa stevie
audreyoz 4 years ago
Wow, this is awesome. Great job.
seagullls 4 years ago
I love this :) sooo much. It makes me so happy to hear. I get transported back to another time, another way of living and loving, and at the same time it reminds me how to feel all that again...Thank you man, God bless You all....
musicianyea 4 years ago
I really like this....shoot, almost just as much as the original. It's on a more mello note. :)
Could be happy could be sad.
Branvie 4 years ago