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Billy Corgan<\/a> is basically trying to claim that he\u2019s the one responsible for handing Fleetwood Mac one of their most enduring hits. <\/p>\n And, to be fair, his justification for that is because Stevie Nicks herself told him so. It was by a sheer stroke of luck that, in preparation for a BBC recording session in 1994, he flipped through his scant record collection and came across Fleetwood Mac\u2019s self-titled album from 1975. From there, he plucked a random track called \u2018Landslide\u2019 and decided to give it a whirl.\u00a0<\/p>\n As The Smashing Pumpkins frontman later put it himself, the song had \u201cnever been a single, wasn\u2019t considered a classic, [and] wasn\u2019t played on the radio\u201d. Essentially, he was taking a complete stab in the dark and had no concept of the golden ticket he was handing Fleetwood Mac<\/a> in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n With just 20 minutes left of his session, Corgan recorded the vocals and layers of instrumentation for \u2018Landslide\u2019 as somewhat of a rush job, perhaps thinking at the time that it was just like any other given cover he would perform at the time. Listening back to his takes, he lifted a section of vocal here, a part of a guitar lick there, and left it at that. <\/p>\n But then, seemingly out of nowhere, it became a hit. \u201cAfter that, Stevie Nicks is on the phone thanking me for all the publishing money she got,\u201d Corgan explained with a nonchalant air, as if it was what he had intended all along, because of course he did. And, for what it\u2019s worth, \u201cSince then, it\u2019s been a hit four times over,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n As Nicks put it herself in confirming her seal of approval,<\/a> \u201cOver this song, there\u2019s been this incredible connection\u2026he reached out\u2026 I believe that my poetry is really meant for everyone, no matter what age\u201d. Indeed, it was the better part of 20 years since the song was released that it finally got its flowers, but it was worth every second of the waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, on the one hand, it spoke to the universality that exists in every corner of the sonic world, but it was also a testament to Corgan\u2019s limited record collections and the gemstones that can be uncovered when you take a leap of faith. A \u2018Landslide\u2019 was actually an appropriate way of putting it, because as soon as the first domino fell, there was no stopping the cascade.\u00a0<\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n The frontman may rightly hold a piece of smugness close to his chest because of this, and he isn\u2019t afraid to make it known, either. \u201cShe wrote the song. It\u2019s a brilliant song,\u201d he said in relation to Nicks, \u201cBut I cracked the code\u201d. \u2018Landslide\u2019 may not seem like an enigma to us now, but he was right: it was he who helped the puzzle pieces fall into place.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ultimately, there\u2019s no denying that \u2018Landslide\u2019 still very much belongs to its original Fleetwood Mac owners, rather than The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>, but in this sense, its journey was one that the band bestowed onto the world, before being regifted their own present, only in even greater form. That\u2019s the circle of life.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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