by Greil Marcus
Northern State, 332
North Mississippi Allstars, 204, 219, 291, 479
No Shouts, No Calls (Electrelane), 389
“Not Across My Daughter’s Big Brass Bed You Don’t, Bob” (Bennetts), 372–73
Not Bored #11, 19
Not Fade Away (Dodge), 25
“Nothing at All” (Heart), 8
“Nothing Compares 2 U” (O’Connor), 59
Nothing Personal (Starr, J.), 217
Nothing Seems Better to Me: The Music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina—The Warner Collection, Vol. II, 226
Not in Kansas Anymore (Basehead), 117
“Not My Slave” (Oingo Boingo), 20
Notting Hill (advertisement), 169
Nova, Heather, 299
Now It’s Time (Paula Frazer and Tarnation), 388
“(Now That I Have You I’m) Bored” (Corner Laughers), 483
Now That I’ve Found You—A Collection (Krauss), 143
‘N Sync, 209
Nugent, Ted, 5
Nurse Betty (film, LaBute), 222
Nutini, Paolo, 389
NVM (Tacocat), 511–12
Nymphs, 100
Nymphs (Nymphs), 100
Nyro, Laura, 156
Oar (Spence), 85
Oates, Joyce Carol, 130
Obadiah (Ford, F.), 438
Obama, Barack, 409, 468–69, 485–86, 498–99
Object in cluttered NPR studio, 239
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (film, Coen Brothers), 227–28
Ocean, Billy, 3
Ochs, Michael, 174
O.C.M.S. (Old Crow Medicine Show), 367
O’Connor, Sinéad, 59, 62, 64, 106–7, 211, 322–23, 354
Odds, 66
O’Dell, Michael, 336–37
Odessa (Handsome Family), 187
O’Donnell, Owen, 87
“Off the Charts” (Uhelszki), 455
Off the Record (Menconi), 286
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck), 490
“Oh, Pretty Woman” (Burton & Springsteen), 32
Oh Mercy (Dylan), 55
“Oh Molly Dear” (Shelton, B. F.), 492
Oh Susanna (Oh Susanna), 241–42
Oingo Boingo, 20
O’Kane, Kerri, 398–99
O’Keefe, Georgia, 426–27
Old Crow Medicine Show, 367
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 483–84
Oldham, Will, 194
Olds-Neal, Nedra, 96–97
Old Time Relijun, 169
Old Time Texas String Bands, Volume One: Texas Farewell, 270
Oleanna (theatrical, Pullman), 421–22
“Ole Miss: Presidential Debate Host, Cultural Treasure” (Simon, S.), 403
Oliphant (cartoon), 22
O Love Is Teasin’, 8
Olsen, Elizabeth, 477
Olson, Jill, 313
Olstein, Lisa, 444
Olympia (Ferry), 437
O’Meally, Robert, 252
“On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz” (Ellison), 252
“One” (Criswell), 461
One Beat (Sleater-Kinney), 320
Onedia, 215–16
One Foot in the Groove (Koerner, Ray & Glover), 151–52
101 Dalmatians (Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine), 95–96
O’Neill, Jaime, 317
One Love at Studio One (Bob Marley & the Wailers), 92
The One Million Dollar Quartet (Presley, Lewis, Jerry, & Perkins), 28
“The One That You Can’t Have” (Honeys), 7
1,000 Years (Corin Tucker Band), 435
1000 Record Covers (Ochs), 174
One Tree (Jeremijenko), 223–24
“One Way Gal” (Moore, W.), 432
On How Life Is (Gray, Macy), 181–82
“The Only Tune” (Muhly), 441–42
On Market Street (Houston), 470–71
“On Patriotism and ‘The Patriot’ “ (Vowell), 211
“On the Art Strike” (Black, B.), 57
On the Blank Generation (Little Jack Melody with His Young Turks), 96
“On the Outside” (Crow, S.), 148
On the Road (film, Salles), 487–88
On the Wall, Inc., 113
Onwards to the Wall (A Place to Bury Strangers), 465
“Open and Revolving” (PiL), 28
Operatic Afterlives (Grover-Friedlander), 448–49
“Operator” (radio commercial), 29
“Opposites Attract” (Abdul), 59
Orbison, Roy, 12, 44, 48
Orchestra/Everyday Is Saturday/Play Five of Their Favorites (Fastbacks), 91
Orioles, 406
Orton, Beth, 278–79
Osborne, Joan, 217
Osbourne, Ozzy, 314
Ostler, Scott, 320, 429–30
Ostoya, Anna, 513
Other Animals (Erase Errata), 267
“Other Side of the World” (Tunstall), 382
Our Endless Numbered Days (Iron and Wine), 371
Our House on the Hill (the Babies), 490
“Our Shirelle—Doris Jackson’s Life in Rock and Roll” (Peri), 23
“Out in the Cold” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), 89
“Out of Body, Out of Mind” (McGinn), 143
Out of This World (Washington), 174
Out on the Open West (Fairfield), 455–56
Out West (Cadallaca), 195–96
Oval, 151, 208
ovalprocess (Oval/Markus Popp), 208
“Over and Over” (Neil Young & Crazy Horse), 72–73
Overcast! (Atmosphere), 180–81
“Overload” (Siouxsie and the Banshees), 86
Øyvind Mund, 508
Pacheco, Nazareth, 310–11
Packer, George, 492
Paczuska, Anna, 12
Page, Pamela, 79
Paglia, Camille, 296–97
The Painting of Modern Life—Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers (Clark), 5
“PainTings” (Langford), 239
“The Pale Green Girl” (Houston & Johnson, P.), 373
Pale Orchestra, 172
Palmer, Jamie, 405
Paltrow, Bruce, 249
Panegyric—Volume I (Debord), 91
Panter, Gary, 16–17
Paper Airplane (Alison Krauss and Union Station), 451
Paper Television (Blow), 384–85
Paradisette, 156
“Parallel Horizontal” (Marine Research), 170
Parfrey, Adam, 24
Paris, 77
Paris, Barry, 53
Parish, John, 150, 412–13, 494
Parker, Alan, 88
Parker, Charlie, 505
Parker, Jonathan, 309, 422
Parker, Junior, 62
The Partly Cloudy Patriot (Vowell), 324
Parton, Dolly, 184
Party! At Home—Recorded in Memphis in 1968 (Lewis, F., & White, B.), 314
Party at the Palace: The Queen’s Jubilee Concert, 314
Party of Helicopters, 303
The Passion of Joan of Arc (film, Dreyer), 309
The Passion of the Christ—Songs Inspired, by, 372–73
Passover (Black Angels), 379
Passover at Jake’s: The Rosenbloom Seder Plate (Ross), 416
The Past (Farhadi), 511
Paterson, Beverly, 22
“Paths of Victory” (Cat Power), 380
The Patriot, 211
Pattison, Robert, 480
Patton, Charley, 309–10
Patton, Charlie, 93–94
Paula Frazer and Tarnation, 388
“Paula Jones Replaces Fisher in Celebrity Boxing,” 294
Paul Butterfield Band, 301
Pauline Murray and the Storm, 17
Paul McCartney in His Times (film, Lester), 63
Paul McCartney in Red Square (film), 355–56
Paulsen, Ralf, 485
Paul Shaffer Band, 301–2
Paxson, John, 319
Payne, Alexander, 463
Peace, Love and
Misunderstanding (Beresford), 477
Peace and Noise (Smith, P.), 162–63
“Peace in Our Time” (Money), 63
Peace Love Death Metal (Eagles of Death Metal), 371–72
Pearl Jam, 121, 134, 352–53, 505
Pearlman, Jill, 7
Pee Dog #2 (Cotton & Panter), 16–17
Peellaert, Guy, 182
The Peel Sessions (Adverts), 29
The Peel Sessions Album (Gang of Four), 65
Pellington, Mark, 167
“People Get Ready” (Chambers, L.), 504–5
The People’s Record (Club 8), 429
Pepsi-Cola (advertisement), 252, 469
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell (Everett), 486
Peress, Gilles, 320
Peri, Camille, 23
Perkins, Carl, 28
Perlez, Jane, 152
Perlstein, Rick, 488
Perrotta, Tom, 224–25, 370, 404–5
Perry, Lee (“Scratch”), 11–12, 51–52
Persona Grata, 249–50
Personal Best (Team Dresch), 144
Peter and the Test Tube Babies, 23
Peter Gunn: “Death House Testament” (TV show), 244–45
Peters, Jeremy W., 485–86
Peterson, Charles, 358
Petrovic, Ankica, 123–24
Petrusich, Amanda, 520–21
Pet Shop Boys, 28, 30, 35, 42–43, 75, 120, 305, 388
Pet Show, 177
Petty, Tom, 51, 89, 130–31
Phair, Liz, 351, 515–16
Phillips, Lisa, 186–87, 188
Phillips, Sam, 207
Phillips, Washington, 197, 461–62
Phil Phillips With the Twilights, 54
Phil Spector (Mamet), 493
The Photography of John Gutmann: Culture Shock (Gutmann), 205
“Photomontages” (Heartfield), 120
Piaf, Edith, 360
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35 (Shostakovich), 400
The Piano Teacher (film, Haneke), 305
Picardie, Justine, 63
Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film (Jay-Z, Romanek), 506–7
Picasso’s Guernica—History, Transformations, Meanings (Chipp), 43
“Picket Stockhausen Concert” (Flynt), 276
Pictures Tell the Story (Withers), 195
Pierce, Craig, 259
Pigmeat’s E flat Bluesong (Chamberlain), 510–11
PiL (Public Image Ltd.) 4, 28, 88, 100, 476
Pina (film, Wenders), 465–66
Pine Box Boys, 385
Pink, 295–96
Pinker and Prouder Than Previous (Lowe), 33
Pink Floyd, 81
Pink Nasty, 367, 388
“The Pinko Behind Little Richard” (Marsh, D.), 353
Pinkwater, Daniel M., 94–95
Pipettes, 400
Pirate Radio (Curtis, R.), 427
Pirates and Farmers (Hickey), 521
Pisaro, Michael, 459
“Piss off Ryan Adams, win a prize!” 329
Pitchford, Lonnie, 106
Pitney, Gene, 65
Pitt, Michael, 366–67
Pizzeria Uno, 304
Placebo, 358
The Place I Left Behind (Deep Dark Woods), 461
A Place to Bury Strangers, 465
A Place Where I Know: 4-Track Songs 1992—2002 (Frazer), 357–58
“Planes” (Jefferson Airplane), 54
Plant, Robert, 7–8, 60, 311, 386, 396, 438–39
Plant, Sadie, 103
Plastic Mastery, 322
Platters, 448
Play Studio One Vintage (Steely & Clevie), 104
“Please” (Kaleidoscope), 276
Please Panic (Vulgar Boatmen), 97, 99
Plummer, William, 190
Pocket Fisherman, 144
Poetic Champions Compose (Morrison, V.), 28
“Poison Heart” (Ramones), 106
Pola X (film, Carax), 246
Pollack, Frederick, 109
Pollack, Jim, 127
Pollack, Neal, 288
Polley, Sarah, 478
Pollitt, Katha, 290–91
Polyphonic Spree, 390
Polzine, Michelle, 385
“Poor Me” (Newman), 226
“Poor Mourner” (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet), 432
Pop Art: The Hits (Pet Shop Boys), 388
Popinjays, 114
Pop Memories, 1890–1954 (Whitburn), 12–13
Popp, Markus, 208
Popwithashotgun, 382
Porch Ghouls, 345
Porch Life (Unitas), 261
The Portable Promised Land (Touré), 334–35
The Portable Sixties Reader (Charters), 339
Portishead, 161
Portishead (Portishead), 161
Portrait of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, 1671/74 (Lely), 178
“Portraits” (Avedon), 337
“Positions in the Life World” (Rosler), 184
Positively 4th Street—The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña (Hajdu), 254
Posnanski, Joe, 441
“Possum Time” (Reed, L.), 197
“Postcards of the Hanging” (Wolff, D.), 494–95
Postcards of the Hanging: Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan (Grateful Dead), 303
The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess (Codrescu), 414
Post to Wire (Duby), 176
Pottymouth (Bratmobile), 125
The Power Out (Electrelane), 365
Powers, Richard, 352, 421
Prague Fatale (Kerr), 497–98
Praise and Blame (Jones, T.), 434
Preaching (Billy Sunday) (Bellows), 489
Precious Falling (Quickspace), 172
The Pregnant Widow (Amis), 429
“Preservation Halls: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” (Leatherwood), 33–34
The President and Presley Examine Documents (White House photograph), 295
“The Presidential Pen,” 268
“Presidents Day” (Wainwright), 372
Presley, Elvis, 7, 26, 28, 38, 65, 98, 168, 175, 269–70, 295, 296–97, 318, 319, 416, 437, 512
Pretty Girls Make Graves (Pretty Girls Make Graves), 339
Pretty on the Inside (Hole), 87–88
Priesmeyer, Scottie, 153
Prime Suspect 7—The Final Act (TV show, Martin), 395
Les Primitifs du Futur, 209
Primitives, 34, 39
Prince, 18, 31, 37–38, 137–38, 382
Prince Buster, 31
Prince’s Band, 432
“Prints: Now in 3-D!,” 440–41
Private Joke, 89
The Private Press, 307
Proffitt, Frank, 226
Propes, Steve, 57
“Prophecy” (Hall, D.), 44
Pryor, Richard, 225, 239
Public Domain (Alvin), 212
Public Enemy, 53–54
Pugh, Megan, 418
Pullman, Bill, 421–22
“Pull Shapes” (Pipettes), 400
Pulnoc, 50, 91–92
Pulp Fiction—Music from the Motion Picture, 139
Pump Up the Volume (Moyle), 71–72
“PUNK: Chaos to Couture” (Freedman), 503
P.U.N.K. Girl (Heavenly), 119
Punk Picasso (Clark, L.), 350
“Punk Prayer” (Pussy Riot), 479–80
The Punk Rock Movie (Letts), 61
Purple Cane Road (Burke, J.), 221
“Purple Passion: Images of Female Desire in ‘When Doves Cry,’ “ (Holland), 45
Pussy Galore, 12, 19–20, 27–28, 515–16
Pussy Galore Right Now! (Pussy Galore), 27–28
Pussy Gold 5000 (Pussy Galore), 19–20
Pussy Riot, 479–80, 511, 514
Pussy Whipped (Bikini Kill), 125
Puta-pons, 299
Putin, Vladimir, 447
“Put It on Me” (Ja Rule), 239
“Put the Needle on the Record” (?uestlove), 470
Pynchon, Thomas, 419–20
“Q&A: T Bone Burnett on ‘Nashville,’ Elton John’s Comeback and Retiring as a Producer” (Gold), 489
“Q Dylan” (Bono), 228
“Quail and Dumplings” (Billy), 462
“Quarrymen,” 45
Quarrymen Rehearse With Stu Sutcliffe Spring 1960 (Quarrymen), 45
Quartzlock, 41
Quasi, 258
Queen, 120, 370
Queenan, Joe, 259
?uestlove, 470
Quickspace, 172
“The Quiet Wilbury” (Harrison, G.), 61
Quills (Kaufman), 217–18
Rabassa, Gregory, 312–13, 316–17
Rabbit Songs (Hem), 352
Rachtman, Karyn, 139
Radbound Mens, 356
“Radio Baghdad” (Smith, P.), 374
“Radio Crackling, Radio Gone” (Olstein), 444
Radio Inferno (Ammer & FM Einheit), 126
Radio Silence: Literature and Rock and Roll (Stone, D.), 502–3
Radio stations format violations, 77
Rage Against the Machine, 183
A Rage in Harlem, 94
“Railroad Blues” (McGee), 328–29
“Railroad Boy” (Gov’t Mule), 425
Raincoats, 422–23
Rainy Day, 451
Raising Sand (Plant, R., & Krauss), 396
Raitt, Bonnie, 187–88
Rakoff, David, 265
Ralph’s Last Show (Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels), 253
“Ramblin’ Man” (Melvins), 201
“Ramblin’ Man” (Williams, H.), 24
Ramones, 106
Ramsay, Lynne, 461–62
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 (Newman), 449–50
Rang Tang Ding Dong (Cellos), 41–42
“Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)” (Cellos), 182
Rant on Patriotism (Miller, D.), 198
Rapold, Nicolas, 494
Rash, Jim, 463
Ratatat, 373
Rathbone, Joe, 369
Rauschenberg, Robert, 204–5
“Rave On” (Mellencamp), 39
Rave on Buddy Holly, 454
Raveonettes, 343, 380–81
RaveUps, 450
Ray, Dave, 66
Ray, Nicholas, 405–6
Ray, Robert B., 60
Ray, Ruby, 502
Raymond, Jon, 448–49
R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, 390
“Reach Out I’ll Be There” (Four Tops), 40
“Reader, I Married Him—Priscilla as Gothic Heroine” (Golds), 118
Readymades (Chumbawamba), 308
“Ready Teddy” (Kegan, Rutman, Zimmerman), 391
Real Fiction (Fakes), 146
Réalistes (Comet Gain), 315–16
The Real Janelle (Bratmobile), 130
“Rebel Rebel” (Jones, R.), 129
“Rebels on Rugged Road to Peace” (Smith, J.), 243
Rebel Without a Cause (Ray, N.), 405–6
Recks, Declan, 407
“The Record Books” (Gowans), 492–93