E' morto John Peel

se n'é andato john Peel , non ho parole l'ho appreso in questi istanti durante un cazzeggio nei forum di cd "alternative" music
john peel é (stato) una figura eccezionale, dj della bbc talent scout animatore di etichette discografiche ... autentico padrino della scena pop britannica
la "raccomandazione" di Peel valeva come un biglietto da visita per qualsiasi band che sbucava nel panorama musicale
joy division, undertones (i suoi preferiti) smiths, xtc tutte le band del brit pop gli devono qualcosa....
impossibile poi dimenticare le mitiche Peel sessions che hanno visto protagoniste le + grandi band
sono triste

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/altnews/041026_john_peel.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/bio.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/features/peel_tributes.shtml?comment=...

era un grande sul serio... nonostante avesse contribuito a lanciare artisti ultratrasgressivi, Peel aveva uno stile di vita incredibilmente sobrio. Niente a che fare con certi patetici giornalisti musicali e dj cinquantenni col codino e il naso arrossato per il troppo uso di coca...

Ho letto da qualche parte che una delle sue passioni era andare ai festival con la famiglia a bordo del suo camper, lontano da hotel lussuosi e party (che detestava)

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questa é per John ....

Teenage Kicks

Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Every time she walks down the street.
Another girl in the neighbourhood.
I wish she was mine, she looks so good.
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night.

I'm gonna call her on the telephone,
Have her over 'cos I'm all alone.
I need excitement, oh I need it bad,
And it's the best I've ever had.
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night (alright).

Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Every time she walks down the street.
Another girl in the neighbourhood.
I wish she was mine, she looks so good.
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night.

I'm gonna call her on the telephone,
Have her over 'cos I'm all alone.
I need excitement, oh I need it bad,
And it's the best I've ever had.
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night (alright).

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight.
Get teenage kicks right through the night (alright).


La canzone preferita da Peel
opera di un gruppo di smidollati irlandesi The Undertones, la prima punk band dell'Isola

ramones decimati, beatles dimezzati, joe strummer andato...
ci stanno lasciando soli con robbie williams e gli oasis.
che vita!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

john peel
r.i.p.

eh già Ped ci tocca soffrire

ciao Zio John!

forum.apezzi.org/viewtopic.php?p=501#501

e'la seconda volta che torno sul forum dopo un po'di tempo e mi capita di leggere un necrologio...che sfiga...
cmq mi spiace per Peel, sono affezionata alle Peel Sessions dei Cure e degli Sleeper...

When John Peel’s sad, sudden death at the age of 65 was announced today (October 26) on BBC Radio 1, the station that had been his home for five decades, broke with programming and played The Undertones ‘Teenage Kicks’ – his all-time favourite song.

It was a fitting tribute to a man whose dedication and unerring passion for all that was fresh and vital and youthful and vigorous about music saw him reject the dictats and mores of broadcasting to pursue a singular path launching the career of hundreds of bands, and soundtracking the youth of millions of music fans.

Born John Robert Parker Ravenscoft in Heswall, near Liverpool, in 1939, Peel was the son of the wealthy owner of a cotton mill. He was sent away to boarding school in Shrewsbury, which he hated, an ordeal made bearable when he first heard Elvis Presley singing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’.

"Everything changed when I heard Elvis," he said. "Where there had been nothing there was suddenly something."

In 1959, after National Service, Peel moved to America where Beatlemania soon took hold. The Liverpool connection helped Peel land a spot as DJ on WRR radio in Dallas. He moved back to England in 1967, where he first joined Radio London, before moving to BBC Radio 1 for its launch. He was to remain with the station for the rest of his life, the only original DJ.

His style was immediately different to other presenters. He played the records from start to finish without interruption – which later became useful if you wanted to tape the tracks - providing an informative commentary for listeners. During his early period, Peel was a friend and supporter of some of the biggest names in rock. Marc Bolan, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix all recorded Peel Sessions and Peel famously once showed up on Top Of The Pops miming mandolin for Rod Stewart on the chart-topping‘Maggie May’.

As the 70s progressed, Peel’s tastes evolved. He was in the vanguard of punk, pushing the sounds of The Ramones, The Clash, The Undertones, The Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols, then latterly Joy Division. In the 80s, he kickstarted the careers of New Order, The Fall, Smiths and any number of other acts you care to name. We would never have heard the Pixies or Pulp or The White Stripes if it wasn’t for John Peel.

As the years rolled on, the scope of his radio show widened. He moved between gum-bleeding German techno, world music and the occasional Roy Orbison hit with ease – even if it was sometimes a little taxing for his legions of fans. Until recently, a place on his annual countdown of the best singles of the year – Peel’s Festive 50 – was a much sought-after berth for bands on independent labels.

In recent years, Peel built a new army of fans. His award winning ‘Home Truths’ programme on BBC Radio Four grew into a must-hear for middle-aged listeners in middle England. And his spots on the BBC’s ‘Grumpy Old Men’ – a series featuring irritated men of a certain age riling against the things they found most absurd about modern life – were frequently the funniest and most telling.

Balding, a little plump, a devoted father, grandfather and husband not to mention a big fan of genteel radio series The Archers, Peel kicked open the door for people like Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe, letting the mainstream programmers see that an audience existed for music that was not always a chart fixture.

His influence is immeasurable.

John Peel often told the story hearing ‘Teenage Kicks’ for the first time. He was driving in his car listening to the song on a demo tape. He was so overcome by the tune that he pulled onto the side of the road to have a cry.

There are thousands of people across Britain today who will have had a similar experience on hearing of his untimely death.

Paul McNamee

PEEL'S ALL-TIME FESTIVE 50

1 Joy Division, Atmosphere 4.10.00
2 The Undertones, Teenage Kicks 2.26.00
3 Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart 3.25.00
4 Sex Pistols, Anarchy In The UK 3.30.00
5 The Clash, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4.00.00
6 New Order, Blue Monday 7.25.00
7 The Smiths, How Soon Is Now? 6.45.00
8 Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit 5.01.00
9 The Smiths, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 4.02.00
10 This Mortal Coil, Song To The Siren 3.30.00
11 Robert Wyatt, Shipbuilding 2.59.00
12 Pulp, Common People 5.50.00
13 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Big Eyed Beans From Venus 4.23.00
14 Dead Kennedys, Holiday In Cambodia 3.44.00
15 Joy Division, New Dawn Fades 4.47.00
16 My Bloody Valentine, Soon 6.58.00
17 New Order, Ceremony 4.25.00
18 The Only Ones, Another Girl, Another Planet 3.03.00
19 New Order, Temptation 6.59.00
20 Joy Division, She's Lost Control 4.54.00
21 Wedding Present, Brassneck 3.55.00
22 The Smiths, This Charming Man 2.43.00
23 Sugarcubes, Birthday 3.59.00
24 The Fall, How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' 4.20.00
25 The Wedding Present, My Favourite Dress 3.56.00
26 Delgados, Pull The Wires From the Wall 3.47.00
27 My Bloody Valentine, You Made Me Realise 6.56.00
28 Joy Division, Transmission 3.36.00
29 Sex Pistols, Pretty Vacant 3.14.00
30 Pixies, Debaser 2.52.00
31 Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane 5.50.00
32 New Order, True Faith 5.51.00
33 The Clash, Complete Control 3.12.00
34 The Fall, Totally Wired 3.25.00
35 The Jam, Going Underground 2.54.00
36 Stereolab, French Disko 3.13.00
37 Jimi Hendrix Experience, All Along The Watchtower 4.00.00
38 The Fall, The Classical 5.16.00
39 The Damned, New Rose 2.43.00
40 Tim Buckley, Song To The Siren 3.15.00
41 Beach Boys, God Only Knows 2.53.00
42 Velvet Underground, Heroin 7.10.00
43 Nick Drake, Northern Sky 3.46.00
44 Bob Dylan, Visions Of Johanna 7.33.00
45 The Beatles, I Am The Walrus 4.34.00
46 Beach Boys, Good Vibrations 3.39.00
47 The Sundays, Can't Be Sure 3.25.00
48 Culture, Lion Rock 4.50.00
49 P J Harvey, Sheela-na-gig 3.10.00
50 Pavement, Here 3.56.00

JOHN PEEL: 1939-2004

Details of John Peel's funeral have just been announced.

John, who was Radio One's longest serving DJ, died last week whilst on holiday in Peru.

The funeral arrangements are as follows:

Date: Friday 12th November, 1pm
Venue: St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

A private family ceremony will then follow, but John's family have requested that this is not attended by the press or public.

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"A balance between things that you know people will like and things that you think people will like."
John Peel

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jack White al funerale

John Peel was one of Brtain's most loved broadcasters.

With a whiplash wit, a dry delivery and a total adoration and love of music in all its forms, Peel was a true one-off.
There was more to John Peel than spinning discs, curating the famous Peel Sessions and supporting bands with names like You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Napalm Death.
You may not know that he 'did time' in the army and he battled bullies at a posh boarding school. Glad to say he came out on top and with a healthy disregard for authority.
You also may not know that he sailed the high seas as a pirate (of sorts) and was known in his day to be quite a looker, winning the mass adoration from thousands of screaming teenage Beatlemaniacs across the Atlantic. His Liverpudlian roots were to blame for that!
Hopefully this biography will give you a little more insight into the man behind the microphone, splash a bit of colour on a kaleidoscopic life, and explain exactly why John Peel is so greatly missed by so many music fans

"I've always imagined I'd die by driving into the back of a truck while trying to read the name on a cassette, and people would say, 'he would have wanted to go that way.' Well, I want them to know that I wouldn't."