[peel] Most surprising records played

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Can clearly remembering him saying on one of his shows back in the 80s, that Tom Waits was one of those artists he just couldn't fathom the appeal of.

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From: davidquantick@...
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 08:18:56 +0000
Subject: Re: [peel] Most surprising records played


















 



  


    
      
      
      and when he sat in for Anne Nightingale, he would play Randy Van Warmer (whose name was a favourite with him, clearly) and once back announced a record by saying, "And that was a load of Ships from Ian Hunter."


 



I'd like to see a list of Peel's Dislikes - most were canny and more obvious, like U2, but if he didn't play Tom Waits, he probably saw him, as some people do, as a bit of a put-on. Who knows?