"When John and Paul married they married hard. It was as if their ambivalent relationship to the sexuality of rock and roll finally caught up with them. Men in groups gave way to couples"
Originally published September 30, 1971
“In the ’80s the only list that computes is pure megaplatinum — Prince and Bruce and U2 and Michael J. and Madonna, with maybe a few million-selling status symbols like Sting, Talking Heads, R.E.M., or Public Enemy tacked on for appearance’s sake.”
Originally published January 2, 1990
“The Clash may be the greatest rock and roll band in the world… but they haven’t conquered Britain yet.”
Originally published January 9, 1978
“If anyone had told me in 1969 that George Clinton and Al Green would be two of my three favorite rock and rollers of the ’70s my only response would have been ‘Who?’ Which is why I’m not going to try and foretell the future now.”
Originally published December 17, 1979
“I haven’t been this excited about rock and roll in at least 10 years. First it was isolated artists, then a vanguard, but now it looks like a movement.”
Originally published October 24, 1977
When Robert Christgau, Edward Sorel, and Lester Bangs took on the rock icon
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Reports of the album’s death have been greatly exaggerated
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Finding our grooves in the year the Democrats discovered hip-hop
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Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe, and the Year of the Woman…again
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