ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 19: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Peter Fengler
ALICE NOT JOHN
Episode 18: A Fictional Radio Transmission
Guest: Peter Fengler
Host: Joeri Bruyninckx
A conversation I overheard in a record store:
Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”
Record shop owner: “In the jazz section.”
Customer: “I mean Alice, not John.”
Record shop owner: “In the jazz section.”
ALICE NOT JOHN is the name of a fictional radio show. The idea is this: for every episode, I ask a musician the same questions. The answers I receive are the “playlist” of my fictional radio show. The questions are these:
What song do you associate with your childhood?
‘Een Goede Les’ – Gerard Kornelis van het Reve
What’s your favorite shower sing-along song?
‘Waar Moet Dat Heen’ – Barend Servet
What was your favorite song as a teenager?
‘I Feel Love’ – Donna Summer
What’s your favorite air guitar song?
‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ – Ian Dury (especially the saxophone solo)
What was your favorite song in your twenties?
‘Hip Priest’ – The Fall
What song do you know the lyrics to by heart?
‘Technology’ – Daft Punk
What song makes you feel better when you’re feeling down?
‘Evelyne’ – Bert De Coninck
Name a song people wouldn’t think you’d like.
‘This Ain’t Jazz’ – Ronny Pries
Can you name a song you think people should listen to if they don’t already know it?
‘Polite’ – No Bra
“Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton is a breakup song. It’s about a couple who have decided to separate but choose not to tell anyone yet because they don’t want to ruin the party they’re attending. Oddly enough, this song is often chosen as the opening number at weddings. Tell me about a song you misunderstood the first time you heard it.
‘Wa-Do-Dem’ – Eek-A-Mouse
Which song brings out silly dance moves in you?
‘Rejoicing’ – Ornette Coleman
Which song do you quote most often? Which line?
‘Hiroshima Was a Shithole Anyway’ – The Big Black Cock of Death
‘Baroque Non Baroque’ by Peter Fengler is out now on Ultra Eczema.
Joeri Bruyninckx
Headline photo: Peter Fengler (Credit: Teddie Klaus Fengler)
