I'd told him my name was "Steven with a v", so, of course, that is what he'd written!
― Steve Warner, Thursday, 13 October 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kenchie, Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― David Frater, Thursday, 13 October 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, if that doesn't get to number 1, I'm going to shave off DLT's head
― Aboodi Shabi, Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Scott, Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― David Earlam, Thursday, 13 October 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I still have this on tape - one of my most cherished recorded moments. To be precise, it was Kylie's "Put Your Hand On Your Heart" which was pummelled out of the way by a track by Japanese thrash band SOB.
Oaf
― Oaf, Friday, 14 October 2005 06:22 (eighteen years ago) link
(btw, peel's last show was 14th October last year, not the 13th - it was the thursday but this year the 14th is a friday so they've moved it forward a day - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/tracklistings/peel_archive.shtml?20041014
the bbc don't seem to link to the tracklisting archive anymore. they are still there, just not linked to from anywhere that i can see. a pity)
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 14 October 2005 10:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roy Goulbourn, Friday, 14 October 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.cubanboys.co.uk/
― everything, Saturday, 15 October 2005 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― mariemarie, Sunday, 16 October 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
"...I believe thats referred to as intelligent drum and bass, which obviously means there's a genre of stupid drum n bass out there...."
Genius. What a guy...
― Dave Justice, Sunday, 16 October 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned T.Rifle, Monday, 17 October 2005 07:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob Clarke, Monday, 17 October 2005 08:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul Slade, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 07:51 (eighteen years ago) link
btw... never have i seen so many records and cd's....!!
― fuztownsend, Friday, 21 October 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Richard Price, Saturday, 22 October 2005 08:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Richard Price, Saturday, 22 October 2005 08:11 (eighteen years ago) link
(with a sense of awe in his voice)"...... welll I liked to see you do that electronically chaps!" to the audience.
Beautiful man were Peel.Since his passing, I trully haven't listened to Radio 1 since. There trully is no one that can hold a light to him.FACT!
― Phil Vickery, Saturday, 22 October 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
If anyone has anymore links to mp3's etc, t'would be massively appreciated.
:o>
― Davy G, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― ally may, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vince G, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Peel's biography, Margrave of the Marshes, is currently being read by an actor with totally the wrong kind of Liverpool accent on Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. Peel's syntax (which often worked well in short journalism) is tortuous and laboured; he strains too hard for effect. As a result, you need to concentrate hard to follow the story, and the final impression is of someone protecting himself from any real revelation (and vulnerability) by quirky faux-jovial humour and a rather forced attempt at "breezy charm". I know Peel admired Vivian Stanshall's variety of dry, eccentric English humour, but he isn't quite able to pull it off himself. Perhaps he just wasn't feeling the necessary joie de vivre for this style during his last couple of years.
― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark Stanfield, Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
one of my favourites:
...after playing a record....
"Mmm..think I played that at the wrong speed.......sounded better for I think"
― James S, Friday, 28 October 2005 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Unfortunately I cannot remember the name of the band, but after the track finished he dryly remarked.
"A somewhat disappointing track there, on an otherwise flawless album."
― Jon T, Friday, 28 October 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alan Treacy, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Richard Thompson, Thursday, 3 November 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
anyway, sheila must have read this thread as my 'fades in gently' quote gets a mention, as does my nom de plume - stirmonster. how queer!
btw, ilm is referred to as a dimly lit corner of the internet. ha!
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 6 November 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Opening gambit circa 1987: "Sit back and unravel your jumpers to the limpid beauty of A Witness".
We need an archive of the shows, people.
― Jeff Jepson, Monday, 7 November 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 7 November 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daanko, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link
'This one's dedicated to anyone doing their O levels at the moment. Ah, don't worry about it. I only got 4 O levels and I did OK. If I got a few less I could have got a daytime radio job...'
― rob clarke, Saturday, 12 November 2005 10:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 12 November 2005 10:36 (eighteen years ago) link
JP... "Oh. Well, er, I've got a Scratch Pervert here. Is it broken? Oh. OK. Er, hang on. You mess about with that and I'll see if I can find something to... er... play. Right. OK, here's something to listen to and we'll see if we can get this fixed. I've no idea what this is, by the way. Are you OK?".
He was just brilliant.
― Dan K, Friday, 18 November 2005 10:04 (eighteen years ago) link
'i cant believe we ve been on air for 12 minutes and i ve not yet played anything by the white stripes'
― TedMaul, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:43 (eighteen years ago) link
song ends... "And that's Any Trouble and it's called Yesterday's Love. Was is Coventry you said, was it, Ian? The other day apparently they were playing one of these tapes in Coventry and people were just standing there listening to them and not buying any records. And, of course, the message in any shop -- and in the Virgin stores no less than in any other -- the message is CONSUME! CONSUME! Buy! Buy! ...and then fuck off out of the shop."
― mcnichol, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 25 November 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 25 November 2005 09:18 (eighteen years ago) link
"i do think this is the best radio program in the world, i mean i know that sounds a bit big headed. but its nothing to do with me, really. does it sound big headed to you? I think it really is, i dont think there is a better radio program in the world."
― adam neil, Tuesday, 13 December 2005 10:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Haven't got any Whitney tonight, Janice, but here's Bolt Thrower"
― carl lyons, Thursday, 15 December 2005 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― JDW, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d148/jonwilliamspwn/JonWilliams.jpg
Sometimes I think I'll go mad with the wonder of it all
― reckoning (reckoning), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
"Somebody brought me a little white label of a record, unmarked, and I haven't had a chance to listen to it except during that long Dylan record a moment or so ago. And it turns out to be the debut single by Generation X. And that, I feel, is something I should share with you."
Also in 1977 he contrived another listening break for himself:
"At the beginning of the programme I mentioned that we were going to play you three versions of Hey Jude, and indeed we are. The first and the third of them are by Godfrey Daniels and they are excellent - almost as good as the one in the middle in fact."
We were then treated to a glorious doo-wop rendition and soulful ballad with towering Phil Spector-style 'wall of sound' production, separated by The Beatles' definitive version. Thirteen minutes later...
"Three versions of Hey Jude. And are you still with me!"
Wonder what he was listening to on this occasion? Answers on a postcard...
― David Healey, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jimmy Pinch, Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link