''Dedicated to Peel'' special / record box

[electrophotic]

re 'Song Sung Blue' - it's not the best track I've heard, but (as 
Dick Emery would say) I LIKE IT!

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Marcelle van Hoof <mar.celle@p...> wrote:
>
> Dear all, 
> 
> This coming Tuesday's Another Nice Mess will be 3 hour ''Dedicated 
to
> John Peel'' special, in which I'll be playing songs from 
cd's/records
> which were Dedicated to John Peel on the sleeve. The special is very
> much approved of by Louise and Hermeet (''what a great idea"). Plus 
I'll
> be broadcasting excerpts from Peel Day gig in Amsterdam, feat. 
Suicidal
> Birds, Zea, Bong-Ra, Persil and Uw Hond. I'm ashamed to say this 
way the
> ONLY Peel Day gig in the Netherlands......
> 
> By the way: If any of you spotted a ''Dedicated to Peel record/cd''
> recently, please tell me so (info@a...).
> 
> Must say I'm a bit disappointed with his record box content 
(although by
> chance I did play two of the songs very recently on ANM: 'Bloody' 
and
> the hilarious cover version of 'YMCA'!). But 5x The White
> Stripes.....??!!! A bit over the top.  
> I spot there is a risk of Peel getting ''proclaimed'' a 'saint'' by 
some
> of us fans. Not only was he the best discjockey ever, but he was 
also a
> human being, a man even, with his own character traits and
> likes/dislikes. He had a small spot/fondness for small, cutish 
women and
> that undoubtedly influenced his liking for not only Sheena Easton 
and
> Kylie but also the likes of  Altered Images, Laura Cantrell and 
Melys,
> who all didn't (don't) make the most revolutionary kind of music as 
well
> (Ever heard Altered Images' version of Song Sung Blue, with Peel on
> guest vocals? Truly awful!)
> Of course he had every right to be and do so, but in my view we
> shouldn't examine/analyze ALL of his musical choices too deep and/or
> held them extremely high. I'm quite certain he wouldn't do so 
himself.
> 
> 
> Marcelle
> 
> Message: 1         
>    Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:19:25 -0000
>    From: "thebarguest" <thebarguest@y...>
> Subject: Re: John's Record Box
> 
> "Sheena Easton - 9 to 5"
> 
> Shurely shumm mishtake, hic .........
> Or could it be the "so bad it's great"
> syndrome ?
> 
> Should be a great program !
>