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

[paul ackroyd]

hi phil, everyone,

also drawn in by the subject on this one - busy times and rarely get a
chance to look at these emails, but have enjoyed reading through this one.
for me there were a coupla shit tracks each show, can't think of any
*major* offenders, but usually just the dull/twee indie tracks.  but i
never especially minded hearing them, just looked forward to seeing what
gem was hiding around the next corner.  i listened to peel for about ten
years before he called it a day, and it was the finest musical education i
ever could've hoped for, something for which i'm eternally grateful to have
received.

re the fall though [mark luetchford, 27th may], never massively bothered to
be honest.  got about ten or so albums and there are some amazing tracks
within, but i don't feel the need to complete the set or owt.  not like
muslimgauze where i won't stop til i've got them all...

re melt banana live show lovin, was lucky enough to see them record a
session for peel at maida vale a while back - that drummer, wow!

actually, i do have an answer -  the smiths.  i hate them and anyone who's
ever been influenced by them.  amen.

hope you're all well
paul

ps youse lot really should listen to more techno :)
pps phil, that's a hellova lot of years of peel you listened to,
impressed/jealous!


On 14 July 2012 23:11, Phil Edwards <festive50@...> wrote:

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>  Had problems with my e-mail and just found this draft,****
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> So a belated post.****
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> I haven’t posted for a hell of a long time, but this post really appealed
> to me.****
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> 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.****
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> 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”.****
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> 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”.
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> 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
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> *Subject:* Re: [peel] Re: What was your most hated Peel favourite band?
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> Hmm
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> 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
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>
> On 23/05/2012 20:43, mr_maudlin wrote: ****
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> 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, MARK LUETCHFORD <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.Â
> >
> > ....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 <parkermike81@...> <parkermike81@...>
> > To: "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 20:20
> > Subject: Re: [peel] Re: A new England
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> >
> > Â
> > [sent twice, dont think previous one got through] Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
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> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  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 <so_it_goes_2512@...> <so_it_goes_2512@...>
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.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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