John Peels Favorite Tracks....

[soundood]

John Peel, my radio DJ Idol of all time, had a collection of songs that over the years he collected in his 'special' little box under his main play area, an ecliptic mix as you would expect, from Teenage Kicks to Nilson's – Without You,

but one band stood out in that collection, a Band that had more entry's than any other, and a band that John went on to let perform on many 'Live Sessions' later to be compiled into the 'Complete John Peel Sessions'

Full List, Sorry no spoiler wrap on this forum)
Al Casey – Surfin’ Hootenanny/Easy Pickin’
Al Ferrier – I’m Not Drinking More/Don’t Play Blue Eyes
Alan Price Set – I Put A Spell On You
Andy Capp – Popatop Reco/The Lion Speaks
Anemic Boyfriends – Guys Are Not Proud/Bad Girls In Love
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand The Rain/I’ve Been There Before
Anti-Social – Traffic Lights/Teacher Teacher
Arthur K. Adams – Wildwood Flower/I’ts A Wild Wild Wild Wild Wildwood Flower
Big Stick – Drag Racing/Hell On Earth
Bill Oddie – Harry Krishna/On Ilkia Moor Bah T’at
Boards Of Canada – Aquarius/Chinook
Bobby Lee Trammel – If You Ever Get It Once/Don’t You Know I Love You
Cat Power – Headlights/Darling Said Sir
Charlie Feathers – Deep Elm Blues/Nobody’s Darling
Cheese – Dancing Queen/Direwolf
Clague – The Stride/ I Wonder Where
Clefs Of Lavender Hill – Stop! – Get A Ticket/First Tell Me Why
Cleveland Crochet – Sugar Bee/Drunkards Dream
Don Covay – It’s Better To Have/Leave Him
Don French – Lonely Saturday Night/Goldie Locks
Dreamland Express – Groovy/Ufo
Easy Teeth – Car Noise/Her Blade
Eddie & Ernie – Time Waits For No One/That’s The Way It Is
Electro Hippies – Mega-Armageddon Death
Elmore James – The Sky Is Crying/Standing At The Crossroads
Fireman – Old Smokie/Louies Theme
Freshman – You Never Herd Anything Like It/Bombing Run
G.L. Crocket – It’s A Man Down There/Every Hour, Every Day
Greater Davis – For Your Prechious Love/Wrapped Up In You
Gene Dozier & The United Front – Give The Woman What They Want/The Best Girl They Ever Had
Gollnski Brothers – Bloody/Toy
Green Horns – Stayed Up Last Night
Hooten 3 Car – Danny/Numena
Soledad Brothers – Sugar & Spice/Johnny’s Death Letter
Idle Race – Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree/My Fathers Son
Izzy Race – Coronation Street
James Bond And The Undercover Men – Hot Rod Lincon/Come On Up
Jerry Byro – Memories Of Maria/Invitation
Jody Reynolds – Endless Sleep/Western Movies
Johnnie Taylor – I’ve Been Born Again/At Night Time
Johnny Adams – You’re A Lady/I Wish It Would Rain
Johnny Fortune – Dragster/Soul Surfer
La Peste – Black/Better Off Dead
Larry Bright – Mojo Workout/I’ll Change My Ways
Laurie Anderson – O Superman/Walk The Dog
Lee Perry – Baffin Smoke Signal/Black Smoke Signal
Lightning Hopkins – Mojo Hand/Glory Be
Marc Bolan – Marc Bolan Talking To Stevie Dixon 1973
Mary Monday – Gave My Punk Jacket To Richie/Popgun
Max Romeo – Sipple Out Deh/Revelation
MC5 – Looking At You/Borderline
Medicine Head – Cost To Cost/All For Tomorrow
Mel And Tim – Starting All Over Again/It Hurts To Want It So Bad
Meow - Kat Nip/One Night Stand/Anthem/Kill Kill Kill
Mickie Lee Lane – Tuitti Fruitti/With Your Love
Mike Spencer And The Cannibals – Good Guys/Nothing Takes The Place Of You
Nice – Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
Nilson - Everybody’s Talkin’
Nilson – Without You
O.V. Wright – That’s How Strong My Love Is/There Goes My Used To Be
Paul Blake & The Blood Fire Possie – Every Possie Gets Flat/Flat Out
Paul Revere And The Raiders – Him Or Me-What’s It Gonna Be?/Legend Of Paul Revere
Pavement – Demolision Plot J-7
Pocket Fisherman – Yr Story/The Leader Is Burning
Quads – You’ve Gotta Jive/There Must Be Thousands
Ray Martin – Blue Tango/Bell Of The Ball
Revelino – Step On High
Rod Bernard – This Should Go On Forever
Roshell Anderson – The Grapevine Will Lie Sometimes/Such A Beautiful Thing
Roy Head – Treat Her Right/So Long My Love
Sam And Dave – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down/Sooth Me
Sacha Caro – Grade 3 Section 2/Little Maid’s Song
Scrugg – Will The Real Geraldine Please Stand Up And Be Counted/Only George
Sheena Easton – 9 To 5/Moody
Siphon Bhengu – Tickay Dopies/I Saluti
Some Chickens – New Religion/Blood On The Wall
Spit Out – O From I/Tan/Riot ‘N Roll
Stanly Winston – No More Ghettos In America/It’s Alright
Status Que – Down Down
Super Sister – No Tree Will Grow/She Was Naked
The Beatles – Come Together/Octopuses Garden/Something
The Big Three – You’ve Gotta Keep Her Underhand/If You Ever Change Your Mind
The Factory – Path Through The Forest/Gone
The Galatic Symposium – Ymca/Money
The Legion Of Super-Heroes – The Great Name Dropper Pt1/Pt2
The Mark Four – Hurt Me If You Will/I’m Leaving
The Mighty Avengers – So Much In Love/Something They Say
The Misunderstood – I Can’t Take That To The Sun/Who Do You Love
The Move – I Can Hear The Grass Grow/Wave The Flag, Stop The Train
The Negatives – Love Is Not Real/Stakeout
The Nightcaps – Wine Wine Wine/Nightcap Rock
The Ramrods – Zig Zag/Riders In The Sky
The Smoke – My Friend Jack/We Can Take It
The Squirrels – Oz On 45/Alone Again
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn’t Have
The Upholsters – Makers Of Hight Grade Suits
The Upsetters – Bucky Skank/Yucky Skank
The Upsetters – Key Card/Domino Game
The Users – Sick On You/I’m In Love With Today
The Versalites – Cutting Razor/Black Belt Jones
The White Stripes – Lafayette Blues/Sugar Never Tasted So Good
The White Stripes – Party Of Special Things To Do/Ashtray Heart
The White Stripes – Merry Christmas From….
The White Stripes – It Take Two Baby/Fell In Love With A Girl
The White Stripes – Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
The White Stripes – Hand Springs
The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
The White Stripes – Lord, Send Me An Angel
The White Stripes – The Big Three Killed My Baby
The White Stripes – Hello Operator/Jolene
The Henchmen Feat. Jack White – Some Other Guy/Psycho Daisies
2 Star Tabernacle – Rambling Man
The Wildbunch – Danger (Feat. Jack White)
Travis Wammack – Fire Fly/Scratchy
Various Artists – Surprise Package Vol. 2 (Feat White Stripes, Rocket 455 & The Blowtops)
Various Artists – Surprise Package Vol. 3 (Feat. The Real Pills, Mhz, The Dirtbombs)
Xl-Capris – My City Of Sydney/Dead Bugies
Yami – Richer Than Cory
Yardbirds – Happenings Ten Years Time Ago/Psycho Diaries

I of course am talking about 'The White Stripes'

for me I could never get it, I always thought they were crap, gimmicky, incestuous (see google for rumours with Jack Black and Sister Meg)

recently as a lover of John peels recommendations, I decided to revisit them, and try and understand why he thought they were so good?

now I get it, I wont explain, but let you decide, do you 'get' the White Stripes?

I will start with my favorite track at the moment, and by way an introduction to them (if you are not already into them),




and follow up with another couple of tracks, that I think explain why I like them now, leaving me wondering how deep the rabbit hole goes, so to speak....

enjoy,

[demonloop]

Love White Stripes.

[bobbee]

Jack and Meg were married, not related by blood.

Fave song is "Catch Hell Blues".

[Kirk280]

I think they are a great band, and their music always reminds me of my favourite 'indie/ rock' club in Edinburgh, the Citrus Club.

[soundood]

Jack and Meg were married, not related by blood.

Fave song is "Catch Hell Blues".

Yes later this was confirmed, but at the start they made out they were 'brother and sister' as they thought no one would take them seriously as a duo, this led to the rumours of Incest.

I think they are a great band, and their music always reminds me of my favourite 'indie/ rock' club in Edinburgh, the Citrus Club.

I just didnt get it Kirk, as a Rock fan myself, and as a sound engineer who has toured with many bands, I just couldnt put my finger on it, it just sounded contrived.

now I get it.

[gary1064]

Love The White Stripes and loved Peel. Surprised there's no The Fall on that list, IIRC they had more sessions (24?) than any other band.

[PhilipK]

This list has to be spurious. Peelie's penchant for Mark E Smith and whichever collection of musicians made up The Fall at any given time is well documented - including playing at his birthday party, etc, etc, so a list which doesn't include anything by The Fall just makes no sense.

(I do like The White Stripes myself, especially Hotel Yorba, We're Going To Be Friends and John The Revelator).

[bobbee]

"Sheena Easton: 9-5"?
Yet no Damned, no Psychedelic Furs?

[Velorum]

Links in with one of my favourite Bond themes

[soundood]

This list has to be spurious. Peelie's penchant for Mark E Smith and whichever collection of musicians made up The Fall at any given time is well documented - including playing at his birthday party, etc, etc, so a list which doesn't include anything by The Fall just makes no sense.

(I do like The White Stripes myself, especially Hotel Yorba, We're Going To Be Friends and John The Revelator).

it is what it is, this was his list of tracks that they found under his desk in his 'listening area' full documentary, this is the full thing on Youtube,







part 4 is there as well, it will follow on from these three,

[Mouse]

No 'Jolene' though.......a very bizarre cover by The White Stripes, but incredibly good :-)

[soundood]

No 'Jolene' though.......a very bizarre cover by The White Stripes, but incredibly good :-)

this is kind of were I am at with the white stripes, stunning cover but maybe too late for John, I just dont know.

[notnowkato]

This list has to be spurious. Peelie's penchant for Mark E Smith and whichever collection of musicians made up The Fall at any given time is well documented - including playing at his birthday party, etc, etc, so a list which doesn't include anything by The Fall just makes no sense.

(I do like The White Stripes myself, especially Hotel Yorba, We're Going To Be Friends and John The Revelator).

I was thinking just that, he seemed to be always banging on about The Fall, so how did they not feature ??

[nibby]

The reason the Fall did not feature is that they were that special they had their own section separate from this collection see link below.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...ds-323339.html

"Oddly, there are no contributions from one of all-time Peel's favourite bands, the Fall. But the DJ's son, Tom Ravenscroft, said: "He had a whole area of his collection dedicated to the Fall, so he knew exactly where to find them if he needed them. The box was more for some of his obscure records which he might otherwise have difficulty finding."

[nibby]

This link also provides some of the main bands that John Peel supported (including the White Stripes).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...?frame=3084604

[mondie]

Interesting thread, but no Joy Division either

Will revisit some of the songs you have posted from the White Stripes, love some of their stuff but a majority doesn't click with me.

[eldrich]

Funny that, Joy Division was the first thing I looked for as well.

[I a n]

John Peel's #1 The Undertones ... Teenage Kicks
One of favourite bands growing up ... saw them 5 or 6 times ...



And listen to him playing the track twice in a row.

[Velorum]

I'm surprised that there is no Beefheart on the list as I thought that he was one of Peel's favourites

[Karl]

I'm surprised that there is no Beefheart on the list as I thought that he was one of Peel's favourites

Party of special things to do / ashtray heart is on there although white stripes covers .

[Velorum]

Party of special things to do / ashtray heart is on there although white stripes covers .

Yes, odd that he chose covers

[Neil.C]

White stripes fan here too although I find JP's list a bit baffling TBH.

People like what they like I guess.

[GWFH]

I of course am talking about 'The White Stripes'

for me I could never get it

Likewise I'm afraid, and still don't.

Great list though, thanks.

Very pleased to see Clague – The Stride/ I Wonder Where on there, I was an immense Kevin Coyne fan. Still greatly missed.

[PickleB]

Apologies in advance for a slight diversion to Classical John Peel (Radio 3): Private Passions from 1996.

More on iPlayer: link.

[snowman]

I don't really get them, but some of their songs are OK and they had a distinctive style which is always good.

I grew up with John Peel on the radio after bedtime, but i soon realised he played far too much of a mix for me to agree with everything he played or liked.

For me much of that list can only be explained by exposure to mind altering substances.

M

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[Dan88]

No Happy Mondays in the list?


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[village]

I've always liked the White Stripes......I think my favourite is Seven Nation Army played very loudly (actually I think at the moment 'Elephant' is my favourite album from them)

I always liked listening to JP,as much formthe stuff he played that I thought was crap as for the stuff that was good! Interesting list though....I might make a play list.

[saturn5]

Yep like the white stripes and probably even more so everything that Jack white has produced since, apart from the raconteurs.

[Barryboy]

I always thought John Peel was a poseur, leaping onto the latest musical fashion in an effort to be seen as perpetually cool, and with an inflated opinion of his own importance.

Rob

[PickleB]

I always thought John Peel was a poseur, leaping onto the latest musical fashion in an effort to be seen as perpetually cool, and with an inflated opinion of his own importance.

Rob

[snowman]

I always thought John Peel was a poseur, leaping onto the latest musical fashion in an effort to be seen as perpetually cool, and with an inflated opinion of his own importance.

Interesting perspective.

If he was, he jumped pretty early most of the time!

It's also true to say that in his early days he was pretty mainstream prog-rock, although you could see that as posing in its time, I guess.

Even if you're right, he was certainly influential in moving some of these 'fashions' into the mainstream. Who else was doing it?

M.

[Neil.C]

I always thought John Peel was a poseur, leaping onto the latest musical fashion in an effort to be seen as perpetually cool, and with an inflated opinion of his own importance.

Rob

I must admit I think that point of view certainly has an element of truth.