OL' HAIR WEAVE IS BACK
Remember the 70's? Not much of a decade, you say. Yeah, well. Fella here used to be a mover and a shaker back in the mid-70's. Real big wheel. Hits? For awhile there, even the holes in his singles charted. Acclaim? In the Village Voice, Robert Christgau himself discussed the cat's "metier." Like I say, big.
ELTONJOHN
Jump Up!
(Geffen)
Remember the 70's? Not much of a decade, you say. Yeah, well. Fella here used to be a mover and a shaker back in the mid-70's. Real big wheel. Hits? For awhile there, even the holes in his singles charted. Acclaim? In the Village Voice, Robert Christgau himself discussed the cat's "metier." Like I say, big.
When was the last time you listened to an Elton John side by choice? Same here; �74 or �75, when he was dating �Island Girl� and Croc-rockin� around the Kiki Dee, when Goodbye Yellow Bic Banana was wailin� at the wall. Well, here�s today�s riff: if you ever listened to him and stopped, Jump Up! gives you reason to start all over again. Maybe the fact he�s not everywhere on the air anymore it what makes Jump Up! such a great surprise. Then again, it may be that ol� Four Eyes has here put together the best pop album of his career. Like I say, a big move.