“As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition.” WritingAudienceGroupsRocksToughTraditionDancingPerformingLiverpoolOld Rock Author:Jon Landau
“Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both were proclaimed revolutionaries for their early work and subjected to exhaustive attack when later works were thought to be inferior. Both developed their art without so much as a nodding glance toward their peers.” MenMayArtAudienceRocksGeniusRevolutionaryRock N RollBobInferiorsPeersGlancesDylanCharlieNoddingChaplinEarly Work Author:Jon Landau
“'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces.” FacesAudienceCuttingWeekBandBasesTeethPlusExpensesInferiorsSoloDeparture Author:Jon Landau
“To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.” CultureAbilityFantasyAudienceYouthLateCapacityMusicalSymbolsImmortalityLinksSixtyPopularityRemindersArtifactsYouth CultureMusical Ability Author:Jon Landau
