I'll bet you my right, no wait left (I'm not that sure) arm that they wouldn't be putting Peel in if he was still alive.

He's a legend in everyone's eyes anyway, he doesn't need that sort of micky mouse accolade. I miss him....

Who rates John Peel ? Average of 209: 5 Stars

:)

I should bloody hope so.
I couldn't believe Dylan wasn't in there in the first place - the man invented rock.
More cerebral than pop, more artful than rock n' roll... That thin, wild, mercury sound.

I miss Peel so much. After he died, the director of Radio 1 said that although it hadn't been discussed, he had it in his head that Peel would be with them until at least the age of 75...

This article is cool.

11.56: Here’s the promised finale: the ‘death metal monstrosity’ in the ungodly form of Norway’s Gore Lord and their popular chart smash ’Force Fed on Human Flesh’. It is utterly magnificent, and a good taster for the following programme.

Still, John Peel, God bless his records played at the wrong speed.

Things like UK Hall of Fame and Top 100 Albums of all time are obvious marketing ploys. Raise the competition stakes. Robbie Williams gets his ugly mug across to even more fools with too much loose change.

My own opinion is the only one that counts to me. Therefore in my own opinion the whole concept of a UK Hall of Fame is complete illogical guff. Not only that it is puerile amnesia. And Top 100 Albums is completely meaningless.

'What's the matter?'

'No.'

Music can never be objective. All taste is subjective. I listen to what I like to hear. Full stop.

Before anyone says the predictable: 'But you could be turned onto an album or artist that you never would have heard about before...waffle waffle.' All you have to do is sniff around any decent record store and look at the names of recording artists and buy what sounds good. If it's a pile of sterile pus when you play it, bad luck. Never buy that artist again. Considering all of the 'Top 100 Albums' and the UK Hall of Fame, merely consist of the most popular, and overrated icons for nostalgia, they really are not going to aid someone who would like, for exampl, Les Georges Leningrad...

One severe gripe I have (as opposed to my severe grippe) is that www.Emusic.com became a complete sell-out piece of sputum. If only I could get more of the music from those artists, if only I had more filthy lucre...etc etc

Down with the UK Hall of Fame!
Down with the Top 100 Albums of all time!
For the rebirth of the Emusic website!

Herr Von W

I don't have time to go to a record store an listen to every single record ever released to find out what I want to listen to. In fact, unless you're paid precisely to do so, no-one has. For that reason, I relied on John Peel to play things I would never, in a billion years, thought of listening to, or had the chance to listen to. Yeah, these Hall of Fame and Top 100 things are bollocks. But you can't rely on looking at a list of records and just decide "what looks good". You need to hear it, and John Peel provided that service.

Peel's legacy isn't dead - there are loads of internet and satellite radio stations springing up that carry on his legacy. Down with cynicism towards music, and down with cynicism towards celebrating music. I'll sift through an ocean of shite to hear something that puts my life into context.

I agree completely- UK music hall of fame = absolute bollocks (tho I bet the other stations wish they thought of it first).

Last years 'ceremony' was a ridiculous affair. We had a rather confused Priscilla Presley, Madonna and George Martin on the stage, whilst- yup, yup vernon Kay and June Sarpong accepted the award for Michael Jackson.

Verdict = utter shit.

Shame on you channel 4, shame.

Its deserved on both their parts. But the Uk music hall of fame was a joke from start to finish.

"Or just let a bunch of cynical old hacks put together a hackneyed list of obvious bands and musicians who they are trying to sell as worthy of being in a UK Hall of Fame."

Whatver do you mean? I mean, take this year's Brits: 'Angels' by Robbie Williams clearly IS the greatest song ever written by any human being, ever!

Yep, integrity is alive and well and shoving a crack pipe up Pete Doherty's arse.

Welcome to comedy music hall with our special guest seymourmba!

Put some lard on your 'angels' CD, give it a spin, and it sounds just like Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail...

I advise you try this seymourcormba before you start dribbling in a corner over kate moss and pete doherty's latest spastic indulgence. Who knows you may even find yourself a new carer to nurse you...

Time to create my own top 100 woeful albums list....oh hang on a minute it's already been copyrighted by the ever-revolutionary and subversive Channel 4! But they have named it The Top 100 albums. Shame that all my hard work amounted to nought. Bit like your ideas on music really seymourbutters eh? eh? eh?

'What's the matter?'

'No.'

Herr Von W

It sure is wonderful that people like HerrVonW can master all the pretentious terminology and vocabulary they see fit, type long and cynical articles, sit back and laugh at how clever they are and still completely miss the point.

Duude, go outside, get some air and get a girlfriend.