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

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Heresy time - I bloody loathe the Undertones. The fact that I'm 
a glasses-wearing Terry who has a degree in maths & physics may have 
something to do with it ;)

Plus, every Wedding Present song sounds to me like one of 100 variations 
on Gedge growling bitterly "I lie awake at night thinking of you and him 
sleeping in the bed I paid for."

Terry Wiley


> I've changed the message title as I'm enjoying this and wanted 
> others to take part.
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> 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.
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> 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.�
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> ....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.
> 
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> 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.
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>  From: Mike Parker <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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> � 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. �
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>  From: 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
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> > 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.
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> All the best
> Steve (TK)
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