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

[Ben Harrison]

MAYBE Townshend tuned in and heard Proclaimers when Peel had a daytime
slot standing in for someone in -when was it- spring of 1993?

I was mortified at the time that he played some S/A/W Kylie - and my
friends guffawed at my being so naive and mentioned this 'playlist'
thing he had to stick to.



On 10/6/11, Ben Harrison <abcdetc@...> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --- 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
>>>
>>>
>>> --- 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Â
>>> > Maybe he meant The Pretenders ??
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, RobF <robfleay@> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > 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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