Desert Island Discs

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The Redcafe variety

For those of you unfamiliar with this British radio's all-time favourite, it's one of the longest running programmes in British radio history. Created in 1942, the format is simple:

a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island.

ALSO:

- explain why you choose each record

- choose one book to take with you

- and a luxury which must be inanimate and have no practical use.

With all this talk of music on the caf tonight, I thought I'd invited members to post their choices they would take with them on a desert island
 
Can I bring a CD player, cause if he can't the whole thing would be a bit pointless...
 
I'm sure that when you get to the desert island all the necessary equipment you need to play the eight 'records' are already there and waiting...

Just don't ask how and why!
 
8 albums
Stone Roses ... Greatest Hits...... class
Rory Gallagher Live in the Isle of Wight ....... class
U2 ..... Joshua Tree ...... class
Bob Dylan ..... Infidels.....class
John Lennon...Best of....class
Bob Marley....Legend....class
Pearl Jam.... Ten....class
Anything by Kylie.... to look at the cover.


1 Book
Lord of the Rings Trilogy... it takes forever to read

1 inanimate useless luxury

The wife
 
never been much of an album type of person...more mix n match or Greatest Hits back catalogues of the oldies! (i know i know...sacrilege)

these are the last few where i've loved every song!

1 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2 Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
3 QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
4 Beck - Odelay!
5 Live - Secret Samadhi
6 Keane - Hopes and Fears
7 Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian
8 David Gray - White Ladder

Book - same as dok_golf for the same reason...or Wuthering Heights

Item - Lifetime's subscription to In Style magazine!
 
dok_golf said:
8 albums
Stone Roses ... Greatest Hits...... class
Rory Gallagher Live in the Isle of Wight ....... class
U2 ..... Joshua Tree ...... class
Bob Dylan ..... Infidels.....class
John Lennon...Best of....class
Bob Marley....Legend....class
Pearl Jam.... Ten....class
Anything by Kylie.... to look at the cover.


1 Book
Lord of the Rings Trilogy... it takes forever to read

1 inanimate useless luxury

The wife
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Im no expert but those seem to be albums... The format of the 8 records is the tracks...

choose 8 tracks.

+ btw on the way up to Newcastle @ Home this season did anyone catch desert island discs with Jarvis Cocker?

very good.
 
g4orce said:
Im no expert but those seem to be albums... The format of the 8 records is the tracks...

choose 8 tracks.

+ btw on the way up to Newcastle @ Home this season did anyone catch desert island discs with Jarvis Cocker?

very good.
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i thought Desert Island Discs was about albums...is it just 8 songs?
 
in which case...

Beastie Boys - The Sound of Science
Keane - Bedshaped
Stevie Wonder - As
Beach Boys - In My Room
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
Toni Childs - Dreamer
Fleetwood - Need Your Love So Bad
Howlin' Wolf - Smoke Stack Lightning
Solomon Burke - Cry To Me
Roy Orbison - You Got It

ok, that's 10...this is too hard!
 
1) The Randells: The Martian Hop
The first record I ever bought and as a reminder of Saturday morning radio and Children’s Favourites.
2) The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
Listening under the bed covers I couldn’t go to sleep unitl Radio Luxembourg played this awesome song..
3) Fairport Convention: Tam Lin
For the tragic loss of Sandy Denny’s incredible voice, the incredible closing guitar/violin thrash and for memories of hitching down to London as a teenager to catch underground gigs.
4) Family: Strange Looking Band
And they were. Headlined one of our Friday night school dances and, as a Leicester band, to remind me how a mate and I used to make pocket money organising fortnightly coach trips to Leicester’s De Montfort Hall to see all the big acts on tour.
5) Sensational Alex Harvey Band: The Hammer Song
Imagine Wayne and his mates head banging to Bohemian Rhapsody. That’s my son and his mates as eight/nine/ten year olds in my car every week taking them home from cub scouts, head banging to SAHB when the heavy thumpathumpathumpa riff kicks in.
6) Captain Beefheart: Bat Chain Puller
The one true genius in rock music and to remind me of the only artist I regret never getting to see live!
7) James: Sometimes
The only band that my son, my daughter and I all really enjoyed going to see live together.
8) Richard Thompson: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
This song would remind me of my user name and hence remind me of the Caf and my passion for Manchester United. ‘Said Red Molly to James, that’s a fine motorbike, A girl could feel special on any such like. Said James to Red Molly, my hat’s off to you, It’s a Vincent Black Lightning 1952’.

Book – biography of Churchill by Roy Jenkins. I’ve read others, but this I’ve yet to start is highly acclaimed, and Churchill is the greatest Briton of all.

Luxury item – binoculars for bird watching.
 
GiggsysGirl said:
i thought Desert Island Discs was about albums...is it just 8 songs?
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Yes. It's eight songs.

But, don't panic! This is the Redcafe version and I see a few have decided to name eight albums instead. I suppose that's alot easier than naming the songs.

If you can name eight songs, I'll be highly impressed.
 
Leftfield=leftism, classic of its genre, lots of happy memories associated with it :)
bob marley=legend...perfect for lying in the sun, which you'd be doing plenty of on a desert island...
White stripes=elephant, something to rock out too, to take your mind of things...( like the fact you are stuck on a desert island... :( )
one of New Orders CDs but cant decide which one! :eek: (substance or get ready being main contenders)
some Mozart
one of Badly drawn boys ones...(again cant decide what! :mad: )
a really good 80s compilation for trippin down memory lane :)
and probably the Pixies = Doolittle...
 
g4orce said:
Im no expert but those seem to be albums... The format of the 8 records is the tracks...

choose 8 tracks.

+ btw on the way up to Newcastle @ Home this season did anyone catch desert island discs with Jarvis Cocker?

very good.
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Well, I just thought as long as I was bringing the cd player, I may bring along albums instead of songs. It would make passing the time a little easier. :angel:
 
dok_golf said:
Well, I just thought as long as I was bringing the cd player, I may bring along albums instead of songs. It would make passing the time a little easier. :angel:
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But thats not desert island discs is it...

Not the way they do it. They pick a tune then talk about why they have decided to choose it. then play it.
 
1) Marcheba - Parts of the process. Brilliant for chilling out in the sun
2) Oasis - Definitely Maybe. Brilliant from start to finish
3) The Verve - Urban Hymns. Great for just sitting back and listening to
4) Nirvana - Nevermind. First CD i ever bought
5) David Gray - White Ladder. Nice and mellow
6) Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View. Always makes me smile
7) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. Just a great album
8) High Fidelity Soundtrack. A brilliant mix of funk and banging tunes

Book - 101 Dalmations. The only book i've read more than once

Inamimate Object - The Crazy Frog - So I could drown the fecker
 
The entire archive is online as podcasts and I've been digging in a lot these last few weeks. It's great radio. Plus it's hard not to fall a little bit in love with Kirsty Young.

BBC - Desert Island Discs - Home

There's a handy search function where you can choose specific tracks and search to see who chose them.

So far, I'd particularly recommend Morrisey, Steve Coogan and Frank Skinner but I've barely scratched the surface at this stage.

Regarding my own list, I'd go with:

Pearl Jam - Black
Reminds me of not long after I learned to drive and used to tool around with a tape (oh yes) of this in the car stereo, turned up ridiculously loud.
Janes Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Because it's a brilliant tune.
Pixies - Monkey's Gone to Heaven
Used to throw shapes to this at indie kid discos, when I was a lot younger and skinnier.
Velvet Underground - Sunday Mornings
An ex introduced me to the brilliance of Velvet Underground and we used to listen to this on, well, Sunday mornings.
Portishead - Mysterons
Used to play this album to death after a night out clubbing. The key change early on in the tune still gives me goose-bumps.
Leftfield - Inspection (Check One)
For more or less the same reasons as the Portishead track.
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Losing a bit of street cred by not going with the original but I once drove for 16 hours across the Australian outback with Grace as the only album in my car. This has stayed with me ever since.
Walkmen - The Rat
Randomly discovered this song on MTV one night. Of all the new music I've discovered in recent years, this is the one I keep coming back to.

Book
The complete works of Shakespeare. Was force-fed Shakespeare at school and generally hated it but every time I'm exposed to it these days I find his writing more and more appealing. With feck all else to do on the Island, I reckon this would be a great project to pass the time. Could also learn loads of bitching soliloquays, word for word, to show off when I get back home.

Luxury Item
A fishing rod and tackle - with strict instructions that I must return everything I catch (which would make it of no practical value)

Over to you, caftards...
 
Metallica - Master of Puppets Master of Puppets (the album) came out when I was an unemployed 19yo. It inspired me like no album before or since. And one line of the song led me to back a Grand National winner.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun I was never as big a fan of these guys as I was of Pearl Jam. But goddamn this is one of the best songs ever.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Providence If I'm on a desert island with only eight songs it makes sense to have the odd long one doesn't it? This beaut clocks in at around half an hour.

Tom Waits - Telephone Call from Istanbul Choosing just one Waits song is a hard one. I chose this because of the organ at the end and the awesome lyrics. Never trust a man in a blue trench coat.

Isis - From Sinking I think with being set such a task people generally go with songs they love that always remind them of things in their past. It's always a nostalgic exercise. But I chose this song because it is heavy as feck.

Burzum - Det som en gang var
The perfect setting for listening to Burzum is alone in a Norwegian forest at night in the winter - not a desert island. But I would need at least one Black Metal song with me.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic Best feel good song I know.

Radiohead - Black Star Very much a memory song. Always makes me well up when I hear it.
 
Eight songs - hmm that's a toughie but I'll have to try and cover a few moods.

Songs
Metallica - Sanitarium
Pink Floyd - Echoes
The Doors - The End
Iron Maiden - Prowler
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Pearl Jam - Black
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive

Book
A big inflatable book called 'how to make oars from sand'

Luxury Item
Guitar
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Book
The complete works of Shakespeare. Was force-fed Shakespeare at school and generally hated it but every time I'm exposed to it these days I find his writing more and more appealing. With feck all else to do on the Island, I reckon this would be a great project to pass the time. Could also learn loads of bitching soliloquays, word for word, to show off when I get back home.
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You get the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible anyway - everyone then chooses another book in addition to them...
 
8 songs? Jaysus.

Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
One of the best guitar solos ever put to wax. The background just makes the song more haunting. George Clinton told Eddie to play "like your mother died", and he did.

Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Classic Miles Davis. 27 minutes of hypnotic jazz fusion.

D'Angelo: The Root
From the best soul album of the past decade, hands down. I'm not even going to pretend to try and summarize this song in a few words.

Nas: Drunk by Myself
Sums Nas and hip hop up. Hard hitting yet soulful beat, vivid storytelling, sharp lyricism, and the rapper's ability to make us relate. I've been there before.

Outkast: Millenium
Picking my best Outkast song is impossible, so I'm just gonna select one of their best. Futuristic even for today, yet was recorded in 1996. Classic Dre and Big Boi.

Pete Rock: Walk On By
Perfectly chopped up samples, creative layering, makes the beat another beast. The type of beat you would want Nas or Big L to rip, yet it sounds complete without lyrics. Pete Rock ya'll.

Raekwon: Incarcerated Scarfaces
You can literally see cocaine powder busting out the speakers when this is playing. So raw and powerful. And he gives a big up to my current state of abode. "Real niggas lick shots, peace Connecticut."

Common: Nag Champa (Afrodisiac)
His flow is just impeccable, over a J'Dilla beat.

Can I take one more?

Erykah Badu: Other Side of the Game

Book: Sherlock Holmes the Collection

Luxury Item: Solar powered motor boat
 
No order:

Albums
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The Jam - Sound Affects
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Very Best of the Smiths
Roxy Music - Avalon

Book
Camille Paglia - Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
 
Roxy Music - 2HB
PJ Harvey - Dress
Queens of the Stone Age - If Only
Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country
DJ Shadow - High Noon
Melvins - Night Goat
13th Floor Elevators - You Don't Know
Yawning Man - Catamaran


Book: The Best of Myles by Flann O'Brien

Object: A sharp knife.
 
Pearl jam - Corduroy
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Marley - Satisfy my soul
S.Wonder - Sir duke
Lennon - watching the wheels
millie Jackson - Hurt so good
Clash - bankrobber
Eddie Vedder - Guaranteed

Book:The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Luxury Olympic BB +700lbs in plates
 
In no particular order --

-- Wotan's Abschied [from Wagner's Die Walküre] - Hans Hotter under Knappertsbusch (1956)

-- God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

-- Die Frist ist um [from Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer] - Hans Hotter under Krauss (1944)

-- Lisa - Euphoria

-- Karfreitagszauber (from 'So ward es uns verhiessen...') [from Wagner's Parsifal] - Hans Hotter and Jess Thomas under Knappertsbusch (1962)

-- The end of Strauss' Elektra - Birgit Nilsson and Leonie Rysanek

-- Ingemisco [from Verdi's Requiem] - Jussi Björling under Weissmann (1939)

-- Debaser - Pixies


Book -- The Iliad

Luxury -- Cigarettes
 
I would recommend listening to Frank Warren's one. It's absolutely gripping, and that surprised me, because I didn't think it would be.
 
Eight records - No reason other than I would just take songs I can listen to over and over and over and not get bored, alot of sentimental songs that mean something to me also tend to get boring in the wrong times.

New Order "Temptation"
Radiohead "Kid A"
Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run"
Joy Division "Atmosophere"
Notorious B.I.G "Juicy"
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Tha' Crossroads"
Primal Scream "Come Together"
Bjork "It's Oh So Quiet"

Guess I could give more specific reasons as to why, 'Temptation' used to be my favourite song to request in a club, any version of it, 'Kid A' was something I used for a video profile I did in school once and it's generally awesomely for when I just want a peaceful song to relax too, 'Born to Run' was probably one of the first tracks I overplayed(and still do) that wasn't based off the radio at the time, 'Atmosophere' again a beautiful song just to relax to no real meaning to it being there really, 'Tha' Crossroads' kind of explains itself, lost a few friends at young ages, and the last two, don't know really, maybe I'll have a better reason someday for them, but 'Come Together' was another I'd regularly blast when in the tents at festivals and zone out to it.

Book - Love in the Time of Cholera
Luxury - An inanimate carbon rod
 
As with always, this is likely to change by the day..

Songs:

No Age - Brain Buster
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Buddy Holly - Words of Love
Tony Allen - Afro-Disco Beat
Bob Dylan - When the Ship Comes In
Justin Hinds - Carry Go Bring Come
James Carr - The Dark End of the Street
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

A mixture of different genres.

Book: Ulysses (so I finally read it)

Luxury: Kindle (so I don't have to read Ulysses)
 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Symphony X - The Odyssey (Part I-VII)
Raidohead - Paranoid Android
Raidiohead - Karma Police (what if I just medley the whole Ok Computer album into one song?)
Kiss - Detroit Rock City
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Metallica - One
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

It's really of the top of my head. Top 3 songs would always make the list

Book: Moby Dick. It's long and I've always wanted to read it. Might learn something about the water as well and what to do if a white whale or a sea captain would appear.

Luxury: A football. Something to play with and my very own Wilson
 
Songs

Led Zeppelin - Since ive been loving you

Wu Tang - 7th Chamber part 2

Notorious BIG - Juicy

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

The Doors - Back Door Man

Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff

Dr Dre - Xplosive

Taj Mahal - Johnny too bad


Book

Harry Potter


Luxury

a relentless stock of Cannabis
 
datura said:
Book: Ulysses (so I finally read it)

Luxury: Kindle (so I don't have to read Ulysses)
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Cheat. And read it, it's very good (says the man who has Finnegan's Wake staring accusingly at him from the bookshelf).
 
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