John Peel!
For some bizarre reason, that probably caused him to sack his booking agent, John Peel played a gig at Hornsea (small seaside town on the east coast) circa 1983.
He was getting a bit grumpy at the lack of response, expressing near disgust at having to resort to "Blue Monday" to get people on the dance floor.
I thought that I'd help him out (the preposterous-ness of the very notion only struck me later) by requesting something that I thought he liked and that might get people up. I plumped for something by Clint Eastwood and General Saint, as he seemed quite fond of them, and approached him at the end of his first set. Unfortunately when he turned to speak to me I became somewhat starstruck and couldn't remember what I was going to say. After much stammering, I eventually said "Could you play the new Icicle Works single please". I'm sure I saw his heart drop as he replied "I might, if I come back on."
(Cave Duck, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 14:09, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

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( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 14:16, Reply)