Friday Rock Show v Festive Fifty

[thebarguest]

"O Superman" from 1981/2 is over 8 mins long.
By the American female singer Laurie Anderson.
Surprisingly for such an avant-garde, minimalist
song, it got to number 2 in the main UK chart as
well as the FF.

Teddy Lester


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "dunelm61" <dunelm@l...> wrote:
>
> I can't remember what the chart was called, Jim, but you're right 
> about it being lengthy. If memory serves, only the top ten were 
ever 
> played, and they took up practically a whole two-hour programme. 
Other 
> tracks making a regular appearance were Shine On You Crazy Diamond 
and 
> Rush's 2112, both of which are essentially the whole side of an LP!
> 
> I remember Peel being somewhat concerned when Wire recorded a 
session 
> track of similar length in the late seventies.
> 
> Tracks appearing in the Festive Fifty seemed to be getting longer 
and 
> longer, to the point that Peel was actually fading them out in 
order 
> to move things along. Does anyone know what was the longest track 
to 
> make it into the Festive Fifty?
>