[peel] Digest Number 434

[Stuart McHugh]

>  > I'm not sure I understand the reasons behind boycotting it.  Was
>>  the F50 ever chosen by just Peel himself?
>
>Not as far as I know. My point is mainly that we rely on the Festive
>50 as a round-up of the what's been on his show that year. But it
>never really is that.

Peel chose the 1976 50 I'm quite sure (recently rediscovered as a 
paean to The Motors which has been rather kept quiet!)

>
>I don't know whether it's because his audience don't go for
>everything he plays, or whether it's because votes statistically tend
>to bland things out.

I think Peel doesn't really want to go on too  much of an ego-trip 
much which is understandable! But it must be a worry when the 
listeners to the show don't seem to be paying any attention to what 
they've heard over the year e.g. lack of hiphop in the past etc.

  I'm not quite sure what what I voted for this year but I'm positive 
they  were all Scottish, as it's been a poor year for indie-type 
music in general and while the likes of Lift to Experience are not 
bad, nothing's really grabbed me on the one-time radio listens you 
get from Peel, so stuff I've heard a lot for various reasons has 
really stuck with me. (It would have any 3 from Purple Munkie, Lapsus 
, Aereogramme, Josephine, Bendy Toy  and ballboy. Possibly).

S
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