I will not argue with the truth.
The modern emphasis is on the video and not the song.
With the videos your imagination becomes inoperative..........................
Yes and no. In my mind it’s like salt or other seasoning on food. A good video compliments and enhances the content, mood or themes of the music. A poorly done video overwhelms any flavor the music might have had. That said, some videos became neat little short films even though the music itself had little merit.
Except I haven’t seen a music video in 20 years or more. Even MTV doesn’t show music videos as far as I know and that is their name. They were a huge deal in the eighties but by the late nineties they seemed pretty well irrelevant. Do major music performers even make videos anymore?
Elton john has no right to talk about talent...his “talent” is well known...JMHO....