tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post7633480516575646746..comments2024-02-23T08:40:24.961+00:00Comments on Yes It's Number One: Put yourself in the picture: the 1000th showUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-76996081744339582432011-09-10T23:28:26.155+01:002011-09-10T23:28:26.155+01:00Oh, wow! That's sparked off a hitherto dormant...Oh, wow! That's sparked off a hitherto dormant memory. Lamarr said he was on the judging panel of some Awards or another in '93, and he & his fellow adjudicators voted unanimously in favour of awarding Radio Presenter of the Year to Peel, not in recognition of his regular show, but for his week standing in for Brambles. Fantastic! No wonder she's not on Loose Women anymore...Adam Maunder (alright - I'll stop soon, I promise)http://getoffmyfoot.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-30954133878386778432011-09-10T23:12:35.007+01:002011-09-10T23:12:35.007+01:00Should also point to this, part of that aforementi...Should also point to this, part of that aforementioned Peel Wiki, but good quality recordings have been found of John's week-long stand-in for Jakki Brambles on the lunchtime show in 1993, during which someone faxes the studio requesting he "play some real music": <a href="http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Category:John_Peel_Is_Jakki_Brambles" rel="nofollow">http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Category:John_Peel_Is_Jakki_Brambles</a>Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-5866474717342518362011-09-10T22:36:46.522+01:002011-09-10T22:36:46.522+01:00God bless Peel. I don't think I ever even list...God bless Peel. I don't think I ever even listened to the whole of one of his shows, but on the odd occasion towards the end, I'd tune in & hear... well, what DID I hear? The first Sonny Boy Williamson, Cliff Edwards aka 'Ukulele Ike' (or Jiminy Cricket in Disney's 'Pinocchio', if you prefer), thrash metal - all kinds of stuff.<br /><br />I know Mr. Williams posted a link to a Wiki site dedicated to his shows on the Creamguide a while back, but I can't remember the address for that, so instead, here's what was in his 142-strong Record Box, his favourite singles of all.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel%27s_Record_Box<br /><br />In furtherance to what Arthur was saying, the sheer range of stuff is breathtaking: rockabilly, reggae, electronica, punk, trad jazz... I've always been blown away by the amount of Southern U.S. soul he treasured - Mel & Tim, Eddie & Ernie, Johnnie Taylor, Sam & Dave, all of which seldom rates a mention in discussions of his musical loves, and clearly it meant the world to him (damn rightly).<br /><br />His total lack of snobbery - quite the most sensible attitude to take with something as serious as music - is reflected in his owning 2 copies of Sheena Easton's '9 to 5' (he always had a thing for her), or 'Down Down', surely the most quintessential of all Status Quo records. Plenty of humour there, too (and not just of the obvious, Bill Oddie parody kind).<br /><br />The amount of care he put into presenting TOTP is neatly reflected in that lovely RT piece; all those verbose, silly-costumed intros the Rhythm Pals burned so indelibly onto our mind's eye could only have been the product of love, and this shows it.<br /><br />With him gone, 6 Music is indeed quite the only place you can expect to hear much beyond the constant rotation of hits from either the 80s (why?) or now, and last Xmas, Radio 2 lost the one person doing something in any way similar when Mark Lamarr, tired of being shunted around the graveyard shifts, decided to sling his hook too. So I share the following link for anybody who misses the same anything-goes mixture of sounds Peel pioneered, in the hope you may find a drop of solace from its rather gorgeous contents:<br /><br />http://goej.blogspot.com/Adam Maunderhttp://getoffmyfoot.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-86947379531495002592011-09-09T13:39:39.509+01:002011-09-09T13:39:39.509+01:00And also, as proven here, he was never a musical s...And also, as proven here, he was never a musical snob, he knew exactly what Pops was about and he never slagged off anyone involved. In The Observer the other week they reprinted a piece he wrote about presenting Pops, where he said one of the most memorable moments was having a drink with Dan Hartman in the bar and intensely discussing toll roads.Steve Williamshttp://www.tvcream.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-43742431642126785502011-09-08T19:40:30.974+01:002011-09-08T19:40:30.974+01:00I tend to agree. People just saw him as Radio 1...I tend to agree. People just saw him as Radio 1's champion of punk rock, but Peelie's range was far more diverse (progressive and reggae being two other strings to his musical bow) and he gave a chance to acts who wouldn't have been given the time of day elsewhere in the schedule. 6 Music plays an important role these days but it's out on the fringes, while we get spoonfed the same r'b / Autotune / Buble puree from a dizzying range of mainstream stations.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-48806383751251930912011-09-08T11:25:27.849+01:002011-09-08T11:25:27.849+01:00You know, I don't think British music has been...You know, I don't think British music has been the same since John Peel died...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com