“I saw my rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time.” FeelsFirstsMadeEyePastYoungNightNamesSawsRocksNeededFirst TimeHearingRock N RollFlashRock And RollSpringsteenHearing Music Author:Jon Landau
“Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.” MenFirstsSelfEasyWhiteBecomingFilledObviousReleaseParody Author:Jon Landau
“Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band.” WayWritingFirstsPersonsPhilosophyProblemInterestingRocksWindBandFindingsDirectMusicalOneselfAlbumsBest WayAddressesPlasticPersonal LifeFirst PersonLennonLyricists Author:Jon Landau
“On first listening, Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark,' the first truly great pop album of 1974, sounds surprisingly light; by the third or fourth listening, it reveals its underlying tensions.” FirstsLightSoundListeningThirdsCourtAlbumsPopsTensionSparksFourth Author:Jon Landau
“The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless.” FirstsHeardCriticismPerformancesVery GoodAlbumsProductionsMelodyFrequencySuperbFlawlessGrandiose Author:Jon Landau
“In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.” FirstsEndsMarkFranklinArtistry Author:Jon Landau
“Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin.” FirstsBelieveMadeEnoughVoiceRecordsRateRaysFranklinJerryWilsonBakersSolomonTurner Author:Jon Landau
“Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first aesthetic and social, and then as an influence.” FirstsBigsSocialRecordsInfluenceSourceImportancePopsAestheticBobSixtyDylanPop MusicSellersUnpredictability Author:Jon Landau
“Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.” FirstsFactsPurposeEasyEnjoyCreativeFiguresKingsPromiseMusicalAlbumsPopsArtisticIntimacyAccomplishmentFulfilledPop MusicTapestrySurpassing Book:It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal Source: It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal
“'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first AM hit was nothing if it wasn't the example per excellence of the Sly Stone music machine.” IfsMenFirstsSelfNaturalCrazyExampleStonesMachinesOriginalsExcellenceSly Author:Jon Landau
