ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 20: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Elvis Peeters (Aroma di Amore, De Legende)
ALICE NOT JOHN
Episode 18: A Fictional Radio Transmission
Guest: Elvis Peeters (Aroma di Amore, De Legende)
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?
Elvis Peeters: ‘Vrolijke vrienden’ by Nonkel Bob
What’s your favorite shower sing-along song?
‘Jimmy’ by Boudewijn De Groot
What was your favorite song as a teenager?
‘Gudbuy t’ Jane’ by Slade
What’s your favorite air guitar song?
‘The Crack Up’ by Big Black
What song do you associate with your adolescence?
‘See the Sky About to Rain’ by Neil Young
What song do you know the lyrics to by heart?
‘Dodenlied’ by De Legende
What song makes you feel better when you’re feeling down?
‘Heroes’ by David Bowie
Name a song people wouldn’t think you liked.
‘Ach Margrietje’ by Louis Neefs
Can you name a song you think people should listen to if you don’t think they know it yet?
‘Slick Nick, You Devil You’ by Fishbone
Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’ is a breakup song. It’s about a couple who have decided to break up, but decide not to tell anyone yet because they don’t want to ruin the party they’re going to. Oddly enough, this song is often chosen as the opening dance at weddings. Tell me about a song you misunderstood when you first heard it.
It’s the song ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane. To my ears, the song ended with the exhortation, “Remember what the Dormouse said: Be prepared! Be prepared!” I often sang that afterward when I felt I or someone needed to be prepared for a situation: “Remember: be prepared!” Only later did I hear Grace Slick sing: “Remember what the Dormouse said: Feed your head! Feed your head!”
What’s your favorite song right now?
‘Hel!’ by Aroma di Amore
Which song brings out silly dance moves in you?
‘Marcia Baila’ by Les Rita Mitsouko
Which song do you quote most often? Which line?
“Huh, You think it’s funny, turning rebellion into money?” from ‘(White Man) at Hammersmith Palace’ by The Clash
Joeri Bruyninckx
Headline photo: Elvis Peeters (Credit: )
