A Legend In His Own Minefield

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John Mendelssohn
Jun 07, 2010
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I reviewed Elton John’s (American) debut album in Rolling Stone. I actually loathed most of it — the pompous orchestrations, the cringe-inducingly awful lyrics, the vocal affectations. I liked the way he sang the beginnings of the verses of "Your Song" enough, though, to be moved to uncharacteristic generosity, and gave it a middling-tending-toward-posi…

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