JOHN PEEL FESTIVE FIFTY, 1986, DAY 1
I was digging through iTunes John Peel stuff the other day, and came across the John Peel Festive Fifty from 1986, and decided to give it a play. I’ve professed my love for the John Peel show in the past, and I’ll do it again. What can I say, I’m a huge Anglophile. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Festive Fifty, Wikipedia has this:
The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year’s fifty (though the exact figure varied above and below this number) best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show. It was usually dominated by indie and rock songs which did not fully represent the diversity of music played by Peel but rather the majority opinion among his listeners.
The great thing about these songs is that you hear little bits of John Peel commenting here and there on the song, and on listeners through the UK. It’s a great piece of radio history as well as musical history. So this weekend, I bring you 1986’s Festive Fifty. Enjoy!
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- The Pogues – Body Of An American
- The Mission – Serpent’s Kiss
- The Fall – Dktr Faustus
- Camper van Beethoven – Take The Skinheads Bowling
- Colourbox – The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds -By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- Mighty Mighty – Is There Anyone Out There
- The Shop Assistants – I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You
- The Flatmates – I Could Be In Heaven
- Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette
- Elvis Costello And The Attractions – I Want You
- Half Man Half Biscuit – Dickie Davis Eyes
- Cocteau Twins – Those Eyes, That Mouth
- The Wedding Present – Felicity
- The Fall – Lucifer Over Lancashire
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Man, this was only on am back then, some of these songs i have not heard since, i’m almost certain i’m not that old…
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
@Mick:
That makes two of us!
My daughter graduates from college next week…that will do wonders for making one feel really old!
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I don’t think that we were too old to have daughters going to college
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August 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Glenn Campbell’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Nick Cave! Never heard this before. Cave breaks your heart while Campbell is just crooning with syrupy strings to create the emotion.
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August 11th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
@Robert Lindsey:
I had not heard it before either, until last week. Your spot on, it’s Nick at his best, that’s for sure. As soon as I heard it on the radio, I KNEW it belonged on this site!