Thursday, November 06, 2025

Fleetwood Mac's Song 'Landslide' Goes Viral

A '70s chart-topping song has found new life with Gen Z listeners, who have reposted various versions of the tune on TikTok almost half a million times.

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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.

-- Santiago Mayer (
@santiagomayer.com) Nov 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM

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The Chicks - Landslide (Official Video)

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Landslide - The Petersens (LIVE)

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Dixie Chicks Cover "Landslide" on the Howard Stern Show (2006)

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-05 09:25 PM

That's weird...

#2 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-11-05 09:42 PM

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (1975)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
Nicks wrote "Landslide" while in Aspen, Colorado, inspired, while looking at the mountains, by the thought that everything in her life she'd been building could come crashing down at any time. It became a tale of love and life artfully woven behind the metaphor of a snowy mountain avalanche.

It was never originally released as a single ("Over My Head", "Rhiannon" & "Say You Love Me" were the album's three top 20 hits), but is considered one of the most known and cherished songs of the band's decades-long career. ...

[Verse 1]
I took my love, took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down

[Verse 2]
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm

[Chorus]
Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
...



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 09:44 PM

I may actually like the Peterson's version best.

But I think that it's a bit interesting that Gen Z takes to this very reflective song written about her changes:

"Nicks told the New York Times, "I wrote Landslide' in 1973, when I was 27, and I did already feel old in a lot of ways. I'd been working as a waitress and a cleaning lady for years. I was tired."

"Nicks concluded, "Landslide' was the decision. When you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills,' it's the only time in my life that I've lived in the snow. But looking up at those Rocky Mountains and going, Okay, we can do it. I'm sure we can do it.'"

A sign of optimism from the Stare kids would be promising... not that they have much to be happy about. I remember that when I was their age, we had the assasinations of RFK, JFK, and MLK, then Nixon and Vietnam.

We weren't very optimistic, either. We just used other drugs than TicToc.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-05 09:56 PM

... A '70s chart-topping song has found new life with Gen Z listeners ...

Yeah, I've read that Gen-Z seems to be taking an interest in the 70's music.

And, aside from the articles I have read, I have also noticed that as i disperse my record and CD collection among the Gen-Z in my family.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 09:59 PM

@#5

To wit ...

Gen Z Loves Retro Culture
moresbypress.com

... "I'M SO EXCITED!" the 18-year-old college freshman was saying. "I can't believe I'm finally going to see Stevie Nicks!"

She and a friend had just bought tickets for a fall 2023 concert featuring Nicks"the former Fleetwood Mac singer"and Billy Joel, rock stars of the 1970s and '80s. Some young people in Gen Z, now between the ages of 11 and 26, have taken a passionate interest in the music, arts, culture and fashions of eras before they were born"the 1970s, '80s, '90s, early 2000s. ...



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 10:02 PM

#5

It's a whole genre on youtube; young reactors to 70's music.

Some are just faking it and mugging for the cameras and the income, but I actually enjoy seeing people doing what we did back then instead of being on phones... sitting around and listening to great music with friends or alone.

I saw a couple of kids today who actually live local to me doing the Simon and Garfield album Bookends... they were blown away.

Anyway, here's a montage channel of some of them:

www.youtube.com
(Moody Blues)

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-05 10:15 PM

@#7 ... It's a whole genre on youtube; young reactors to 70's music.

Some are just faking it and mugging for the cameras and the income, ...

Well, yeah, welcome to social media.

That aside ...

I'd proffer, based upon what I have seen, that the trend towards 70's music may go beyond those who want to exploit it for views and money.

There are those who genuinely seem to enjoy the original artists from the 70's.

In some respects, for those folk, it may be sad because, well, if you do the math... and artist in the 70's was maybe 25 years old? Now, if they are still alive, they are well into their 70's or possible 80's?

That's one of the reasons why I have been dispersing my old albums and CDs to my Gen-Z family members. I want them to know of and experience these great artists before they cannot.


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 10:27 PM

... and, if I may be so bold to congratulate Gen-Z for recognizing this tune, well, I'll say, welcome to the 70's.

So much great music was published then.

Enjoy it.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 11:41 PM

It also went viral 10-12 years ago when American Horror story did the witch season with Stevie Nicks.

#10 | Posted by qcp at 2025-11-06 08:45 AM

"WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around."

Nice catch, Rogers!

This while their male counterparts are becoming Groypers, though.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-06 04:48 PM

www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-11-06 05:35 PM

The dude on the skateboard got more play.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-06 09:13 PM

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