After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album Buckingham Nicks to little success, Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, helping the band to become one of the best-selling music acts of all time with over 120 million records sold worldwide. Rumours, the band's second album with Nicks, became one of the best-selling albums worldwide, being certified 20× platinum in the US.[2]
In 1981, while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks began her solo career, releasing the studio album Bella Donna, which topped the Billboard 200 and has reached multiplatinum status.[3] She has released eight studio solo albums and seven studio albums with Fleetwood Mac, selling a certified total of 65 million copies in the US alone.[2]
After the release of her first solo album, Rolling Stone named her the "Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll".[4] Nicks was named one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time[5] and one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time[6] by Rolling Stone. Her Fleetwood Mac songs "Landslide", "Rhiannon", and "Dreams", with the last being the band's only number one hit in the US, together with her solo hit "Edge of Seventeen", have all been included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7] She is the first woman to have been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998 and then as a solo artist in 2019.[8]
Nicks has garnered eight Grammy Award[9] nominations and two American Music Award nominations as a solo artist. She has won numerous awards with Fleetwood Mac, including a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978 for Rumours.
The albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Bella Donna have been included in the "Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums" chart by Billboard.[10] Furthermore, Rumours was rated the seventh-greatest album of all time in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[11] as well as the fourth-greatest album by female acts.[12]
Two Kinds of Love
Stevie Nicks Lyrics
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You search for love and you hate searching
You wait for love and you hate waiting
You say I hate this
Well it's just another test
'Cause there are two kinds of love
To do the thing that we do the best
My masterpiece
Who in the world do you think that you are fooling
Well I've already done everything that you are doing
Well the two of us, well we must be
A great temptation to have even started
Well don't you know, as you walk on by
That great temptations never really die
Well I talked to my famous friend last night
My third day up well, his second nighter
He says I don't know how you do what you do how do you
Let the world in
Well I say well there's no way out
Then I just play out the game
Well the two of us Widow and a Dove
Who in the world do you think that you are fooling
Well I've already done everything that you are doing
Well the two of us, well we must be
A great temptation to have even started
Well don't you know, as you walk on by
That great temptations never really die
Ooh the two of us
Estranged sometimes for their very survival
Outraged at each other engaged to each other in their hearts
But they live apart
Two kinds of love
One for the way you walk
One for the way you love me
You're a great temptation
Two kinds of love
One for the way you walk
One for the way you love me
Two kinds of love great temptation
In Stevie Nicks’s song “Two Kinds of Love,” she explores the complexities of love and relationships. The opening lines describe the duality of searching for love and yet hating the process of waiting for it. Nicks suggests that these conflicting emotions are just another test that one must navigate in the pursuit of love. She goes on to explain that there are two types of love, one for the way someone walks and one for the way someone loves. These two types of love exist in conflict with one another, both necessary for a masterpiece of love to be created.
Throughout the song, Nicks refers to the two lovers as the widow and the dove, who are estranged but engaged to each other in their hearts. She suggests that the relationship between the two is both outrage and survival. Nicks sings that although great temptations may never die, the two kinds of love are what keep the widow and the dove apart but also together.
In the final lines, Nicks brings the song back to the chorus of “two kinds of love” as she sings that the lovers are a great temptation. Overall, “Two Kinds of Love” is a thoughtful reflection on the complexity and beauty of love, and how opposing emotions can coexist and create something remarkable.
Line by Line Meaning
Ooh and on you run
You continue searching for love while sometimes hating the process.
You search for love and you hate searching
You actively seek love but sometimes feel frustration from the search.
You wait for love and you hate waiting
You wait for love to come to you but sometimes feel resentment from the waiting.
You say I hate this
You express your dislike for the current situation.
Well it's just another test
The current situation is just another obstacle or challenge to face.
'Cause there are two kinds of love
There are different types of love to experience.
To do the thing that we do the best
To experience love in the way that feels most natural to us.
My masterpiece
Love is the masterpiece of our lives.
Who in the world do you think that you are fooling
You are not fooling anyone with your actions or words.
Well I've already done everything that you are doing
I have already been through what you are experiencing.
Well the two of us, well we must be
We must be a great temptation to one another.
A great temptation to have even started
The desire to be together was so strong that it was hard to resist.
Well don't you know, as you walk on by
As you continue living your life.
That great temptations never really die
Strong desires between two people never truly go away.
Ooh the two of us
The two individuals in question.
Estranged sometimes for their very survival
Sometimes being apart is necessary for their own well-being.
Outraged at each other engaged to each other in their hearts
Despite feeling anger toward each other, they are still attached to each other emotionally.
But they live apart
Despite their emotional connection, they do not physically share a life together.
Two kinds of love
Different types of love that can be experienced.
One for the way you walk
Love that is based on your physical presence and demeanor.
One for the way you love me
Love that you express toward me.
You're a great temptation
You are a strong desire or temptation that is hard to resist.
Two kinds of love great temptation
Different types of love that are both strong temptations.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: RUPERT HINE, STEVIE NICKS, RICK NOWELS
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