The Beatles Did Their Best Cover Work

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

James Taylor May Be An All-american Boy But He Isn't Horatio Alger, And The Lionizing Of Many Rock Stars By The Rock Press Has As Much To Do With Old Fashioned Rags-to-riches Stories As Does The Straight Culture's Deification Of Its Idols.

It Is By Now Beyond Question That Elton John Is A Competent And Classy Entertainer. Few People Who Have Achieved His Popularity Have Succeeded In Maintaining His Standards For Performance And Professionalism.

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.

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.