Title is a bit clickbaitish — doesn’t sound like Keith truly “hates” them. He’s just taken a few shots over the decades at his contemporaries, probably after downing more than a few shots of Jack.
Taupin wrote just the lyrics. Some early Elton is good, but I agree with Keef that “Your Song” is sappy, as are a few others. I lived in the Hollywood Hills back house of the widow of Elton’s legendary bassist Dee Murray for a while in the ‘90s. She told me some crazy tour stories.
Keith on Bonzo: “John Bonham thundering down the highway in an uncontrolled 18-wheeler.”
He says that like that’s a bad thing. lol. But yeah, JB is about as unlike Charlie Watts in style as it’s possible to be. And Zep in general was kind of the anti-Stones. But I love both.
Bowie’s second album (The Man Who Sold the World, 1970) is an overlooked gem, imo. No hit songs, but a dark dystopian tour de force, and Mick Ronson (as usual) plays a mean guitar. Yeah, Bowie was an act like Keith said, but a very talented one.
As far as Keith’s criticisms of the others mentioned, I have no quarrel with them.
What u said....
I was a huge fan of Bowie mainly for Ziggy and Hunky
And Aladdin and DD I liked too
The Robson years more or less
And Eno era grew on me....
MTV mega hits not so much though that was I guess his biggest hits money wise
He was in my opinion extremely talented....
Elton...
I liked up through GBYBR
after that I lost interest
His early stuff was new sounding...
Girls loved it.....like Kirwan Spencer and Welch Mac....
Or Buckingham Nicks before they joined
Elton first 3-4 albums high school...cool girls loved...I mean how could you not like Levon or Texas love song or Funeral for a Friend with Davey chopping it pretty hard for an Elton song
Stones and Zep
My two fav big groups