Desert Island Discs

kreuzkav

Mysterious semblance at the strand of nightmares is an amazing track. Phaedra is an amazing album!

kreuzkav

Does anyone remember Lush? I have to add their album 'spooky'.

The ginger monkey

I went to a friends for dinner recently. All 8 of us had to send him mp3s of our 5 desert island discs, and he played them all in a random order. At which point we all had to try and guess who had suggested which track, and they explained why. It made for a surprisingly entertaining night.Cracking food too.

As for Lush and other shoegazing tunes, I had Chelsea Girl by Ride on my longlist. But it didn't make the cut...

ADGS

Did that have 'Hypocrite' on it? Loved that song. Otherwise I was mainly a fan of the Britpop album with the hits and the Jarvis duet.

MHP

1. Metal Guru - T.Rex

2. Jean Genie - David Bowie

3. Rock N' Roll - Led Zeppelin

3. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

4. The Sixteens - Sweet

5. Revolution - The Beatles

6. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones

7. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young

8. Changing of the Guards - Bob Dylan

9. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople

10. Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

miss annie

I am a friend of miss annie and decided to play along so.... The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds Portishead - Glory Box Led Zepplin - Kashmir The Stone Roses - I Am The Ressarection The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men New Order - Blue Monday Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes The book took some thinking about, The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

andy

I think i like Miss Annie's friend more than I like Miss Annie

Marquis

OK, I'm having a go too. Albums.

Ensemble PAN –Johannes Ciconia: Secular Music
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus
Horovitz plays Mozart (cheapo DG compilation, c.1990, gold cover)
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Olivier Messiaen – Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus (P.L. Aimard)
Christophe Rousset plays D. Scarlatti
Like You Do: The best of the Lightning Seeds
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Mala Punica – D’Amor Ragionando

I am aware there's no proper rock in there which I'm sometimes in the mood for. Perhaps I should slip in Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade into one of the CD cases. No orchestral music as I just can't imagine the sound on a desert island.

As a book I'd take some very difficult maths that would help me pass the years. Open to suggestions. However in that case I'd also need a good pocket calculator.

miss annie

Andy Based on song choices you'd probably be good chums.

David

I forgot Pygmalion by Slowdive. And Manu Chao's Esperenza to balance the navel gazing. But actually I'm just listing albums now so I'll stop.

poxy

Drum roll...


Bob Mould - Workbook
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Portishead - Portishead
Philip Glass - Solo Piano
Gotan Project - La Revancha de la Tango
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
The Velvet Underground - ... & Nico
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Tindersticks - #2
Doves - Lost Souls
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Vampiros Lesbos - Soundtrack
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
David Holmes - Let's Get Killed
FC Kahuna - Machine Says Yes

nick_m

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/your-desert-island-discs>;

Ian

Not one of life's R4 listeners but that is an amazing resource isn't it?

tableturn

Looks like I'll be representing a slightly urban side of things on my desert island, seeing as most people appear to be majorly into their rock/indie/folk...

1. Flying Lotus: Breathe/Something Stellar
2. Diplo: Summer's Gonna Hurt You
3. Brand New Heavies: Sometimes (J Dilla Remix)
4. RJD2: The Rain
5. A Tribe Called Quest: Jam
6. Prefuse 73: Uprock & Invigorate
7. Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement
8. Chicago: Street Player

tableturn

Forgot about the book and luxury item...

Book would have to be The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami.

Luxury item.....erm.....the entire Frasier box set on DVD...?

miss annie

Murakami's long awaited new book (1Q84) is out in October.

Cookie

Luxury Item first, a solar powered gadget to play the following:
The Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson
The Needle and the Damage Done: Neil Young
Paintbox: Pink Floyd
Waterloo Sunset: The Kinks
That's Entertainment: The Jam
Duel: Propaganda
Wild World: Cat Stevens
Paris Match: Style Council
Unfinished Sympathy: Massive attack
Anything by Tom Lehrer to make me laugh!
As for a book: Is there a book that gives 1001 recipes for Coconuts?
No, thought not, so a survival guide by Bear Grills would do.

Cookie

Haven't heard it, probably just as well by the sound of it!
Never mind tableturn, there are a lot of us fans of the original out there. The first time that I heard it, was when I was on holiday in Devon in the 70's. The DJ Alan (Fluff) Freeman, played it on his afternoon Radio 1 show. Now THERE was a DJ!! Happy Days.