FOOTBALL, FILMS and FABULOUS MUSIC AT THE DOMINION OF OPINION
‘DON’T SHOOT ME I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER (1973) is an agreeable mix of pop balladry and lightweight rock – lacking nothing in buoyancy as it strives to be accessible.
‘HONKY CHATEAU’ was well received by the critics and began a run of Elton John albums that effortlessly topped the charts through the 1970s.
On ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ Elton John and Bernie Taupin nurture their own legend.
Twenty Great Albums of 1973: The Dark Side of the Moon: Bold tangents, rich textures, inch-perfect cohesion;
THE BIG MATCH REVISITED: An hour of football from the previous day, following on from a roast dinner, constituted a ‘Super Sunday.’
All Covered Up: JENNIFER WARNES (Famous Blue Raincoat) – Warnes attuned to Leonard Cohen in the way Sinatra was to Cole Porter.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago…………
Twenty songs with SKY in the title: PINK FLOYD – The Great Gig in the Sky;
Twenty songs with a NATIONALITY in the title: VAN THE MAN – Soviet spin………
Twenty songs with a Year in the title: THE WHO: Feeling good about 1921…..