Stevie Nicks, "If Anyone Falls," meanemotion=enthusiasm. Stevie: "I was falling out of one love and into another, nothing else mattered"

Stevie Nicks is one of the more mysterious musicians of the 20th century. Her catalogue is large, with virtually every sub-genre withing pop music eventually getting a chance.
The song "If Anyone Falls In Love, " composed by Stevie Nicks and Sandy Stewart, is a fantastically fantastic 1980s song.
This is what the artist herself says about the song on the liner notes from the CD 'The Best of Stevie Nicks- Time Space':
"Inspired by Waddy Wachtel. There was a time when I was falling out of one love into another, when nothing else seemed to matter except this person. I adored him...he was everything I wanted to be: a real rock and roller...and a lover of the Stones...small and frail sometimes, but in many ways the strongest person I had ever known. His word was law. I became him, he became me, but his spirit twin never leaves him. I think sometimes I liked being on stage just to watch him. It was music combined with love, combined with the fact that when Waddy was beside me, I felt completely safe. It is my great sorrow that we are no longer on stage together, but it is my great joy that he always seems to be with me, even after all this time. 'Love is a word that some entertain...If you have found it, then you have won the game...' --The Wild Heart, 1983.

The musical lineup:
Russ Kunkel-drums
Roy Bittan-synthesizer
Bob Glaub-bass
Bobbye Hall-percussion
Sharon Celani-background vocals
Lori Perry Nicks-background vocals
Carolyn Brooks-background vocals

The song was produced by Jimmy Iovine engineered by Shelly Yakus and re-mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. The song is copyrighted 1982 by Welsh Witch Music/Three Hearts Music (ASCAP).

We measured the speed frequencies of this song as:
a) meanspeed=96.0 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm,
c) meanspace=0.625 seconds between beats,
d) meanphase=1.60 beats per second
e) meanpitch=409.60 Hertz, 76 cents above G4=391.995 Hertz, and 24 cents below G#4/Ab4=415.305 Hertz.

photo of Waddy Wachtel borrowed from URL:
http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/



Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music Trust
New Jersey, United States
December 22, 2006