101 Reasons why John Peel was a God
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The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
bluestreak said:
... I WANNA DIEEEEEEEEE!!!
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
27. DJing to the ravin' masses at Fabric and playing whatever he damn well liked! (was too munted to remember what he played though... :S)
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
The_Reverend_M said:
i only remember 'love will tear us apart'
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Maybe so, but his show introduced me to a lot of music. Nobody else was doing it.TopCat said:
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
TopCat said:
...playing a wider variety of music than is ever likely to be aired again on Radio 1 (or Radio 6, from what I've heard).
TopCat said:
*shrug* Arse-kissing and showbiz go together like KFC and vomit.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It may be that you are too young to remember his Radio 1 show.DRINK? said:Who....give me Dr Fox anyday?
Too be honest I don't get the Peel thing, seems cool to deify him as I see it
Or maybe you just have terrible taste in music.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
According to who? I've heard a few accounts of the way Bolan treated his band, and he sounds like a total wanker.MC5 said:He was totally pissed off with Mark Bolan because he expected free ligging rights when he became famous.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
29 - When he did his one and only daytime cover for an absent collegue, introducing "i'm every woman" by Whitney Houston with words to the effect of "I'm every pear shape middle aged man, but I don't make a racket like this about it, Here's Whitney houston*"
*paraphrased cos it was about 20 years ago and even though I was nine or tenish I could still tell it was funny.
30 - Describing Sigur Ros simply as 'Wierdos' when their first session track ended.
31 - Playing a radiohead record and saying 'D'ya know, I always thought that boy could have had a great career as a country and western singer'
32 - Not being Zane Lowe, Steve Lurpack etc and refusing to fawn over anyone, except the people he actually liked, rather than the ones that looked good for radio 1's profile.
I read a really good piece by Stewart Lee about how Peel's death marked the end of music show's that were just about the music on R1 and how everything else when you listen, you can hear the demographic it's aimed for in every aspect of the show which I think is sadly true.
*paraphrased cos it was about 20 years ago and even though I was nine or tenish I could still tell it was funny.
30 - Describing Sigur Ros simply as 'Wierdos' when their first session track ended.
31 - Playing a radiohead record and saying 'D'ya know, I always thought that boy could have had a great career as a country and western singer'
32 - Not being Zane Lowe, Steve Lurpack etc and refusing to fawn over anyone, except the people he actually liked, rather than the ones that looked good for radio 1's profile.
I read a really good piece by Stewart Lee about how Peel's death marked the end of music show's that were just about the music on R1 and how everything else when you listen, you can hear the demographic it's aimed for in every aspect of the show which I think is sadly true.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
May Kasahara said:
Too true. 6 music is pathetic for most of the time. Indie schmindie retro crap half the time. Nemone, Liz Kershaw and Steve Lurpack are some of their most important DJ's so that says it all.
The odd half decent thing is on there but the chance of hearing anything remotely unusual in the daytime are just about zero. Chances of hearing "Here comes the new one/a classic from the Charlatans" - very high...
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Reno said:
Does she? Why? Well done him!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw.
JoePolitix
Gone
He played a track by me.
Bless him.
Bless him.
introduced me to
31) the smiths
32) sonic youth
33) half man half biscuit
34) ivor cutler
35) Butthole surfers
36) galaxie 500
and
37) he read my funny emal out on air
which was slagging off a band that was in session that
I'd just seen at the Falcon.
I later met the guys from the band who turned out were friends of
a friend and they were not to pleased that I'd said they reminded me
of Brian Cant from playschool.
nice one Peelie!!!
31) the smiths
32) sonic youth
33) half man half biscuit
34) ivor cutler
35) Butthole surfers
36) galaxie 500
and
37) he read my funny emal out on air
which was slagging off a band that was in session that
I'd just seen at the Falcon.
I later met the guys from the band who turned out were friends of
a friend and they were not to pleased that I'd said they reminded me
of Brian Cant from playschool.
nice one Peelie!!!
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