Singer Was KIDNAPPED as a Child—Trauma Fueled the Most HAUNTING Song of the 80s!—Professor of Rock

Coming up, we’re moving into the shadows of the '80s to uncover the most chilling, emotionally gripping performances of the decade. They were the songs that ruled the radio dial and haunted our souls with 10 iconic vocal performances from the decade’s best. As we count down the most haunting songs of the 80s, including post-punk icon Siouxie Sioux, who gave her voice to the fall of an entire civilization… Stevie Nicks, who had faced so much pain and drama in her band that a 15-minute, 16-verse epic still couldn’t contain it all… And then there was Aimee Mann who was abducted as a child and after a detective finally rescued her she struggled to speak off and on for years, but it fueled her songs including a haunting 1985 song Voices Carry that became here biggest hit and then one haunting vocal that was the final recording of a beloved legend Karen Carpenter who left us far too soon. It’s the Top 10 Most Haunting Female Vocals of the 80s—NEXT, on Professor of Rock.

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In the 80s, there were so many affecting female vocalists who cut to the heart and moved our souls… I am over the moon for the countdown because these are songs that I listen to often…. Let’s get right into our countdown of the Top 10 Most Haunting Female Vocals of the '80s.

At #10 it's Stevie Nicks and her vocals on “Sara” by Fleetwood Mac: There are certain songs that feel like they were pulled straight from a dream... or maybe a fevered memory. And when you hear them, it’s like you’re being whispered to by a ghost. Few artists can summon that feeling quite like the mystical Stevie Nicks. And nowhere is that power more evident than on Fleetwood Mac’s ethereal treasure, “Sara.”

“Sara” is more than a song. It’s a spell. A confession. A deeply personal story wrapped in veiled poetry and wrapped again in the shimmering veil of Stevie’s voice. From the moment she murmurs the first line—"Wait a minute baby... stay with me awhile"—you’re transported to her inner world: The heavy influence behind the song was half a dozen things, depending on your source, alluding to more misadventure and drama than the human mind can grasp. Best friend betrayals, covert love affairs, cocaine abuse, mystical muses, and band breakdowns… Sara is rock’s great soap opera, and it originally clocked in at over 15 minutes long, with a total of sixteen verses. And even that might not have been enough to contain the true story its author Stevie Nicks intended. After all was said and done, Sara was edited down to a radio-friendly four-plus minutes.

One aspect is that it was about Stevie’s breakup with Mick Fleetwood, her bandmate and, at the time, romantic partner. Their relationship ended, in part, because Mick began a relationship with Sara Recor, who had been a close friend of Stevie’s. Eventually, Sara and Mick married. So, when Stevie sings “Sara, you’re the poet in my heart / Never change, never stop”, there’s a bittersweet double meaning—part blessing, part sorrow: There were also rumors that it was about Stevie’s terminated pregnancy from Don Henley and that she was going to name the baby Sara. Whatever the real story is, the song still haunts our souls.