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

Ben Harrison abcdetc@...
Wed Jul 18 06:21:36 CEST 2012


Thanks.
Ugh.

My favourite bit of Beach Boys on Peel was probably Dawn of the Replicants
'Mary Louise' - where it goes all Beach Boys style. Otherwise... shrug.
Yes, I am a pleb.

Maybe I can cite medical reasons. I've tried. I have several of their
releases. But Pet Sounds gives me a headache. Literallly. The frequencies.

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM, so_it_goes_2512 <
so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi Ben
>
> For a long time I thought 'Good Vibrations' and 'God Only Knows' were wild
> cards in the 2000 All Time FF and that was it. However, a quick Wiki search
> turned up a fair few hits, including '409' (played on at least three
> occasions, two of them late on as well), and he seemed to like the Carl &
> The Passions album too. And yes, he played Pet Sounds on Radio London.
>
> All the best
> Steve (TK)
>
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Ben Harrison <abcdetc@...> wrote:
> >
> > Did Peel ever play Beach Boys?
> > More specifically: Pet Sounds
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM, so_it_goes_2512 <
> > so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Waits
> > > Motown (although he did play some)
> > > Depeche Mode (don't know if he hated them, but no sessions and no plays
> > > says something)
> > >
> > > Steve (TK)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I thought I might change this one around, for a laugh.
> > > >
> > > > I think in the early 70's, although he played them, he didn't like
> > > Genesis or Deep Purple (so long Jon), though I was quite partial to
> them. I
> > > don't think Peel ever took a shine to Hawkwind in the same way I did,
> > > either.
> > > >
> > > > At that time I felt he and Bob Harris played too much Little Feat,
> whose
> > > merits passed me by.
> > > >
> > > > In later years I really liked William Orbit and Lemon Jelly, and
> while
> > > they may have not been hated, seemed under represented on his shows.
> > > >
> > > > Of course it is well known that his triumverate of evil were Genesis,
> > > Yes and ELP, but who else did he hate that you like?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>


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