[peel] Re: Keeping It Peel

[cannon alan]

All this reminds me of the inclusion of a picture of 
the Scissor Sisters in M Heatley's biog that came out 
just after Peelie's demise in time for that Xmas
purportedly as a group promoted him
but not referred to in the text 
surely just random cynicism on some editor's part
or did they get a Peel session ?
before being foisted upon us ad nauseam
ajc

--- Sean Carolan <hubcity@...> wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> Well, to be fair, Peel does appear to have played
> Franz Ferdinand on at
> least a few occasions, and in at least one case live
> from Groningen.  I know
> the first time I ever heard Razorlight was on Peel's
> show, and you wouldn't
> put them in his top 5000, either, but if you happen
> to like them, you might
> identify them with Peel; same goes for Sheena
> Easton, Kylie Minogue and
> Musical Youth, right?
> 
> -Sean
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peel@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> Stuart McHugh
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 5:10 AM
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [peel] Re: Keeping It Peel
> 
> 
> >> From that article Frodo F***ing Baggins is quoted
> as saying "he
> >> was a big
> > fan of Peel favourites Franz Ferdinand, as well as
> dance act
> > Squarepusher."
> >
> > Hmmm!
> > I doubt very much whether a typical long term
> listener of Peel, if
> > polled to
> > name their top 10 acts that Peel played, then
> Franz Ferdinand would
> > not
> > appear in this list (very likely not even in
> Peel's top 100).
> > Phil
> 
> Ah, but as we all know, anyone that's ever tried to
> help a band out
> for publicity will take even one solitary play to
> mean that the band
> is a "Peel favourite". (And looks like even the Beeb
> will resort to
> this these days!)
> 
> S
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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