“Can I possibly believe that this deliberately barbaric sometime poet and her glorified garage band are worthy of comparison with Rimbaud, Jarry, Tzara, Gide, Mondrian? The short version of my answer is yes”
“Mercury plays a dumber version of Bowie's cultured stud, May a mutant Page with less control. With Queen, confused image takes precedent over content.”
“Hooks are what makes DJs and listeners remember a record. Elton’s gift for the hook is so universal that there is small likelihood that one of them hasn’t stuck in your pleasure center. Or your craw”
“As glam rock waned and disco had yet to wax, punk style provided the perfect cultural jolt, a new kind of 'No!' that brought together fashion, music, press, and politics to tell the world a story England still can't be too eager to bear”
“Jackson has inspired debate over his cosmetic decisions because the residue of the ’60s black nationalism and the condescension of those who would pity or mock black Americans have met over the issue of his face, his skin tone, his hair”
