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There is a mysticism around Christine McVie<\/a> that no one will ever understand except those who worked with her. <\/p>\n Her musical partner in crime, Stevie Nicks, was just about to jump on a plane to see her when she took a turn for the worse and passed away the following day. Since all hope for a Fleetwood Mac reunion has been completely stored away, with Nicks saying that it simply couldn\u2019t ever work without her. Suppose it says a lot, really, that through both members\u2019 struggles in the spotlight, they were never once at odds with each other.<\/p>\n Many pieces of the story of Fleetwood Mac demonstrate the deep-seated soul bond between Nicks and McVie, like the story of their first meeting, and how they\u2019d gotten on like a house on fire, which was also incidentally the unspoken \u2018test\u2019 that granted Nicks her place in the band with Lindsey Buckingham. There\u2019s also the constant chatter on Nicks\u2019 part post-McVie that speaks volumes about how much they meant to each other.<\/p>\n But one of the biggest and most important parts was how much they stuck together during some of their most explosive moments. When things were intense on stage and heating up behind the scenes, Nicks and McVie sought out quiet moments in each other. \u201cWe were cool onstage,\u201d Nicks told The Guardian. \u201cBut offstage everybody was pretty angry. Most nights Chris and I would just go for dinner on our own, downstairs in the hotel, with security at the door.\u201d<\/p>\n When it came to the music, however, both had separate approaches. Nicks was far more forthcoming in her emotional explorations, often venturing into whimsical realms to tell embellished stories. McVie, on the other hand, was a little more lowkey, with songs like \u2018You Make Loving Fun\u2019 discussing a partnership that got McVie feeling all giddy, with few knowing it was actually about an affair.<\/p>\n There was also the softer, lovelorn classic \u2018Songbird\u2019, a piece so beautifully sorrowful that Mick Fleetwood once said he wanted it played at his funeral<\/a>. The song, which was written in about half an hour, according to McVie, was an incredibly personal affair. But while that was the case, she also made sure its lyrics were as universal as possible so that anybody could listen and relate. <\/p>\n