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[delboy]

so in the unlikely event you were asked on desert island discs what would your choices be? 8 songs, a book and a luxury....

Ken Dodd - Happiness
Billy Cotton Band - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts (its the version thats played over the tannoy when cambridge win at the abbey stadium!)
The Wedding Present - Take Me
Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat
Morrissey - Driving Your Girlfriend Home
Tin Machine - Tin Machine
The Skids - Brothers
Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts

(don't try to dwell on 8 choices too much it can rack yer brain!)

book - the complete rock discography by MC Strong
luxury - a keyboard

[Scorge]

Oof, tricky. Off the top of the head:

Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
GY! BE - Moya
New Order - Regret
808 State - Pacific State
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
The Blue Nile - Let's Go Out Tonight
Genesis - Ripples

Book: Catch 22.
Luxury: Bottle of Pernod.

[Old Gold]

Ry Cooder - Tia Juana/The Pearls
Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking
Sufjan Stevens - Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother!
John Martyn - Solid Air
Dufus - Wrinkle
Bob Dylan - Subteranean Homesick Blues
Django Reinhardt - Sweet Georgia Brown
Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone

Book - A Short History of nearly Everything - Bill Bryson (Take a while to get my head round that).

Luxury - Guitar's too easy... I'd take a Fishing Rod.

[...mole...]

hmmm had to think bout this a bit.

Yes - Siberian Khatru
Rick wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 1
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
Steve Vai - Fire Garden Suite
Caravan - For Richard
Focus - Eruption

Book: H.G Wells - The War of The Worlds
Luxury: a cd/mp3 player too actually listen to the songs :p

[Dave]

It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding-Bob Dylan
Matty Groves-Fairport Convention
A Very Cellular Song-Incredible String Band
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted-David Ruffin
Ezekiel Saw The Wheel-The Almanac Singers
Something So Right-Paul Simon
There She Goes, My Beautiful World-Nick Cave
Stagolee Blues-Mississippi John Hurt

Luxury-putting set

Book-Fishing For Dummies

[Bodast]

Genesis - Supper's Ready
Genesis - A Winter's Tale. But only today. On another day this would go to Love Makes Sweet Music, Soft Machine
Yes - Starship Trooper
Caravan - Where but for Caravan Would I?
Finntroll - Trollhammaren
Wolfstone - Battle
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my Heart
Soft Machine - Moon in June

Book. Alcatraz from Inside - Jim Quillen

Luxury. My Czech grammar book and dictionary. Lots of time to learn it all (and translate the book).

(just remembered that that's another book.. er.. If i couldn't have that I'd take.. my dog.)

[Larsen B]

Originally Posted by Bodast

Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my Heart

A song so bad that it's really fucking good. It's just the cheesy dated production that ruins it though. It sounds ace on just acoustic.

[Jimmy Lucifer]

Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin
Black Flag - My Way
Matisyahu - King Without A Crown
Sick Of It All - Us Vs. Them
The Wildhearts - Sky Babies
Metallica - Orion
Champion - Miles To Go
Roxette - Hot Blooded (yeah!)

Book: "Have A Nice Day!" by Mick Foley
Luxury: A guitar I guess. Or another book if that's allowed.

[Swingin' Ryan]

Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
The Clash - The Card Cheat
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
Sublime - Guava Jelly/This Train medley
The Concretes - Warm Night
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Death Cab For Cutie - A Movie Script Ending

Book - Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger

Luxury item - A king-size four poster bed

[Jan Deal]

I'm going to have a think about this and post my thoughts at lunch...