Most surprising records played

[Humphrey]

>>He helped me see the light and aqualung and seconds out left my >>collection.

"Funnily" enough, when a certain Mr Rotten met a Mr Anderson of said Tull combo, the former told the latter that he loved the 'Aqualung' album. Of course, Lydon couldn't have said that during the punk 'killing fields' era ! Looking back now, hippy/prog and punk were both brimming with youthful idealism and naivety - I enjoy both types depending on my mood -it's all "rock". Peely certainly enjoyed both - I'm sure he played quite a bit of BJH in 1977 ... A lot of the old rock (and folk-rock) bands celebrated our glorious British countryside eg Steeleye, Floyd's "Animals" and Tull's "Song From The Wood" ; I love hearing farm animals in reggae/dub as well. Punk and new-wave were totally urban as far as I remember - Magazine even did a (great) song about disliking the wilderness ('Back To Nature').

Regrads, 
John Toblerone


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...> wrote:
>
> 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 1977Â - 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
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: steve <saipanda@...>
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, 6 September, 2010 19:49:01
> Subject: [peel] Re: Most surprising records played
> 
> Â  
> 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 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 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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