'let's Get It On' Is A Classic

Elton John Himself Never Seems Pretentious But Bernie Taupin's Lyrics Often Do - Sometimes Pretentious In A Clever Sort Of Way, But Pretentious Nonetheless. There Is A Conflict Between Elton's And Bernie's Personal Styles, No Doubt About It.

'call Me' Is Not An Exceptional Al Green Album, But It Is As Solid As A Rock At Its Center.

The Rolling Stones Are Constantly Changing, But Beneath The Changes They Remain The Most Formal Of Rock Bands. Their Successive Releases Have Been Continuous Extensions Of Their Approach, Not Radical Redefinitions, As Has So Often Been The Case With The Beatles.

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.

While The Beatles Always Had George Martin Around To Clean Up Their Act, The Rolling Stones Had Andrew Loog Oldham To Coarsen Theirs.