Peel and 6 Music?

[ken_garner]

Thanks, Jan and Colin, your thinking is precisely the motivation for my question. I would be far happier if there were actual evidence one could cite of his position.

My own feeling for what it's worth, is that John would probably express disappointment but not in such terms as to endanger his relationship with his employers, and express a hope that reasonable consultation might find a solution.

I also dispute some of the claims going around casually that 6 Music somehow "REPRESENTS" his approach. Some of the programmes do, but not all. Very few are as wide ranging as his. How often does any daytime show on 6 Music play reggae, rap, happy hardcore, forgotten pop & R&B hits from the 50s, even a 78?

I can understand people using this as a stick implicitly to beat up Radio 1's increasing failure to live up to Peel's legacy, but that does not necessarily mean it's factually accurate.

In fact, I seem to recall when 6 Music launched I gave it a right kicking in the sunday express because the line up, the format, the address, was exactly Radio 1 evening show 1988: nice middle class white boys and girls playing not quite good enough indie.

More trickily for those of us who genuinely would like 6 Music to continue, whatever our criticisms, I suspect he and Walters, admittedly coming from a different broadcast environment age and context, might argue, as they often did, is that actually what matters is securing a guaranteed place for their approach within the mainstream main channel(s), ie Radio 1 and 2.

This is sort of what the BBC paper argues, that some of 6's best shows could be found homes on 1 and 2.

But when Mark Reilly, the Freakzone and Craig Charles' R and B show (arguably 3 of 6 Music's strongest items) are given fixed slots on radios 1 or 2, well, I'll believe it when it happens, frankly

ken

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Jan Buxton <janbuxton@...> wrote:
>
> Its OK Colin, I'm a massive supporter of 6Music but I'm also uncomfortable
> with the use of Peel references. John Peel was 2 hours of records not
> usually played elsewhere, mostly new, and he had his own likes and dislikes,
> human imperfections etc. 6Music is in many ways more ambitious in scope, in
> actually attempting to have a 24/7 station that just plays good music.
> Within that new music, old music that doesn't get played anymore, and some
> that does, weird music, genre music, straightahead music. From giving even
> massive bands like Radiohead (btw I will never forgive JP for being unmoved
> by there Glasto 97 performance) play next time they release a record (I
> question how much interest R1 and R2 will have), to the newbies like Ellie
> Goulding etc. From Daytime to the Freak Zone. And 6Music isn't perfect but
> its a radio station I can switch on and listen to all day without turning
> off. But it isn't John Peel, I probably couldn't listen to him all day after
> all.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jan
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> 
> 
> On 5 March 2010 07:41, colin bray <colinbray@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I don't know the answer, Ken, but without wishing to get into an argument
> > with those who think the ending of 6 Music is an 'affront to the memory of
> > Peel' I always worry about a deceased person being cited ie 'it's what he
> > would have wanted.'
> >
> > It feels like the name of Peel is being played to give legitimacy to an
> > argument and I don't think he would have liked that*. 6 Music may indeed be
> > an excellent station but it doesn't seek to replicate Peel's philosophy. In
> > my opinion the nearest we have to Peel's show is Dandelion and even that is
> > obviously very different to what he was doing.
> >
> > As I say, not picking a fight with anybody and not seeking to appropriate
> > Ken's question but this has been nagging at me for a few days and I needed
> > to say something.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Colin.
> >
> > * I know, I know, this is akin to using his name to give legitimacy to my
> > argument
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> > From: ken_garner@...
> > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:56:21 +0000
> > Subject: [peel] Peel and 6 Music?
> >
> >
> >  A number of people have been citing Peel as part of the protest over 6
> > Music's (possible) fate. I wonder if anyone here can tell us if he ever made
> > any comment on air about it, in the last 2 years of his programme, or its
> > shows and presenters, positive or otherwise? Might be useful to have actual
> > evidence. Just a thought. It is just possible he mentioned it in one of his
> > last Radio Times columns, which I think ended sometime in 2002, but my
> > collection of these is incomplete and hopelessly out of sequence...
> > - ken
> >
> >
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