Lemonade Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Like off of Radio 4 so we can all pretend we listen to Radio 4.You're going to be cast away on a desert island, alone, for the rest of your life. You're allowed to take 8 records to listen to (singles, not albums), but let's make it ten so it's a bit easier. You're also allowed one book (The Complete Works of Shakespeare and the Bible / whatever religious text applies to your religion are already included), and you're allowed one luxury item, which can't be used to get off the island or contact anyone and it can't be a person.My 10 songs:Blitzkreig Bop - The RamonesUnderground - Ben Folds FivePick Up The Pieces - Average White BandGeorgia On My Mind - Ray CharlesHere There & Everywhere - The BeatlesMoonlight Sonata (14) first movement - BeethovenNobody Does It Better - Carly SimonHypnotize - Notorious BIGWaltz # 2 (XO) - Elliott SmithIf I Can Dream - Elvis PresleyBook:"The Grapes Of Wrath" - John SteinbeckLuxury item:I was tempted to say loads and loads of porno mags, but I think I would go with a harp. I'd teach myself to play the fucker, by ear. That would wile away a few years.(This thread has been done before but I thought I'd update it since people's tastes may have changed in the last 4 years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 My 10 tracks are off the cuff, ie wouldn't be the same each time I choose. And I'm trying to maximise listening time with lots of long stuff.Rolling Stones- 'Sympathy for the Devil'- gotta have some stones, and it might as well be something you can dance to, and has a good solo, et voila.DJ Shadow- 'Influx (alternative interlude '94)'- keystone track in my life, this is the best version with awesome easy listening synth breakdown (baby), and goes on a bit.Diamond Head- 'Am I Evil' (Borrowed Time version)- representing (almost) all metal, ultimate riff/solo combo.Sleep- 'Dopesmoker' Its, like, an hour of monolithic madness, will go well with luxury item.Charles Mingus- 'Mode D Trio and Group Dancers' from Black Saint and the Sinner Lady-has almost totally redefined my understanding of what Jazz can beAsh Ra Tempel and Timothy Leary- 'Space' -ace 20 minute work, plenty of hippies talked about Cosmic Blues without making any, this is that.Fela Kuti- 'Upside Down' something really long and ace to dance to.ColdCut- 'Journeys by DJ- 70 Minutes of Madness' All of the best of the rest of the 90s, and is one continuous track (on CD), legendary king of the mix pantheon.Joanna Newsom- 'Emily' -must have something stratospherically emotive.Funkadelic- 'Promentalshitbackwashpsychosisenemasquad- The Doo Doo Chasers' Fried Ice Cream IS a reality.Book- Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle, or a print out of all of Wikipedia.Luxury Item- Variety pack of 100s of the best seeds Amsterdam has to offer, set for life.I thought DID only allowed 7 tracks, but 10 is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Top 10 tracks - in no particular order:Plague of Ghosts - FishGhost of Tom Joad - Bruce SpringsteenThe Ballad of Mott - Mott the HoopleFugazi - MarillionWhite Flag - DidoIsobel (live) - DidoBrighton Rock - QueenHotel California - The EaglesJourney of the Sorceror - The EaglesNot even going to try - David Devant and his spirit WifeBook: Seeing Things by Oliver Postgate Luxury - Is it cheating to say a fully stocked kindle with 3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 My 10 songs:Roll Over Lay Down - Status QuoSummer of 69 - Bryan AdamsJohnny B Goode - Chuck BerryHotel California - The EaglesDon't Stop Believin' - Journey9th Symphony - BeethovenOxygene - Jean Michel JarreMannish Boy - Muddy WatersGet Back - The BeatlesT for Texas - Lynyrd SkynyrdBook:"Shogun" - James ClavellLuxury item:A blow-up sex doll....... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 10 songs....Roy Harper 'One of those days in England' (album version)Nick Drake 'Northern sky'the Kinks 'Moments'the Beatles'Strawberry Fields Forever'the Fall 'Totally wired'Sonic Youth '100%'Lal Waterson 'So strange is man'COB 'Music of the ages'Honeybus 'The breaking-up scene'Fred Neil 'Dolphins'Book...'Dance to the music of time' (Anthony Powell) or the Gormenghast trilogy (Mervyn Peake)Luxury item..solar-powered recording studio with mics, guitars and leads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Songs:Cave In - TrepanningFall of Troy - Empty the Clip, The King Has Been Slain, Long Live the QueenRush - 2112Oceansize - Massive BereavementInMe - Far ReachingPelican - March to the Sea65daysofstatic - Retreat! Retreat!Billy Talent - Red FlagDredg - Bug EyesEels - Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)Book:Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, so I'm prepared in the unlikely event that aliens come and rescue me.Luxury Item:One of these - YouTube - Ball in a Cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Damn I am bored on this island, and I'm sick of trying to play this fucking harp. I wish I'd taken a 1,000,000 piece jigsaw puzzle instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Songs:Radiohead - IdiotequeRadiohead - There ThereThe Knife - We share our mother's healthThe Beach Boys - Surf's UpSonic Youth - Teenage RiotBjork - HyperballadYo la Tengo - Tom CourtenayOutkast - B.O.BPantha Du Prince - AshaMiles Davis - So WhatThat was pretty hard, the list would probably change tomorrow but just now that is the I could think of that covers my all time faves without all being songs of a similar type.Book:Catch - 22Luxury Item:an etch-a-sketch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 The SongsJesus Jones - SpiralElvis Presley - I Just Can't Stop Loving YouThe Shop Assistants - Home AgainRND Technologies - UltrafilterThe Fall - YouwannaScritti Politti - Lions After SlumberThe Smiths - How Soon Is Now?Rolling Stones - Biggest MistakeKen Dodd - HappinessSaint Ettiene - LeafhoundBook - The Olivetti Chronicles by John PeelLuxury Item - A laptop for writing on but if electronics arent allowed then pen and paper, basically something so I could spend eternity writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Luckily I like lots of bands with long songs so Im bunging in a fair few of them to get my value for shipwrecked-ness SongsSome Summers They Drop Like Flies ~ Dirty ThreeFriend of the Night ~ MogwaiMarch Into The Sea ~ PelicanDirt ~ The StoogesMarquee Moon ~ TelevisionBlaise Bailey Finnegan III ~ Godspeed You Black Emperor!The End of Radio ~ ShellacHallogallo ~ Neu!Vessel in Vain ~ SmogRevival ~ SoulsaversBookPreacher (technically this is several books at presenton my desert island they have all been compiled into one big volume, k?)Luxury ItemMouth organ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 God Only Knows - Beach BoysCome Around - Tahiti 80Gorgeous George - Edwyn CollinsP.S You Rock My World - eelsNow it's On - GrandaddyI'm Looking Through You - The BeatlesJulia - The BeatlesJust Stand Back - LowSo Far Around the Bend - The NationalDo You Realize?? - The Flaming LipsBook: The BFG by Roald DahlLuxury item: My bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 All 9 songs from Black Flag's My WarThe Boss - Atlantic CityGarfield's Law - Jim DavisSky Sports package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni907 Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Dream Theater - in the presence of enemies (the live version so it has the whole 26 minutes of awesome)Butthole Surfers - PepperAvenged Sevenfold - m.i.aPink Floyd - Poles apartMillion Dead - Smiling at strangers on trainsBeatles - Penny LaneDinosaur jr - PiecesGoo Goo Dolls - Big MachineMotorhead - Ace of SpadesElliot Smith - Between the Barsbook - the lord of the rings trilogy thing I have... it's massive, and what a way to bore myself to deathluxury item - a big box of non-perishables cos i'd be fuckin starving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaid Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Tonight We Fly (Or any song from Promenade)- The Divine ComedyNot The Same - Ben FoldsJoining a Fanclub - JellyfishCaprice - The WildheartsBlue Riders on The Range - PearlfishersWrapped in Grey - XTCIf Only The Moon Were Up - Field MusicJailbreak - Thin LizzySymphonic Dances from West Side Story - BernsteinRhapsody in Blue - GershwinBook would be 'Kill Your Friends' by John Niven.Luxury item would be an upright piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 My 10 songs:Dirty Projectors // Rise AboveWavves // No Hope KidsGirls // Lust For LifeLos Campesinos! // We've Got Your Back (Documented Emotional Breakdown #2)Copy Haho // BookshelfThe Beach Boys // God Only KnowsGrizzly Bear // Two WeeksSonic Youth // MoteGZA/Genius // LabelsBig Boi // Shine BlockasBook:Iain Banks // ComplicityLuxury item:A really great drum kit, so I'd be found, and be fucking amazing at the drums. I've always wanted to take them up but never had the space/money.Well aren't I interesting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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