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Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-23-2008, 05:08 PM

17 : Radio 1 DJs

Radio 1 DJs have always been a shower of shit. It used to be that there the place was filled with old men with about as much of a concept of youth culture as Clive Grandad Dunn. Now that it's all hip & trendy it's still filled with a shower of shit.
Although for a period in the late 90s it did have something going for it and I did used to listen to it regually both at work and at home. During the day you had Simon Mayo who was a lot better than people give him credit for and you got the impression you were listening to someone with a brain in his head. Following that was Jo Whiley , i'll get to her later. After that was the highlight of my afternoon . Mark Radcliffe & Lard (aka ex-Fall guitarist Marc Riley in his comedy sidekick role) Who actually put on a decent show to say they were only allowed to play 4 records of their own choice during a whole 2 hour show. Then you had Chris Moyles when he was actually funny , I'll never forget his feud with the Daily Mirror 3am girls and the time Paul Daniels told him to fuck off and put the phone down on him. The daytime playlist sucked but at least the DJs themselves kept you entertained.

Then it was back home after work to listen to the serious music with Steve Lamacq and then finally John Peel. All in all things were pretty good on Radio 1 around 98/02.

Sadly after that most of the best DJs left and sadly John Peel died , and it turned to shit pretty much instantly.
Moyles was moved to the breakfast show and has basically bored people with how drunk he got the night before for about the past 6 or 7 years.

Jo 'Indie Queen' Whiley has been living on past glories for about the past 15 years and we're supposed to give a shit about what she says because she booked Nirvana & The Smashing Pumpkins in 1992 and apparently she's still 'hip & trendy' for repeatedly playing every turgid british guitar band going.

As for the rest of them I don't know why they suddenly decided to go with celebrities but i don't think there's anything Sara Cox , Jamie Theakston or Ferne Cotton can tell me about music , or anything for that matter. It seems quite obvious to me Radio 1's policy seems to be get a known name and people won't notice how bland the playlist is. Oh and Zane Lowe gets on my nerves just doing a voiceover for a 30 second long TV advert so fuck knows how anyone makes it through his whole show. The rest of the roster seems to be made up of faceless dance DJ's who seem to have permanent residence in Ibiza playing to total mongs.

And as for Tim Westwood , hell that guy deserves an entry of his own.

09-23-2008, 05:08 PM	#1094 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	17 : Radio 1 DJs Radio 1 DJs have always been a shower of shit. It used to be that there the place was filled with old men with about as much of a concept of youth culture as Clive Grandad Dunn. Now that it's all hip & trendy it's still filled with a shower of shit. Although for a period in the late 90s it did have something going for it and I did used to listen to it regually both at work and at home. During the day you had Simon Mayo who was a lot better than people give him credit for and you got the impression you were listening to someone with a brain in his head. Following that was Jo Whiley , i'll get to her later. After that was the highlight of my afternoon . Mark Radcliffe & Lard (aka ex-Fall guitarist Marc Riley in his comedy sidekick role) Who actually put on a decent show to say they were only allowed to play 4 records of their own choice during a whole 2 hour show. Then you had Chris Moyles when he was actually funny , I'll never forget his feud with the Daily Mirror 3am girls and the time Paul Daniels told him to fuck off and put the phone down on him. The daytime playlist sucked but at least the DJs themselves kept you entertained. Then it was back home after work to listen to the serious music with Steve Lamacq and then finally John Peel. All in all things were pretty good on Radio 1 around 98/02. Sadly after that most of the best DJs left and sadly John Peel died , and it turned to shit pretty much instantly. Moyles was moved to the breakfast show and has basically bored people with how drunk he got the night before for about the past 6 or 7 years. Jo 'Indie Queen' Whiley has been living on past glories for about the past 15 years and we're supposed to give a shit about what she says because she booked Nirvana & The Smashing Pumpkins in 1992 and apparently she's still 'hip & trendy' for repeatedly playing every turgid british guitar band going. As for the rest of them I don't know why they suddenly decided to go with celebrities but i don't think there's anything Sara Cox , Jamie Theakston or Ferne Cotton can tell me about music , or anything for that matter. It seems quite obvious to me Radio 1's policy seems to be get a known name and people won't notice how bland the playlist is. Oh and Zane Lowe gets on my nerves just doing a voiceover for a 30 second long TV advert so fuck knows how anyone makes it through his whole show. The rest of the roster seems to be made up of faceless dance DJ's who seem to have permanent residence in Ibiza playing to total mongs. And as for Tim Westwood , hell that guy deserves an entry of his own. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.