Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham recall making of 'Frozen Love': 'Disappointment'

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham recently reunited in spirit through separate interviews on the Song Exploder podcast, where they looked back on the creation of their 1973 track Frozen Love.

The haunting song first appeared on Buckingham Nicks, the duo’s only album together, which was reissued this September after being unavailable for nearly five decades.

During interview, Nicks revealed that she had spoken with Buckingham just a day before recording the podcast.

“Lindsey and I started talking about it last night. This whole thing seems really like yesterday to us,” she shared, recalling their first meeting as high school students at Menlo-Atherton in California in 1966.

After performing together in the band Fritz and opening for legends like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, producer Keith Olsen encouraged them to branch out as a duo.

“Keith was extremely supportive, but Fritz was never able to secure a record deal,” Buckingham explained. Nicks added, “We loved these guys. So we were not at all happy about that, but there was nothing we could do … It was our first super disappointment in the music business.”

Still, she recognised the turning point: “It was an invitation to greatness, and we both knew it.”

Their decision led not only to new musical opportunities but also to a romantic connection. “It drove us together … and then we fell in love with each other, and that was it,” Nicks remembered. 

Reflecting on Frozen Love, she described it as “a modern-day love affair, tragedies,” comparing it to Wuthering Heights or Great Expectations.

Buckingham added, “She understood that I was transforming things for her, and I understood that I wouldn’t have had anything to transform without the beautiful center that she’d given me.”

“Our relationship was up and down and difficult, but at the same time, fantastic,” Nicks said. “And what we were doing was so fantastic, that it was worth putting up with the trials and tribulations of a relationship that’s difficult.”