Most surprising records played

[So It Goes 2512]

No Steve, your memory is not at fault:

http://johnpeeldotnet.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/no-did-he-really/

from the time when I had a go at writing a couple of pieces for johnpeel.net.
Nice idea for a thread, Stuart, and thanks for your appreciation of the uploads and my piece about Tom Waits. You've actually second-guessed me, as I was mulling over writing pieces about Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen. Funnily enough, Springsteen did get a bit of airplay, despite John's immortal remark about him being "not so much the future of rock'n'roll as a summary of its past", as JP played tracks from Darkness On The Edge of Town in June 1978.

Best wishes
Steve [TK]


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "steve" <saipanda@...> wrote:
>
> Good call by Thomas. It was by Nora O'Connor on the Bloodshot compilation "Down To The Promised Land".
> 
> Wiki search finds three plays:
> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/13_June_2001
> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/16_May_2001
> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/14_August_2001
> 
> Remember the comments on Waits too, but not sure which of these it was on.
> 
> In a similar vein, thought I remembered Steve writing a blog on unexpected plays at Teenage Kicks. Can't seem to find it now (maybe it was somewhere else), but seem to recall such names as Wham and Duran Duran cropping up.
> 
> My own favourite was him playing Barbara Cartland - twice - on late 70s/early 80s shows that turned up in the 400 Box.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> SW
> 
> 
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Blatchford <tabdrinkink74@> wrote:
> >
> > i do remember him playing a cover of 'It Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again' 
> > sometime (within the last five years of shows) and back-announcing it by saying 
> > that he never liked Tom Waits at all but maybe after hearing that song he should 
> > give him another try. Not sure if it ever happened.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: David Quantick <davidquantick@>
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Mon, 6 September, 2010 9:18:56
> > 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?
> >
>