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...fanbase they won with their previous disc of campy, cabaret-inspired pop. It starts off right with a dance track ironically titled “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’.” Featuring a piano riff co-written and performed by Elton John, the piece is as masterfully derivative and flamboyant as anything on the Sisters’ previous album, sounding like vintage ABBA, Billy Joel, and Bee-Gees all at once. It’s also reassuring to know the Sisters haven’t lost any of their sense of humor...
...CAPTAIN & THE KID ELTON JOHN THIS 31-YEARS-later sequel to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is not exactly evidence that John is pursuing new vistas of songwriting. But in the comfortable setting of his AM-radio salad days, he bangs out several irresistible tunes (Tinderbox, Blues Never Fade Away), and Bernie Taupin produces a typically serviceable string of lyrics. The most interesting element here is John's voice; it's a lot scruffier than you might remember. At 59, he stretches to hit the high notes he used to kill, yet the strain gives his glossiest songs...
...ELTON JOHN says tattooed and pierced American rock bands should dress more like...
Except for a few wrinkles and a head of silvery, cotton-ball hair, Bennett doesn't look particularly old. He is, however, deeply old school. He calls Elton John a "new" artist and refers to his girlfriend as "my special lady." (That his special lady is 40 years younger upholds another show-biz tradition.) Bennett is at his most reactionary when it comes to making music. Since 1970's disastrous Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!, which featured a Shatneresque take on Eleanor Rigby, he has clung to the great American songbook and insisted on recording with live musicians...
...brisk apart to a drawn-out uhhhh-part tips the mood from disdain to misery.) The advantage is that his performances are spontaneous and deeply felt; the disadvantage is that each one exhausts him. So Bennett values focus and speed in his partners, and the fact that it took Elton John just 31 minutes to exit his limo, record Rags to Riches and return to his limo is mentioned around the studio as if it were a historic sexual conquest...