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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: Inconsistent songwriters |
| Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 10:39:10 -0400 |
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John L. Micek wrote:
> Two words: Elton John
> Anyone who can produce both "Rocket Man," and "Nikita," is the
> bellewether for that sort of thing.
>
What's a little weird about EJ, though, is that the variation wasn't
song-to-song or even album-to-album. If you dump all his good songs into
one bucket and the bad ones into another, you'll notice that a big
majority of the good ones occurred on or before ROCK OF THE WESTIES
(some might slide that marker back one to CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, I realize).
After that, the suck factor increased dramatically.
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and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
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