i think someone just commented that the festive 50 will always have a lack of reggae/african music because of the 3 selections policy, but whatever happens it will be imperfect in some way..... at least John/the team felt it was more "fair" and that's good enough for me...after all we all have our own favourites....

as for buying Diblo, the best place is probably Sterns near Warren Street underground station the web site is http://www.sternsmusic.com/
but i guess you can search for other african music outlets.
hope this helps
Rob

Phyll@... wrote:

 

Personally i really enjoyed the festive fifty this year. Lots of good stuff there.  Yes loads of perenial 'Peel Favorates' but nicely devoid of fashion too - last years 50 had loads of Strokes stuff - none (suprisingly) this year, it seems Peels audience have moved on with him yet again.

And those bands who do come back year after year?  The Fall have ploughed a lonely furrow these last 25 years, they've chaged a little, but they've always been the Fall.  I can't see that they've really developed as a band much.  But the point is that there is no-one else out there being the Fall (or at least not doing it well) so they're still relevent.  Perhaps the nearest band to the Fall is HMHB - to dismiss them as merely a laugh is to miss the point entirely, they are to be sure flippant about their art, but they are no means one dimentional. As for the 'Underarms' (perhaps listening to a bit more HMHB would improve your punning skills) i was really impressed, i'd assumed that they were going to be a sad shadow of their early selves (which i think they'd managed to become in their origonal incarnation by the end) but no, this but of fat middle aged blokes had pulled out some really dynamic and origonal tumes - from what i heard in the 50 (i've not heard the record) (similarly the Buzzcocks are a band i expected to be a shit pub band when they reformed - but no their music is really new, fresh and stylistically a million miles from their origonal sound, but still really good.)  I didn't like B&S's makeover, but they are at least moving on.

I thought the 50 was great this year - and that the mix was probibly better than usual (i don't actually like most of the 'dance music' that Peel plays, but i love the variety anyway) - it's sad, but there's never been much of his reggae or african music playlist in the FF.

By the way - does anyone know where i can get hold of Diblo Dibale records? any recomendations?

Phyll   x.
 

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