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Tuesday, October 26, 2004  5:45 am 

John Peel 1939 - 2004

Undertones - Teenage Kicks

John Peel was my best friend. At school he made me feel like there was something else out there and other people who were into the same thing as me.

John Peel died of a heart attack last night while on holiday in Peru.

We were very lucky to have you.

Play The Undertones at least twice in a row for him, and have a cry if you want

Cheers Peelie.


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3 Comments on “John Peel 1939 - 2004”

  1. 20jazzfunkgreats

    Tuesday, October 26, 2004   6:03 am

    RIP John Peel.

    http://www.planbmag.com/blogs/everett/index.php

    JuanFunkGreats

  2. 20jazzfunkgreats

    Tuesday, October 26, 2004   6:06 am

    Go on - name another DJ that means ANYTHING to you…

    It’s impossible. Because John Peel’s name stands
    alone.

    I hate radio DJs. Their smug self-importance.
    Their increasingly narrowing vision and unblinking
    adherence to commercial forces and
    corporate-funded playlists. Their annoying f*cking
    voices.

    John Peel was not like that. He just played
    records (the ones HE wanted to play), and those
    records changed my life. HE changed my life. More
    so than any single person involved in music.

    So it is with great regret that I bid farewell to
    John Peel. He would loathe all these eulogies for
    certain, but whether he liked it or not he was a
    legend. Music will be a considerably poorer place
    without him: He was a single majestic oak tree
    that stubbornly blocked the path of the corporate
    juggernauts, but now it has been felled, there
    will be nothing to hamper their ‘progress’.

    A sad day.

    (posted by Bob in Friendster)

  3. the cap'n

    Tuesday, October 26, 2004   12:16 pm

    I’ll be playing ‘Teenage Kicks’ and The Fall at work a lot tomorrow.This is one the saddest days of my life.

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