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There Is Something Complete About Stevie Wonder, And One Senses That He Is Not Only Exceptionally Important Today, But Will Continue To Be For As Long As He Chooses.

The Faces Do Not, As Some Have Recently Alleged, Play Badly. They Are More Than Competent, Especially At Creating A Mid-sixties Rolling Stones-styled Groove, As Their Excellent Version Of 'memphis' Proves.

Bob Dylan Has Always Sealed His Decisions With The Unexplainable. His Motives For Withholding The Release Of The Magnificent 'basement Tapes' Will Be As Forever Obscure As Brian Wilson's Reasons For The Destruction Of The Tapes For 'smile.'

Soul Was The Music Made By And For Black People. For Most Of The Sixties It Was Thoroughly Divorced From White Popular Music, But By The End Of The Decade Several Artists With Their Roots Firmly In Both Soul And R&b Traditions Had Crossed Over.

There Is A 'patrician Arrogance' To James Taylor That Accounts In Part For His Popularity While It At The Same Time Explains The Critical Resistance To His Work.