John Peel RIP

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11 with Lamacq (the tribute that is..) first we have to sit through 2 hours of Zane Lowe trying to sound sensitive and 2 hours of 'punk' rock first. great.

― jellybean (jellybean), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

terrible news. RIP mr. peel.

what a legacy to leave behind though...

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

It was How Soon Is Now by The Snmiths (marvellous thing this intrweb wotsit, can't recommend it enough - you really should try it sometime).

What's my prize?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

You are officially commissioned to raise Mr. Peel from the dead, if you could.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

This sucks.

RIP

I guess we'll probably never see a DJ have this kind of influence ever again huh?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

this is a really sad day and shouldn't be turned into an excuse to snipe at other radio 1 djs, no matter what you might think of them. in addition to being an irreplaceable pioneer of british broadcasting, on the few occasions i met him, john peel was an absolute gentleman, so let's behave similarly, at least on this thread. all i can say is all the best to his family and a big thank you to john himself for being an inspiration to me and so many others. rest in peace.

― stelfox, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

your prize, mr osborne, is a shawaddywaddy picture disc signed by DLT.
and THAT is the FUTURE of RADIO ONE.

― dr dan, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

That's the second garage rock king gone this month. Who will be the third? It's an old superstition.

John Peel's contribution to rock and roll is inestimable, may he rest in peace.

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

"your prize, mr osborne, is a shawaddywaddy picture disc signed by DLT.
and THAT is the FUTURE of RADIO ONE."

That is fantastic! A prize beyond my wildest dreams: especially since I already happen to have a picture of DLT that's been signed by all the members of Showaddywaddy - so I now have a complete set which I'm sure would really impress all friends, if only I had any!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

You should organise a festival in that back garden of yours, along the lines of Donington, and make friends there.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Just before I found out I was listening to my joy division/new order cassette, made when I was listening to him.

R.I.P

:-(

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish I'd thought of that.

(x-post)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I listened to him only a couple of times in the late '90's when the BBC just started providing webcasts, and yet and yet he still gave my share of little epiphanies: he's where I first heard Ruins, for example, and Yeah Yeah Noh's "Biased Binding." Probably others I'm forgetting at the moment.

It's curious that he's an obviously had an enormous effect on rock music in general, and is revered as a cultural force in the UK, but outside of alt-rock fans here, his name barely registers. CNN had a small obit on their frontpage, but so far nothing on MTV's, Rolling Stone's and Spin's sites (though it might be early for them).

Right now I think I'll play Bridget St. John (yet another artist he nurtured) in tribute.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

noel edmonds paying tribute to john peel on radio 4? i have fallen into a parallel universe.

― dr dan, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

and is revered as a cultural force in the UK

that's the one thing that cheers me slightly: that we did love him, and we did show that love.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

It is a little known fact that John Peel helped "break" the Beatles in America in the early 60s. let me find the link.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

here is the bbc bio:

John was born in Heswall near Chester, and after completing his military service in Britain in 1962, went to Texas and began working for WRR radio in Dallas. At this time The Beatles success was reaching its peak and John with his Liverpool connections found it helped his ratings to claim acquaintance with the group. He was in Dallas when John F Kennedy was shot and was at the press conference just before Lee Harvey Oswald was shot.

For the next three years he moved to various radio stations in America, among them KOMA in Oklahoma City and KMEN outside Los Angeles. He returned to Britain in 1967 and joined Radio London with the celebrated show The Perfumed Garden.

John has been with Radio 1 from the beginning in 1967, establishing himself with the late night programme Top Gear. John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae, hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream. Almost anyone who is anyone in the world of music has recorded a session for Peel.

Apart from regularly topping music paper Best DJ polls, John won the 1993 Sony Award for Broadcaster of the Year and in 1994 was named Godlike Genius by the NME. He also presents Home Truths for Radio 4.

John has been awarded a host of Honorary Degrees MA (University of East Anglia), Doctorates (Polytechnic University of East Anglia and Sheffield Hallam University), Hon. Degrees (Liverpool University, Open University, Portsmouth University, Bradford University) and a Fellowship (John Moores University Liverpool).

John is a lifelong fan of the Archers. He lives in Suffolk with his wife Sheila, affectionately known as The Pig.

John recently celebrated 40 years on the air and continues to seek out the best new music around.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. I don't know what to say. RIP.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ironically, the tribute is going out on John Peel's normal time slot.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure SPIN (and probably the others) will have something eventually. When I first started going to indie-friendly record stores I kept wondering what these "Peel Sessions" CDs were and it was a SPIN article in the early '90s that explained it to me. There's Peel Sessions on that new Pavement reissue, right? At least that will be something to reference if anybody finds themself trying to explain who the guy was.

RIP.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Does anyone remember John introducing Julian Cope on Top Of The Pops with " If this isn't number one next week I'll come round and breakwind in your kitchen"

Play it loud and play it fast tonight.

Steve

― Steve WC (Steve WC), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Too young.

― Piers (piers), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

WFMU has a picture of him on their website.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, when I was 14 or 15, I automatically identified "Peel Session" as being a stamp of quality. I bought every one I could find and, in the process, defined not only my earliest musical tastes, but a lot of what I still listen to today.

Though I never actually heard his show until I streamed it online a couple years ago, I still feel like I've known the man for ever. Like he was a close friend (which seems to be how a lot of people feel).

I'm inexplicably a wreck over this.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

growing up in us did not have much opportunity to hear the shows but remember hunting down peel sessions on record and poring over lists. he without a doubt helped shape my musical identity which is a huge part of who i am.

(this made me think of the thread on ile asking abt present-day heroes. seeing this thread made me realize that john peel was one of mine.)

― H (Heruy), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Good grief, I honestly thought he was just going to last forever and ever. I'll crank up "being boiled" tonight as a kind of personal tribute, I guess. Who could replace him?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"It is a little known fact that John Peel helped "break" the Beatles in America in the early 60s."

Yay! Time for our favourite John Peel stories!

Apparently he once jacked in his job to drive Don Van Vliet and Drumbo around in his mini while they were on tour!

Oh and you all just absotively, posilutely have to listen to this!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

but outside of alt-rock fans here, his name barely registers

he was also a big champion of electronic music so please save your generalizations for elsewhere.

― tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I always loved how his speaking voice seemed to increase in charm and sparkle as he grew older.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw John Peel outside HMV in Oxford Street yesterday - he's tiny and gnome-like. Then when I went inside HMV I saw Danny Kelly (who, conversely, is enormous) knocking over a rack of Morrissey CDs (more in sorrow than in anger I reckon) then shuffling off like a naughty school boy, leaving a member of staff to pick up the fallen CDs.
-- Dataismus (kcoyne3...), October 15th, 2004.

― Deadaismus? (Dada), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

... note the date

― Deadaismus? (Dada), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

holy shit! RIP.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, "alt-rock" was a hasty choice of a word on my part -- I was left clutching at straws trying to think of something to cover his love of Japanese noise and the Wedding Present and happy hardcore and sixties R&B etc. etc. I almost said "left of the dial stuff."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Can anyone confirm that Peely was the first (?UK national?) DJ to play Wham's 'Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)'?

I swear I remember listening to it on his show (under the bedclothes on a schoolnight, natch) at least 6 months before they blew up...

― slim_cop, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

This is, I think, the least jaded RIP thread in ILX history. Indicative of the man. RIP, John.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

what a horrible bit of news to wake up to.

only since the internet have i really had a chance to hear his shows,but i still have enormous respect for the man and what part he has played in forming my musical tastes.

truly sad.

― william (william), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I was left clutching at straws trying to think of something to cover his love of Japanese noise and the Wedding Present and happy hardcore and sixties R&B etc. etc. I almost said "left of the dial stuff."

And big band, and Zimbabwean pop, and UK garage, and J-Pop, and techno, and folk, and hiphop and country etc...

Weirdest thing I ever heard him play - Naomi Campbell's 'Ride A White Swan'. He liked it!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

this is fucking awful. I've never even heard his radio show and I find it depressing. RIP. what a loss for the music world.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Since a lot of people in North America became familiar with Peel through buying Peel Sessions (when there weren't any techno/electronic PS's available) then there is truth to the statement that he only registered with alt-rock fans here. Those people might have discovered Peel through Joy Division, The Smiths, The Fall, etc., but that's in no way placing limits on the man's musical preferences (or those of the "alt-rock" fans, for that matter).

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Listening to Peel as a teenager shaped my musical tastes forever, and has no doubt influenced the person I am now, the places I go and the friends I keep. He will be sadly missed. RIP.

I'm now going home to play the Mary Chain and The Fall loud enough to make the neighbours bang the wall. Then I'll sooth them wih "Another Day" by This Mortal Coil when hey come round to complain.

multiple xpost - some of the Festive 50 stuff [1983-1989] that aldo_cowpat mentions upthread is also available from my slsk folder, username Onimo. I'll stick the machine on as soon as I get home (7pm) and you can help yourselves.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Devasting, awful news. I've always been so impressed that such an alternative show like Peel's was able to flourish for so long in the mainstream. Inredibly inspiring...

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark E Smith was just on 6 Music saying about how chuffed he was that Peel had said that The Fall's last (final...) session was his favourite.

RIP

― neil tacus (tacit), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Terrible news. The community radio station in Madison WI would broadcast the Peel show when I was a teenager...it was so cool to hear what seemed to me an "old guy" genuinely get his rocks off on all this weird,cool, noisy music. My favorite bands wouldn't exist if John Peel hadn't walked among us. May all of us be so young and passionate at heart. RIP.

― Bren (Bren), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

a colleague has just come over to gently remind me that our advance radio listings will all have to change before we print the magazine tomorrow.

this had not even occurred to me.

fuck. taking his name out of the listings is gonna really bring this home. i think i'm going to get someone else to do it: seriously.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I listen to bands' demo tapes almost exclusively in the car, in the two-hours' drive back home. [...] I know that I'm going to die trying to read the name of some band in the headlights of a car behind me, and then drive into a truck in front. People will say, "Oh, this is the way he would have wanted to go."

from p221 of Simon Garfield's 'The Nation's Favourite'

― Acme (acme), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

gutted, thought he would outlast us all. :(
i'd like to point out that he had a regular half hour show on the World Service, so there are people all over the world who owe the man a debt.
r.i.p.

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i wonder what will happen to his autobiography which he was writing - i'm sure they'll get it out but it will be rather more sombre now

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

R.I.P. Big respect. Remember first time listening to his show on BBC. That guy played some punk rock, some japanese glitch and german industrial drum'nbass. It just blew my mind...

― karl76 (karl76), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember Peel playing Level 42's 'Running In The Family' when it was high in the charts. That, and the Ohio Players, Prince Far-I, and Duran Duran's 'Planet Earth'.

― Edmundo (Edmundo), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

my listened to john peel lots. the last time i heard his show was about 4 weeks ago in her car and he played "weak mcs" by jookie mondo which says it all really.

― se15, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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