Part one. Flip, flop and fly : Bill Haley and jump blues -- A mess of blues : Elvis Presley -- Put your cat clothes on : Sun Records and rockabilly -- Teenage wildlife : rock 'n' roll -- Rock with the Cavemen : skiffle and British rock 'n' roll -- Whispering bells : Doo wop -- 1960 : it will stand -- Walk with me in paradise garden : Phil Spector and Joe Meek -- The trouble with boys : the Brill Building and girl groups --

Part two. Act naturally : the Beatles -- Needles and pins : the beat boom -- Who's driving your plane? The Rolling Stones -- This is my prayer : the birth of soul -- The rake's progress : Bob Dylan -- America strikes back : the Byrds and folk rock -- Up the ladder to the roof : Tamla Motown -- 1966 : the London look -- Endless summer : the Beach Boys -- The golden road : San Francisco and psychedelia -- Pop gets sophisticated : soft rock -- Crying in the streets : deep soul -- I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin : hard rock -- Bubblegum is the naked truth : the Monkees --

Part three. 1970 : Everything's gone gray -- Freddie's dead : electrified soul -- State of independence : Jamaica -- It came from the suburbs : glam -- The sound of Philadelphia : soft soul -- Progressive rock (and simpler pleasures) -- Young love : weenyboppers and boy bands -- See that girl : Abba -- Beyond the blue horizon : country and western -- Before and after the gold rush : Laurel Canyon -- 1975 : storm warning --

Part four. Courage, audacity and revolt : the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and punk rock -- Cranked up really high : punk rock -- Pleasantly antagonistic : new wave -- Supernature : disco -- Islands in the stream : the Bee Gees -- Routine is the enemy of music : post -punk -- A shark in Jet's clothing : America after punk -- This is tomorrow : Kraftwerk and electropop -- Adventures on the wheels of steel : early rap -- Here comes that feeling : new pop -- American rock (Ooh yeah) -- Just a king in mirrors : Michael Jackson -- Highs in the mid-eighties : Prince and Madonna -- Some kind of monster : metal -- Poised over the pause button : the Smiths, REM, and the birth of indie -- 1985 : What the fuck is going on? -- We were never being boring : Pet Shop Boys and New Order --

Part five. Chicago and Detroit : house and techno

Smiley culture : acid house and Manchester

1991 : bassline changed my life

All eyez on me : hip hop

This is how you disappear : Bristol, shoegazing, and a new psychedelia

As a defense, I'm neutered and spayed : grunge

Ever decreasing circles : Blur, Suede, and Britpop

A vision of love : R&B.