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daniel@... daniel@...
Tue Feb 2 18:32:56 CET 1999


Agreed.
Peel to me has always been about pushing back the boundaries, whereas
the blutones need pushing back...to oblivion.

Dan.

In message <1DF2C177077@...>, Steve Watts
<steve@...> writes
>From: "Steve Watts" <steve@...>
>
>
>AndyTBTG said
>
>> I tend to agree, although I like alot of the other dance stuff he
>> plays. I'm reminded of the early 90's and mid 80's when all your
>> "traditional" Peel listeners would moan about the amount of
>> bleepy-bleepy music or the amount of rap he was playing, and then we
>> all (well some of us at least) got to like it and realised the old
>> fellah was right all along.
>> 
>> What I also don't understand at the moment is him playing the
>> Bluetones and Gene, although the recent Gene stuff has been quite
>> good. Or am I just forcing myself to like them because Peel plays
>> them? Oh bugger, Peel fan dilemna! I'm confused!
>
>
>This has always been my main criticism of Peel as well. I can 
>tolerate the rap and bleepy stuff (in fact I've been starting to 
>enjoy some of it myself) as it's slightly leftfield in the same way 
>as the other stuff he plays, and it ain't gonna get played on many 
>other shows, but the Bluetones??! To me that's Evening session 
>music and gets far too much airplay as it is. Is this just the indie 
>snob side of me showing through, or do other listeners also feel that 
>he's wasting valuable airtime when he plays those bands?
>
>
>  -=steve=-
>how many more frames before you realise
>the painted airhead just doesn't suit you
>
>
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Bernard






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