Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Reticents - John Peel

Reticents - John Peel

Reticents' tribute to John Peel. From their farewell 4-track download EP 'I Want One Too' (www.smokingantrecords.com for more info etc). 'John Peel' (Hamilton/Toynton) radio plays white noise in the night pause the tape, thinks: "what is this shite?" turn it on again; it might be good you don't wanna drop off and miss terry edwards or his dubness lee perry or a rarity courtesy of morrissey reception starts packing up hit the transistor with your tea cup the dregs splash your nme on the moody shot of polly harvey a blast from the past - it's no action by elvis costello & the attractions who would dare to play such a thing to make your eyeballs dance and your heart sing? john peel view the art students dressed in black minds wrapped in three-chord anoraks holding down the snakebite propping up the bar discuss the whereabouts of the mighty wah! who championed tyrannosaurus rex and poor ian curtis before he got it in the neck and the floyd before they scored all that wedge frank! sidebottom, kev and lol david gedge who would follow roy orbison with misty in roots - well irie, mon? john peel no rock royalty, no courtiers or riders his in-tray was the outre, nature's nutters and outsiders the don, the fischer, the maniac with a synth a platoon of loons worship at his plinth frankie goes to pieces mark e. falls apart atv goes off-air vibrators won't start x ray spex are broken boomtown rats jump ship uk subs are sunk buzzcocks go limp slits are cut up wire has snapped someone's ...





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