Thanks To John Peel

[sunny-dave]

Togo's thread reminded me of how much I miss John Peel - the sheer volume (ahem) of new music he introduced me to was staggering ... everything from Cream to The Pistols to The Smiths to Joy Division to some quite staggering electronica.

Let's start with :

[Ellipsis]

May as well play John's favourite ...

[sunny-dave]

Smiffs at their Smiffiest :

[davegosling]

You beat me to it, Ellipsis! It's his epitaph on his gravestone.

[sunny-dave]

Indeed Ellipsis - I seem to remember him playing it several times back-to-back when it was first released :)

[tonyav]

Blame that bloke Peel for this ;-)

[davegosling]

Although Lonnie Donegan was his all-time hero:
http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Lonnie_Donegan

[sunny-dave]

[tonyav]

[sunny-dave]

He also had a very soft spot for Roy Harper :

[davegosling]

He absolutely loved Napalm Death too. That's pushing it a bit for me, but ho-de-ho:

[mikey4444]

I miss his Saturday morning Radio 4 program.

[davegosling]

Not forgetting his favourite band, The Fall:

[davegosling]

That was Ed Stewart's Junior Choice, mikey...

[sunny-dave]

Ah yes - The Mighty Fall

A wonderful clattering racket :

[davegosling]

Let's try that again!

Not forgetting his favourite band, The Fall:

[tonyav]

[sunny-dave]

For our Friends in The North

[tonyav]

I'll post this c'us Peel liked them ( even though I didn't ).

[davegosling]

His "Festive 50" was always eagerly awaited. Amazing how it changed as new music replaced the dinosaur prog band which he absolutely hated, as he didn't believe that any sort of technical ability was necessary in rock 'n' roll.

http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/1976_Festive_Fifty

[sunny-dave]

As DG says, the lists are fascinating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/festive50s/