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

[MARK LUETCHFORD]

I have new found respect for Wedding Present as I have just discovered their cover of Lonnie's Cumberland Gap - they knew the way into Peel and my heart! And being able to sing has never meant much to me - Donegan, MarkE, Ian Curtis, Rotten etc Its the passion, the energy.

But also discovered on a tape I am digitising that he also had a bad time with Dr John when he met him and didn't play his records for 20 years. He seemed to have a track record of this sort of confrontation/falling out with folk which seems odd to me as he was always thought of as cuddly uncle John although Kershaw portrays him as a curmudgeonly Eeyore figure. He fell out with Bolan (when he stopped singing of elves and wizards and became a pop star), Zappa, Dr John - others?

Mark


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 From: Humphrey <thebarguest@...>
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Subject: [peel] Re: What was your most favourite band Peel hated?
 

  
I agree - chalk and cheese (or turd and toffee) ...

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Mike Parker <parkermike81@...> wrote:
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> Oh no i`m not having that, ian curtis had a great voice , GEDGE CAN`T SING FOR TOFFEES.
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>  From: JoE Silva <silva_uk@...>
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> Subject: [peel] Re: What was your most favourite band Peel hated?
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> I rarely find Zappa to be funny on record but I do agree that the first couple of Mothers records have some great stuff going for them musically. I played "Invocation..." from the Absolutely Free LP on my show a few weeks ago and got a great response. Most people didn't even realize it was Zappa. Working my way forward from here, but am prepared for a certain amount of disappointment. Can't agree with the Maestro about Yes though. Plenty of great stuff up until Topographic. He was right though about ELP. Apart from "Lucky Man" it's a tough listen. 
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> I do share the love he had for the Wedding Present though. I asked him once if he thought Gedge's voice at all reminded him of Ian Curtis. He was thoroughly confused at the mere suggestion of it :-)
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> JoE
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