ChatterBank0 min ago
john peel
16 Answers
How do you think one of our most cherished broadcasters,,,,,,,the late John Peel should be remembered in his beloved Liverpool????????
What kind of memorial would be most fitting????????
What kind of memorial would be most fitting????????
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by coronaman. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'd go with rja211077 ... rename something, or name something after him..
any monument will only get defaced by idiots ... shame really, I think everybody of a ''certain age'' will always miss Peeley and it seems only fitting to have a nice monument, or statue to remind everybody what a great man he was ...
any monument will only get defaced by idiots ... shame really, I think everybody of a ''certain age'' will always miss Peeley and it seems only fitting to have a nice monument, or statue to remind everybody what a great man he was ...
I think it would be great to have a bench in a quiet park which would play Johns favourite tunes through headphones!
We could just sit there with a glass of red wine, great music and our memories of a truly great and very much missed person!
Yes, I know it would never happen, due to vandals, but we can dream.....!!
We could just sit there with a glass of red wine, great music and our memories of a truly great and very much missed person!
Yes, I know it would never happen, due to vandals, but we can dream.....!!
Am I the only person in the world who wonders why semi-canonisation has become de rigeur for resasonably ordinary people who spent a lifetime doing fairly ordinary jobs? John Peel, no doubting whatsoever that he was an interesting man, did wonderful things in promoting new bands and music and was best beloved by many, but he PLAYED RECORDS ON THE RADIO, for goodness' sake, he didn't find a cure for cancer, prevent a world war or find a solution to the Middle East conflict!
I think Kim A raises a valid point here - and John Peel would heartily agree with that sentiment.
This habit of worshiping famous people as though their death is is some way more monumentally tragic because of some imagined connection is an insidious blight on cultural attitudes in the country. It reached its zentih with the endless, and continuing public grieving of Gloria Hunniford over her daughter who was, what ever she may heve been to her imediate family, a TV presenter, and not a particularly memorable or high-profile one at that.
John Peel would have laughed at the notion of a 'memorial' to him as a person - he'd much prefer that everyone who knew of him (as opposed to knowing him personally) simply played Teenage Kicks at full blast, while raising a glass, and then get on with their lives.
This habit of worshiping famous people as though their death is is some way more monumentally tragic because of some imagined connection is an insidious blight on cultural attitudes in the country. It reached its zentih with the endless, and continuing public grieving of Gloria Hunniford over her daughter who was, what ever she may heve been to her imediate family, a TV presenter, and not a particularly memorable or high-profile one at that.
John Peel would have laughed at the notion of a 'memorial' to him as a person - he'd much prefer that everyone who knew of him (as opposed to knowing him personally) simply played Teenage Kicks at full blast, while raising a glass, and then get on with their lives.
no, of course your not the only person in the whole world who thinks that, kim a.
i would imagine there is probably a plaque on a bench in a park somewhere but i would think thats as far as it would go, and as much as he would like
i am from liverpool, and i have not heard of any sort of memorial for him. in fact i live very near where he did, and have not heard anything.
i would imagine there is probably a plaque on a bench in a park somewhere but i would think thats as far as it would go, and as much as he would like
i am from liverpool, and i have not heard of any sort of memorial for him. in fact i live very near where he did, and have not heard anything.