Happy

[HB701540]

something tells me that it wasn't jp's choice to have these as the first
'peel session live' bands, but that various bbc bigwigs wanted more
mainstream bands for the 1st gig to gain more exposure or something..
at least Clinic are live next month (whoohoo!)

james

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>From: 	Les Miller[SMTP:Les_Miller@...]
>Reply To: 	peel@onelist.com
>Sent: 	Tuesday, February 02, 1999 10:26 AM
>To: 	peel@onelist.com
>Subject: 	[peel] Re: Happy
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>From: "Les Miller" <Les_Miller@...>
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>Well, I suppose that's just because he plays what he wants. It's the same
>with
>Blur and the fact that he is looking forward to playing the new single.
>
>Anyone know anything about the Kersland Sound System which was on the show a
>few
>weeks ago?
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>"Steve Watts" <steve@...> on 02/02/99 10:06:11
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>Please respond to peel@onelist.com
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>To:   peel@onelist.com
>cc:    (Les Miller/GB/3Com)
>Subject:  [peel] Re: Happy
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>From: "Steve Watts" <steve@...>
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>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!
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>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?
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>
>  -=steve=-
>how many more frames before you realise
>the painted airhead just doesn't suit you
>
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