Once we had recorded the teenage kicks ep it was dispatched immediately to mr peel. When he first played the song on his show on 25 september, he played the song twice something he had never previously done. I saw good vibrations a second time and enjoyed it just as. Written in the summer of 1977 by the bands principal songwriter, john oneill, the song was recorded on 15 june 1978 and initially released that september on independent belfast record label good vibrations, before the bandat the time unobligated to any record labelsigned to sire records on 2 october 1978. A headstone featuring the lyrics and the liver bird from his favourite football team, liverpool fc, was placed at his grave in 2008. Mural honouring john peel and the undertones teenage kicks erased from wall in belfast.
The undertones play john peel 80th birthday gig at john peel. John peels dying wish has finally been granted a gravestone has been erected bearing the lyrics teenage dreams so hard to beat from the djs alltime favourite record, the undertones teenage. John peels dying wish has finally been granted a gravestone has been erected bearing the lyrics teenage dreams so hard to beat from the. John peel famously plays the undertones teenage kicks. Mural honouring john peel and the undertones teenage. John peel famously plays the undertones teenage kicks twice in a row duration. What is beyond dispute is that john programmed all four tracks teenage kicks smarter than utrue confessionsemergency cases into his 12 september 1978 show, and played the lead track repeatedly over the next two weeks. John peel biography life, family, name, story, death, wife. Nov 01, 2001 teenage kicks only reached number 31 but it still reduces john peel to tears. John peel was born john robert parker ravenscroft at heswall, near liverpool, on august 31 1939, and was. Teenage kicks by undertones brought john peels funeral to an emotional close today november 12.
He liked teenage kicks so much he awarded 28 stars. Teenage kicks by the undertones by alex ogg 21 october 2016 the ep track was intended as the poppunk bands swan song until it was championed by john peel, for whom it would provide an epitaph. Peel, who died in 2004, had repeatedly requested that. He reveals what it was like to appear in a film about the band. In 1978 we didnt think teenage kicks was the best song. And if my math is straight, so was feargal sharkey when he sang it, and john oneill when he wrote it. Influential bbc radio 1 dj john peel is known to have repeatedly stated teenage kicks to be his alltime favourite song from 1978 until his death in 2004. Peels alltime favourite record, he liked to say, was the undertoness teenage kicks. John famously loved the track and on what would have been the djs 80th. John peel 30 august 1939 25 october 2004, born john ravenscroft, was an english dj and presenter. He was one of the longestserving presenters on bbc radio 1, serving from 1967 until his sudden death in 2004.
Nov 12, 2004 the service ended with clips of peel talking about his life before the liverpool fc anthem youll never walk alone faded into teenage kicks. Mural honouring john peel and the undertones teenage kicks. However, the derry quintet who formed in 1976 based around the voice of. John peel plays teenage kicks 31st october 1978 youtube. A mural honouring john peel and his love for the undertones punk anthem teenage kicks has been wiped off a wall in belfast lyrics to the 1978 song, teenage kicks, so hard to beat. A mural honouring dj john peel and his love of the undertones classic song teenage kicks has been wiped off a wall in belfast the lyrics, teenage dreams, so hard to beat, were painted on the. In 1999, the dj presented the tv series sounds of the suburbs, which referenced their bestknown song in the title. Lyrics for teenage kicks by the undertones songfacts. As the djs coffin was carried out, a tape of a football crowd singing liverpool fc. Peel often rated new bands songs with 1 to 5 stars. Jan 25, 20 in 1978 on radio 1, john peel famously plays teenage kicks twice in a row. A mural honouring dj john peel and his love of the undertones classic song teenage kicks has been wiped off a wall in belfast. On 26 october, the undertones performed teenage kicks live on top of the pops.
He included it in his desert island discs list, adding that he would choose it above all the others he had chosen. He is known for his work on the goodies 1970, wild about harry 2000 and five seconds to spare 2000. It was the first record he ever played back to back without a break. One of the greatest moments in my life was when mr peel played our. This video is a tribute to the man who was responsible for my life. In terms of sheer influence his highwater mark was probably his championing of punk rock beginning in 1976, when bands such as the sex pistols, the ramones, and the undertones whose teenage kicks was peel s favorite song had very few footholds in the music scene beyond the small clubs where they played. While creep is the other end of the spectrum full of anger and misery and lovesickness, which. The riff for teenage kicks is almost identical to the riff for some kinda hate by the misfits. John loved this record so much, when it first came out, once wasnt enough. With help from peel who had also recorded and broadcast a peel session with the undertones on the 16th, teenage kicks peaked at number 31 in the uk singles chart the following month.
When john peel played it twice on his show we were in shock. Peel had written that, apart from his name, all he wanted on his gravestone were the words, teenage dreams, so hard to beat, from the lyrics of teenage kicks. It wasnt the excitement of having our record played on the radio, it was the fact that it was played on the john peel show. As a pirate radio deejay, a band manager, promoter and cheerleader, print journalist, bbc radio presenter, arranger of recording sessions, record label owner and allaround presence, peel held the. Peel had long had a deep connection with that song and had written that he wanted the words to teenage kicks included on his gravestone when he died. The kicks must continue or else seriously, why bother. Radio 1 dj john peel has been granted his final wish after a lyric from the undertoness hit song teenage kicks was engraved at his graveside.
He was married to sheila mary gilhooly and shirley anne milburn. Feb, 2008 john peel s dying wish has finally been granted a gravestone has been erected bearing the lyrics teenage dreams so hard to beat from the djs alltime favourite record, the undertones teenage. Veteran bbc radio dj john peel takes his first visit to derry and discovers for himself the band that forged his favorite pop song teenage kicks. What is beyond dispute is that john programmed all four tracks teenage kickssmarter than utrue confessionsemergency cases into his 12 september 1978 show, and played the lead track repeatedly over the next two weeks. One of the greatest moments in my life was when mr peel played our record on the radio. Teenage kicks tribute to john peel removed from belfast. The undertones talk teenage kicks, punk rock and john peel. Bbc news entertainment thousands mourn peel at funeral. In 1978, john peel played the song twice in a row on his radio 1 show. Teenage kicks is the debut single by northern irish punk rock band the undertones. In november 1978, the undertones embarked on their first tour of the uk.
To music fans the names of john peel and the undertones go hand in hand, inextricably linked with their song teenage kicks. Upon first hearing teenage kicks in september 1978, bbc radio 1 dj john peel is reported to have burst into tears. Peely said he pulled over to the side of the road and cried when he first heard teenage kicks by the undertones. And the thing is, you dont have to be a teenager to get it.
General commentthis song and creep by radiohead are the two songs that can sum up the most of teenage feelings, teenage kicks is the positive end of the spectrum as it is full of this great energy and like nihilisticferret said it has a summer feel. The undertones play john peel 80th birthday gig at john. John peel famously plays the undertones teenage kicks twice. When his death was announced on radio 1, the station played his favourite song, teenage kicks by the undertones. Gary from hants i heard john peel say in an interview one time that he was at home sorting through some records when he got a call from someone from a music paper asking him what his favourite record was and just happened to have teenage kicks in his hand at the time. Damian oneill, john oneill, billy doherty front, feargal sharkey and michael bradley. Im fabulously lucky, ive got everything i wanted as a kid, a house in the country, an astounding wife, and a job on the radio. With lyrics worthy of literary status so good that the songs greatest champion john peel asked for the opening line to be his epitaph teenage kicks has become one of the most recognised and bestloved anthems to youth of all time. This led to a record deal with sire and the single was rereleased on that label in october. Teenage kicks only reached number 31 but it still reduces john peel to tears. Bbc radio dj john peel takes us on a journey to discover the undertones, the band that forged his favourite pop song, teenage kicks. Like mary ann hobbs recently admitted on air after going to his birthday party, i was also one of countless millions of music fans that listened to his shows on a amtranny.
John peels wife grants his final wish with teenage kicks. This video is a tribute to the man who was responsible for my life long passion for music and to the band who i have. John peels dying wish has finally been granted a gravestone has been erected bearing the lyrics teenage dreams so hard to beat from the djs alltime favourite record, the undertones teenage kicks. Teenage kicks tribute to john peel removed from belfast flyover. A teenage dreams so hard to beat every time she walks down the street another girl in the neighbourhood wish she was mine, she looks so good i wanna hold her, wanna hold. John peel was born on august 30, 1939 in heswall, wirral, merseyside, england as john robert parker ravenscroft. The film, through the use of interviews and archive footage of derry and the undertones, takes us back to 1975. So revered in the uk that he made the top 50 in a bbc poll of greatest britons of all time, john peel 19392004 shaped popular culture in ways that americans may never know or understand. John peel plays teenage kicks twice in a row 1978 the fanning.
He reveals what it was like to appear in a film about the band who recorded it. True confessions was the one we thought people would go for and we only named the ep after it because we were teenagers and it seemed appropriate. Since john peels death, the bbc has marked the 25 th of october as peel day, regularly playing special tribute sessions and broadcasting performances from some of the artists that peel. Jun 21, 20 a mural honouring dj john peel and his love of the undertones classic song teenage kicks has been wiped off a wall in belfast the lyrics, teenage dreams, so hard to beat, were painted on the. John peel famously plays the undertones teenage kicks twice in. The undertones teenage kicks of 1978 was named as the great mans favourite ever track.
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