Fleetwood Mac Sans McVie Still Rock Solid (Tampa Review)

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Tampa Tribune Review

Fleetwood Mac Sans McVie Still Rock Solid
By CURTIS ROSS cross@tampatrib.com
Published: Jun 9, 2003


TAMPA - Fleetwood Mac minus Christine McVie proved itself to be a very different band Sunday night before a St. Pete Times Forum crowd of 12,199.
McVie, who is sitting out this reunion of the rest of the ``Rumours''- era lineup, was responsible for some of the band's sweetest, catchiest material, such as ``Over My Head'' and ``You Make Loving Fun.''

She also, apparently, was the calm bridge between singer-songwriters Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. McVie's absence made for an evening far more emotionally charged than the band's 1997 Tampa appearance.

The band couldn't have picked a better opening number than ``The Chain,'' its pull-together-at-all-costs message especially fitting for a band that has lost a key member.

But while Buckingham and Nicks joined together to create those trademark Fleetwood Mac harmonies, both seemed to reserve plenty of energy for their featured numbers.

Nicks brought out her mystical persona for captivating performances of ``Rhiannon'' and ``Gold Dust Woman.'' ``Rhiannon,'' in particular, sounded stripped-down and toughened up, with drummer Mick Fleetwood pushing the song relentlessly.

The seldom-heard ``Beautiful Child'' was perhaps Nicks' most riveting performance of the evening.

Buckingham flailed away during an extended solo on ``Come,'' which reached a peak as he pounded his guitar like a madman. He was just as impressive on the acoustic number ``Big Love.''

But ``World Turning,'' ``Go Your Own Way'' and ``Landslide'' proved Buckingham and Nicks are even better together. The rock-solid, blues- schooled rhythm section of Fleetwood and bassist John McVie added necessary muscle to the songs' shimmering pop textures. Even without McVie, Fleetwood Mac proved itself to be a powerhouse.

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QUOTE]Originally posted by Eagles Mac
You mean someone Down South ACTUALLY wrote a good review for a change ?????

BTW Stevie is NOT the Yogi Berra of FM...She is the Ted Williams of FM !!!! [/QUOTE]

lol Well, I made that quote because in another board we were discussing the things Stevie say at interviews, that dont make sense at all and that even when you think you know what she is saying in one of her songs, she then goes at an interview and says its about something else.

At the same time, there was a commercial (the Afflack commercial) with the Duck always yelling "AFFLACK". They did one with Yogi Berra. In that commercial everytime that Yogi say something, the duck instead of yelling the usual shake his litttle head and kept saying, HUH?

After seeing that I thought to myself "Now, THAT'S the way Stevie makes me feel everytime she makes those kind of comments.

The next day, I went to that board I make the comment of what happened and its been my sig since then.

Isabel