The ATF sound was lacking in extended solos, flash, and pomposity, but CBS liked the group's respect for traditional Anglo-rock, their Beatles-like energy, and the splashes of Yes, Genesis, and 10cc that colored their music.

That's taking things way too far in my book.

He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier.

[…] he proved that microtonality and the angular vocal and instrumental lines that typically evoke modernist angst can just as easily create manic comedy.