[peel] Re: Pete Townsend on being invited to give the inaugral John Peel lecture

[Ben Harrison]

I sometimes find it bugging rather than amusing when folk mention
someone was played on Peel -- and I find it jars w/ my idea of his
taste. I just saw a Singapore newspaper mention a polished,
nice-but-derivative Singapore act as being played on his show ... when
I know they never were. Of course I also know the reporter never once
tuned-in... and I think he even once told me Peel was for 'quirky'
music. U2 / Dire Straits fan he is.

That said, I was happily surprised to hear The Replacements on an old
show of his recently. I'd never have thought...

On 10/5/11, Colin <colin_ellis@...> wrote:
> I can't remember whether JP played them either, but their "Letter From
> America" was about emigration resulting from unemployment and redundancy in
> Central Scotland ("Linwood no more, Bathgate no more"...references to
> closures of car factories) so the theme might have struck a chord with him
> then.
>
> c
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken" <ken_garner@...> wrote:
>>
>> to be fair i think it was janice long and her then producer Mike Hawkes
>> who picked up on the proclaimers first - see IN SESSION TONIGHT pp.
>> 154-55. Their first session was for her in Jan 87, and they signed to
>> chrysalis a few weeks later. Before that they had only had a demo tape
>> doing the rounds, no indie single releases, and peel at that time did not
>> broadcast demos, so I have to wonder if Townsend's memory is correct. In
>> my mind, and I was a regular listener in 86-87, they were always an
>> evening show band. It is always possible peel played their first single on
>> chrysalis once or twice in summer 87, but I do not recall it. We need more
>> show tapes from these years!
>>
>> ken
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>> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@> wrote:
>> >
>> > i think I first heard the proclaimers on Peel but no evidence on tape -
>> > definitely remember seeing  them on the tube - wild
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Alan Ford <ford.alan@>
>> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 22:27
>> > Subject: Re: [peel] Pete Townsend on being invited to give the inaugral
>> > John Peel lecture
>> >
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>> > Â
>> > Maybe he meant The Pretenders ??
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>> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, RobF <robfleay@> wrote:
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>> > Â
>> > >The Proclaimers?? Is he sure?
>> > >
>> > >No mention of The Proclaimers in the wiki tracklists but can anyone
>> > > categorically confirm/deny?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On 4 October 2011 13:44, Ben Harrison <abcdetc@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>The Jesus And Mary Chain: ‎"Through John's shows I first heard
>> > >> artists like the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Undertones and the
>> > >> Proclaimers before they had record contracts." - Pete Townsend on
>> > >> being invited to give the inaugral John Peel lecture
>> > >> -http://tinyurl.com/townshendjplecture
>> > >>
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