[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Fleetwood Mac: Madison Square Garden, NYC
Richard Grabel

NME, December 1, 1979
Nicks is supposed, I know, to be an enigmatic, mystical child, and all that baloney, but this translates into a haughty reserve that makes her seem either stiff or scared.

There is little natural ease in her manner. She projects no warmth, only an artless self that seems to leave her unaware of the vast audience watching her pout into her private mirror.

Rumours that Nicks is losing her voice seem partly true. In comparison to her earlier recordings she has lost some of her high range. That little girl sweetness isn't there. This is most obvious on 'Landslide', a sensitive poetic number she sings with Buckingham accompanying on acoustic guitar.

I also expected more kinetic energy from Nicks. She should fly, or at least move a bit when singing lines from 'Rhiannon' about being "taken by the sky." But everything about her delivery is strictly pedestrian.

Christine McVie's voice is delicious. Live, it sounds better than on record, richer, charged with commitment and more soul.

If this critic is still alive, I would like to buy him a beer.