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by Peter Doggett


  Numbers in square brackets, [ ], refer to individual song entries. Page numbers in bold refer to main entry for song or album.

  Abba, 327

  Abbey Road (Beatles LP), 270

  “Abdulmajid” [145], 325–26

  Abel, Lionel, 378n

  Abraxas (Santana LP), 227

  “Across the Universe” [124], 243, 273–74

  Action, the, 38, 405

  “African Night Flight” [165], 353–54

  “After All” [20], 95–96, 100n, 184n, 212, 429, 432

  “After Eight” (NEU!), 372

  After the Gold Rush (Neil Young LP), 108

  “After Today” [114], 258, 262

  Aftermath (Rolling Stones), 428

  “Ain’t She Sweet,” 266

  “Air on the G String” (Bach), 176

  “Alabama Song” [163], 351–52, 390

  Aladdin Sane (LP), 11, 176, 181, 185, 187, 189, 190–93, 199–202, 203–4, 248, 265n, 268, 279, 308

  “Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?),” [70], 83, 193–95, 212, 226, 288, 438

  “Aladdin Vein.” See “Zion”

  Alamo, The (film), 36n, 407

  Ali, Muhammad, 236

  Alice Cooper, 120, 122, 126, 156, 173, 175–77

  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (book), 89

  “All Along the Watchtower” (Bob Dylan), 189, 190

  “All Day and All of the Night” (Kinks), 168

  All Our Yesterdays (TV series), 57

  “All Saints” [146], 325–26

  “All the Madmen” [23], 95, 99–101, 366

  “All the Young Dudes” [62], 101, 153–54, 432

  “All You Need Is Love” (Beatles), 450

  “Alley Oop” (Hollywood Argyles), 119n, 150, 175

  Allman, Gregg, 322n

  Almond, Marc, 11

  “Almost Grown,” 129

  Alomar, Carlos, 249, 272, 275, 276, 288n, 294–96, 302, 339, 349, 355, 357, 359, 360, 381

  Also Sprach Zarathustra (book), 111

  “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (tone poem), 212, 231, 317

  “(Alternative), Candidate” [99], 232–33

  “Always Crashing in the Same Car” [137], 311–13, 370

  America, 360

  American Graffiti (film), 190

  “Amsterdam” [17], 85–86, 184

  “Anarchy in the UK” (Sex Pistols), 199

  “And I Say to Myself” [A15], 410–11

  Anderson, Jim, 134

  Andrews, Julie, 408

  “Andy Warhol” [47], 129, 139–40, 152

  “Angel Angel Grubby Face,” 443

  “Angel Fingers” (Wizzard), 192

  Anger, Kenneth, 284

  Animals, the, 402

  Anka, Paul, 149, 200, 444

  “Another Day” (Paul McCartney), 428

  “Another Girl” (Beatles), 450

  Another Green World (Eno LP), 307

  “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” [86], 215, 216, 404

  Apathy for the Devil (book), 305n

  Apollo space missions, 1, 57, 58, 77, 80, 118, 372

  “Apres Moi” (Eartha Kitt), 434n

  “April’s Tooth Of Gold,” 431

  Arabian Nights, The (book), 204n

  Arbus, Diane, 245n

  Arendt, Hannah, 378n

  Arias, Joey, 387

  Armed Forces (Elvis Costello LP), 383

  Armstrong, Michael, 48

  Arnold, Billy Boy, 211

  Arnold Corns, 116–18, 124–28, 133, 159n, 163, 164

  “Around and Around” (Chuck Berry), 153

  “Art Decade” [141], 318–19

  Ascending and Descending (artwork), 101n

  “Ashes to Ashes” [184], vii, 1, 2, 341, 372–74, 376, 387

  Astral Weeks (Van Morrison LP), 88

  Astronettes, the, 175, 191, 224–27, 258, 376n, 380

  “At the Zoo” (Simon & Garfunkel), 355

  At Town Hall (Nina Simone LP), 296

  “Autobahn” (Kraftwerk), 336

  Average White Band, 276

  Ayers, Kevin, 74n, 129n, 242, 246

  Baader, Andreas, 321

  Baal (TV drama), 390, 392

  Babitz, Eve 387

  “Baby” (Iggy Pop), 305

  “Baby I Love You” (Ronettes), 378

  “Baby It’s You” (Beatles), 127

  “Baby Loves That Way” [A7], 404–5, 410

  “Baby That’s a Promise” [A13], 408–9

  “Baby’s in Black” (Beatles), 426

  Bacall, Lauren, 119

  Bach, Johann Sebastian, 176n, 421n

  Bacharach, Burt, 54, 405

  “Back to Where You’ve Never Been,” 452

  Bagdasarian, Ross, 431

  Bailey, Alice, 298n

  Ball, Hugo, 387

  Ball, Kenny, 24

  “Ball Park Incident” (Wizzard), 218

  “Ballad of a Thin Man” (Bob Dylan), 89

  Ballard, J. G., 104n, 198, 312, 375n

  Band, the, 164

  Band on the Run (Paul McCartney LP), 353

  Barbarella (film), 191

  Barber, Anthony, 228

  Barber, Chris, 24

  Barberella (film), 347

  Barnett, Angie. See Bowie, Mary Angela

  Barrett, Syd, 98, 211, 438, 440, 446, 447

  “Bars of the County Jail” [A10], 407, 411, 440

  Bart, Lionel, 36

  Basil Brush Show, The (TV series), 432

  Bat Out of Hell (Meat Loaf LP), 379

  Bates, Alan, 185

  Battisti, Lucio, 222

  “Battle of New Orleans” (Johnny Horton), 407

  Baudelaire, Charles, 24, 172n

  Baumann, Peter, 319

  “Be My Baby” (Ronettes), 427

  “Be My Wife” [138], 313, 388

  Beach Boys, the, 123, 219, 225, 266, 292, 294, 318, 327, 357, 364, 427, 446

  Beach Head (TV show), 59

  Beardsley, Aubrey, 43

  Beatles, the, vii, viii, 2, 5, 11, 25, 34, 42, 45–47, 61, 65, 66n, 70, 74, 76, 77, 93, 96n, 100n, 117, 123, 127, 132n, 135, 140, 147n, 151, 154, 175, 177, 183, 205, 212, 214, 223, 234, 237, 248, 250, 251, 270, 273, 274, 292, 295n, 312, 323, 334, 336, 358, 369, 371, 376n, 383, 386, 391, 392, 397, 399, 400, 406, 414n, 416n, 421n, 426, 431, 442, 447, 448, 450

  Beatles for Sale (LP), 426

  Beatstalkers, the, 438, 439

  “Beauty and the Beast” [147], 329–30, 332n, 335

  “Because They’re Young” (Duane Eddy), 383

  “Because You’re Young” [189], 382–83

  Beck, Jeff, 98, 211, 215, 216, 221

  Beckenham Arts Lab, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 81, 90, 107, 186n

  Beckett, Andy, 9, 112

  Beck-Ola (Jeff Beck LP), 98

  Bee Gees, the, 60, 262

  Belew, Adrian, 356, 359, 362

  Bellamy Brothers, the, 327

  Bennett, Tony, 450

  Bergman, Ingmar 347

  Berlin (Lou Reed LP), 184

  Berns, Bert, 210

  Berry, Chuck, 116, 117, 129, 153, 192, 200, 219, 312

  Bertolucci, Bernardo, 202

  Besant, Annie, 93

  Beuselinck, Oscar, 430

  “Beware My Love” (Paul McCartney), 336

  “Bewitched,” 243, 244

  “Bewlay Brothers, The” [51], 147–48, 212, 241, 285, 407, 432

  “Big Black Smoke” (Kinks), 418

  “Big Brother” [103], 229, 240–41

  Big Brother (TV series), 398

  Bilk, Acker, 24

  “Birds” (Neil Young), 144

  Birkett, Jack, 51, 54

  “Black Country Rock” [25], 101–2

  “Black Hole Kids, The,” 160

  Black Sabbath, 94, 107

  Black Tie White Noise (LP), 354n, 394

  Black Widow, 94

  “Blackout” [153], 335–36

  Blade Runner (film), 392

  Blake, William, 95, 429, 438

  Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 402<
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  Blavatsky, Madame, 93

  “Blockbuster” (Sweet), 186

  Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan LP), 80n

  Blondie, 371

  Bloom, John, 34

  Blow-Up (film), 347

  Blue Mink, 108

  Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, 433

  “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Queen), 386

  “Boil Crisis” (Paul McCartney), 328

  Bolan, Marc, 37, 60, 64, 80, 83, 102, 106, 108, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 134, 135, 153, 158, 166, 167, 169, 173, 175, 177–79, 185, 187, 198, 199, 200, 299, 344, 345, 370, 394n

  Bolder, Trevor, 128, 129, 181, 202, 207

  “Bombers” [42], 132–33, 139

  “Bony Maronie” (Larry Williams), 359

  Bookends (Simon & Garfunkel LP), 60n

  “Boom-Bang-a-Bang” (Lulu), 426n

  “Boris the Spider” (Who), 123

  Boulez, Pierre, 234

  Bowie, David (born David Robert Jones)

  LIFE: born, 17, 19; family background, 19–21; favored son, 21; forms first band, 25; leaves school, 26; finds professional manager, 34; issues first record, 34; victimized for long hair, 35; becomes David Bowie, 36; sexually “mixed up,” 37; distanced from Swinging London, 45ff; demolishes image, 414; potential as children’s entertainer, 432; first film role, 48; writes first song cycle, 445–47; in love with Hermione, 53, 66–70; meets Angie, 53, 70; forms Arts Lab, 71; death of father, 73–75; meets Mick Ronson, 77; marries Angie, 83; meets Tony Defries, 90; son born, 129; becomes Ziggy Stardust, 166; glam-rock involvement, 177–80; first American tour, 185ff; Ziggy’s last stand, 205ff; splits from Ronson, 221; plans rock musicals, 228–31, 242, 247; moves to America, 10, 248, 249; discovers he doesn’t own MainMan, 255; unwilling to eat, 256; suicidal behavior, 257; splits from Defries, 276–78; first major film role, 279ff; collaborates with Iggy Pop, 302ff; moves to Berlin, 306–7; estranged from Angie, 306, 313; as family entertainer, 345–46; “emptied out,” 349; splits from Angie, 350–51; cultural tourist, 355, 357; confronts creative emptiness, 369; dispels characters, 384; video pioneer, 385–86; acts on Broadway, 387–89; retires to Switzerland, 389; becomes slick pop star, 391–92; forms Tin Machine, 393; emerges from torpor, 394; endures heart surgery and retires, 396

  INFLUENCES: advertising, 3, 30–33, 168, 267; America, 116, 145, 219, 259–61; art, 136–38, 217, 326, 330, 331, 341–43, 363; beat writers, 23, 29, 30, 413; Berlin, 318–22, 332; Buddhism, 5, 6, 45, 49, 50, 427; drugs, 201, 282–85, 294, 372, 373, 418; fascism, 111, 112, 299–301, 347; fashion, 195–99, 375; jazz, 23, 24, 403, 412; “Krautrock,” 314–16, 324, 338, 356; mime, 50–52; minimalism, 242, 307, 314–16, 359; Mod, 37–39, 404, 409; punk, 326–29; R&B/soul, 34, 225, 227, 250–53, 401; religion, 284, 289–93, 393; rock‘n’roll, 22, 24, 25; silent film, 254, 255, 334; space, 57ff, 80, 149

  THEMES: fragmentation, 4, 5, 233–35, 297, 382; madness, 5, 26–29, 46, 47, 99–101, 171, 284, 335–36; occult, 6, 89–95, 114, 144–47, 271, 284–89, 299, 309; sexuality, 11, 37, 118–21, 134, 154–58, 201, 220; stardom/fame, 3, 122, 124–27, 149–51, 164–66, 172–75, 276–78

  Bowie, Jim, 36n

  Bowie, Mary Angela “Angie” Barnett (DB’s first wife), 53, 70, 83, 88, 98, 99, 171, 180, 196, 224, 284n, 306, 307, 320, 350

  Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (Visconti book), 370

  Bowie Showboat (concert series), 39

  Bowie-ing Out (proposed LP), 206

  “Boy and His Dog, A” (short story), 245

  Boy George, 157

  Boys International (magazine), 160n

  “Boys Keep Swinging” [171], 341, 352, 358–59, 362, 386

  Bradbury, Ray, 59, 149, 442

  Bramlett, Bonnie, 131

  Bramlett, Delaney, 165

  Brando, Marlon, 201, 202

  Brandt, Jerry, 220

  Brave New World Revisited (book), 32

  Bread, 327

  “Breaking Glass” [134], 308–9, 361

  Brecht, Bertolt, 286, 298, 350, 351, 390

  Brel, Jacques, 49, 76, 77, 149, 160, 192

  “Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, The” (artwork), 217

  “Brighter Day” (Keith Christmas), 276

  Brown, James, 154, 215, 251, 258, 276, 303, 305, 408

  Brown, Joe, 25, 42

  Brown, Oscar, 403, 450

  “Brown Sugar” (Rolling Stones), 168, 202, 246

  Browning, Tod, 245

  B.T. Express, 276

  Buckley, David, 91, 97, 243, 294, 307, 377

  Buckley, Lord, 122

  Buckmaster, Paul, 61, 72, 281

  Buddha of Suburbia, The (novel/TV drama/LP), 394

  Bulwer-Lytton, Lord, 114

  “Bungalow Bill” (Beatles), 132n

  “Bunny Thing” [A34], 429–30

  Buñuel, Luis, 298, 386n

  Burden, Chris, 330, 331

  Buren, Daniel, 315

  Burgess, Anthony, 195, 199

  Burns, Myra Ann (DB’s half sister), 18, 20

  Burns, Terence “Terry” (DB’s half brother), 18, 20–24, 26–30, 46, 99, 100, 106, 115, 148, 196

  Burretti, Freddie, 126, 159n, 196

  Burroughs, William S., 6, 23, 30, 49, 68, 233–35, 244–46, 293, 330, 335, 347

  Buzz, the, 39, 44, 46, 411, 415, 423

  “Buzz the Fuzz,” 136

  “By the Light of a Magical Moon” (Tyrannosaurus Rex), 118

  Byrds, the, 53, 59n, 122, 232, 323, 420, 448

  Byrne, David, 354, 357, 360, 362

  Cabaret (film), 174n, 193, 320

  Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (film), 254

  Cadets, the, 273

  Cale, John, 364, 423n

  Cambridge, John, 87, 91, 124

  Camelot (film), 347

  Campbell, Glen, 327

  Camus, Albert, 60

  Can, 315, 354

  “Can You Hear Me” [108], 249–50, 263, 264, 269, 360

  “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” [A14], 39, 129, 171, 223, 379, 409–10, 411, 417

  “Candidate.” See “(Alternative), Candidate” and “Sweet Thing”

  Cann, Kevin, 43, 69, 108n, 124, 213, 430, 436

  Captain and Tennille, the, 327

  Carlos, Walter, 172

  Carpenters, the, 165

  “Carpet Man” (Fifth Dimension), 61

  Carr, Roy, 238n

  Carr-Pritchard, Mark, 128, 133, 134

  Carroll, Lewis, 438

  Cash, Johnny, 277, 371

  Cassidy, David, 200

  Castle, Roy, 433

  Cat People (film), 389

  Cathy Come Home (TV drama), 417, 428

  Cavett, Dick, 257, 272

  “C’est la Vie,” 431

  Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (Peter Hammill LP), 287n

  Champion Flower Grower, The (play), 52

  “Changes” [48], 11, 114, 140–43, 145, 150–52, 176, 185, 193, 262, 442n

  ChangesOneBowie (LP), 340

  “Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family” [104], 241–42, 319

  Charge of the Light Brigade, The (film), 347

  Chariots of the Gods (book by von Däniken), 166

  Checker, Chubby, 436

  Cher, 219, 263, 322n

  Cherry, Ava, 224, 226, 261, 277, 283, 284n

  Chic, 391

  Chien Andalou, Un(film), 298, 386n

  Children of God, 292

  Children’s Favourites (radio series), 432

  “Chim-Chim-Cheree” (Mary Poppins), 38, 408

  Chimi Youngdong Rimpoche, 49

  “China Girl,” 386n

  “China Girl” (Iggy Pop), 305

  “Ching-A-Ling” [A55], 70, 159, 193, 451–52

  Chipmunks, the, 431

  Christgau, Robert, 377, 379

  Christiane F (film), 320

  Christmas, Keith, 66, 68, 276

  Church of All Worlds, 293

  Church of Satan, 44, 292

  Churchill, Winston S., 146

  Cinderella (stage musical), 44
r />   Circus (magazine), 250

  City of Night (book), 271

  Civic Assistance, 300

  Clapton, Eric, 77, 132, 211, 301, 392

  “Clarietta Rag, The” (Kevin Ayers), 129n

  Clark, Robin, 261

  Clash, the, 380

  “Cleaning Windows” (Van Morrison), 45n

  Climax Blues Band, 294

  Clockwork Orange, A (film), 167, 172, 195, 196, 344

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind (film), 367

  Clowns Hour (dance show), 50

  “C’mon Everybody” (Eddie Cochran), 117

  Coasters, the, 24

  Cobain, Kurt, 108

  Cochran, Eddie, 116, 117, 369

  Cocker, Joe, 132

  Cockettes, the, 186

  Cohen, Leonard, 53

  Cohn, Nik, 159, 165

  “Cold Turkey” (John Lennon), 376

  Coleman, Ornette, 24

  Collins, Joan, 41

  Collins, Phil, 392

  Coltrane, John, 23–26, 30

  “Columbine” [16], 84

  “Come and Buy My Toys” [A33], 429

  “Come On” (Chuck Berry), 117

  Coming Race, The (book), 114

  “Comme d’Habitude” (Claude François), 149, 222, 444, 451

  Como, Perry, 326

  Complete David Bowie, The (book), 377

  Confessions (book), 95

  Conn, Leslie, 34, 35, 37, 400, 402

  Connery, Sean, 346

  Conrad, Jess, 436

  Conrad, Peter 17, 192

  Contours, the, 127

  “Contra Conjugium TTB” (poem), 286

  “Conversation Piece” [4], 66–67

  Cook, Peter & Dudley Moore, 446

  Cooper, Henry, 430

  Coronation Street (TV series), 36

  Corso, Gregory, 23

  Costello, Elvis & the Attractions, 232, 357, 375, 382, 383

  Country Joe & the Fish, 130

  County, Wayne, 138, 188, 239n

  “Cracked Actor” [73], 201–2

  Cracked Actor (TV show), 254, 269

  Crackerjack (TV series), 432

  Crash (book), 312

  Crazy Horse, 124

  Crazy Horse (Crazy Horse LP), 124

  Cream, 46, 101, 148, 154, 363, 381n

  “Crocodile Rock” (Elton John), 218

  Cronenberg, David, 363

  Crosby, Bing, 345

  Crosby, David, 69

  Crosby, Stills & Nash, 107, 132n

  Cross, Jimmy, 406

  Crowe, Cameron, 282, 285

  Crowley, Aleister, 93–95, 146, 283, 284, 286, 289, 316

  “Crystal Japan” [179], 325, 326, 367

  Cruising with Ruben & The Jets (Frank Zappa LP), 127

  Culture of Narcissism, The (book), 13

  Cure, the, 391

  Curious (magazine), 126

  Curved Air, 139

  “Cygnet Committee” [8], 69, 73–75, 76n, 79, 286

 

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