Music in a Word Volume 1: Table of Contents
Preface............................................................................. 1
A Few Memories............................................................ 7
Starting Out (1954 – 1974)............................…........... 11
Rocked by the Radio................................................... 18
Where It All Began....................................................... 27
Good Times and Bad Takes........................................ 29
The Start of Something Big........................................ 32
Creem and Before......................................................... 36
My Circus Act................................................................. 39
Trouser It to Me! (1974 – 1984).................................... 45
Karen Rose...................................................................... 56
The Speedies.................................................................. 59
Early Interviews.............................................................. 61
John Lydon Lunches...................................................... 63
Alex Harvey........................................................…............ 72
Undertones....................................................................... 76
The New Wave Washes Out.......................................... 79
Taking Stock, 1978 – 1979.............................................. 83
Marc Bolan's Brief Blaze of Glory................................. 90
Remember those Fabulous '70s?.................….............. 98
The End of the Line......................................................... 103
VIDEO Magazine (1985 – 1989).....................…............. 107
Entertainment Weekly (1989 – 1999)............................ 122
Record Reviews................................................................ 132
Vic Chesnutt...................................................................... 145
Vulgar Boatmen................................................................. 152
Sparks.................................................................….............. 167
50,000,000 Backstreet Boys fans can be wrong....... 178
Shlock Europop, From ABBA to ZZZZZ........................ 184
Shoes.................................................................................... 186
Through the Past Lightly: The 1980s.............................. 191
Got Live (If You Want It or Not)......................................... 199
Newsday (1993 – 1995).............................................…........ 215
Woodstock '94..….................................................................. 247
Rolling Stones....................................................................... 255
Michael Jackson................................................................... 265
Billy Joel.............….................................................................. 269
Phil Collins...........…................................................................ 273
Linda Ronstadt...................................................................... 283
Busting the Boys Club.......................................................... 288
Holly Beth Vincent......…........................................................ 292
Ice Cube........................…........................................................ 295
Marianne Faithfull..........…..................................................... 302
Isaac Hayes......................….................................................... 303
Fucking Up.........................…................................................... 305
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.................................................. 307
The Cure................................……............................................. 316
Depeche Mode.........................…............................................ 318
Pogues.........................................……........................................ 321
R.E.M...............................................……..................................... 325
The New Mainstream?......................….................................. 340
Pavement...............................................…….............................. 347
Strolling Down Punk-Rock Lane.......................................... 353
Kirsty MacColl..................................................................…..... 355
Ian McCulloch....................................................….................... 365
Julian Cope...........................................................….................. 379
Tears for Fears.......................................................…................ 385
The Queers................................................................….….......... 393
B-52's.....................................................................…….…............ 397
Elvis Presley, Milton Berle and Steve Allen...........…........... 401
Birth of the Blues.....................................................…..….......... 410
My Greatest Hits.......................................................…..…......... 413
Grand Funk Railroad..................................................…..…....... 416
Joan Jett.......................................................................…...…...... 418
Second Thoughts (Bruce Springsteen)........................…..... 421
Where Were They Then?.............................................….......... 427
J. Geils Band……………………………………………………………………………….450