Desert Island Discs: yet another meme

[theblondette]

Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme. It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 and is said by the Guinness Book of Records to be the longest-running music programme in the history of radio. Guests are invited to imagine themselves castaways on a desert island, and to choose eight pieces of music to take with them; discussion of their choices permits a review of their life. They must also specify which one of these pieces they regard most highly. Aside from music, they are permitted one book, excluding the Bible or other religious work and the complete works of Shakespeare, which are already present on the island to force more original choices. They also choose one luxury which must be inanimate and of no survival value, though large supplies of champagne seem to be allowed.

So: what are your choices?

[parock]

8 albums:


The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Plow United - Narcolepsy
Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Otis Redding - Pure Southern Soul
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
At The Drive In - This Station Is Non Operational
The Dubliners - Original Dubliners

Book: The Giving Tree

Object - Leather work folder that has pens and paper

[biblesalesman]

The Hold Steady - Sep Sunday
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
THe Grateful Dead - Skullfuck
The Band - Rock of Ages
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Lou Reed - New York
Joni Mitchell- Miles of Aisles
The Pretenders- Isle of View

Book- To Kill A Mockingbird

Object- Schrade leatherman

[ct]

Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Johnny Cash - Legends (sort of cheating since it is 4 disc set)
DBT - Souther Rock Opera
THS - BAGIA
Clutch - Clutch
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace with God
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Book - The Stand

Other Object - Solar Powered Ruggedized Laptop

[stephanie]

telecognac, telecognac (only 500 copies of this exist, it is 31 minutes and 57 seconds long, it is my favorite recorded piece of music of all time)
eels, beautiful freak
Cage, Hell's Winter
Elliott Smith, Roman Candle
Pop Will Eat Itself, Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
Lifter Puller, Fiestas + Fiascos
Counting Crows, Recovering the Satellites
Engine 88, Snowman

Book: Anne Sexton: The Complete Poems
Object: college-ruled notebook with black Uniball Grip 0.5mm micro tip pen

[gushingblood]

THS - Separation Sunday
THS - Almost Killed Me
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Beck - Odelay
Pixies - Doolittle
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Weezer - Pinkerton
The Cure - Greatest Hits
Modest Mouse - Good News...
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Book: Stephen King - Misery (May have to edit this)

Object:Keyboard - I already play the guitar sufficiently, but I would love to be able to play the piano/keyboard.
I picked Keyboard over Piano because I like to sit on the floor and play.

[something relevant.]

Question: Is there fire wood on the island?

[thechumpion]

THS - BAGIA
The Replacements - Let It Be
Sam Cooke - Live @ The Harlem Square Club, 1963
Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Descendents - I Don't Want To Grow Up
Leatherface - Mush
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!

Book:

Dec 8, 2008 0:59:30 GMT -5 something relevant. said:

Question: Is there fire wood on the island?

Physician's Desk Reference... hollowed out, inside: waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Item: Really comfy couch.

[Evan]

THS - Separation Sunday
The Replacements - Let It Be
Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Vertical Horizon - Live Stages
Blink 182 - The Mark, Tom, & Travis Show

Book: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card

Item: My futon. Best ever.

[disgruntledgoat]

THS- Seperation Sunday
Rocket From The Crypt- RIP (just cos it has the overview of everything they did)
Wu Tang Clan- The W
Teenage Fanclub- Songs from Northern Britain
Mogwai- Government Commissions
Pavement- Crooked Rain/Crooked Rain
Various- Motown Chartbusters 5
Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run

Book: The Death of Marco Pantani (Matt Rendall)

Item: A bike.

[212margarita]

THS - Seperation Sunday
Tool - Aenima
Bad Religion - Tested
Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Aesop Rock - Labor Days

book: In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)

Item: a soft bed

[Mahoney]

THS-SS
Who-quadrophenia
Sigur Ros-the black cover weird baby one
Bon iver-for emma...
Clast-London calling
Modest mouse- lonesome crowded west
Bob Dylan- highway 61 revisited
Pearl jam- something live
phish-live
Grateful dead-workingmans dead


evan good call with tribute to jack johnson, i love that album.

book, something with alot of depth, maybe gravity's rainbow, ulysses, against the day, mason & dixon. something that would take me awhile to truely understand.

item- art supplies, or porn. prob art tho.

[gushingblood]

Dec 8, 2008 10:57:23 GMT -5 212margarita said:

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

You would take Neon Bible over Funeral?(which was my 11th album )

[nosferatu]

I'd take

Neil Young - Harvest
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
Neil Young - Zuma
Bob Dylan/The Band - Before The Flood
The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous

I'd take The Rotter's Club by Jonathan Coe to read because it's a great story.

I'd take a winnebago.

[212margarita]

Dec 8, 2008 12:49:36 GMT -5 @gushingblood said:

Dec 8, 2008 10:57:23 GMT -5 212margarita said:

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

You would take Neon Bible over Funeral?(which was my 11th album )

I have a lot of really nice personal memories with Neon Bible...and if i was on a desert island, i would assume i would be all by myself. So the memories would be nice.

[johnnyboy]

You wouldn't be alone. You'd have a volleyball with Tom Hanks' face.

[red]

neil young - tonight's the night
big star - third/sister lovers
tom waits - bone machine
pavement - crooked rain crooked rain
bob dylan - highway 61 revisited (i couldn't live my life without hearing 'desolation row' again)
joni mitchell - blue
the beatles - abbey road

book: this side of paradise by f. scott fitzgerald

item: an extremely comfortable lounge chair

[emily]

THS - SS
The Replacements - Let it Be
Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
Lifter Puller - Fiestas and Fiascos
The Clash - London Calling
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Van Morrison - Moondance

East of Eden - Steinbeck

My dog, for company

[sportfishing]

Dec 8, 2008 1:48:13 GMT -5 thechumpion said:

Book:

Physician's Desk Reference... hollowed out, inside: waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

HAHA! YES!

[Matt Jones]

1. THS - Separation Sunday
2. Ted Leo + RX - Tyranny of Distance
3. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports
4. The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
5. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
7. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
8. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Book: David Eggers - "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
Object: A Grand Piano

[ct]

if we all get stranded on the same island, the only Springsteen we are going to have is "Born to Run". can someone at least bring a greatest hits.....

[Camie]

Springsteen - Greatest Hits (i was going to put this before ct said so too.. i like variety)
THS - Stay Positive
THS- Seperation Sunday
Draco and the Malfoys - It's a Slytheirn World
The Moaning Myrtles - What About Myrtle
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia
THS - Boys and Girls in America

Book - Harry Potter (any one.. doenst matter...)

Item - Guitar

[something relevant.]

Dec 8, 2008 21:56:08 GMT -5 sportfishing said:

Dec 8, 2008 1:48:13 GMT -5 thechumpion said:

Book:

Physician's Desk Reference... hollowed out, inside: waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

HAHA! YES!

x2


Item: laptop.
CDs: irrelevant?
(But, if I really had to choose: Episode of Sparrows and Left and Leaving (because they remind me of home), and Separation Sunday for sure, for sure.)

[emily]

Dec 8, 2008 21:56:08 GMT -5 sportfishing said:

Dec 8, 2008 1:48:13 GMT -5 thechumpion said:

Book:

Physician's Desk Reference... hollowed out, inside: waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

HAHA! YES!

I love Dwight.