Topic: Your Desert Island Discs [10 song variation]

[stara]

Steely Dan  - Do it again
Angie Stone - Green Grass Vapors
Air - La Femme d'Argent
Jimi Hendrix - All Along Watchtower
Talk Talk - The Rainbow
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Perfume - Dream Fighter
Tedd Patterson - Magnifique (Chus & Ceballos Iberican Mix)
Zero 7 - Look up
Kad Achouri - Vue Sur La Mer

[meady1981]

Was an absolute pleasure to listen to Phil

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Steely Dan  - Do it again
Angie Stone - Green Grass Vapors
Air - La Femme d'Argent
Jimi Hendrix - All Along Watchtower
Talk Talk - The Rainbow
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Perfume - Dream Fighter
Tedd Patterson - Magnifique (Chus & Ceballos Iberican Mix)
Zero 7 - Look up
Kad Achouri - Vue Sur La Mer

Nice to see Talk Talk there!

[BassTunedToRed]

A friend of mine interviewed his friends and family about their desert island discs for a personal podcast series a few years ago (2009). At the time, I said:

Guns 'N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
The Clash - Complete Control
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Blur - For Tomorrow
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Love - You Set The Scene
Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone

It's eight years on, and I definitely think most of those would still be in there. Bowie would replace The Smiths though...

[Rhi]

Phil - fantastic stuff. I've got the podcast of your episode downloaded to keep me company on a long flight on Sunday. Looking forward to it. Thanks to Jim for the heads-up, too!

[Rysoph76]

My 10 off the top of my head would be:

From The Ritz to the Rubble - Arctic Monkeys
Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
A Different Corner - George Michael
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
Regulate - Warren G
Express Yourself - NWA
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
We Belong Together - Mariah Carey

 

[Black Bull Nova]

6 Years since anyone posted here but rather than start a new thread I thought I would dredge it up and start again
Picking 8 or 10 records is near impossible, even moreso when you are younger because things change, anyway, most of these have stood the test of time for me so here goes 
In no particular order 
1. GLENN CAMPBELL-WICHITA LINEMAN 
Don't know why I love this, just do 
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2. JOHNNY CASH-HURT 
Not sure how much I would play this on a desert island but I could not do without it, one for the down days, brilliant though 
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3. GIL SCOTT-HERON-B MOVIE 
Value for money because its like 2-3 songs, mesmeric towards the end 
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4. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS-FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS 

One of the few pieces of music that have made me shiver, worth watching Master and Commander again for this 
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5. EARTH, WIND & FIRE-SEPTEMBER 
Well, you need a bit of fun on your own 
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6. THE BEACH BOYS-SAIL ON SAILOR 
Something to sing along to, Carl Wilson's Beach Boys 
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7. LHASA DE SELA-DE CARER A LA PARED 
The only recent discovery but I know this will stand the test of time 
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8. PINK FLOYD-FEARLESS 

I have to have a Floyd song and this was one of the earliest I remember, double value as some of you who last till then end will already know   

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9. IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS-HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK   
Music and attitude have never been matched better 
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10. WILCO-I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART   
A song that just gets better the more you play it 
 
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[Baby Huey]

Because it is A Love Supreme. Perfect.



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Miles at his best, with his best line up, Coltrane, Adderley and Evans are all on the cusp of becoming leaders of their own bands and also becoming Greats within the genre...not forgetting the sublime playing of Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers. Funnily enough, this is the only tune which Adderley sat out from...still



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The greatness of Gil, he was and is always relevant. That moment on the steps of the Congress on January 6, 2021 all I heard was Gil and this...

The Constitution
A noble piece of paper
With free society
Struggled but it died in vain
And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner
Hoping for some rain
Looks like it's hoping
Hoping for some rain

And I see the robins
Perched in barren treetops
Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor
But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow.



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One of the most unappreciated bands. Brilliant band.




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Everyone needs some Stevie in their life...which one though, there's too many to pick from. Playful Stevie...apart from the percussion he plays everything on this track.



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From the greatest music ever written...Richard Wagner's Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Funeral March. Everyone should give the Ring Cycle a listen at least once in their lives.



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I've always been philosophical about things beyond my control, part of my job. I do wish I could have seen these live...so clever, so moving...so brilliant.



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The greatest band,ever. It was a toss up between this or A Day In The Life. My mum saw The Beatles quite a few times and she played the harp and Celtic Harp...that's why this one won...plus, once you know the story that's being told in the song...



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It's really hard picking which one from Hank. This is Rock And Roll before it had been thought of.



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This, this is sublime. It's pretty new and yet it's been a part of my daily playlist since it was released. This lad needs to be better known and more appreciated.



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[Black Bull Nova]

We are not that far apart are we, I have a Love Supreme and Kind of Blue (I only have 3 jazz albums)


Gil, well what can I say, saw him 4 times, immense and always will be, Winter in America is song no.2 for me


Talk, Talk, Spirit of Eden is one of my top 5 albums and probably the only one I have to listen all the way through, Living in Another World was 11th for me but probably should have been in there if I could take the video as well


Stevie Wonders 1970-1976 ish period is a pinnacle in music, for me 'I Wish' is on the boat if I can take more records


Thanks

[Baby Huey]

We are not that far apart are we, I have a Love Supreme and Kind of Blue (I only have 3 jazz albums)


Gil, well what can I say, saw him 4 times, immense and always will be, Winter in America is song no.2 for me


Talk, Talk, Spirit of Eden is one of my top 5 albums and probably the only one I have to listen all the way through, Living in Another World was 11th for me but probably should have been in there if I could take the video as well


Stevie Wonders 1970-1976 ish period is a pinnacle in music, for me 'I Wish' is on the boat if I can take more records


Thanks

People with good taste are like "birds of a feather". I love all kinds of music, as you see from the selection above. Some though are more important than others. Which leads onto...

That Eden LP is sublime. Easily one the that decades best. It's such a departure from their other LP's in it's use of organic sounds & rejecting structure in favour of mood & atmosphere. For me it drew upon ambient, jazz like arrangements. Listening to the vocals from Hollis with their understated grace, and his hauntingly poignant vocals evoke wrenching spiritual turmoil, one of loss and yet also of spiritual redemption. It's a truly ground breaking LP.

As to Stevie. My grandparents told me they'd sen him in The Cavern...Liars, I said. They really did. Little known that he played The Cavern. The last time I saw him live was in 1980 at Wembley..he was/is special.

[ToneLa]

Fishing Net - The La's
El Negro Zumbon - Pink Martini version
Human behaviour - Bjork
Down On the Street - Stooges
Pink Turns to Blue - Husker Du
Field Day For the Sundays - Wire
French Disco - Stereolab
Folsom Prison Blues (Live) Johnny Cash
The Way We Came - The La's
Them Heavy People - Kate Bush

[Draex]

In no particular order;

1. Starman - David Bowie
2. She's a Star - James
3. Jump - Van Halen
4. Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys
5. All Together Now - The Farm
6. Love Generation - Bob Sinclar
7. Autumsong - Manic Street Preachers
8. Don't Stop me now - Queen
9. Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
10. Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida

[rob1966]

I'd want mainly upbeat or chill songs, nothing to get me down

1) Trippin' on a hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
2) Just Because- Jane's Addiction
3) Paradise City - Guns N Roses
4) No Excuses - Alice In Chains
5) Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
6) Evidence - Faith No More
7) Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
8 ) Rearview Mirror - Pearl Jam
9) You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings) - The Faces
10) California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas

[Terry de Niro]

Complete mixture.

Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
When You Come - Crowded House
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Stargazer - Rainbow
Seven Bridges Road - The Eagles
Woman In Chains - Tears For Fears
More Than A Feeling - Boston
Can't Stop - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Ask me tomorrow, next week, month, or year and it may change.