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munchkin · Post by **munchkin** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:44 pm

I think he'd say he was, 'slightly embarrassed by all the fuss" but it's inevitable and deserved. You can bet people like Jono will be siteing him as an influence (pass the sick bag.)

Hengy · Post by **Hengy** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:52 pm

very sad news,

not only for his immeasurable contribution to music,
but at only 65 he was still going so strong,
and still keeping me amused with that dry humour - one in a million, thanks for many many years of listening pleasure

my sympathies go to his family

Z3R0T0N1N · Post by **Z3R0T0N1N** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:07 pm

a twenty-one sad-face salute, to a great person.
...

Squonk · Post by **Squonk** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:27 pm

A truly intelligent guy. A sad loss.

MTMMike · Post by **MTMMike** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:41 pm

Quite simply the best DJ I ever heard. His FabricLive CD is my favourite from the entire series and his radio show is irriplaceable. How will new music get radio play now he's gone?

Mike

valley · Post by **valley** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:50 pm

hues · Post by **hues** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:57 pm

One of the best things about the internet (other than KvR) was for someone here in America to finally hear John Peel's show live. I've known about him since the early eighties, and to finally be able to listen to his show...

ezeeboogie · Post by **ezeeboogie** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:58 pm

A legend.

I can't put into words how I really feel right now.

Doug Nelson · Post by **Doug Nelson** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:01 pm

No disrespect, but I've never heard of him.

Evidently being a DJ in the UK is different than here in the US.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:06 pm

Doug Nelson wrote:No disrespect, but I've never heard of him.

Evidently being a DJ in the UK is different than here in the US.

not just any dj.

seriously

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:16 pm

Doug Nelson wrote:No disrespect, but I've never heard of him.

Another DJ (Andy Kershaw) tonight said that Peel was the most important figure ever in British popular music. He explicitly included Lennon and Macca in this.
It's a bold statement, but probably true.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:27 pm

Doug Nelson wrote:No disrespect, but I've never heard of him.

Evidently being a DJ in the UK is different than here in the US.

Hmmm...that's not really it.

More everybody's uncle John than anything else, I think. I think most of us here "grew up" with him from 1967 right through to today. He's been a constant in life which is why the fact he'll no longer be there is so hard to take. I just sort of assumed he'd always be around, or at least for another few decades! I never really understood the cult of the DJ; he was a world away from that anyway, and I think, infinitely more genuinely "cool" for that. I tend to think of DJ's as a bunch of superficial knobs who are paid over the odds to play other people's music, whereas listening to JP was more like going round to your older, more knowledgeable, but entirely modest and unaffected mate's house to listen to every kind of music you could think of, a few you couldn't (and some at the wrong speed!) to talk, laugh, and just be humbled by the guy's sheer...goodness!

It's a real shame you never heard of him - you missed a treat.

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:28 pm

I remember growing up listening to the Peel show with the lights off in my room. Heard a whole lot of stuff I would never have heard. I have an immeasurable amount of respect for him and the music he brought to me.
A genuinely sad day

NAS · Post by **NAS** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:29 pm

Im not a very emotional person but damn this brought a tear to my eye ,A great man lost.

Glassback · Post by **Glassback** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:43 pm

Doug Nelson wrote:No disrespect, but I've never heard of him.

Evidently being a DJ in the UK is different than here in the US.

I can honestly say I've never seen such a display of emotion or respect for any other radio DJ ever.

Definitely not any ordinary DJ - more an institution.
A man many many bands owe either success or just simply airplay where no-one else would, to.

He broke the mould and was both a rebel AND an incredibly nice man with a genuine passion for music.
He introduced generations to new sounds that otherwise wouldn't have been heard and at the same time gave the people making those sounds a break.
Often their first, sometimes their only.

I've listened to his show for about 30 years.
Something THAT engrained leaves a mark, you know?

Plus he had a really soothing voice and - as others have mentioned - a wicked, dry, observational humour.

It's almost impossible to imagine radio without him.
Let alone wonder what will be the future now for struggling underground bands?

No disrespect taken - if you were a regular listener, you'd understand the disappointment at suddenly realising you weren't gonna be hearing his fresh shows again.

He's also a category in his own right.

Any radio presenter on local radio who makes a point of playing unsigned local talent, gets dubbed *(insert name of town here)'s John Peel*

Trust me, I know.

John Peel RIP.