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On The Surface, Rock And Roll Changes At An Amazing Pace. The Influence Of A Figure Like The Maharishi Can Appear And Disappear In A Matter Of Months. Talk About Old Fashioned Rock And Roll Finds Itself Dead Before It Begins.

I Saw My Rock'n'roll Past Flash Before My Eyes. And I Saw Something Else: I Saw Rock And Roll Future And Its Name Is Bruce Springsteen. And On A Night When I Needed To Feel Young, He Made Me Feel Like I Was Hearing Music For The Very First Time.

The Beatles Production Is Often So 'perfect' That It Sounds Computerized. 'sgt. Pepper' Really Does Sound Like It Took Four Months To Make.

The Early Bob Dylan Was Compulsively Drawn To The Conflict Between Stability And The Search For Immortality.

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.