Set
in Darkness(Orion Publishing Group - 2000)
Rankin draws on his punk roots in Chapters Sixteen and Thirty Four, getting
bonus points for name-checking the truly obscure (Klark Kent - alter ego for
Police drummer Stu Copeland) and the truly classic (The Saints). Elsewhere it's
the usual mix of Stones, early 70's prog-rock and several well-deserved nods to
The Blue Nile. There are also a couple of fictitious groups thrown in - Obscura
and The Robinson Crusoes.
Part One - title page
Wages Day (lyric excerpt) - Deacon Blue
Chapter Two
Some Girls (LP) - Rolling Stones
The Blue Nile (unspecified LP)
Chapter Eight
Wishbone Ash
Chapter Twelve
Monkey Man - Rolling Stones
Ian Stewart, Stu Sutcliffe, Jack Bruce (all Scots)
Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, Supergrass, Cream, Jimi Hendrix (all
3-piece bands)
Noel Redding, Jimmy Page
Love or Confusion - Jimi Hendrix
Chapter Thirteen
Belle & Sebastian
Chapter Fifteen
Barclay James Harvest (Usher Hall concert)
Chapter Sixteen
Your Generation - Generation X
Don't Care - Klark Kent
Where's Captain Kirk? - Spizz Energi
The Ramones (University concert)
Johnny & The Self-Abusers (Simple Minds)
Alex Harvey, Status Quo, Iggy Pop
Rolling Stones (Playhouse concert)
Chapter Seventeen
(Unspecified LP) - Page & Plant
Chapter Nineteen
Supertramp (Usher Hall concert)
Woodwork Creaks and Out Come the Freaks - Was (Not Was)
Chapter Twenty
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile
Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile
Chapter Twenty Five
Orbital
Chapter Twenty Six
The Man Who Sold the World (LP) - David Bowie
Changes - David Bowie
Changes - Black Sabbath
Blue Valentine (LP) - Tom Waits
Chapter Thirty
Wish You Were Here (LP) - Pink Floyd
Chapter Thirty Four
Stranded/No Time - The Saints
(Get a) Grip (on Yourself) - The Stranglers
Eurythmics, Celine Dion, Phil Collins
Chapter Forty One
White Album - The Beatles
Acknowledgements
Wages Day - Deacon Blue
Raintown (LP), Our Town: The Greatest Hits - Deacon Blue
