John glowed in a turquoise suit and reflective sunglasses. He frequently played as a metronome, dutifully hitting his notes on syncopated beats. Goose-stepping takes the pretty out of ballads. John did have familiar tunes. John's player-piano delivery left his more cobwebbed material to wither.
Crocodiles live long lives, but they look it.
Joel upstaged John with quicksilver hands, full voice and gesticulations. Joel sold them past their due-dates by singing as if he still wore a younger man's clothes. Like many musical visitors, Joel played to the Vegas connection. Stylistically, John's days as a wearer of flashy dresses and powder wigs seem over. He smiled and bowed.