[peel] f50

[Jon]

Stuart McHugh wrote:
> Really, the problem for me is it now stands there in history, 
> alongside the likes of The Smiths, Joy Division ,The Fall and the 
> Pistols, as an all-time great. Not since the dark days of Bang Bang 
> Machine has the name of the Festive 50 been so sullied!

Or maybe you're just getting old(er) Mr McHugh. I always used to think 
the most interesting stuff would appear between 50-40 and that most of 
the stuff below that would get blander as you approached the top spot. 
This year I thought the best stuff was between 30-20. I see this as an 
indication of my advancing decrepitude rather than a decline in the 
quality of the records! Add to that the disturbing fact that all three 
of my votes got in for the third year in a row and you might as well 
shoot me now.

Is it just me or were a few of the records in there actually released 
last year? Marc Smith 'Identify the beat' was first played on the Peel 
show in 2001 - I remember it well - and the White Stripes and Jeff Lewis 
tunes come from records which say (p) and (c) 2001... (although 'Dead 
Leaves' was a single this year though?)

And come off it with the Saloon bashing - them and Ladytron were the 
best choons in there that I didn't actually vote for. Long live 
Stereolab-derivative music!

Stiggles

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