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Critical Acclaim

Many multi-platinum bands receive fortune and a loyal fan base but never critical acclaim, Fleetwood Mac and Dave Matthews band fill these shoes. Fleetwood Mac has had many member changes throughout the bands existence, which has had a huge impact stylistically on the band; they have gone from a bluesy sound to a more pop oriented sound. Dave Matthews Bands' sound has changed over time due to changes in production. The sound has gone from a loose jamming sound with a lot of Jazz influence to a more polished studio sound.
"Hollywood (Some kind of town)" from Fleetwood Macs' album Time (1995) has a light poppy melody. "Don't Drink The Water" from Dave Matthews Bands' Before These Crowded Streets (1998) is a darker song with a banjo added in for added effect. "Illume (9-11)" from Fleetwood Macs' Say You Will (2003) is a song where Stevie Nicks sound is very guttural, it shows the pain she feels when confronting the memories of 9-11and the time that followed and paying tribute to the 9-11 victims. "American Baby" from Dave Matthews Bands' 2005 album Stand Up has a rock and roll sound that …show more content…
The imagery of lyrics used in "illume (9-11 is very powerful, "Because it's just like a river, It's never ending" shows how the pain of 9-11 is never-ending. In Dave Matthews Bands' "Don't Drink The Water" the lyric "Don't drink the water, There's blood in the water" sums up the message the artists want you to come away with, that our history is tainted it hits you hard because the message is hard. Dave Matthews band easily pulled from the tough times America is facing today and confronted the war in Iraq in "American Baby" in Fleetwood Mac's "Illume (9-11)" they are not confronting 9-11 but paying tribute to those who lost their lives and the artist is saying that forever their will be sorrow in America for what happened on that
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