Fleetwood Mac is my favorite band of all time and I'm just two weeks away from seeing them (for the tenth time) in concert so I figured why not post about them now. Don't get me wrong, I love Stevie Nicks but I have a soft spot for the underrated Christine McVie. Whosever team you're on, one can't deny that Gypsy is classic Stevie. The second single from Fleetwood Mac's Mirage album just missed the top 10 in the fall of 1982, a fact that still bewilders me to this day.
It was a new decade and a new era for Fleetwood Mac with the channel formerly known as MTV at their disposal. Never one to shy away from decadence, the band set out to make the most expensive music video to date. It's easy to fall under Stevie's spell in the elaborately choreographed video when she's twirling about, casting her magic as she travels through time. Gypsy has the distinction of being the very first MTV World Premiere Video.
Location: Dancing In The Rain
Address: 6525 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Stevie and friends dance in front of the old The Hollywood Athletic Club, which mades it debut in 1924 and was the tallest structure at the time. A Nakatomi Plaza of the '20s if you will. It's here that Hollywood royalty swam, played squash and took a sauna. Today it used for office space, events and, once again, filming locations...
Location Visited: October 2018
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