Elton John's Blue moves
Restall, Matthew, 1964-2020
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By 1976, Elton John was the best-selling recording artist and the highest-grossing touring act in the world. With 7 number 1 albums in a row and a reputation as a riveting piano-pounding performer, the former Reggie Dwight had gone with dazzling speed from the London suburbs to the pinnacles of rock stardom, his songs never leaving the charts, his sold-out shows packed with adoring fans. Then he released Blue Moves, and it all came crashing down. Was the commercially disappointing and poorly reviewed double album to blame? Matthew Restall argues that Blue Moves is a four-sided masterpiece, a showcase for the three elements - piano-playing troubadour, full orchestra, rock band - with which Elton John and his collaborators redirected the evolution of popular music. The closer we get to Blue Moves, the better we understand the world into which it was born - and vice versa.
Main title:
Elton John's Blue moves / Matthew Restall.
Author:
Restall, Matthew, 1964-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Collation:
152 pages ; 17 cm.
Series title:
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781501355424 (pbk)
Dewey class:
782.42166092782.42166
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2971283