"I've been afraid of changing, cause I built my life around you."

A poignant line from a lyrical genius. The entire song consists of wonderful and moving words about the inability to live without another. We can all relate, even if we've never experienced this actual feeling towards another human being. I find it fitting in all sorts of disappointing situations: the canceling of a favorite television show, discovering all the leftover turkey has been picked over, or simply growing out of a pair of roller skates.

But seriously, this song has a special place in the hearts of the office staff here at Theatrical Outfit. Whenever we find my speakers strumming the recognizable chords, all of us prepare our voices to sing, and our handkerchiefs to receive tears. Okay, well maybe not that absurd, we can usually handle our emotions in the office. We save the crying for those awkward moments at dinner when you're out with co-workers and they make fun of stupid mistakes you've made, causing tears to well up in your eyes. Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything. Anyway, back to Stevie Nicks.

I'll be completely honest; I don't know that much about her except that she is associated with Fleetwood Mac and has the name of a 12 year old boy scout. And she has quite an original sense of fashion. Regardless of this knowledge, I'm convinced she is one of the shrewdest businesspersons in the music business. Either that or her contract with Pandora is surprisingly detailed. This woman's song comes on at least once a day in our office.

Granted it hasn't graced our presence on Pandora in quite a while, but that would have more to do with playing the 60's station, a time in which Ms. Nicks was 12-22 years of age. Now, this doesn't stop her from writing Landslide, young artists create some of their finest work at that age.  But you might ask, how can a young teenage girl have such a profound knowledge of life, love and loss? I would direct you toward any girl with a boyfriend in any middle school in America. I haven't seen as much emotional devastation on a girl's face as when Tommy didn't post on her Facebook wall and was at the local soda shop sharing a milkshake with Susanne.

Of course, the song was not written until Stevie Nicks' journey to Aspen in 1973 or 1974, the historians are unsure which date is correct. And by historians I mean Wikipedia. This rightly places it outside of the realm of 60s music, but apparently allows it to be chosen for any other playlist created on Pandora. It doesn't matter is we're listening to Feist, Elton John or Queen, Stevie will find her way into the mix. As a joke, I used "Landslide" as the song for playlist creation, and not only was it the first song played, usually an impossibility for any other song playlist on Pandora, but it played three times in one hour. I wasn't willing to let it continue past that hour because I couldn't take the emotional rollercoaster.

I guess my point is that everyone should have a little Landslide in their life, just be prepared for the destruction left behind. And by that I mean your emotions. Or if you're a girl, your makeup. That goes for drag queens too.