If you should buy Elton John’s Dream Ticket CD set, take my advice: save the first disk for later. This is from a performance at Carnegie Hall, which can only be described as an aging rocker attempting to recapture past glory. The low point is a guest appearance from Mary J. Blige, where she can best be described as a cross between Tina Turner and Kermit the Frog.

While I haven’t seen the fourth disc yet, the second and third are mesmerizing. Watch those first.