[peel] Re: What was your most hated Peel favourite band?

[Phil Edwards]

Had problems with my e-mail and just found this draft,

So a belated post.

 

 

I haven’t posted for a hell of a long time, but this post really appealed to
me.

Firstly being one of the older members (b. 1951), I grew up with Peely, from
his “Perfumed Garden” days on Radio London and in those days I just loved
practically everything he played.

I carried on listening up to the mid ‘70s then I stopped and the only band I
can remember to this day which put me off was “The boys of the Lough” (I
possibly may even like them now, who knows). Ironically I’d stopped
listening just prior to punk, however I did get to hear punk and reggae
elsewhere fortunately but probably not to such a great extent. I then
rediscovered Peel in 1981 when I heard and recorded the top 20 of the
festive fifty and carried on with just the FFs until early 1987 when I
listened to most of his shows right up to his sad demise. Again I just loved
practically everything he played up until the latter years and believe it or
not I preferred the electronic techno/ drum ‘n bass/ dance/ grime/ dubstep
to the conventional guitar based bands. Ironically John used to bemoan the
fact that the FF was latterly made up of “white boys strumming guitars”, yet
he used to play the ilk of “Von Bondies”, “The Datsuns”, “Vaults”,
“Decoration” and “The Bees” which I just simply abhorred and in IMHO were
just a continuation of “Britpop” and hadn’t “moved on”.

To me, guitar bands had to have a distinctive edge with raucous/melodic
beautiful vocals like “King of the Slums”, “Band of Susans”, “Clinic”,
“Solex”, “Stereolab”, “Herman Dune”, “Will Oldham”, “Tungg”.



Phil

 

 

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From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ian
Stuart
Sent: 24 May 2012 20:03
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [peel] Re: What was your most hated Peel favourite band?

 

  

Hmm

I disliked lots of Peel's faves at first but they grew on me - loved the way
he championed bands who later matured - always kept me guessing and
intrigued

The list of bands and genres he introduced me to is endless - so many magic
moments, Slits, Pop Group, early Scritts, The mighty Fall, Sonic Youth,
Misty, Aswad, Oval, PHJ, Fresenius Kabi, Diblo, Bhundus, Abana Banaseri,
Melt Banana, Boredoms, JUNE TABOR, Martin Carthy, John Martyn, Drum and
Bass, Electro, Dance, Weddoes, Microdisney Glad you were born in England,
Tangerine Dream, Lee Perry, Bovell, The Jury Boys, even now I am first
hearing the Superqueens and Living Ornament, Guitar Wolf, Pinetop Smith, who
was that fab boogie woogie lady? Pig's Big 78, and of course - The Native
Hipsters Oh look there goes concord again, who was it did that song went wah
wah didly diddly splong with lots of shouting? Splintered, nearly forgot
Vermonster and Trumanswater, the Saints, Dead C, Who did 'and I send my love
with a Molotov cocktail?'

Gosh JP changed my life!!!!! 

ian 


On 23/05/2012 20:43, mr_maudlin wrote: 

  

Shall I be the one person to stand up for the Wedding Present? I'm really
surprised at the number of people who didn't seem to care for them, and
presumably Cinerama as well (as the boy Gedge's voice was much higher in the
mix). Oh well, nowt so queer as folk.

No band in particular stands out as a turn off for me, it was mainly the
dush dush dance stuff that left me cold, and led to me actually missing some
shows from 2000ish onwards, where it seemed to be filling up the programmes.

MarkC

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> , MARK
LUETCHFORD  <mailto:M.Luetchford@...> <M.Luetchford@...> wrote:
>
> I've changed the message title as I'm enjoying this and wanted others to
take part.
> 
> It would be truly amazing  if everybody here loved every thing he played
- surely that's the point. He played what he liked -not what he was told to
play - and you could make your own mind up. I think he would have been
mystified if someone claimed to have exactly the same musical taste as
himself. He would have just been sad if people stopped listening to new
music - I remembered he likened it to films once - why get stuck watching
the films that were made up until you are 25.
> 
> if you want to see a backlash try this for size - I find most of the
repetitive beat/dance/rave/ house/acid music (eg a whole genre) he played
unlistenable but used to grin and bear it from the late 80s in the hope of
hearing  a gem and when it almost completely took over his show - or at
least seemed to - I even gave up listening for a while then missed his
contribution to my musical history/present too much. 
> 
> ....and as for Captain Beefheart I only like a very few of his offerings
at the more commercial end of his repertoire. I ocassionally get my copy of
Trout Mask out to give it a spin but still don't get it. Maybe one day I
will.
> 
> I thought the weddies finest hour was their ukranian stylings - seemed
pretty mediocre to me apart from that and their first album.
> 
> 
> So that's me consigned to the back of the Peel Musicology Class
> 
> Mark
> 
> PS has Steve got a thing against Steveless because of their name? The band
were ok but thought the name was genius.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Parker  <mailto:parkermike81@...> <parkermike81@...>
> To: "peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> "
<peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> > 
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 20:20
> Subject: Re: [peel] Re: A new England
> 
> 
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> [sent twice, dont think previous one got through] Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
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                                    Good to hear steve, I
was beginning  to think my comments were far too contraversial 
> for others to have an opinion on, well at least it momentarily shook up
the 
> group from a state of stunned silence, thanks for instigating the mild
backlash ha. Â 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: so_it_goes_2512  <mailto:so_it_goes_2512@...> <so_it_goes_2512@...>
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com>  
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 0:46
> Subject: [peel] Re: A new England
> 
> 
> Â  
> > Ah ok ,well while i`m coming out all guns blazing i do really think the
wedding present were probably the biggest mistake peel made in getting
behind, did thoroughly decent bloke and mate cloud peels judgement?there
awfull, just listen to mr gedge`s voice, he cant sing for toffees,that
awfull whine,i just don`t get the popularity with that band. anybody else
think peel got it badly wrong in championing any particular band?
> 
> Hi buddy, having seen them twice and played their stuff to death, I can't
go along with you on that one, but again it's only personal opinion, as I
repeatedly had to point out to those who bit my head off for negative
write-ups of Melt Banana and Radiohead on Teenage Kicks. Those two would
definitely be my bete noires, and while I'm at it, please add Sheena Easton,
Racing Cars, the Incredible String Band and Steveless to the list of those
acts John loved but which make me want to stick my head in the microwave
every time he plays them.
> 
> All the best
> Steve (TK)
>



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