Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

The maestro says its Mozart, but it sounds like bubblegum

I’m sure that playing “Teenage kicks” at the Calling tonight was deliberate – so I took it as tribute to John Peel, which obviously required dancing. I was amazed to see the number of people commenting on his death earlier, I knew he was important to people who were serious about music, but I’d never known how important. I’m not alone in my sadness on hearing of his passing on.


4 comments

  1. Found out about it while drinking in a rock bar in Kabukicho last night. Tried very hard to explain to them why it was important they played teenage kicks and who died but they didn’t seem to get it.
    Ho Hum.

  2. i find it hard to explain why it feels like such a loss to me, but i think its the little things. Turn the Heater on. Taping the first pulp peel session and listening to it almost non-stop for weeks… that might be just me…

    • No, it was not just you! But I am surprised just how many people were moved to mention him. Its great to see such a reaction to bad news – I can’t think of anyone else who’d have the same response to their death so broadly across my friends-list.

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