John Peel Day

[Beeercan]

1 year since last broadcast, Legend!!!


missing the Old Fella

 

[CHAPPERS]

Happy John Peel day everybody!

Radio 1 should be a good listen tonight for once.

 

[REDLAND]

Big party at the Concorde tonight to celebrate mr Peel, should be a good'un

 

[The Large One]

Big party at the Concorde tonight to celebrate mr Peel, should be a good'un

Who's on?

 

[On the Left Wing]

There's a superb itinerary of programmes on the BBC website for the day

 

[The Large One]

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

 

[clapham_gull]

I sat at John Peels kitchen table and he made me a cup of tea but I turned down the soup.

 

[CHAPPERS]

In association with BBC Radio 1, the second Thursday in October has offically been named John Peel Day as it is the anniversary of the last show that John did on Radio 1. Venues all around the country are getting involved by putting on shows featuring the very best up and coming new bands as a tribute to the great man. Lout Promotions and Concorde 2 have teamed up to present a Brighton Rocks Special featuring four of the hottest new bands from the south coast....

Line up:
Her Own Escape
The Dirty Social Disorder
Carlo Sandblow
Early Morning Soundtrack
Plus pecial guest DJ's:
Becky & Bobby from The Pipettes

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I'm going to see Half Man Half Biscuit in Liverpool. Could there be a more John Peel sort of gig? I think not. True to form, it's not part of R1's Peel celebrations.

 

[Raphael Meade]

john peel night at my club tonight.

@ buffalo bar at highbury corner. some ace bands and dj's..

any seagulls mention you are and you can come in for free innit

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I don't understand the fuss. He played records. People enjoyed them. He created a niche by promoting new bands.

But a Day for him. Plus they call it the "first" one. I do not understand.

 

[Oscar]

I don't understand the fuss. He played records. People enjoyed them. He created a niche by promoting new bands.

But a Day for him. Plus they call it the "first" one. I do not understand.

Totally agree. He was a DJ with an interest in music. He hardly changed the world did he. Sad that he passed away but that was last year - life goes on. This all sounds like a desperate attempt by Radio 1 to claw some listeners back. But, hey, it just my opinion.

 

[Stinky Kat]

he brought misty in roots to my ears - the man was a star

 

[LDH]

just a bit sad that radio 1 (during the daytime at least) plays shit commercial music aimed at people with no f***ing taste at all. I won't be listening to 'colin and edith' telling me how great he was then putting robbie wiliams on.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Totally agree. He was a DJ with an interest in music. He hardly changed the world did he. Sad that he passed away but that was last year - life goes on. This all sounds like a desperate attempt by Radio 1 to claw some listeners back. But, hey, it just my opinion.

Although the amount of bands that he actively encouraged to make music and put a lot of it down to him is quite extraordinary. There aren't many dj's out there that have had the impact he did in terms of getting records on the radio that otherwise may neer make it.

Pulp, Blur and Ash of recent years all put there success down to him.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

just a bit sad that radio 1 (during the daytime at least) plays shit commercial music aimed at people with no f***ing taste at all. I won't be listening to 'colin and edith' telling me how great he was then putting robbie wiliams on.

They'll play 'Teenage Kicks'.....




...then Will Young's latest.

 

[Gully]

Peel was a legend, his contribution to British music through the medium of Radio knew no parallell, he gave a leg up to countless different acts, some were obscure and remained so, others went on to achieve moderate recognition or for some fame and fortune.

I thank him for broadening my musical tastes to include the likes of Billy Bragg, The Bundhu Boys, The Pogues and The Fall, to name but a few. I think it is fitting that we remember his contribution and celebrate all things muscial, I heard Teenage Kicks earlier, cranked the radio up and bounced around the house.

Cheers John

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Peel was a legend, his contribution to British music through the medium of Radio knew no parallell, he gave a leg up to countless different acts, some were obscure and remained so, others went on to achieve moderate recognition or for some fame and fortune.

I thank him for broadening my musical tastes to include the likes of Billy Bragg, The Bundhu Boys, The Pogues and The Fall, to name but a few. I think it is fitting that we remember his contribution and celebrate all things muscial, I heard Teenage Kicks earlier, cranked the radio up and bounced around the house.

Cheers John

but most of all his role in 'grumpy old men' is what he will be known for

 

[The Large One]

I don't understand the fuss. He played records. People enjoyed them. He created a niche by promoting new bands.

But a Day for him. Plus they call it the "first" one. I do not understand.

I am afraid that shows a tragic lack of interest or appreciation in modern-day British culture and commerce.

Record companies effectively hold a cartel over the music industry - they have done this since before the charts started in 1952. In the 60s, there were four main labels who, with their subsidiaries, largely controlled what we listened to, mainly by greasing the DJs' already sweaty palms.

Peel cut through all this corporate bullshit and played what he wanted. If he hadn't done so, with so much genuine enthusiasm (as opposed to other DJs' critical vocabulary being limited to 'hey, wow, that's sensational'), so many great singers and bands (and a fair few shite ones) would not have seen the light of day, and we would have been landed with the soulless, turgid, banal drivel that we are now enduring much, much sooner.

The only thing I would say is that, while fans of Peel appreciate what Radio 1 is doing here, I can't help but think it a bit hypocritical, especially as they were at the forefront of this payola, and still are. Look at their daily (paid for) playlist - you can hear the same song three or four times a day, every day. That's not culture, that's commercialism.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

................ or he saw the way the wind was blowing and saw a niche to keep his job and life-style while others of his age and generation were losing theirs.

I have a "tragic" lack of interest in popular music that is true.