John Peel ...#34

John Peel had perfect taste, he never was wrong in his musical choices.
First time I heard him, he was still working for the pirate radios , radio Caroline, radio London..
I remember that his show was introduced by the opening of "Interstellar overdrive" ..and when mentionning his wife he was calling her "the pig".
I remember Peel saying that his favourite record of all times was the Misunderstood's "children of the sun", this was in 1972..
End of the 70's, the favourite record had become the Undertones "Teenage kicks" and Peel would stick to this definitive choice.
I remember how Peel was introducing Toyah as being "dramatically attractive", I caught the idea and used the sentence myself.
I remember Peel discussing with the Mael bros from Sparks , they sounded witty.
I remember when John played Flamin Groovies songs on his BBC show.
Those live sessions are still true treasures, the Only Ones session is better than any record they released, ditto for Elastica...
John Peel was like a musical mentor to me... he made me listen to the Fall, and to the Pink Fairies..
I never found anything interesting in Oasis music, neither did Peel..
He had an encyclopedic erudition as far as musical knowledge goes, he was funny and had an unmistakable voice, he liked soccer and beer, a true british lad... he liked to spend holidays in France
I will miss him a lot !