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STEVIE NICKS, “Edge of Seventeen”   Bella Donna, 1981

One of the more catchy phrases in rock history occurs, by our count, 11 times in this song: “Ooo, baby, ooo, said ooo.” But it is a separate “baby” laced by Stevie into the song when it is still building tempo that carries all the acid and envy any adult feels toward the naively broken-hearted. Stevie was still so young, but she had certainly lived enough to know.

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