John Peel's Festive Fifty 2003

[cap'n jazz]

1. Cinerama - 'Don't Touch That Dial'
2. The Fall - 'Theme From Sparta FC'
3. Mogwai - 'Hunted By A Freak'
4. Undertones - 'Thrill Me'
5. Bearsuit - 'Itsuko Got Married'
6. Mogwai - 'Ratts Of The Capital'
7. Half Man Half Biscuit - 'Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years'
8. The Crimea - 'Baby Boom'
9. CLSM - 'John Peel Is Not Enough'
10. White Stripes - '7 Nation Army'
11. Belle & Sebastian - 'Step Into My Office, Baby'
12. Melt Banana - 'Shield You're Eyes'
13. Nina Nastasia - 'You, Her & Me'
14. Ballboy - 'The Sash My Father Wore'
15. Vive La Fete - 'Noir Desir'
16. Sluts Of Trust - 'Piece O' You'
17. White Stripes - 'Black Math'
18. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - 'Maps'
19. Broken Family Band - 'At The Back Of The Chapel'
20. The Darkness Vs S.F.B - 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love'
21. Million Dead - 'I Am The Party'
22. Undertones - 'Oh Please'
23. Ballboy - 'I Gave Up My Eyes'
24. Party Of One - 'Shotgun Funeral'
25. Futureheads - 'First Day'
26. The Fall - 'Green Eyed Loco Man'
27. The French - 'Porn Shoes'
28. Half Man Half Biscuit - 'It Makes The Room Look Bigger'
29. Architecture In Helsinki - 'The Owls Go'
30. Camera Obscura - 'Suspended From Class'
31. Amsterdam - 'Does This Train Stop On Merseyside'
32. Maher Shalal Hash Baz - 'Open Field'
33. Neulander - 'Sex, God, Money'
34. Black Keys - 'Have Love Will Travel'
35. Mass - 'Live A Little'
36. The French - 'Gabriel In The Airport'
37. Radiohead - 'There, There'
38. Ballboy - 'Born In The USA'
39. Cat Power - 'Werewolf'
40. Broadcast - 'Pendulum'
41. Keys - 'Strength Of Strings'
42. Golden Virgins
43. Belle & Sebastian - 'Stay Loose'
44. Hyper Kinako - 'Tokyo Invention Registration Office'
45. Grandmaster Gareth - 'The Minute Melodys (Any Of)'
46. Super Furry Animals - 'Slow Life'
47. Camera Obscura - 'Keep It Clean'
48. Blizzard Boys - 'Ain't No Stoppin' This'
49. Freddy Fresh - 'You Can See The Paint'
50. The Vaults - 'I'm Going'


Voted by YOU!, the listener. Except I didn't vote because I'm shit. But yeah, some nice songs there, with two entries each for the forerunners of the Scottish bowlie subculture: Camera Obscura, B&S and Ballboy.

[jenniferkate]

Originally posted by cap'n jazz
Scottish bowlie subculture

what's this bowlie business?

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by jenniferkate


what's this bowlie business?

Wasn't it the original All Tomorrow's Parties or something? I'm going back to the days when Select was actually a good magazine, but I think it was a mini festival where they hired a holiday camp with lots of chalets, and all these bands played. I think Mogwai basically organized it, although that could have been the second one and B&S ran the first... but they were all there. Or something. Can you tell I'm not sure what I'm talking about?

[jenniferkate]

Originally posted by DeviousJ

Wasn't it the original All Tomorrow's Parties or something? I'm going back to the days when Select was actually a good magazine, but I think it was a mini festival where they hired a holiday camp with lots of chalets, and all these bands played. I think Mogwai basically organized it, although that could have been the second one and B&S ran the first... but they were all there. Or something. Can you tell I'm not sure what I'm talking about?

it's okay because i don't really know what you're talking about, either. i used to read select and vaguely remember these things you mention. but not really. :erm

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by jenniferkate


it's okay because i don't really know what you're talking about, either. i used to read select and vaguely remember these things you mention. but not really. :erm

Same here, it's just a blur. Maybe we were there, it may have been the Woodstock for our generation.

[jenniferkate]

Originally posted by DeviousJ

Same here, it's just a blur. Maybe we were there, it may have been the Woodstock for our generation.

maybe it was all that bad acid we took.

[lucky_13]

*sigh* cinerama. i don't know any of that shit. i'm out of the loop.

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by jenniferkate


maybe it was all that bad acid we took.

Or bad camomile tea.

Julie, you're supposed to be a music reviewer!

[sawdust restaurants]

stop flirting, you two

[lucky_13]

Originally posted by DeviousJ


Or bad camomile tea.

Julie, you're supposed to be a music reviewer!

a music reviewer? i fake it. and you can be a music reviewer and not know what the hell is new in music. look at the guys who write for rolling stone.

aw lee and jk would be the perfect pair. although if they were to team up i would feel like an imbecile in their combined presence.

[DeviousJ]

Hey, I'd be happy just to sit there and listen to youse guys talking about cawfee

[cap'n jazz]

Originally posted by jenniferkate


what's this bowlie business?

It's a name for the whole "twee" thing. I assume it's derived from a bowl haircut.

AND deviousLee is talking about the Bowlie Weekender!

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by cap'n jazz


It's a name for the whole "twee" thing. I assume it's derived from a bowl haircut.

AND deviousLee is talking about the Bowlie Weekender!

HOT DAMN I'm good