Nicks Shows She Can Rock In Many Ways
At least Stevie Nicks knows all the things she is. During a 90 minute
set last night in the Polaris Amphitheater, which included tunes from
the performer's solo career and her years with Fleetwood Mac, she
displayed Nicks the rock star, Nicks the naive songwriter and Nicks
the disco queen. During the "Acoustic-electric-acoustic" portion of
the show, the singer introduced three songs about "moving to Hollywood
and trying to make it as a rock star." She sang a trio of overwrought
songs obviously the work of a youngster. Earlier in the set, though
she was both a rocker and a star. Enchanted, which provides the title
for the artist's new three-CD retrospective, proved she could rock
hard. But her most popular work has focused more on her eccentric
personality and confessional songs. The former was reflected both in
the lovely stage set and her Victorian fashion sense. Unlike the musty
incarnations of the past, her clothes, and the set, were more Liberace
and less Miss Havisham. Every time she did her trademark spins, the
crowd nearly shrieked. Songs such as Gold Dust Woman and Landslide
were obviously more than mere pop songs in the eyes of Nicks' feverish
fans. They express a tragic, if rather contrived romantic quality
which strikes a chord. Suprisingly, so have the singer's dalliances
with dance music. With Stand Back, and its ferocious beat, disco diva
Nicks brought the house down.
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