Read Who I Am: A Memoir Online
Authors: Pete Townshend
‘Man and Machine’, 381
Mandela, Nelson, 368, 373, 376, 444
‘Mandy’, 97
Manfred Mann band, 317
Mann, Barry, 97
Mann, Herbie, 112
‘Man of Mystery’, 42
‘Man Watching’, 351
‘Man with Money’, 86
Marcus, Greil, 167, 324
Marley, Bob, 296, 344
Marmalade, 129
Marriott, Steve, 138, 141, 142–43
Marsalis, Wynton, 444
Marsh, Dave, 167, 497
Marsh, Lisa, 423–24, 425, 426, 427, 428–31, 435–36, 437, 440, 457, 462, 478
Marshall, Jim, 62–64, 69, 96, 294
Martin, George, 125, 425, 434
Martin, Steve, 304
Martin (friend), 42
‘Mary’, 215
‘Mary Anne with the Shaky Hands’, 126, 130
‘Maryland’, 39
Masters of the Baroque
, 83
‘Master’s Prayer, The’, 233
Matthews, Mr, 18
Maurice, Jr (uncle), 8
Maurice (grandfather), 8, 145
Maynard, Alf, 39, 40, 43
Meaden, Peter, 68, 69–70, 73, 74, 94, 122
Meesham, David, 234
Meibach, Ina, 275–76, 279, 311, 401, 408, 437
Melly, George, 267
Melody Maker
, 200–201, 202, 205, 207, 210–11, 213
Mendelsohn, John, 167, 202
Mercer, David, 83
Merchan, Chucho, 378, 380, 394
Mercury, Freddie, 339, 381
Merman, Ethel, 263
Metzger, Gustav, 64, 115, 464–65
Meuross, Reg, 318
Michael, George, 374, 381
Michael (Lisa’s boyfriend), 423, 427
Mick and Tich, 191
Miles, Barry and Sue, 116
Miles, Buddy, 430
Miller, Arthur, 471
Milligan, Spike, 29, 139, 292, 333
Mills, Russell, 370
Mills, Sir John, 472
Mingus, Charlie, 75
Mingus Ah Um
, 75
Mingus Revisited, 89, 380
Minkin, Bill, 326
‘Misery’, 70
Mitchell, Mitch, 67
Mitchelson, Marvin, 408
Moby Grape, 227
Monck, Chip, 152–53
Monk, Thelonious, 90
Monkees, 135
Monroe, Marilyn, 198, 284
Montgomery, David, 132
Monty Python, 314, 361–62
Moon, Keith, 3, 4, 67, 68, 69, 71, 76, 82, 84, 86, 87, 92, 93, 96, 100–101, 103–4, 109, 112, 113, 121–24, 128–30, 132, 142, 145, 147, 151, 153–54, 156–57, 159, 166–68, 173, 178–79, 180–83, 188, 191, 195–97, 201, 206, 212–13, 217, 221–24, 228, 232, 246, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254–57, 261, 263, 266, 269–71, 273, 277–79, 281–87, 288–89, 293, 295, 297–99, 303–10, 312, 314, 330, 336, 339, 343, 346, 355, 367, 398, 400, 505–6
Moon, Kim, 93, 103, 109, 254, 273, 505
More, Melissa, 464
More Dark than Shark
, 370
Morphet, Chris, 144, 240
Morris, Doug, 311, 320, 324, 390, 395, 397, 422, 473, 476, 494
Morris, John, 174–75
Morrison, Jim, 148
Morrison, Van, 139
Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang, 23
Mosely, John, 272, 276
Mosley, Oswald, 8
Mott the Hoople, 201
Mountain Language
(Pinter), 385
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Mount-Charles, Henry, 360
Move, 191
Mr Fantasy
, 111, 267
Much Ado about Nothing
, 419
Muddy Waters, 294
Murray, Charles Shaar, 370
Murray the K, 113, 114, 123
‘Music Must Change’, 302, 304, 305
‘My Baby Gives It Away’, 296
Myers, Mike, 305
‘My Funny Valentine’, 85
‘My Generation’, 82, 83, 85, 87, 129, 204, 340–41, 424
Mysticism of Sound, The
(Khan), 204
‘Naked Eye’, 193
Naturals, 58
Nawa, Mary Beth, 430
‘Needles and Pins’, 112
Nelson, Kathy, 477
Never Mind the Bollocks
, 318
Neville Brothers, 382
Nevison, Ron, 249, 261, 347
Newman, Tony, 263
New Musical Express
, 274, 347
‘New Song’, 302
New York Times
, 182, 188, 225, 281
Niarchos, Spyros, 308
Nicholas, Paul, 103
Nicholls, Billy, 378, 394, 428, 444, 452, 456, 496
Nicholson, Jack, 131, 262, 269
Nigel (songwriter), 399
‘Night Train’, 380
Nilsson, Harry, 308, 436
‘19th Nervous Breakdown’, 92
‘No Face, No Name, No Number’, 267
Noone, Peter (Herman), 123, 124, 129
‘No Road Romance’, 302
‘Now and Then’, 419
O’Brien, Richard, 433
Observer
, 462
‘Odorono’, 130, 132
O’Hara, John, 368
Oldfield, Mike, 297, 382
Old Grey Whistle Test, The
, 297
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 68, 73, 94, 97, 98, 264
Oldman, Ted, 268, 275
Old Man and the Sea, The
(Hemingway), 283
Oleg (Russian boy), 442, 460
Olivier, Laurence, 472
Ommadawn
, 297
Omnibus
, 260
‘One Life’s Enough’, 358
1-2-3, 89
‘On Horseback’, 297
Ono, Yoko, 153–54, 335
‘Onward Christian Soldiers’, 14
‘O Parvardigar’, 233
Orbison, Roy, 86
Orchestration
(Piston), 99
Orff, Carl, 260
Orlando Sentinel
, 409
Ormsby-Gore, Alice, 238–40, 243, 441
Ostin, Evelyn, 324, 328
Ostin, Mo, 320, 324, 328, 365, 444
‘Our Love Was’, 130
‘Over the Top’, 381
‘Overture’, 158, 163
Page, Jimmy, 76, 96, 188
Palladino, Pino, 428, 479, 481
Palmer, Phil, 428
Palmer, Polly, 351
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 473
Paramor, Norrie, 29
Parker, Charlie, 75, 76, 108, 167
Parker, Donna, 283–84, 288
Parmienter, Chris, 66
Parry, Chris, 427
Patten, John, 371
Patterson, George, 293, 356
Patterson, Meg, 263, 293, 355–56, 371
Paul (driver), 357, 366
Pearl Jam, 431
Peeping Tom
, 40
Pei, I. M., 427
Penhall, Joe, 474
Performance
, 154, 306
Perry (friend), 433
Pet Sounds
, 107, 123, 127
Petty, Tom, 398
Phantom of the Opera
, 395
Phillips, Caryl, 372
Phillips, John, 119
Phillips, Simon, 318, 378, 394, 428
Phil the Greek, 73
Picasso, Pablo, 72
Piccadilly Band, 9
Pickett, Wilson, 114
Picture Post
, 140
‘Pictures of Lily’, 110
Pike, Frank, 364, 369
Pinball Wizard (char.), 264, 404
‘Pinball Wizard’, 162, 163, 264, 348
Pink Floyd, 106, 110, 253, 326, 496
Pinter, Harold, 369, 385
Piston, Walter, 99
Plaquet, Maurice, 48
Platters, 408
Platz, David, 300, 301
Playboy
, 111, 431, 454
Playing for Keeps
, 377
‘Playing Hard’, 380
‘Plum Blossom’, 112
Police Protecting Children
, 489
n
Pollock, Jackson, 50
Porter, Cole, 131
Pound, Ezra, 369
Powell, Roger, 214
Presidents, 54, 220
Presley, Elvis, 36, 37, 45, 59, 87, 263, 477
Preston, Billy, 296
Pretenders, 319
Pretty Things, 164, 191
Price, Bill, 352, 395, 396
Price, Matthew, 302
Pridden, Bob, 117, 169, 184–86, 204, 212, 223, 238–39, 252, 266, 289, 351, 402, 496
Pridden, Mia, 266
Prince, 374, 376
Producers, The
, 305
Prokofiev, Sergei, 8
Proust, Marcel, 352
Psychoderelict
, 411–12, 416, 418–19, 421, 422, 427–29, 431–32, 434, 442, 451, 454–55, 471, 474, 498
Ptaszynski, André, 456
‘Punk as Godfather, The’ (Carr), 279
Purcell, Henry, 83, 96
Purdom, Charles, 110, 140
‘Pure and Easy’, 207, 215, 337
Purple Rain
, 374, 376
Pursey, Jimmy, 447
‘Put a Spell on You’, 380
Quadrophenia
, 233, 237, 238, 241, 245–51, 253, 254–56, 258, 259–61, 269, 289, 293, 307, 310, 312–13, 342, 416, 450–53, 456–58, 462, 474, 499
Quatermass Experiment, The
, 27
Queen, 298, 339, 374
Queen Elizabeth 2
, 222
Queen Mother, 87
Quick One, A
, 101, 103, 131
‘Quick One, While He’s Away, A’, 101, 103, 154, 157, 159
‘Quiet One, The’, 343
Rael
, 99, 384
‘Rael’, 130
RAF Dance Orchestra, 9, 10
‘Ragtime in C’, 380
Raine, Craig, 364, 380
Ravens, Jan, 428
Rawlings, Terry, 272, 350
Ready, Steady, Go!
, 79
‘Real Good Looking Boy’, 477
Reay, Louise, 347, 349–51, 352, 353–54, 357, 365–66, 377, 500
Rebel Rousers, 51, 112
Redding, Otis, 400
Reed, Jimmy, 56–57, 267
Reed, Lou, 382, 395
Reed, Oliver, 262, 269, 270–71
Reeve, Christopher, 349
Reid, Liz, 55, 245
Reilly, Tommy, 32
Reizner, Lou, 225, 233–34, 241, 257, 260
‘Relax’, 130
Remembrance of Things Past
(Proust), 352
Restoration Ruin
, 111
Rhodes, Phil, 38, 39
Rhythm and Blues
, 85
Rich, Buddy, 67
Rich, Frank, 424
Richard, Cliff, 42, 44
Richards, Keith, 59, 109, 153, 201, 304, 398, 472, 476
Richardson, Tony, 306
Richie, Lionel, 404–5
Richie, Nicole, 405
‘Right Now’, 112
Rio Grande
, 348
Rivers, Larry, 50, 64
‘Robin’ (counselling subject), 484–86
Robins, Alistair, 448–49
Robinson, Smokey, 92
Rock and Roll Circus
, 176
Rock and Soul
, 85
Rock Around the Clock
, 35, 36
‘Rockin’, 30
Rock Is Dead
, 228, 229, 235–36, 241
Rock Is Dead (Rock Lives)
, 228–29
Rocky Horror Show, The
, 433
Rod (driver), 240
Roeg, Nic, 154, 306, 325–29, 392
Rogan, Alan, 348, 356
Roger Daltrey Performs a Tribute to Pete Townshend
, 436
Rolling Stone
, 149, 162, 202, 236, 324
Rolling Stones, 53, 59, 62, 68, 73, 92, 94, 112, 152, 155, 176, 191, 254, 277, 281, 296, 339, 400, 449
Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, The
, 153
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‘Rollin’ Man’, 30
Ron Cavendish Orchestra, 48
Rooney, Mickey, 129
Rose (Emma’s friend), 424
Rose (great-aunt), 8, 16
Rose (Sandom’s sister-in-law), 66
Rosenberg, Robert, 500
Rosenfeld, Michael, 297
Rosie (Baba follower), 141, 143
Rosten, David, 275
Rotten, Johnny, 281, 302, 310
Rough Mix
, 296, 297, 309, 418
Roxy, 380
Roy Rogers, 13
Roza, Lita, 23
Rudd, Raphael, 379
Rudge, Peter, 199, 254, 257, 262
Ruffy, Dave, 471
Russell, Ethan, 247–48
Russell, Ken, 260–61, 262, 264–65, 269, 276, 277, 390
Russell, Theresa, 325–28, 356, 392, 456
Ruts, 471
S., Peter, 27
Sade, 373
Sally (cocker spaniel), 470
‘Sally Simpson’, 148, 241
Sandom, Doug, 48, 52, 54, 57, 65, 67, 68
Savage, Jon, 370
Savage Messiah
, 260
‘Save it for Later’, 380
Scala, Ralph, 110
Scarlet, 494
Schecter, Aaron, 299
Scher, John, 454
Scoop
, 361, 471
Scoop 2
,
see
Another Scoop
Scoop 3
, 462, 474
Scorsese, Marty, 285
Scott, Ridley, 350
Scott, Ronnie, 166, 169–70
Screaming Lord Sutch, 67
Scruffy (John’s dog), 496
‘Sea and Sand’, 251
Seamen, Phil, 303
‘Sean’s Boogie’, 351
Searchers, 112
‘Sea Refuses No River, The’, 351
Searle, Roger, 372
Sebastian, John, 196, 197–98
Secombe, Harry, 29
Secret Policeman’s Ball, The
, 314
Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, The
, 377
Seeger, Pete, 127
‘Seeker, The’, 189, 193
‘See My Friend’, 112
‘See My Way’, 100, 131
Sellers, Peter, 29
‘Sensation’, 141, 175, 177
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
, 123, 127, 345
Sewell, Anna, 16
Sex Pistols, 302, 339
SF Sorrow
, 164
Shadows, 42, 47, 345
Sham 69, 447
‘Shame, Shame, Shame’, 56
Shankar, Ravi, 119
Sharp, Martin, 108
Sharp, Sammy and Leah, 10
Sharpe, Bernie, 38
Shaw, Damon Lyon, 165
Shaw, Mike, 77, 82, 86, 93, 96, 257, 406
Shearing, George, 10
Sheff, David, 431
Sheff, Nic, 431
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Sherwin, Chris, 38–39, 40, 43
Shrieve, Michael, 347
‘Silas Stingy’, 130–31
Silverman, Ethan, 460, 498
Simenon, Paul, 316
Simon, Paul, 402, 444–45
Simon and Garfunkel, 114, 408
Simone, Nina, 89, 395, 397
Sims, Bill, 289–91, 437
Sinatra, Frank, 45, 57, 87, 131
Sinclair, John, 163, 180
Sink the Belgrano!
(Berkoff), 364
Siouxsie and the Banshees, 339
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
, 344
‘Sister Disco’, 302, 304
16
, 409
Sketches of Spain
, 85