LIES! ALL LIES!

In fact, you CAN be fan of both Billy Joel and Elvis Costello, as Mark and I agree (though it took Mark a while to get on board with the Cos).

You can't take "Just The Way You Are" as representative of Joel's work any more than "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is the pinnacle of The Beatles.

And, sadly, many of Costello's fans are jaded, arrogant wannabes who think they're too sophisticated for "pop."

So take that, Jody Rosen, and get the heck over yourself.

(Besides, I'm not about to take seriously music criticism from a guy who thinks "Stiletto" is a "boogie-woogie" song.)