by Greil Marcus
The Recordings of the Dickel Brothers Volume Two (Dickel Brothers), 299
Recovery (Eminem), 436
Red Alert, 134
“Red Dirt Road” (Brooks & Dunn), 358–59
“Redemption Song” (Cash, J., & Strummer), 360
“Redemption Song” (Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros), 363
Redford, Robert, 496
The Red Krayola (Red Krayola), 146
Reducers, 3
Reed, Blind Alfred, 178
Reed, Ishmael, 117–18, 230–31
Reed, Jimmy, 129
Reed, Lou, 60, 63, 96, 108, 197, 369, 507
Reeves, Lindell, 179
Reggie Jackson Chevrolet, 38
“Regifting: Songs My Mother (or Some Other) Gave Me” (Christiano & Kelly, T.), 465
Reid, Jamie, 11, 36
Reilly, John C., 389
“Reimagining July 4” (New York Times), 314–15
Reisz, Karel, 8
Rekooperation (Kooper), 124
Release (Pet Shop Boys), 305
R.E.M., 80, 118–19, 138–39
“Remedy” (Band), 130
Remember (Fiery Furnaces), 401–2
Remnick, David, 56
“Rent” (Pet Shop Boys), 30
Reproductions of Banality—Fascism, Literature, and French Intellectual Life (Kaplan), 15
Reputation, 296
Reservoir Dogs (film, Tarantino), 115–16
Residents, 27
Resnick, Sam, 124–25
Retreat from Memphis (Mekons), 131
Retro (New Order), 334
“The Return of Smokin’ Joe” (Strummer), 39
The Return of the Player (Tolkin), 388
The Return of the Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, 492
Return to Cookie Mountain (TV on the Radio), 387
“Return to Me” (Dylan), 253
Return to the Valley of the Go-Go’s (Go-Go’s), 263–64
Return to Zero (Puta-pons), 299
Reuters, 250
“Revelations of Tradition: Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music and Its Legacy,” 160
Revels, 403
“Reverence” (Jesus and Mary Chain), 100
“Revolution” (advertisement), 21
“Revolution” (Chin-Chin), 87
Revolutionary Road (film, Mendes), 406
“Revolution Blues” (Waco Brothers), 159
La Revolution Surrealiste (Surreal Estate), 62
Rey, Lana Del, 507, 519–20
Reynolds, Eric, 504
Reynolds, Simon, 73
Ribowsky, Mark, 49
Rice-Armandt-Hart-Broadhurst Band, 23
Richard, Cliff, 314
Richards, John C., 222
Richards, Keith, 41, 44, 443–44, 498
Richardson, Tim, 466–67
Richland Woman Blues (Muldaur), 247–48
Richman, Jonathan, 32, 54, 109–10
Richter, Hans, 112–13
Rickets, 153
Ricky Nelson—Idol for a Generation (Selvin), 62–63
Ride on the Train (Hollis Brown), 493
Riders on the Storm—My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doors (Densmore), 66
“Ride’s Blues (For Robert Johnson)” (Dion), 471
Ridgway, Stan, 4, 49, 175–76, 177
“Riding on the Train” (Ashtray), 90
Rid of Me (Westby), 462
Righteous Love (Osborne), 217
Rihanna, 486, 496
Riley, Billy Lee, 28
Riot Now! (Eleventh Dream Day), 453
A Riot of Our Own—Night and Day with the Clash (Green, Johnny, & Lowry), 158
Rip It Up!—Postcards From the Heyday of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Barson), 55
The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. 1, 509–10
The Rise and Fall of Scarlet City (Death of a Party), 390
“The Rising” (Springsteen), 319–20
The Rising (Springsteen), 317–18
“Rising Sun” (Brown, C.), 162
Rist, Pipilotti, 180
Ritter, Josh, 293–94
Ritts, Herb, 61
Ritz, David, 415–16
Rivera, Jose, 487–88
The River and the Thread (Cash, R.), 505
Riverboat Gamblers, 350
“Riverside” (Beat Farmers), 13
R. Kelly, 310, 508
“R. Kelly, R & B Star, Is Indicted on Child Sex Charges” (New York Times), 310
Road House (film, Negulesco), 360–61
Road Rock (Young, N.), 233
Road Runner: The Chess Masters, 1959—1960 (Diddley), 473
“Roam” B-52’s, 59
Robbins, Ben, 216
Robbins, David, 72
Robbins, Marty, 15–16
Robbins, Michael, 487
Robert Johnson (Bradley, K.), 427
“Robert Johnson” NBC Today (TV show), 55
“Robert Johnson at 100,” 469–70
Roberts, Jerry, 62
Robertson, Robbie, 86–87, 109
Robin Hood (Resnick & McGrath), 124–25
Robins, Wayne, 278
Robinson, Smokey, 14
Robison, Bruce, 491
Robleto, Dario, 398
Roche, Maggie, 297–98
Roche, Suzzy, 297–98
Rock and Real (Joe Gruschecky and the House rockers), 48
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 129, 149, 187–88, 362–63
Rock and Roll the Early Days (Page & Montgomery), 79
Rocket From the Tombs, 300, 466
Rockin’ Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly (Dawson, R., et. al), 384
“Rockin’ in the Free World” (Pearl Jam and Sleater-Kinney), 505
“Rockin’ in the Free World” (Young, N.), 54, 55
Rockin’ on TV. (Collins Kids), 149
Rock It to the Moon (Electrelane), 292
Rock My Religion—Writings and Art Projects, 1965—1990 (Graham), 120
Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls (Anderson, Marisa), 400–401
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” (Berry, C.), 19
Rock’n Roll’n Robbins (Robbins, Marty), 15–16
Rock ‘n’ Roll Rarities (Berry, C.), 7
Rockonomics—The Money Behind the Music (Eliot), 49–50
Rock Star (Collins, Jackie), 36
“Rockstar” (Kathleen H.), 111
“Rock Star” (Zuckerman), 415
“Rock Style” (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 196
“Rock Your Baby” (Dick Slessig Combo), 213
Rodeo for the Sheepish (Maybe), 427
Rodgers, Jimmie, 98–99
Roe, Bob, 31
Rogers, Kenny, 112
Rohrer, Matthew, 366
Roll, Jim, 291
“Rollin’ and Tumblin’ “ (Howlin’ Wolf), 55, 132
Rolling Stones, 9–10, 23, 52, 55, 59, 60–61, 80–81, 109, 150, 160, 321, 338–39, 356, 397, 443–44, 483–84, 498, 515–16, 521–22
Rolling Stones Live (Rolling Stones), 338–39
Romanek, Mark, 506–7
Romantics, 65
Rombes, Nicholas, 417
Romweber, Dex, 517
Ronk, Dave Van, 292–93
“Room at the Top” (McCready), 256
Room on Fire (Strokes), 359
Roots, 440, 465
Rope-a Dope (Antietam), 142
Rose, Cynthia, 115
Rose, Pamela, 33
Rosenberg, Neil V., 132–33
Rosie and the Originals, 199
Rosler, Martha, 184
Ross, Eliot, 416
Roth, David Lee, 78
Roth, Philip, 39, 200–201, 233–34
Rothfuss, Joan, 114, 175
Rotten—No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (Lydon), 131–32
“Rouble without a Cause” (Helleman), 92–93
Roumieu, Graham, 354
Rourke, Mickey, 20
Roxy Music, 54–55, 74, 90–91
“Roy Orbison: The Face Interview” (Kent), 48
Rubettes, 379
Rubicon Beach (Erickson), 13
Ruby Falls, 145–46
“Rude Mechanicals Financial Advisors answer the most frequently asked questions of investors and patrons alike” (fund-raising letter), 339
Ruffner, Mason, 23
Rules of Travel (Cash, R.), 345
Rumble Man (Wray), 53
Rumney, Ralph, 309
“Rumors” (Timex Social Club), 10
“Runaway” (Shannon), 14
“Runnin’ Down a Dream” (Petty), 51
“Run Straight Down” (Zevon), 58
Ruppersberg, Allen, 445–46
Rush, Otis, 93
Russell, Chuck, 47
Russell, Virgil, 486
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, 251
Rutman, Howard, 391
Rutschky, Michael, 304
Ruttmann, Walter, 216–17
Ryder, Serena, 405
Rykodisc, 35
Rythm Oil—A Journey Through the Music of the American South (Booth), 100
Sabin, Roger, 180
Sad Days, Lonely Nights (Junior Kim-brough and the Soul Blues Boys), 136
“Sail Away,” 138
Saints, 47, 157
Saks Fifth Avenue, 245–46
Salad Days (Young Marble Giants), 206–7
Salladay, Robert, 288
Salles, Walter, 487–88
Salon’s Table Talk, 215
Salsipuedes Condimentos, 312
Same Trailer, Different Park (Musgraves), 494
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll (TV show, Neville), 207
Sanders, Ed, 77–78
Sandhu, S. S., 493–94
“Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective,” 466
“San Francisco Comic Strip” (Asmussen), 235–36
“The San Francisco Comic Strip: On Microsoft, Monopolies and Breaking Up” (Asmussen), 208
San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis
Cardinals (National League Championship Series), 327
San Francisco Museum of Art, 212, 215, 248
Santana, Altamont Speedway, Livermore, CA, December 1969, in The Sixties (Altman), 397
Sante, Luc, 345
Santelli, Robert, 282
Santomieri, Dean, 237
Sarge, 148, 196
Sass, Jon, 112–13
“Satan Gets 2-Year, $6.8 Million Deal,” 268
“Satellite of Love” (Jovovich), 194
Saturday Night—A Backstage History of “Saturday Night Live” (Hill, D., & Weingrad), 5
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 5, 41, 54, 134, 155, 178, 227, 234, 290
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (Counting Crows), 395
Saunders, Jennifer, 284
Savage, Jon, 36, 51
Savage Messiah (Ford, L.), 471–72
“Save Me” (Fleetwood Mac), 64
Savini, Tom, 347
Savoca, Nancy, 92
Sawbones (Shea), 221
“Say You Love Me” (Lime), 3
Scarface (Geto Boys), 98
“Scarred for Life” (Slapp Happy), 167
Schad, Christian, 159
Scherman, Tony, 78
Schlamme, Thomas, 47
“A Scholar Finds Huck Finn’s Voice in
Twain’s Writing about a Black Youth,” 103
Scholtes, Peter S., 245
Schoolboys, 85–86
School of Rock (Linklater), 359
Schrader, Paul, 106, 214–15, 222, 496–97
Schwerdtfeger, Stefan, 112–13
Schwitters, Kurt, 139
Scorsese, Martin, 27, 144, 356–57, 459
Scott, Jill, 217
Scott, Linda, 158
Scott, Walter, 153
Scott-Heron, Gil, 449
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth, 258
“Scrapheap” (Siouxsie and the Banshees), 20
Scream (On the Wall, Inc.), 113
Screamin and Hollerin the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (Patton, C.), 309–10
Screenplay (Parish), 494
“Scum” (Houston), 352
Seamonsters (Wedding Present), 97
“Sea of Love” (Phil Phillips With the Twilights), 54
“Search and Destroy” (EMF), 102
“Search for Antichrist leads soldiers astray” (Hughes, C.), 66–67
The Search for Robert Johnson (film, Hunt), 104
“The Second Year of a Process of Trying to Totally Rebuild My Life from a Terrible Mistake I Made” (Clinton, B.), 219–20
Secret Cities, 518
Secret DJ, 449
“The Secret History of Rock & Roll” (Webb), 409
A Secret Life (Faithfull), 143
“Secrets of Investing 2433,” 302
Security Service Individually Watermarked (Moore, A.), 364
Sedaris, Amy, 156
Seeger, Mike, 145, 418–19
Seeger, Pete, 60, 512–13
“See the Revolutionary Works of a ‘60s Radical” (advertisement), 48
Segal, David, 482
Segall, Ty, 405
Seger, Bob, 96
Selby Tigers, 285, 297
Selected Writings (Coppe), 41
Selections from the Book of Psalms (Bono), 184
Sell, Sell, Sell (Gray, David), 262
Selvin, Joel, 62–63, 308, 513–14
“Sensing His Moment” (Plummer), 190
La Sera, 516
“Sergeant Bilko Mistaken for Dalai Lama in Tibet” (headline), 30
Sergio, Michael, 256
A Serious Man (film, Coen Brothers), 423
Serveert, Bettie, 156
Sessions at West 54th (Isaak & Willis), 208–9
7 Cities (Moreland & Arbuckle), 499
“Seven Curses” (Dylan), 83
Seven’s Travels (Atmosphere), 362
1776 (Ellis, S.), 161
“Seventeen Years” (Ratatat), 373
77’s, 21
Sevigny, Chloë, 197
Sex Pistols, 326, 355
“Sex Pistols’ Lydon tries, but can’t revive rage on reunion tour at Warfield” (Chonin), 355
Shack, William A., 277
Shadow Knights: The Secret War Against Hitler (Kamiya), 443
Shadow of the Vampire (film, Merhige), 220
Shaffer, Paul, 301–2
Shahn, Ben, 204
Shake Hands With Shorty (North Mississippi Allstars), 204
Shake Rattle & Roll—The Golden Age of American Rock ’n’ Roll, Volume 1: 1952—1955 (Cotten), 52–53
Shalini, 213
Shallow (McLaren), 425
Shallow Grave, 407–8
Shangri-Las, 270–71, 374–75, 456
Shankman, Sarah, 112
Shannon, Del, 14
The Shape of Things (Ubu), 236
Shaver, 120, 247
Shaw, Suzy, 396
Shawn, Wallace, 86
Shea, Rick, 221
She-Devils on Wheels (film, Lewis, H.), 260
“She Drives Me Crazy” (Fine Young Cannibals), 46–47
Sheeley, Sharon, 308
Sheinbaum, John, 155
Shelton, B. F., 492
Shelton, Robert, 12
She Mob, 167
Shepherd, Scott, 439–40
“She Said ‘Yeah’ “ (Williams, Larry), 37
“She Says” (Heavenly), 104
“She’s My Baby Doll” (Terry Clement & the Tune Tones), 11
She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (Lauper), 520
“She’s the One” (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band), 36
“She’s Your Lover Now” (Dylan), 83–84
She Walks These Hills: A Novel of Suspense (McCrumb), 142
Shilts, Randy, 29
Shindell, Richard, 204
Shinehead, 41
Shines, Johnny, 106
Shipbuilding (Archer), 131
Shirelles, 154
The Shoe (Legge), 95
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sp; Shoes for Industry!—The Best of the Firesign Theater (Firesign Theater), 122
Shogren, Elizabeth, 56
Shoot Out at the OK Chinese Restaurant (Midwood), 329
Short Cuts (Altman), 126
Shortland, Cate, 493
Shostakovich, Dmitri, 400
“$hotgun Weddings” (Pollitt), 290–91
Show Your Bones (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), 381–82
Shrage, Lisa, 61
Shrine ‘69 (Fleetwood Mac), 177
Shulan, Michael, 320
Shut Up & Sing, 388
Sibusi, Gabriel, 95
Sid & Nancy (Cox), 15
Siegel, Don, 331–32
Siegel, Robert D., 421
“Sillyhow Stride” (Muldoon), 385
Silos, 61–62
The Silos (Silos), 61
Silva, Henry, 35
Silver and Gold (Young, N.), 203
“Silvio” (Dylan), 37
Simon, Brett, 431
Simon, Neil, 364
Simon, Scott, 403
Simple Men (Hartley), 111–12
Simple Passion (Ernaux), 119–20
Sinatra, Frank, 148
Sinatra, Nancy, 373
“Sincerely” (UnknownmiX), 87
Sing-a-Long Sound of Music, 224
Singing Bones (Handsome Family), 359
“Single (Rise)” (PiL), 4
The Singles Collection (Alphaville), 46
Singleton, John, 86
Sing the Delta (Dement), 485
Sing the Sorrow (AFI), 343
“The Sinister Urge,” 148–49
Sinker, Mark, 180, 221
Sinners and Saints, 199–200
Sioux, Mariee, 470
Siouxsie and the Banshees, 20, 86
Sister (Sonic Youth), 24
Sisters of Mercy, 29, 76
“Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence” (Dylan), 83
“Sitting on Top of the World” (Carolina Chocolate Drops), 446
Six Feet Under (TV show), 263
“Six Feet Under Leads Emmys with 23 Nominees” (Weinraub), 316
16 Horsepower, 248, 329
The Sixties (Diski), 424
69 Love Songs (Magnetic Fields), 169–70
Sixty-Three Closure (Frewin), 222
Skels Life, 79
Sketches of My Culture (West, C.), 274
“Skin Deep,” 244–45
Skin Diving (Submarine), 217
Sky Motel (Hersh), 168
Slapp Happy, 167
Sleater-Kinney, 145–46, 149, 152, 161–62, 201–2, 320, 326, 368, 383, 505
Sledge, Percy, 46
“Sleep, Rock- a-Roll, Rock-a-Baby” (Wayne, A.), 19
Sleeping with Ghosts (Placebo), 358
“Sleep of the Just” (Costello), 6
“Sleep of the Just” (Mendoza Line), 334
Sleeps with Angels (Neil Young & Crazy Horse), 135
Sleepy Little Sailor (Oh Susanna), 241–42
Slide to the Rhythm, 127
Slippage (Slobberbone), 322
Slits, 20
Slobberbone, 214, 322
Sloterdijk, Peter, 32
Slow, Deep and Hard (Type O Negative), 85