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by Peter Townshend


  Iron Man, 388, 397, 407, 433

  Iron Man, The, 381–82, 384, 387, 390–91, 393–97, 402–3, 411, 415, 418–19, 422, 424, 432, 434, 435, 438, 440, 442, 467, 494

  It’s Hard, 358, 497

  ‘It’s In You’, 351

  ‘It Was You’, 58

  I Used to Be an Animal—But I’m All Right Now (Burdon), 369

  Ivy League, The, 76

  ‘I Want to Take You Higher’, 179

  Jagger, Bianca, 228

  Jagger, Mick, 53, 59, 60, 88, 109, 116, 152–54, 228, 281, 304, 306, 347, 349, 446, 469, 476, 489

  Jailhouse Rock, 36

  Jam, The, 339, 344

  James, Dick, 58

  James, P. D., 369

  James (Emma’s boyfriend), 402

  James Gang, 199, 201, 348

  Jan (Barney’s girlfriend), 53, 68, 71, 254

  Jarrett, Keith, 107, 111

  Jason (driver), 270

  Jefferson Airplane, 148

  ‘Jenny’ (counselling subject), 484–86

  Jethro Tull, 153

  Jimmy (char.), 241, 246, 250, 253, 342, 375, 376, 450

  Jimmy Smith Organ Grinder’s Swing, 89

  Joanne (Joss’s secretary), 367

  John, Elton, 263, 264, 352, 354, 404, 455, 467, 476

  Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, 54, 112

  Johns, Glyn, 54, 59, 153, 220–22, 247, 292, 302, 319, 357, 359

  ‘Join My Gang’, 103, 380

  Jones, Brian, 53, 59, 91, 153–54, 176

  Jones, Jan, 320

  Jones, Kenney, 263, 310, 312–13, 316, 318, 320, 322, 340, 345–46, 357

  Jones, Mick, 316

  Jones, Paul, 142

  Jones, Tom, 302

  ‘Jools and Jim’, 319

  Joplin, Janis, 177, 179

  Josh (char.), 471

  Joss, Nicola, 365, 367, 413, 423, 427, 436, 478

  Joys and Sorrows (Casals), 344

  Kalchuri, Bhau, 492

  Kamen, Michael, 437, 467

  Kameron, Pete, 210, 214, 300–301

  Kander and Ebb, 427

  Kathy (friend), 285–87

  Katie (Lane’s partner), 244

  Kawakubo, Rei, 447–48

  Keegan, Shelagh, 433

  Keen, Speedy, 132, 176

  Kelley, Mike, 263

  Kent, Matt, 464, 468

  Khan, Inayat, 204, 207

  Kick Horns, 378

  Kidd, Johnny, 54

  Kids Are Alright, The, 304, 305, 313

  ‘Kids Are Alright, The’, 83, 445

  King, David, 132

  King Crimson, 201

  Kinks, 60, 62, 73, 75, 76, 112, 164, 191, 283, 370, 408

  Kirk, Robert, 429

  Kirk, Roland, 169–70, 501

  Kisoon, Katie, 428

  Kiss of the Spider Woman, 426

  Kitaj, Ron, 345

  Kitt, Eartha, 23

  Klein, Allen, 95, 97, 98, 113, 154, 300–301, 302

  Kooper, Al, 125

  Korner, Alexis, 53

  Kraftwerk, 339

  Kramer, Eddie, 109

  Krieger, Marilyn, 486n

  Krishna, Hare, 266

  Kunz, Greg, 405

  Kurzweil, Ray, 379

  Labanowski, John, 428

  LaBelle, Patti, 216, 404

  Lambert, Constant, 73, 348

  Lambert, Kit, 72–73, 75–78, 79, 81–82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94–95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 103, 110, 117, 126, 130, 132–34, 144, 146, 151, 156–58, 160–61, 165, 191, 195–96, 202, 210–12, 214–18, 220, 225–26, 228, 249, 252n, 253–54, 259–60, 262, 268n, 275, 279, 293, 300–301, 304, 347–48, 360, 398

  Lambert, Terence, 73

  Lamia, Mary, 486n

  Lane, Ronnie, 138, 141, 152, 160, 201, 244, 247, 276, 292, 296–97, 309, 477

  Lane, Susie, 160

  Langford, Bonnie, 349

  Langston, Cy, 131

  Langtry, Lily, 110

  ‘Larry the Lonely Cowboy’, 380

  Lasley, David, 348

  Lateef, Yusef, 112

  Launderettes, 362

  Laura, 457–58

  Laurel, Stan, 13

  Laurel and Hardy, 13

  Law, Don, 169

  Law, Roger, 132

  ‘Layla’, 244, 265

  Leadbelly, 56

  Led Zeppelin, 96, 173, 183, 188, 398

  Leibovitz, Annie, 300

  Leigh, Vivien, 472

  Lemper, Ute, 452, 453

  Lennon, John, 136, 153–54, 335, 348

  Lennon, Julian, 335

  Lennon, Sean, 335

  Lennox, Annie, 381

  Lesley (Mod fan), 145

  ‘Let My Love Open the Door’, 315, 319, 331

  ‘Let’s See Action’, 215

  Levison, Charles, 365

  Lewis, Andre, 216

  Lewis, Harry, 9

  Leyla (char.), 471

  Life, 140

  Lifehouse, 202–4, 206–7, 210–11, 213–14, 216, 217, 220–22, 225, 229, 235, 242, 253, 307, 325, 329, 375, 385, 389, 411, 418, 422, 442, 462, 463, 466–67, 469, 471–72, 483, 500

  Lifehouse Chronicles, 471

  ‘Life to Life’, 377

  Lightnin’ Hopkins, 56

  ‘Limousine, The’ (Townshend), 389

  Linda (Mod fan), 145

  Linscott, Jody, 348, 351, 378

  Lion King, The, 467

  Lister, David, 469

  Lisztomania, 273, 277

  Little, Carlo, 67

  ‘Little Is Enough, A’, 315, 319

  Little Richard, 400

  Live at Leeds, 187, 188, 192, 194–95, 199, 224–25

  Lloyd, Charles, 107

  Locke, Patricia, 86

  Logan, Nick, 347

  London, Julie, 56

  London Symphony Orchestra, 234

  Lone Ranger, 341

  Long, Bob, 489n

  Looney-Tunes, 13

  Lord of the Flies (Golding), 371

  Loss, Joe, 26

  ‘Love Ain’t for Keeping’, 215

  ‘Love Hurts’, 86, 403

  ‘Love in Limbo Land’, 380

  ‘Love Is an Emergency’, 380

  ‘Love Is Strange’, 86

  ‘Love Me Tender’, 36

  Low, Andy Fairweather, 357, 428

  Lowenstein, Richard, 374–75

  Lowenthal, Sara, 471

  Lucas, George, 406

  Lulu, 73–74

  Lumkin, Tony, 379

  Lynn, Vera, 9

  Lyons, Jack, 80

  McAnuff, Des, 416, 418–19, 426, 427, 434, 437–38, 442–43, 445, 462, 467

  McAnuff, Susie, 426

  Macauley, Mark, 349

  McCartney, Heather, 475

  McCartney, Linda, 463

  McCartney, Paul, 49, 99, 109, 116, 318, 374, 463, 475

  McCollom, Kevin, 454–55

  McCrum, Robert, 364, 368, 370–71, 390, 411, 462

  McDevitt, Chas, 38

  McDonald, Ken, 368

  McGhee, Brownie, 56

  McInnerney, Katie, 110, 139, 160, 304

  McInnerney, Mike, 110, 138–39, 140, 160–61, 162, 165, 202, 304

  Mackintosh, Cameron, 307

  McLagan, Ian (Mac), 254

  McLaughlin, John, 52

  Macmillan, Harold, 340

  Madness, 339, 350

  Madonna, 404, 432

  Magical Mystery Tour, 127, 136

  Magic Bus: The Who on Tour, 184

  ‘Magic Bus’, 88, 89, 148, 429

  Malone, Will, 234, 348

  Mamas and Papas, 119

  ‘Man and Machine’, 381

  Mandela, Nelson, 368, 373, 376, 444

  ‘Mandy’, 97

  Manfred Mann band, 317

  Mann, Barry, 97

  Mann, Herbie, 112

  ‘Man of Mystery’, 42

  ‘Man Watching’, 351

  ‘Man with Money’, 86

  Marcus, Greil, 167, 324

  Marley, Bob, 296, 344

/>   Marmalade, 129

  Marriott, Steve, 138, 141, 142–43

  Marsalis, Wynton, 444

  Marsh, Dave, 167, 497

  Marsh, Lisa, 423–24, 425, 426, 427, 428–31, 435–36, 437, 440, 457, 462, 478

  Marshall, Jim, 62–64, 69, 96, 294

  Martin, George, 125, 425, 434

  Martin, Steve, 304

  Martin (friend), 42

  ‘Mary’, 215

  ‘Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands’, 126, 130

  ‘Maryland’, 39

  Masters of the Baroque, 83

  ‘Master’s Prayer, The’, 233

  Matthews, Mr, 18

  Maurice, Jr (uncle), 8

  Maurice (grandfather), 8, 145

  Maynard, Alf, 39, 40, 43

  Meaden, Peter, 68, 69–70, 73, 74, 94, 122

  Meesham, David, 234

  Meibach, Ina, 275–76, 279, 311, 401, 408, 437

  Melly, George, 267

  Melody Maker, 200–201, 202, 205, 207, 210–11, 213

  Mendelsohn, John, 167, 202

  Mercer, David, 83

  Merchan, Chucho, 378, 380, 394

  Mercury, Freddie, 339, 381

  Merman, Ethel, 263

  Metzger, Gustav, 64, 115, 464–65

  Meuross, Reg, 318

  Michael, George, 374, 381

  Michael (Lisa’s boyfriend), 423, 427

  Mick and Tich, 191

  Miles, Barry and Sue, 116

  Miles, Buddy, 430

  Miller, Arthur, 471

  Milligan, Spike, 29, 139, 292, 333

  Mills, Russell, 370

  Mills, Sir John, 472

  Mingus, Charlie, 75

  Mingus Ah Um, 75

  Mingus Revisited, 89, 380

  Minkin, Bill, 326

  ‘Misery’, 70

  Mitchell, Mitch, 67

  Mitchelson, Marvin, 408

  Moby Grape, 227

  Monck, Chip, 152–53

  Monk, Thelonious, 90

  Monkees, 135

  Monroe, Marilyn, 198, 284

  Montgomery, David, 132

  Monty Python, 314, 361–62

  Moon, Keith, 3, 4, 67, 68, 69, 71, 76, 82, 84, 86, 87, 92, 93, 96, 100–101, 103–4, 109, 112, 113, 121–24, 128–30, 132, 142, 145, 147, 151, 153–54, 156–57, 159, 166–68, 173, 178–79, 180–83, 188, 191, 195–97, 201, 206, 212–13, 217, 221–24, 228, 232, 246, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254–57, 261, 263, 266, 269–71, 273, 277–79, 281–87, 288–89, 293, 295, 297–99, 303–10, 312, 314, 330, 336, 339, 343, 346, 355, 367, 398, 400, 505–6

  Moon, Kim, 93, 103, 109, 254, 273, 505

  More, Melissa, 464

  More Dark than Shark, 370

  Morphet, Chris, 144, 240

  Morris, Doug, 311, 320, 324, 390, 395, 397, 422, 473, 476, 494

  Morris, John, 174–75

  Morrison, Jim, 148

  Morrison, Van, 139

  Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang, 23

  Mosely, John, 272, 276

  Mosley, Oswald, 8

  Mott the Hoople, 201

  Mountain Language (Pinter), 385n

  Mount-Charles, Henry, 360

  Move, 191

  Mr Fantasy, 111, 267

  Much Ado about Nothing, 419

  Muddy Waters, 294

  Murray, Charles Shaar, 370

  Murray the K, 113, 114, 123

  ‘Music Must Change’, 302, 304, 305

  ‘My Baby Gives It Away’, 296

  Myers, Mike, 305

  ‘My Funny Valentine’, 85

  ‘My Generation’, 82, 83, 85, 87, 129, 204, 340–41, 424

  Mysticism of Sound, The (Khan), 204

  ‘Naked Eye’, 193

  Naturals, 58

  Nawa, Mary Beth, 430

  ‘Needles and Pins’, 112

  Nelson, Kathy, 477

  Never Mind the Bollocks, 318

  Neville Brothers, 382

  Nevison, Ron, 249, 261, 347

  Newman, Tony, 263

  New Musical Express, 274, 347

  ‘New Song’, 302

  New York Times, 182, 188, 225, 281

  Niarchos, Spyros, 308

  Nicholas, Paul, 103

  Nicholls, Billy, 378, 394, 428, 444, 452, 456, 496

  Nicholson, Jack, 131, 262, 269

  Nigel (songwriter), 399

  ‘Night Train’, 380

  Nilsson, Harry, 308, 436

  ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’, 92

  ‘No Face, No Name, No Number’, 267

  Noone, Peter (Herman), 123, 124, 129

  ‘No Road Romance’, 302

  ‘Now and Then’, 419

  O’Brien, Richard, 433

  Observer, 462

  ‘Odorono’, 130, 132

  O’Hara, John, 368

  Oldfield, Mike, 297, 382

  Old Grey Whistle Test, The, 297

  Oldham, Andrew Loog, 68, 73, 94, 97, 98, 264

  Oldman, Ted, 268, 275

  Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 283

  Oleg (Russian boy), 442, 460

  Olivier, Laurence, 472

  Ommadawn, 297

  Omnibus, 260

  ‘One Life’s Enough’, 358

  1-2-3, 89

  ‘On Horseback’, 297

  Ono, Yoko, 153–54, 335

  ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’, 14

  ‘O Parvardigar’, 233

  Orbison, Roy, 86

  Orchestration (Piston), 99

  Orff, Carl, 260

  Orlando Sentinel, 409

  Ormsby-Gore, Alice, 238–40, 243, 441

  Ostin, Evelyn, 324, 328

  Ostin, Mo, 320, 324, 328, 365, 444

  ‘Our Love Was’, 130

  ‘Over the Top’, 381

  ‘Overture’, 158, 163

  Page, Jimmy, 76, 96, 188

  Palladino, Pino, 428, 479, 481

  Palmer, Phil, 428

  Palmer, Polly, 351

  Paltrow, Gwyneth, 473

  Paramor, Norrie, 29

  Parker, Charlie, 75, 76, 108, 167

  Parker, Donna, 283–84, 288

  Parmienter, Chris, 66

  Parry, Chris, 427

  Patten, John, 371

  Patterson, George, 293, 356

  Patterson, Meg, 263, 293, 355–56, 371

  Paul (driver), 357, 366

  Pearl Jam, 431

  Peeping Tom, 40

  Pei, I. M., 427

  Penhall, Joe, 474

  Performance, 154, 306

  Perry (friend), 433

  Pet Sounds, 107, 123, 127

  Petty, Tom, 398

  Phantom of the Opera, 395

  Phillips, Caryl, 372

  Phillips, John, 119

  Phillips, Simon, 318, 378, 394, 428

  Phil the Greek, 73

  Picasso, Pablo, 72

  Piccadilly Band, 9

  Pickett, Wilson, 114

  Picture Post, 140

  ‘Pictures of Lily’, 110

  Pike, Frank, 364, 369

  Pinball Wizard (char.), 264, 404

  ‘Pinball Wizard’, 162, 163, 264, 348

  Pink Floyd, 106, 110, 253, 326, 496

  Pinter, Harold, 369, 385

  Piston, Walter, 99

  Plaquet, Maurice, 48

  Platters, 408

  Platz, David, 300, 301

  Playboy, 111, 431, 454

  Playing for Keeps, 377

  ‘Playing Hard’, 380

  ‘Plum Blossom’, 112

  Police Protecting Children, 489n

  Pollock, Jackson, 50

  Porter, Cole, 131

  Pound, Ezra, 369

  Powell, Roger, 214

  Presidents, 54, 220

  Presley, Elvis, 36, 37, 45, 59, 87, 263, 477

  Preston, Billy, 296

  Pretenders, 319

  Pretty Things, 164, 191

  Price, Bill, 352, 395, 396

  Price, Matthew, 302

  Pridden, Bob, 117, 169, 184–86, 204, 212, 223, 238–39, 252, 266, 289, 351, 402, 496<
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  Pridden, Mia, 266

  Prince, 374, 376

  Producers, The, 305

  Prokofiev, Sergei, 8

  Proust, Marcel, 352

  Psychoderelict, 411–12, 416, 418–19, 421, 422, 427–29, 431–32, 434, 442, 451, 454–55, 471, 474, 498

  Ptaszynski, André, 456

  ‘Punk as Godfather, The’ (Carr), 279

  Purcell, Henry, 83, 96

  Purdom, Charles, 110, 140

  ‘Pure and Easy’, 207, 215, 337

  Purple Rain, 374, 376

  Pursey, Jimmy, 447

  ‘Put a Spell on You’, 380

  Quadrophenia, 233, 237, 238, 241, 245–51, 253, 254–56, 258, 259–61, 269, 289, 293, 307, 310, 312–13, 342, 416, 450–53, 456–58, 462, 474, 499

  Quatermass Experiment, The, 27

  Queen, 298, 339, 374

  Queen Elizabeth 2, 222

  Queen Mother, 87

  Quick One, A, 101, 103, 131

  ‘Quick One, While He’s Away, A’, 101, 103, 154, 157, 159

  ‘Quiet One, The’, 343

  Rael, 99, 384

  ‘Rael’, 130

  RAF Dance Orchestra, 9, 10

  ‘Ragtime in C’, 380

  Raine, Craig, 364, 380

  Ravens, Jan, 428

  Rawlings, Terry, 272, 350

  Ready, Steady, Go!, 79

  ‘Real Good Looking Boy’, 477

  Reay, Louise, 347, 349–51, 352, 353–54, 357, 365–66, 377, 500

  Rebel Rousers, 51, 112

  Redding, Otis, 400

  Reed, Jimmy, 56–57, 267

  Reed, Lou, 382, 395

  Reed, Oliver, 262, 269, 270–71

  Reeve, Christopher, 349

  Reid, Liz, 55, 245

  Reilly, Tommy, 32

  Reizner, Lou, 225, 233–34, 241, 257, 260

  ‘Relax’, 130

  Remembrance of Things Past (Proust), 352

  Restoration Ruin, 111

  Rhodes, Phil, 38, 39

  Rhythm and Blues, 85

  Rich, Buddy, 67

  Rich, Frank, 424

  Richard, Cliff, 42, 44

  Richards, Keith, 59, 109, 153, 201, 304, 398, 472, 476

  Richardson, Tony, 306

  Richie, Lionel, 404–5

  Richie, Nicole, 405

  ‘Right Now’, 112

  Rio Grande, 348

  Rivers, Larry, 50, 64

  ‘Robin’ (counselling subject), 484–86

  Robins, Alistair, 448–49

  Robinson, Smokey, 92

  Rock and Roll Circus, 176

  Rock and Soul, 85

  Rock Around the Clock, 35, 36

  ‘Rockin’, 30

  Rock Is Dead, 228, 229, 235–36, 241

  Rock Is Dead (Rock Lives), 228–29

  Rocky Horror Show, The, 433

  Rod (driver), 240

  Roeg, Nic, 154, 306, 325–29, 392

  Rogan, Alan, 348, 356

  Roger Daltrey Performs a Tribute to Pete Townshend, 436

  Rolling Stone, 149, 162, 202, 236, 324

  Rolling Stones, 53, 59, 62, 68, 73, 92, 94, 112, 152, 155, 176, 191, 254, 277, 281, 296, 339, 400, 449

  Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, The, 153n

 

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