[peel] Re: Most surprising records played

[MARK LUETCHFORD]

Is it an internet myth but I am sure I read that Adam Ant was in Bazooka Joe who 
the Sex Pistols supported at Chelsea Art School Concert of some renown and he 
saw the light. Believe he was there at the beginning. I remember an NME special 
pullout on Punk from about 79 which was an A-Z and started with adam with a 
sneering article about how he tried too hard and that it just went to show that 
punk had changed things and that the art of fooling people was finally over - 
they were so wrong when mr ant hit the top of the pops trail. They were 
important and I loved them too - remember dressing up was part of the punk ethos 
- part of the double drumming movement. BowWowWow were of similar ilk, Wasn't 
Marco in early punk bands too?

On surprising plays. I remember him playing a track on seconds out by 
genesis. I turnied to my older brother and said "there you see genesis must 
still be ok as Peel plays them". My brother was older and wiser and had got the 
punk thing. I was 13 and struggling to let go of jethro tull. I was dismayed at 
end of track Peel made a disparaging remark and said he was playing that for the 
older record but compared with what he really wanted to play it was lame. He 
helped me see the light and aqualung and seconds out left my collection. This 
links to an earlier thread about first memories of listening to Peel. Must have 
been around late 1977 - to this day I thank John for steering me on to the 
crooked and broad. Although I still find it difficult to listen to Yes, King 
Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull or Genesis. I thank him for that too - 
apologies to their myriad fans and apologies for exhibiting narrow mindedness 
but he helped me know what I liked.

Mark



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From: steve <saipanda@...>
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 6 September, 2010 19:49:01
Subject: [peel] Re: Most surprising records played

  
Yeah, there's a story about Walters going to see them and deciding a session was 
definitely in order, not so much because of Adam but because of the early days 
lady singer (Jordan?). Sure it's recounted in Ken's book or similar, and will be 
on the wiki at some point...

Adam was a big indie fave back in the day (Car Trouble, etc) and even the first 
CBS single (Kings Of The Wild Frontier) was mega in the (Liverpool at least) 
punk clubs when it came out. Big hit when re-released.

Uh, maybe I should be off to bed at this late stage of the evening.

SW

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Tim Brooks <tb666xx@...> wrote:
>
> I'm a big fan of Adam and the ants. Peel played him quite a bitback in the 
>early days didn't he?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 6, 2010, at 11:14 AM, "steve" <saipanda@...> wrote:
> 
> Good one, Steve. Wiki pages on Patti Smith and Bruce S (a FF entrant in 1976?) 
>would be most excellent.
> 
> On the subject of Adam & The Ants, there's a quote of Peel from Peeling Back 
>The Years (show 4) that I can't help a strong twinge of sympathy with 
>(http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Peeling_Back_The_Years_4_%28Transcript%29):
> 
> "I liked the diddlee-qua-qua. I was always very keen on that."
> 
> (Stands back for volley of shoes and eggs....)
> 
> SW 
> 
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> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "So It Goes 2512" <so_it_goes_2512@> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
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> 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?
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