Songs Heard on the Radio # 434 Wave Pictures

 I turned on my radio this morning to be greeted by the dulcet and reassuring tones of Gideon Coe. I love Gideon and his radio shows. He's recently been dethroned from his rightful place in the weekday midnight slot on 6 Music by fools who shouldn't have the authority to make such decisions. 

Executives don't understand what makes a radio show work. If you've decided you would like to be an executive you more than likely don't understand what people want from a radio DJ. Someone who plays music that they want to hear, often without having heard it before and what they want just now. Played by a person who isn't try to push his own cause but just wants to play you some great stuff. Someone who feels like a friend. And no I'm not ashamed to write that.

Gideon is like that for me. He always knows what I want. It's a crying shame that I won't be able to listen to him in the week but he's sitting in for Cery's for the next month so that's some small consolation.

I planted myself on the sofa this morning at ten and didn't really move until he was done three hurs later. He did what he does.. He varied his speed and direction of serve for three hours and constantly made me think, 'Hey want's this' and write what it was down. 

I could have played any number of things he played but this will do. Wave Pictures never let the Indie quirk lover down. They've learned at the knees of masters; Felt's Lawrence and Modern Lover's Jonathan. Then they add a dollop of their own eccentricity for good measure. Never likely to chart but ultimately really, who needs to chart. That's not really what we're here for.