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

[RobF]

Speaking of Oasis, I was glad that Peel never got behind them as I always
thought they were truly dreadful and unoriginal.

Been racking my brains all day for a band that Peel championed that I
couldn't stand, but I'm drawing blanks (although I never did much like
Steveless either)

Plenty of stuff that I really didn't get at the time (like The Ragga Twins
& the Bhangra stuff) but in hindsight and age I can appreciate what he saw
in them.

Never understood why he suddenly started liking Blur & Radiohead though.
Not often he was behind the curve

On 23 May 2012 15:36, Humphrey <thebarguest@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Actually, I like Elastica. Good toons and a very sexy warbler - can't go
> wrong. Were they "Britpop" ? If so, the exception that proves the rule. In
> terms of why the public buy a band, I reckon its 80 percent fashion, 20
> music eg Oasis.
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Humphrey" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, agree with Blur being cr*p. And all the so-called Britpop bands.
> > And Wedding Present were poor as were Bragg, early Smiths and all that
> so-called C86 gang. There WAS some good Peel-esque stuff in the mid-late
> 80's - Mekons (check out the amazing 'Ghosts Of American Astronauts'),
> Cocteaus, Wire, Colin Newman, Orb, Mondays, poss Stone Roses, David
> Sylvian. Maybe the outstanding quality of 78-82 new-wave spoilt me and was
> certainly too good to maintain ... I think when u hear mediocre stuff like
> C86, Pulp etc., u realise how good the likes of Magazine, Buzzcocks,
> Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Div, early OMD, early Human League, Fad Gadget,
> Stranglers etc etc actually were ... And the success of Radiohead is as
> baffling as that Libyan who just died being found guilty by Scottish
> "judges" (what's a "jury") !!
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken" <ken_garner@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 1. Blur
> > > 2. Principal Edward's Magic Theatre
> > > 3. Elastica
> > >
> > > ken
> > >
> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, MARK 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@>
> > > > To: "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 20:20
> > > > Subject: Re: [peel] Re: A new England
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Â
> > > > [sent twice, dont think previous one got through] Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
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> 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@>
> > > > 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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