The songwriter Elton John knew was out of his league: “The best in the world”
An absolute master of words.
Folk rock
The one songwriter Bob Dylan and Don Henley agreed was the best: “Better than most”
The right kind of storyteller.
The one singer Roger Waters never wanted to see perform again: “Too upsetting”
Songs that don’t hold up.
The 1988 song the Traveling Wilburys called the best: “It was too good”
The greatest collaboration they ever had.
The bandmate Neil Young called the glue of CSNY: “It would have been over a long time ago”
“It would have been over a long time ago.”
It took Bob Dylan half a century to appreciate his “unthinkable” 1971 masterpiece
Charged with new life.
The 1969 song Crosby, Stills and Nash couldn’t create again: “We did not beat the first”
The special kind of magic.