[peel] RDB 23.11.04 and more besides

[Phil Edwards]

I wholeheartedly agree. We should give the lad a chance. At least he, Louise
and Hermeet are making a go of it under very difficult circumstances. Think
about it, I don�t think there�s ever been such a precedent ie. A mere novice
replacing such a giant in radio.
I know that apart from the week of John�s death, when we had the tribute
shows, the next 2 weeks were purely Peel�s Listings, but now aren�t we
getting a compromise of tracks selected by John and from his mailbag,
listeners requests and tracks selected by RDB and Hermeet. I know there have
been several references to Grime (not sure what Grime is but what I�ve heard
so far, I like) and �Hermeet�s Grime Dungeon� and think these have been
their own selections.
I thought last night�s show was very good especially that track with the
sitars. After all, even John�s shows varied, ie. As they were so eclectic,
and you didn�t know what was coming next, one couldn�t be expected to like
all tracks to the same degree and therefore in everyone�s eyes (or should
that be ears), some shows were better than others. Saying that, last night�s
RDB show was up there with one of John�s good/great shows.
OK that�s the music side sorted.
As for personality, well I think we are witnessing an embarrassed
nervousness of taking over such a monumental task (and who can blame him).
Hearing him now, I cannot believe that he was �club� DJ and I feel that he
is in awe of John (and thus has a lot of respect for the man) and trying to
�warm� to us Peelites. Remember, that with John, it was the music that came
1st and in his early days, there were more than a few people who were
possibly irritated by his delivery and who could overcome this irritation
just to get to the music. Remember, John had 37 years to develop the persona
that was PEEL.
OK, some might say he doesn�t have the �love� of music that Peel had. How do
we know that? After all, if you tuned into just a few Peel shows for the 1st
time, you�ll hear a great choice of tracks and maybe the odd hint of this
�love�. To actually come to the true realisation, you would have to extend
this period. We all know it to be fact because most of us are long-term
listeners and have heard numerous interviews by him.
So once again, give RDB a chance, because after all, if we don�t support him
(till at least Christmas) and the ratings drop, then �The Suits� step in and
the program style gets dropped and then what do we get?
Festive 50
Let�s give John an FF to be proud of.
The 2002 one was dreadful and one could feel John cringe at the thought of
playing some of the tracks. I counted 17 tracks, which I could have heard on
XFM, which is a local (London) radio station that�s well past its heyday
and/or in the charts. I felt that if any more FF�s came up with similar
tracks, he would have dropped the FF altogether. I must admit when I heard
it, I felt that it was derived from non-regular listeners and/or people who�
ve totally missed the point of the show. I must confess, when I vote, I also
try to be eclectic and never vote for more than 1 in any genre/artist. This
may seem contrived but my favourite FF�s are the diverse ones containing
Melt Banana alongside Laura Cantrell alongside the Fall.
So let�s keep it (it being the FF) Peel.
Just a few thoughts.
Phil




-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Fleming [mailto:patrick@...]
Sent: 24 November 2004 23:04
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [peel] RDB 23.11.04

Hi there, I listened to RDB last night for the first time and can I say
that, after a few very empty Peel-less weeks, I was genuinely heartened by
the show he and the rest of the team had put out.   I know that it's all not
his choices, I know he'll never replace John, but I felt a little twinge of
hope that we may still get to hear new stuff in the future alongside older
stuff I'd never normally listen to (eg Jerry Lee Lewis - and how that track
RDB played last night made me think of JP heading back to his hotel in
London all those times).

Give RDB a chance: I certainly will: Peel's influence lives on.

Patrick



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