Did Peel ever play Tom Waits?

[ken garner]

yes, peel did play Nebraska I think, and he had played Born To Run, and stuff from 
Darkness on The Edge of Town, as previously documented here. I remember being 
astonished the first time i visited Peel Acres, in 89, when I was browsing upstairs in John's 
LP collection, to find   a line of springsteen albums. JOhn was down the bunk bed steps, 
immediately below me, and I said 'I don't want to upset you John, but I've just found some 
Springsteen albums up here', 'oh there's far more appalling stuff than that up there, I 
know..' he said (or something like that).

By the way, Hannah from R1 tells me she has indeed found the 4-skins session 
recordings, with an entry saying 'not in Ken's book' attached to the catalogue entry, and a 
notice in the separate Romeo computer archive saying "recorded June 81 but not 
broadcast after Southall riots" - which confirms our correspondent's story. No sign of 
session sheet, however. Peel was interviewed in a BBC1 TV Nationwide piece on Oi on 9 
September 81, which also is in the archive, apparently: the catalogue says of his bit: "JOHN 
PEEL, on late'70's nazism trend-Joy Division, New Order(6.25-7.28)bands not responsible 
for fans(10.15-11)like shock value(13.10-30)" which is no doubt a selective summary!

k



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Stuart Mchugh <stuart@...> wrote:
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> >
> 
> All rush in and correct me if I'm wrong, but did Peel not play a fair  
> bit from Nebraska (Springsteen's more acoustic/less bombastic album?)
> 
> 
> > Nice one, don't know about 'sweet'!, but it certainly sounds like
> > John. JP's dislike of Springsteen is well-documented (his diary refers
> > to Jon Landau's review stating that Springsteen was the future of
> > rock'n'roll: after seeing him in concert, Peel concluded that he was
> > 'more a summary of its past'.) And yet...Ken notes that on the 5 and 6
> > June 1978, he played several tracks from 'Darkness On The Edge Of  
> > Town'.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Steve (so.it.goes. 2512)
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups. com, "ROBERT HALL" <1bob_hall@ ..> wrote:
> >>
> >> I seem to remember a girl writing into the show asking Peel's advice
> > about a boy she liked, who was a Waits and a Springsteen fan. His
> > answer was short and sweet 'ditch him'.
> >>
> 
> Stuart Mchugh
> stuart@...
>