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\u201cThe world is a little bit of an empty place without her,\u201d Stevie Nicks said after the passing of her longtime friend and musical partner in crime, Christine McVie<\/a>. In many ways, that\u2019s exactly what they were\u2014joined together by some inexplicable force that placed them at the core of one of the best bands in history. The Fleetwood Mac flames could never have ignited without her.<\/p>\n This was ablaze from the beginning. After witnessing the \u201cchemistry\u201d of Fleetwood Mac and wanting in, McVie made it her mission to bring a certain romanticism to the operation, maintaining that flair onstage while making sure their experiences in love felt just as palpable. \u201cKick-ass chemistry,\u201d McVie once called it, telling Mojo<\/a> that Peter Green was like \u201cJesus playing out-of-this-world guitar\u201d. <\/p>\n At this point, Fleetwood Mac were strong contenders in the folk-rock battle, a force made up of proficient individual components, all with talent in spades and more than enough potential to make it far. But with the addition of McVie, the pieces of brilliance came together, transforming from a collection of maestros to a fully-formed songwriting group, one built on joint energy and spearheaded by McVie\u2019s eye for emotion.<\/p>\n But it wasn\u2019t just about McVie\u2019s ability to spot magic before even growing familiar with it\u2014which is exactly what happened the first time she met Stevie Nicks\u2014it was her ability to transform these tropes and make them feel warm, hopeful; like all the elements we still cherish about Fleetwood Mac today, and all the ways it worked, even when frayed dynamics and disagreements could have derailed it all.<\/p>\n \u201cWe definitely love harmonies, and I\u2019m good at pathos,\u201d she once explained in the same interview, adding: \u201cI write about romantic despair a lot. That\u2019s my thing, but with a positive spin.\u201d Although sometimes overshadowed by the more raucous antics in the band, or against the different kind of romantic whimsy offered by Nicks, McVie provided the mushy core, looking at love and the pitfalls of romance as something to absorb, even when it pains, or makes us feel fractured and scorned.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s because she also knew exactly how to put it into words. Whether the simplicity of falling in \u2018Say You Love Me\u2019 or the explosive euphoria of \u2018Everywhere\u2019, McVie had a knack for channelling the different hues of relationships with stark simplicity, even when it seemed a little darker at its core, like with \u2018You Make Loving Fun\u2019, or straight-up heartwrenching, like \u2018Songbird\u2019. <\/p>\n