Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part 1
1 Things He Said Today 3
2 Rocker with a Lolly Ice 13
3 How to Become a Beatle 26
4 The Toppermost 43
5 It Started to Be Art 57
6 My Dark Hour 73
7 Rage Against the Machine 82
8 The Astronaut and the Moon 91
9 Starting From Scratch 100
10 Soaring 108
11 Wings Folded 117
12 Of Frogs and Firemen 127
13 That's a Great Idea, Eddie! 138
14 British Light Music 148
15 John 158
Part 2
16 Unfinished Business 171
17 Apollo C. Vermouth 185
18 A Pot of Gold 196
19 This Magic Experiment 206
20 Beyond the Smile 217
21 Living is Easy with Nice Clothes 230
22 Heaven and Earth 237
23 Punks and Rivals 249
24 If I Were Not Upon the Stage 255
25 Another Wide Prairie 266
26 More Cowbell 275
27 Do It Now 286
28 Fallibility 292
29 Linda 305
30 Love 319
Finale: Fifty Favourites 326
Acknowledgements 337
Index 339
List of Illustrations 351