Stevie Nicks sheds tears of joy as dove sings at her window… 40 years after writing iconic song Edge Of Seventeen
In her iconic hit song, Edge Of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks wrote about a white-winged dove that sang ‘whoo-whoo-whoo’.
Forty years on, and the legendary singer-songwriter is opening up about the ‘life imitating art’ moment she recently caught on camera that’s a near mirror image to the lyrics.
Turns out Nicks had never actually heard a dove sing – until now.
Life imitating art: Stevie Nicks opened up and revealed she recently witnessed a white dove singing outside her window, much like the lyrics she wrote to Edge Of Seventeen
The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman, 71, took to Instagram on Tuesday and shared a video of an actual white dove singing.
‘Several days ago, outside my room, I started to hear the sound of a bird singing the same thing over and over,’ Nicks wrote in the caption of the clip that showed the bird sitting on top of a tree stump with the clear blue sky in the backdrop.
‘One little Ahhh~ and then three OOH’s over and over again. I thought it was an owl, but a friend said, no, that’s a dove!’
40 years later! Nicks, 71, shared a video of an actual white dove singing, much like in Edge Of Seventeen, on Instagram on Tuesday; the experience was so emotional she began to cry
The experience and connection to her song had such an emotional impact on her that she began to cry tears of joy.
‘This dove had come here to watch over me,’ she confessed.
‘So we filmed her singing her song & I’m sending her out to you.’
The Rock N Roll Hall Of Famer ended her message by adding: ‘p.s. She’s been here for days. I think she’s here for good.’
Legendary: Nicks posed with a white dove for the cover of her 1980 debut solo album, Bella Donna, which spawned the hit, Edge Of Seventeen
With the opening lyrics in verse one reading: ‘Just like the white winged dove -sings a song – sounds like she’s singin’ – whoo-whoo-whoo,’ it’s easy to see the connection Nicks made to the white dove outside her window.
In her social media post, Nicks also shared the story behind the inspiration to Edge Of Seventeen.
‘In 1980 I was flying home from Phoenix Arizona and I was handed a menu that said, ‘The white wing dove sings a song that sounds like she’s singing ooh, ooh, ooh. She makes her home here in the great Saguaro cactus that provides shelter and protection for her…’ she explained.
And the rest is rock and roll history.
Edge Of Seventeen went on to become one of Nicks’ most enduring and recognizable songs that has been covered by a slew of other artists over the years.
Classic: Since it’s release four decades ago, Edge Of Seventeen has gone on to become one of Nicks’ most enduring and recognizable songs