Downloading old John Peel shows and dancing around the room to Joy Division et al, Classic or.. well that's about it, really. Thread title ends.

See, this is why I love getting drunk and staying up til 4AM when the Brits finally get on ILX and life sorta seems worth living again. I don't always manage it on the weekends and how I've managed it tonight, I'm not really sure.

Perhaps needless to say, this is a fantastic post, Mark G. Roll on.

I listened to the Colin Murray show a few Thursdays ago. Or at least attempted to. Give him a chance, it's only fair.

Following approximately nine years of jingles, all emphasising R1's commitment to NEW MUSIC, I waited to hear what he had to play.

He began with "Why Can't This Is Love?" by Van Halen. A hit 22 years ago.

I didn't bother with the rest.

If that's Radio 1's idea of NEW MUSIC then no I don't TRUST them and they should be privatised now.

Meanwhile, on the other side it's Radcliffe and Maconie and cheeky Ovaltines and Eric Clapton and the Fleet Foxes and WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A DISCO RECORD BUT PLEASE DON'T SWITCH TO VIRGIN IT'S GOOD HONEST.

Peel never apologised for playing anything, except when he played the wrong track and/or at the wrong speed.

This is a good time for me to remind people (as I am wont to do, repeatedly) that Peel called Clapton a "nincompoop".

I also loved him for saying that there was "not a fucking chance" he was going to play The Eagles, but never mind.

Oh, but Peel did play The Eagles. And in 1977, as well. Specifically "The Last Resort", for which he admitted to having a soft spot.

No fucking way, dude. Wow.

http://www.jonhorne.co.uk/jptapes/jptapesrewound.html

What will I do when I've run through these?

Didn't Irvine Welsh write a story on that theme?

I don't know.

Oh, but Peel did play The Eagles. And in 1977, as well

He was keen on Jackson Browne too, whose stuff you'd occasionally here even in the 80's and 90's. Not very often though.

this could be a little too emotional for me.
but i'm going in for the 1986 festive 50.
am i the only one who gets shivers up their spine upon hearning his dulcet tones again ?
whata great site mark .. ta for the pointer.

"hearning" !?
fucking typos.
its an internet version of playing a record at the wrong speed, i just cant help myself even after all this time.

I don't recall Snooker Loopy turning up in the 1986 Festive 50.

I wouldn't bet against it.

A number of times he'd play something like that, and I'd think "hah! those corny students have all voted for the SAME IRONIC vote and it's been big enough to get it at number 24"

and then he'd go "Not really" and play "Decades" Joy Division...

No, as far as '86 was concerned I remember him being seriously pissed off because (a) there was an entry by the Mission and (b) most of the top ten were Smiths tracks.

ah well, it's right there for to check it...

ahh. the beginning of the rot before the "Phantom Fifty" situation.

ie. his disatisfaction at the choices due to their supposed predictability.

Wishing I could do this right now. I can't, people are trying to sleep, but fuck. I miss John Peel.

He's truly my idol, his zeal and passion across many genre's is still inspiring. And I didn't get to listen to him weekly like many of you lot!

This is possibly one of the best ILX thread titles in existence!

Funnily enough I was just watching an old recording of Mark Radcliffe interviewing Peel at Glastonbury in 1995. I miss that sardonic humour of his a bunch.

Well.

Soundcloud had 450 shows uploaded, approx.

Then they vanished.

A friendly soul gave me a new link, which worked.

That's now gone as well.

Ah well... I managed to grab 2 shows, one being his "40th birthday" show where he played 40 tracks he 'wanted to hear' and where I (and a lot of other people who mentioned it to me in conversation) heard "Bafflin' smoke signals"..

i grabbed one from every year from 75 to the end, and its been a pleasure listening through em

the best are some of the Virgin megastores radio hours he did - where between every 3rd or 4th song he makes a joke about how stupid their staff are.

A few shows here.

Needs a username/password.

There's a pop-up window for that: peel / group

Marv!

Oddly enough, I dug a box of Peel tapes from the mid 80s out of the attic this week to play in the car, it's been great to hear him again. You tend to forget his humour, his eclecticism, his humility, how it wasn't about him and but was all about the records. Reminds me why I rarely listen to the radio these days.

Mark, the box tells you what the username and password are.

You tend to forget his humour, his eclecticism, his humility, how it wasn't about him and but was all about the records. Reminds me why I rarely listen to the radio these days.

^^^ otm.

I'm sure that box was different before.

It's probably a coincidence that my interest in indie rock has faded more each year since Peelie left us. But maybe not. the world still needs people of taste to sort through the dross.

Possibly, but hadn't Peelie's interest in indie rock also faded nearly completely by then?

(Pulp and the White Stripes notwithstanding)

I tuned into 6 music a few months back. The DJ put on Heroes in German, then proceeded to delight us all with his hilarious Bowie impression...again and again and again. Curious that there was a massive campaign to save that station. I miss Peel.

Yeah..

I was thinking this morning, how much he'd have loved the ILX "Lulu" albums.Convinced that "You never had a Little Dog" would have made the festive 50...