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Jon Landau
American Producer
Born: May 14, 1947
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I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. Jon Landau
Future Saw Bruce Bruce Springsteen Name Rock Rock-N-Roll Springsteen Roll
My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor. Jon Landau
Work Ambition Late Record My Friend Record Producer Had Doing Friend Producer Taylor Started
There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all. Jon Landau
Stars Tops Martha Marvin Gaye Firmament Most Stevie Robinson Smokey Were Diana Diana Ross Motown Happen Loved Them Many Among Four
The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility. Jon Landau
Time Band Our Released Self-Conscious Most Sensibility The Who Which Turn England Who Image
'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again. Jon Landau
Impossible Will Band Carefully Statement Run Composed Classify Mere Make Stylist Personal Anyone McCartney Again Paul Paul McCartney Designed
Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm. Jon Landau
Song Own Ringo Charm Voice Beatle Had He May Much Sang Special Album
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. Jon Landau
People Few Elton Elton John Entertainer John Classy Performance Maintaining Beyond His Question Few People Achieved Succeeded Standards Who Popularity Professionalism Now Competent
As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock. Jon Landau
Life Great Will My Life Long Become Saved Lasting Elton Elton John Entertainer John Per Someone Something More Remains He Performance Make Rock Go Than Contribution Order Forth Bring Album Chance Tonight
Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man. Jon Landau
Man First White Every Increasingly Additional Release Easy Seemed He Talented Obvious Him Becoming Very Dismiss Barry Barry White Filled
The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock. Jon Landau
Beatles Old Nothing Intimidated John John Lennon Never Simply Knew Joyfully Well Does Rock How Idols Rock-N-Roll Roll Lennon Interpret Interpreted Played
The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.' Jon Landau
Work Music Best Beatles Long Williams Dizzy Miss Tall Cover Sally Did Influenced Little Richard Larry
The title song of David Bowie's 'Young Americans' is one of his handful of classics, a bizarre mixture of social comment, run-on lyric style, English pop and American soul. Jon Landau
Soul Song Style Young Lyric Bizarre Classics David Bowie His Mixture Handful Comment American Young Americans Title Social Pop English
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments. Jon Landau
Me Final Completed Musician Record Part Accomplishment Accomplishments Artist Just Pop Measure Film Believes
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies. Jon Landau
Great Director Matter Made Else Chaplin Great Director Charlie Charlie Chaplin He Been May Anything Anything Else Movies
While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs. Jon Landau
Beatles Andrew Martin Clean Clean Up Had Around Always George Up Rolling Stones Rolling Stones While Act
Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done. Jon Landau
State Destined Would Seems More Remain Joni Mitchell Like Knowing She Permanent Always Mitchell Done Depressed Dissatisfaction
'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable. Jon Landau
Single Classic Always Motown Get Endlessly Enjoyable
The early Bob Dylan was compulsively drawn to the conflict between stability and the search for immortality. Jon Landau
Conflict Drawn Immortality Between Stability Dylan Bob Bob Dylan Search Early
'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces. Jon Landau
Work Band Teeth Solo Plus Faces Week Generally He Wisely Since Sing Beck Audiences His Rod Inferior American American Audiences Departure Expenses Wherein Again Cut Ignores Jeff Jeff Beck Bases
The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches. Jon Landau
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One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end. Jon Landau
Good Business Will Made Advice Beginning Think Elvis Elvis Presley Lock Out Tell He Studio Put Come Most Contemporary Until Him Advisor Does His Rockers Rocks Impression End Up Bunch Gets Done Them Profitable Album
Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy. Jon Landau
Work Music Creative King First Sense Enjoy Musical Promise Easy Purpose Fact Most Also She Surpassing Accomplishment Tapestry Listen Artistic Confirmed Pop Fulfilled Pop Music Figures Her Second Album
The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless. Jon Landau
Good Criticism First Too Elton Elton John Lyrics Melodies John Superb Only Performance Frequency Frequently Were Heard Very American Any Flawless Grandiose Production Album
Soul was the music made by and for black people. For most of the Sixties it was thoroughly divorced from white popular music, but by the end of the decade several artists with their roots firmly in both soul and R&B traditions had crossed over. Jon Landau
Music Soul People Black Made White Several Thoroughly Crossed Both Had Divorced Firmly Over Most Traditions End Decade Artists Sixties Roots Popular Popular Music
'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first AM hit was nothing if it wasn't the example per excellence of the Sly Stone music machine. Jon Landau
Music Crazy Man Natural Dance Example First Beginning Nothing Machine Per Sly Excellence Self Am His Hit Stone Just Being Original Right
Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles. Jon Landau
Good Together Style Good Records Sly Only Records Crucial Perfectly Come Make Around Singles His Handful Infinite Stone Revolves Aspects Many Albums
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