For those of you unfamiliar with this long running radio show (Arco and the Absolon Boyz maybe) guests come on and pick 8 tracks that they would like to take to a desert island with them, plus one (inamimate) luxury item ( no, you can't take Jordan) and one book (Bible and complete works of Will already provided). Mine would be:
1) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
2) The Comet, the course, the tail - Peter Hammill
3) I'll Keep it With Mine - B. Dylan
4) Queen of the Slipstream - V. Morrison
5) Savage Earth Heart - Waterboys
6) Girl Afraid - The Smiths
7) Hey Hey My My - Neil Young
8)Calfornia Waiting - Kings of Leon
Luxury Item: Martin acoustic guitar (unlimited supply of strings) or my mountain bike (can't decide).
Book: Thomas Hardy Complete Poems
Ultimate Song: I'll Keep it With Mine
Cam
Desert Island Discs
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Bombadil
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My list would be:
1. Heartbreaker/She's just a woman, Led Zeppelin
2. Bad Company, Bad Company
3. Back in Black, AC/DC
4. Just like Tom Thumb Blues, Bob Dylan
5. I want you, Bob Dylan
6. Scream, Green Day
7. Cigaro, System of a Down
8. Whiskey in the Jar'o
Luxury Item: Machete (The survivalist in me...)
Book: The Lord of the Rings (the whole goddamned book, or to no island will I go!)
1. Heartbreaker/She's just a woman, Led Zeppelin
2. Bad Company, Bad Company
3. Back in Black, AC/DC
4. Just like Tom Thumb Blues, Bob Dylan
5. I want you, Bob Dylan
6. Scream, Green Day
7. Cigaro, System of a Down
8. Whiskey in the Jar'o
Luxury Item: Machete (The survivalist in me...)
Book: The Lord of the Rings (the whole goddamned book, or to no island will I go!)
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Hi,
I assume the music system is there so I don't need to use that on my luxury item!
A very hard one this!
1: Rachmaninov Concerto 2 in C sharp minor
2: Wish I Didn't Miss You - Angie Stone
3: Tum Bin Jiya - Bally Sagoo
4: Don't Lie On the tracks - Aerosmith
5: Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan
6: Streams of Whiskey - The Pogues
7: Wake Up Sleeping - The Saw Doctors
8: Chopin Nocturne(not sure which one)
Luxury item - I go with the martin and endles strings
Book - The Qu'ran
I assume the music system is there so I don't need to use that on my luxury item!
A very hard one this!
1: Rachmaninov Concerto 2 in C sharp minor
2: Wish I Didn't Miss You - Angie Stone
3: Tum Bin Jiya - Bally Sagoo
4: Don't Lie On the tracks - Aerosmith
5: Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan
6: Streams of Whiskey - The Pogues
7: Wake Up Sleeping - The Saw Doctors
8: Chopin Nocturne(not sure which one)
Luxury item - I go with the martin and endles strings
Book - The Qu'ran
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Good one Cam.
Impossible really, but as of 13/02/05 -
1) A place to be - Nick Drake
2) Nature Boy - Nick Cave
3) Wish you were here - Pink Floyd ( a must, surely)
4) Holes - Mercury Rev
5) Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
6) Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
7) There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Ha Ha 8 is like all smiley.
Luxury Item: Lap top fixed with Satellite connection, Intel Centrium Pentium deluxe delusium version.(unlimited batteries)
Book: Novels - Crime and Punishment, His Dark Materials. Poetry - Philip Larkin - Collected poems. (sorry cheated)
Ultimate Song: A place to be - Nick Drake
Impossible really, but as of 13/02/05 -
1) A place to be - Nick Drake
2) Nature Boy - Nick Cave
3) Wish you were here - Pink Floyd ( a must, surely)
4) Holes - Mercury Rev
5) Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
6) Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
7) There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Ha Ha 8 is like all smiley.Luxury Item: Lap top fixed with Satellite connection, Intel Centrium Pentium deluxe delusium version.(unlimited batteries)
Book: Novels - Crime and Punishment, His Dark Materials. Poetry - Philip Larkin - Collected poems. (sorry cheated)
Ultimate Song: A place to be - Nick Drake
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1. Shine on you Crazy Diamond ~ Pink Floyd
2. Vincent ~ Don McLean
3. Return to Oz ~ Scissor Sisters
4. Creep ~ Radiohead
5. Where the wild roses grow ~ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue.
6. The Clansman ~ Iron Maiden
7. Power Of Celtic ~ Shiva Shidapu
8. Nothing Else Matters ~ Metallica
Book "Zen and the Art of Desert Island Survival" sorry, crap joke ! I'd take " Samual Devlin's Boat Building Book ".
and a tool kit.
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1. Shine on you Crazy Diamond ~ Pink Floyd
2. Vincent ~ Don McLean
3. Return to Oz ~ Scissor Sisters
4. Creep ~ Radiohead
5. Where the wild roses grow ~ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue.
6. The Clansman ~ Iron Maiden
7. Power Of Celtic ~ Shiva Shidapu
8. Nothing Else Matters ~ Metallica
Book "Zen and the Art of Desert Island Survival" sorry, crap joke ! I'd take " Samual Devlin's Boat Building Book ".
and a tool kit.
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1) Miles Davis and friends - Freddie Freeloader
2) Neil Young - Thrasher
3) The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (sorry camus, just edges it...)
4) Jackson Browne - Sing My Songs To Me/ For Everyman (cmon it's basically one song)
5) The Libertines - Death On The Stairs
6) Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
7) Love - Andmoreagain
8 ) The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
Luxury Item: Emmannuelle Beart, circa. 1986/ cyanide capsule
Book: Complete Shakespeare/ Eliot - The Mill On The Floss
pb
2) Neil Young - Thrasher
3) The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (sorry camus, just edges it...)
4) Jackson Browne - Sing My Songs To Me/ For Everyman (cmon it's basically one song)
5) The Libertines - Death On The Stairs
6) Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
7) Love - Andmoreagain
8 ) The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
Luxury Item: Emmannuelle Beart, circa. 1986/ cyanide capsule
Book: Complete Shakespeare/ Eliot - The Mill On The Floss
pb
1: Trampled Under Foot, Led Zeppelin
2: Dust in the Wind, Kansas
3: Witch Hunt, Rush
4: Money, Pink Floyd
5: Rich Versus Roach, Buddy Rich and Max Roach (you just can't take parts of it)
6: Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
7: Symphony 40, Mozart
8: Theologians, Wilco
Luxury Item if the Island is Paved: Silver 67' Ford Mustang (unlimited gas, oil, windshield wipers)
Luxury Item otherwise: DW 7 piece set drum set, Zildian Symbols (unlimited sticks, drum heads)
Book: The Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Douglas Adams In A Single Volume.*
Ultimate Song: Toccata [et Fuga] in D minor, Bach
*book does not exist
2: Dust in the Wind, Kansas
3: Witch Hunt, Rush
4: Money, Pink Floyd
5: Rich Versus Roach, Buddy Rich and Max Roach (you just can't take parts of it)
6: Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
7: Symphony 40, Mozart
8: Theologians, Wilco
Luxury Item if the Island is Paved: Silver 67' Ford Mustang (unlimited gas, oil, windshield wipers)
Luxury Item otherwise: DW 7 piece set drum set, Zildian Symbols (unlimited sticks, drum heads)
Book: The Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Douglas Adams In A Single Volume.*
Ultimate Song: Toccata [et Fuga] in D minor, Bach
*book does not exist
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"Don't treat your common sense like an umbrella. When you come into a room to philosophize, don't leave it outside, but bring it in with you." Wittgenstein
Ahh guess I should pay more attention, sorry about that...should've known better, now that I read more than skim...
It has been edited accordingly (if anyone cares haha)
It has been edited accordingly (if anyone cares haha)
"Don't treat your common sense like an umbrella. When you come into a room to philosophize, don't leave it outside, but bring it in with you." Wittgenstein
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Agonised over this for ages and still can't believe some of the ones I'm leaving out. Still in the spirit of DID i shan't reveal them
Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same
Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Church - Priest=Aura
Genesis - The Lamia
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Jo Satriani - Summer Song
Radiohead - The Bends
Book - The Complete Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May
Ultimate Song - Strangiato - probably the song I've listened to most over the years and I never tire of it, and it always inspires.
Luxury item - Beer brewing kit, with all the ingredients and instructions to be able to replicate the best Belgian, Czech, German and English beers and ales - not much to ask for!
Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same
Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Church - Priest=Aura
Genesis - The Lamia
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Jo Satriani - Summer Song
Radiohead - The Bends
Book - The Complete Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May
Ultimate Song - Strangiato - probably the song I've listened to most over the years and I never tire of it, and it always inspires.
Luxury item - Beer brewing kit, with all the ingredients and instructions to be able to replicate the best Belgian, Czech, German and English beers and ales - not much to ask for!
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Dukes you old bastard. Load of old b******ks.
No, this is a good selection. Lamia and La Villa would certainly be in my top twenty.
I thought you might also like to contribute to the 'most embarrassing gigs of all time' topic - you won't know where to start. Just make sure you don't tell anyone that I was there with you.
Got Man-Erg on the brain after Friday night.
Cam
No, this is a good selection. Lamia and La Villa would certainly be in my top twenty.
I thought you might also like to contribute to the 'most embarrassing gigs of all time' topic - you won't know where to start. Just make sure you don't tell anyone that I was there with you.
Got Man-Erg on the brain after Friday night.
Cam
New selections for a New Year:1: Trampled Under Foot, Led Zeppelin
2: Dust in the Wind, Kansas
3: Witch Hunt, Rush
4: Money, Pink Floyd
5: Rich Versus Roach, Buddy Rich and Max Roach (you just can't take parts of it)
6: Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
7: Symphony 40, Mozart
8: Theologians, Wilco
1: All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan
2: Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones
3: Layla (acoustic), Eric Clapton
4: Sparks, Coldplay
5: Boots of Spanish Leather, Bob Dylan
6: Televators, The Mars Volta
7: Over the Hills and Far Away, Led Zeppelin
8: Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
"Don't treat your common sense like an umbrella. When you come into a room to philosophize, don't leave it outside, but bring it in with you." Wittgenstein
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New selections for a New Year:
1) Tonight Will Be Fine - Leonard Cohen
2) Sally - Gogol Bordello
3) Elegia - New Order
4) Lua - Bright eyes
5) Little Yellow Spider - Devendra Banhart
6) Majory Razorblade - Kevin Coyne
7) Just like the rain - Richard Hawley
8 Lift me Up - Moby
9) Sign on the Window - Bob Dylan
10) Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys - Top young band - Their album is named after a quote from Saturday Night And Sunday Morning.
1) Tonight Will Be Fine - Leonard Cohen
2) Sally - Gogol Bordello
3) Elegia - New Order
4) Lua - Bright eyes
5) Little Yellow Spider - Devendra Banhart
6) Majory Razorblade - Kevin Coyne
7) Just like the rain - Richard Hawley
8 Lift me Up - Moby
9) Sign on the Window - Bob Dylan
10) Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys - Top young band - Their album is named after a quote from Saturday Night And Sunday Morning.
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1 Arabesque, first Debussy
2 Little Bitch The Specials
3 Norwegian Wood The Beatles
4 Who Loves The Sun The Velvet Underground
5 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy
6 Breathing Light Nitin Sahwney
7 You Spin Me Right Round Dead Or Alive
8 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
One record- Arabesque
I love Desert Island Discs!
2 Little Bitch The Specials
3 Norwegian Wood The Beatles
4 Who Loves The Sun The Velvet Underground
5 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy
6 Breathing Light Nitin Sahwney
7 You Spin Me Right Round Dead Or Alive
8 Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
One record- Arabesque
I love Desert Island Discs!
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"Who Loves The Sun The Velvet Underground"
Top choice Rachel, Loaded is an excellent album, as are all 4 Velvets albums.
If push came to shove, I'd say my favourite GROUP of all time. Battling it out with the Smiths and....................nah they'd be the top 2.
I hardly listen to either these days, but I always return to them, eventually.
Top choice Rachel, Loaded is an excellent album, as are all 4 Velvets albums.
If push came to shove, I'd say my favourite GROUP of all time. Battling it out with the Smiths and....................nah they'd be the top 2.
I hardly listen to either these days, but I always return to them, eventually.
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Guys,
I'd go for 8 classical tracks, purely because they last much longer
I won't bore you with names ( i.e. I haven't made up my mind)
As for a luxury item, I consider a guitar to be a NECESSITY.
Mind you - a Martin is a luxury -in the UK they are way
overpriced. I would prefer two or three cheapies - like
my beatup old Yamaha FG180 - that I could leave
in different tunings - is that cheating?
Book:
James Jones trilogy : From Here to Eternity/Thin Red Line/Whistle
Geoff
I'd go for 8 classical tracks, purely because they last much longer
I won't bore you with names ( i.e. I haven't made up my mind)
As for a luxury item, I consider a guitar to be a NECESSITY.
Mind you - a Martin is a luxury -in the UK they are way
overpriced. I would prefer two or three cheapies - like
my beatup old Yamaha FG180 - that I could leave
in different tunings - is that cheating?
Book:
James Jones trilogy : From Here to Eternity/Thin Red Line/Whistle
Geoff
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The book and item stay the same. I just finished LOTR again and nearly cried at the last line. Songs however...
1. The girl from the North Country, Dylan and Cash
2. Heartbreaker/She's just a woman, Led Zeppelin
3. Shelter from the storm, Dylan
4. Blinded by Rainbows, The Rolling Stones
5. Coward of the county, Kenny Rogers
6. A boy named Sue, Cash
7. King of Nothing, Metallica
8. Do Virgins taste better?, Brobdingnagian Bards
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1. The girl from the North Country, Dylan and Cash
2. Heartbreaker/She's just a woman, Led Zeppelin
3. Shelter from the storm, Dylan
4. Blinded by Rainbows, The Rolling Stones
5. Coward of the county, Kenny Rogers
6. A boy named Sue, Cash
7. King of Nothing, Metallica
8. Do Virgins taste better?, Brobdingnagian Bards
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The Cello Song (Nick Drake) for the lyrics
The Blue Danube (Strauss, Johann II --not to be confused with the other six) for the timeless magnitude
Ramblin' Man (Lemon Jelly) because that's what I might become on an island
Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes (Thievery Corporation) "do you mind if I always love you?"
L'Europe (Noir Desir) pure poetry!
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon & Garfunkel) because that's what I'll think of
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron) for the irony
I Think I'm Turning Japanese (Adam Ant) for the sheer paranoia setting in
The Book, the only book being worthy of being the only book on island is the Torah.
The Vitamin Bible (Earl Mindell) for deciding what to eat and what not to eat
Fruits of the Sea (Rick Stein) because it's a culinary delight
Nail clippers!
The Blue Danube (Strauss, Johann II --not to be confused with the other six) for the timeless magnitude
Ramblin' Man (Lemon Jelly) because that's what I might become on an island
Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes (Thievery Corporation) "do you mind if I always love you?"
L'Europe (Noir Desir) pure poetry!
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon & Garfunkel) because that's what I'll think of
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron) for the irony
I Think I'm Turning Japanese (Adam Ant) for the sheer paranoia setting in
The Book, the only book being worthy of being the only book on island is the Torah.
The Vitamin Bible (Earl Mindell) for deciding what to eat and what not to eat
Fruits of the Sea (Rick Stein) because it's a culinary delight
Nail clippers!
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camus wrote:I like it cause it's about wanking.
Yeah, well, don't want to think of it that way.
South Nashville Blues - Steve Earle
Hard Travellin - Woody Guthrie
Crippled Inside - John Lennon
13 Question Method - Ry Cooder
Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
What Made Milwaukee Famous -Jerry Lee Lewis
Girl From The Greenbriar Shore - Ralph Stanley
My inanimate luxury item would be something to play them on.
Robert Graves' 'Greek Myths' - there always seems to be something new inside.
Hard Travellin - Woody Guthrie
Crippled Inside - John Lennon
13 Question Method - Ry Cooder
Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
What Made Milwaukee Famous -Jerry Lee Lewis
Girl From The Greenbriar Shore - Ralph Stanley
My inanimate luxury item would be something to play them on.
Robert Graves' 'Greek Myths' - there always seems to be something new inside.
In no particular order:
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
DOA - Foo Fighters
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse
Let's Get It On (live) - Marvin Gaye
Fools Gold - The Stone Roses
Ultimate Song: What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Object (book): Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
DOA - Foo Fighters
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Butterflies and Hurricanes - Muse
Let's Get It On (live) - Marvin Gaye
Fools Gold - The Stone Roses
Ultimate Song: What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Object (book): Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia