I Saw Rock N' Roll Future And

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

It Didn't Matter That Charlie Chaplin May Not Have Been A Great Director Or A Great Anything Else. He Made Great Movies.

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.

The Early Stones Were Adolescent Rockers. They Were Self-conscious In An Obvious And Unpretentious Way. And They Were Committed To A Musical Style That Needed No Justification Because It Came So Naturally To Them. As They Grew Musically The Mere Repetition Of Old Rock And Blues Tunes Became Increasingly Less Satisfying.

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.