The
Naming of the Dead(Orion Publishing Group - 2006)
Ian Rankin could have called this book 'Quadrophenia' - The Who and their double
concept album are all over this one. (The four 'sides' could be Rebus,
Siobhan, Big Ger Cafferty and Ellen Wylie, if you really wanted to stretch the
analogy). My current favourite band (Elbow) also get a couple of plugs for their
fine album 'Leaders of the Free World', as do my favourite Internet/digital
radio station BBC 6 Music (tune in at
www.bbc.co.uk/6music).
The Live 8, T in the Park and Final Push concerts also form the musical
backdrop to Naming of the Dead - though neither Rebus nor Siobhan seem to get
much time to enjoy any of the acts. Note: Bono, Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and
Bianca Jagger get mentions throughout, but only Midge in a musical context. So
he's the only one I've listed below.
Chapter One
Quadrophenia (LP and "Love Reign o'er me" album track ) - The Who
The Rolling Stones
Roger Daltrey
My Generation, Substitute, I Can See for Miles - The Who
Leaders of the Free World (LP and title track) - Elbow
CC Rider (old Blues standard makes an appearance as a jacket logo)
Chapter Two
Glastonbury Festival
Jools Holland (owner of the 'Jam House' bar in Queen St)
Reeling in the Years - Steely Dan
Ben Webster (the deceased shares name with jazz tenor sax player)
Chapter Three
Live 8 concert - The Who and Pink Floyd
Sharleen Spiteri
The Groundhogs
Chapter Four
T in the Park festival
Billy Bragg
Live 8 concert - Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney and U2
Devo (video reference)
Chapter Six
Live 8 concert - The Who and Pink Floyd
Isley Brothers ("Some obscure musical reference," says Siobhan.)
Dance with the Devil - Cozy Powell
Someone Saved my Life Tonight - Elton John (lyric excerpt)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy)
Chapter Seven
Billy Bragg
Chapter Eight
Argus - Wishbone Ash (LP and "Throw Down the Sword" album track)
Panic - The Smiths (Rebus-ified lyric excerpt - "Panic in the streets of
Edinburgh")
Who's Next - The Who (LP and "Won't Get Fooled Again" album track)
Chapter Thirteen
Money - Pink Floyd ("Don't give me that good-goody-good bullshit" lyric
reference)
Tamla, Stax record labels
Chapter Sixteen
Quadrophenia - The Who (LP and "The real me" album track)
Chapter Seventeen
Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis
Ozzy Osbourne
Chapter Eighteen
Final Push concert (Texas, Snow Patrol, Corrs (with Bono), Travis, James
Brown, Annie Lennox)
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Vienna - Midge Ure
Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet)
Chapter Nineteen
Songs of Love and Hate (LP) - Leonard Cohen
Classic Northern Diversions -
Jackie Leven (lyric excerpt - "My boat is so small, and your sea so immense.")
Chapter Twenty-two
Charlie is my Darling - Moira Anderson (music Rebus doesn't want to hear
when he's old)
Hi-ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck Group
Kylie (Minogue)
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Chapter Twenty-three
New Order (T in the Park headliners)
Chapter Twenty-five
Leaders of the Free World (LP and title track)
Eric Clapton (guess who Brains was named after?)
BBC 6 Music (Yay!)
The Killers, Keane (T in the Park)
Clever Trevor - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Coldplay
Chapter Twenty-eight
Two Against Nature - Steely Dan ("Song lyric?" "Album title.")
Chapter Twenty-nine
Quadrophenia - The Who (LP)
Sergeant Pepper - The Beatles, Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Taste,
Free,
Van der Graaf Generator, Steve Hillage, Killer - Alice Cooper, Beach Boys,
Hollies,
Silver Machine - Hawkwind (the late Mickey Rebus's record collection)
