I Saw Rock N' Roll Future And

The Beatles Never Sounded Intimidated By Their Idols. They Never Interpreted Old Rock; They Simply Played It As Well And As Joyfully As They Knew How. On 'rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon Does Nothing But Interpret Old Rock.

The Rolling Stones Have Been The Best Of All Possible Worlds: They Have The Lack Of Pretension And Sentimentality Associated With The Blues, The Rawness And Toughness Of Hard Rock, And The Depth Which Always Makes You Feel That They Are In The Midst Of Saying Something. They Have Never Impressed Me As Being Kitsch.

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.

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.

The Beatles Production Is Often So 'perfect' That It Sounds Computerized. 'sgt. Pepper' Really Does Sound Like It Took Four Months To Make.