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Old 26-10-2004, 14:13
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Following on from the topic of the death of John Peel, which bands did he open your ears to?

For me, it was Pop Will Eat Itself
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:16
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Roy Harper: I remember John Peel saying that the record he wanted played at his funeral was "When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease"

Guess I'll be listening to when I get home.
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:18
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stuff like the cocteau twins, this mortal coil, new order, joy division, the cure.

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Old 26-10-2004, 14:21
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Boo Radleys
Telescopes
My Bloody Valentine
Felt
Primal Scream
Wedding Present
Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Cocteau Twins
Nick Cave / Birthday Party
Probably the Smiths and dozens of others.

Possibly my fondest memory was listening to his Festive 50 in December 1990. I was at Victoria coach station waiting for the bus to Cornwall and he played "Catweazle" by the Boo Radleys. I was walking around the coach station trying to get a better reception because all I could hear was interference. It wasn't until the record finished that I realised that the noise was actually on the song - it was all guitar distortion and feedback.
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:26
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Originally Posted by DaisyBumbleroot
Following on from the topic of the death of John Peel, which bands did he open your ears to?

For me, it was Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself are reforming and playing three dates in January at Birmingham and London according to a post on another forum I frequent.
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:26
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Loads, but primarly The Clash, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smiths (of course) and The Wedding Present. Even if I didn't really like what he was playing, I still loved listening to him . I'm actually feeling slightly worse then I did when I heard Joe Strummer had died last year Very fed up, want to go home and raid my record collection now.
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:38
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the wedding present - thats taking me back. and yes, the jesus and mary chain, and of course the smiths.

the poppies are indeed doing some shows - klint came on when we saw the wonder stuff last year, and they did *inside you*.

this is very sad.

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Old 26-10-2004, 14:49
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Too many to list.

The soundtrack of a whole lifetime.

RIP John. A very sad day.
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Old 26-10-2004, 14:53
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I'm making myself feel better by mentally reading these posts in the style of JP on 'Home Truths'.

The last paragraph of Eraserhead's post is the best for this.

Try it. It works. I think that's a measure of his value as a broadcaster, before you even get on to his contribution to popular music. The man was a class act.

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Old 26-10-2004, 15:32
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Originally Posted by Boutros B Ghali
I'm making myself feel better by mentally reading these posts in the style of JP on 'Home Truths'.

The last paragraph of Eraserhead's post is the best for this.

Try it. It works. I think that's a measure of his value as a broadcaster, before you even get on to his contribution to popular music. The man was a class act.

BBG
I loved that programme! Saturday mornings just won't be the same without it.

And, his middle of the night programme on the World Service, too, which I often listened to.



Like others, I didn't even realise that he was 65. I certainly felt like he had invited me into his life and that he was a part of mine....
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Old 26-10-2004, 15:42
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along with the above but also "bang bang machine" circa 1991

he used to play geek love which was a limited white, and gave the address of the stores which had copies.

i got mine from hedgehog records in tewksburys, and played it once in order to put it on tape.

it finally got released on parellel on cd (no doubt simon cowell would be involved some where along the way ) and i still listen to it today!

seeing the telescopes mentioned as just made me get out "taste" and ill have a listen again later, but next to this was a cd by "the drop nineteens", now I cant remember if this was a "peeled" (a grunge with a shoe gazer feel!) or not, but i remember this being a classic cd at the time!
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Old 26-10-2004, 16:52
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seeing the telescopes mentioned as just made me get out "taste" and ill have a listen again later
That was another classic Peely moment for me. I heard "The Perfect Needle" when I was in the bath. I bought "Taste" the next day.
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Old 26-10-2004, 20:17
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Elvis Costello and loads of reggae!

In a round about sort of way, it was John Peel who enabled me to meet my wife!
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Old 26-10-2004, 20:31
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The Fall
Dead Kennedys
Crass
Pistols
Stranglers
The Cure
The Jam
Stiff Little Fingers

and loads of Punk/New wave

I was about 13-ish when Punk broke, and I couldn't wait to listen to Peelie, cus he would play all my favourite music!

I'm 40 now, and I still listen to the likes of The Cure and The Jam even now.

Even sometime dipping into the Pistols and Stranglers every so often

Ah...my yoof!
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Old 26-10-2004, 20:43
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Too many to mention. I started listening to his Radio 1 show when i was about 12 and i'm 23 now. He opened my ears to new and different music and not the rubbish record companies dish out.
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Old 26-10-2004, 21:29
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RIP John Peel. I was totally shocked to hear the news today
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Old 26-10-2004, 22:18
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He gave a session to the Sultans Of Ping FC, which is good enough for me! Seriously though, he did seem a really nice bloke.
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Old 27-10-2004, 11:16
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My love affair with the Wedding Present started way back in the 80's after hearing "My Fav' Dress" on a Peel Session.

Still mad about them to this day.

They did their first Peel Session for over 7 years just last month, much to my delight.
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Old 27-10-2004, 13:16
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Stiff Little Fingers
Joy Division
Cocteau Twins
The Fall
The Cure
and "oh Superman" by err...

then in later years loads of stuff I can't remember the names of
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Old 27-10-2004, 13:48
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laurie anderson.

saw this :

festive 50s

lots of stuff from around 1983-87.

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Old 27-10-2004, 14:22
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NOT pop will eat itself, urggh!!!

But,
Jesus and Mary Chain
Wedding Present
My Bloody Valentine
Throwing Muses
The Pixies
Joy Division

so so many more...
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Old 27-10-2004, 14:30
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My mate, Chris, had a "sample it, loop it, Fcuk it and eat it" PWEI tee shirt.

His mum wouldn't iron it because because of the swear word.

Happy days.
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Old 27-10-2004, 18:43
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In my loft where my record collection is as much as half must be from hearing it on Peelie, I remember him playing Millie Jackson and from that I became a huge fan, I saw her in concert and bought loads of her albums, this was just pre punk, and also he gave the only national plays to reggae, every show he played 4 reggae tunes, infact I saw him once outside the BBC while I was driving past, this was in 1979, I pulled over and went over to him, he was sitting on the steps of the church next to Broadcasting House, I asked for his autograph, he asked me what I wanted him to write, so I said "anything" so thats what he wrote, he wrote the word "anything" and signed it John Ravenscroft, I asked him if he would play a request, which he did a few days later, I have the clip on an old C90 somehwere, he played me a track from Misty In Roots "Live At Countereurovision", I also have again on old 90's loads of Peel sessions, including all the early Siouxsie and the Banshees, aswell as Bodysnatchers, Mo-Dettes and many more.
He was also the first to play a lot of World Music, so its more than Punk its so so much more.
Lets just hope that the 11.00 slot is given to some-one who will upkeep the spirit of Peelie.
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Old 27-10-2004, 22:12
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Originally Posted by tinminer
Elvis Costello and loads of reggae!

In a round about sort of way, it was John Peel who enabled me to meet my wife!

i'd say in the same way, that listening to Peel contributed significantly to the roundabout way that I met my friends between the ages of 13 to now, including my partner. Some of those friends fell by the wayside as life moved on, but some of them are still friends, despite the fact that we all live all over the UK, and even across the globe. Last night I spoke to friends in Canada and Sydney, today to a friend in Sweden. We all shared festive fifty memories, and remembered our own John Peel rites of passage.
Reading this thread has brought back some happy memories, This mortal Coil and The Wedding Present notwithstanding.
And I had some of the best laughs with my old mates at Fall gigs.
Now that I am getting on a bit, I shall miss my tea and toast and Home Truths on a Saturday morning.
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Old 27-10-2004, 23:49
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