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    Posted: December 13 2007 at 16:10
Right. 8 albums then!

At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
The Hal al Shedad - Textures of Tomorrow
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Pale Saints - In Ribbons
Yes - Fragile
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Indian Summer - Science 1994
Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

OK this hurts. For the desert island scenario you are allowed 10 items, if I'm not mistaken.  Not in any particular order:
1. Genesis - Supper's Ready - Foxtrot
2. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
3. Steve Roach - Darkest Before Dawn
4. Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts
5. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
6. Mike Oldfield - Amarok
7. Miles Davis - Gondwana - Pangea
8. Todd Rundgren/Utopia - The Ikon - Utopia
9. ELP - Karn Evil 9 - Brain Salad Surgery
10. Jeffrey Fayman & Robert Fripp - A Temple In the Clouds
And if I may be allowed a bonus:
11. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways [Alternate Version]

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I thought the idea of desert island discs was to bring LPs not songs, by doing songs (as you can see from this thread) you just get people picking their fav LONG   songs, of which in prog we have many to choose from.
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As Magnus said earlier - since you're only allowed 8 to listen to, presumably for the rest of your life, then it might be worth going for length.
 
Genesis - Supper's Ready
ELP - Karn Evil 9 (or maybe Pictures is allowed as one track)
Focus - Anonymous Two
Jethro Tull - Passion Play
Yes - The Revealing Science of God
Amazing Blondel - Fantasia Lindum
VDGG - Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Deep Purple -  Gemini Suite


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ELP - Tarkus
Yes - And You And I
Genesis - Suppers Ready
Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
IQ - The Last Human Gateway
Muse - Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
Mansun - Wide Open Space
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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1. Symphony X: V-The New Mythology
2. Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos
3. Flower Kings: Flower Power
4. Clepsydra: Alone (how appropriate)
5. Skeem: Skeem
6. Ice Age: The great divide
7. Collage: Moonshine
8. Vandenplas: Christ0
9. Shadow Gallery: Room V
10. Enchant: Juggling 9 or dropping 10
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I guess I'd have to go with my favourite bands and albums, and pick the longest songs from there!(naturally, the songs have to be awesome as well, and not just long!)

Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Yes - Gates of Delirium
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Genesis - Supper's Ready(or perhaps The Musical Box, The Fountain of Salmacis, Firth of Fifth or The Cinema Show)
Meshuggah - I
Pink Floyd - Dogs(alternatively Crazy Diamond or Echoes)
Opeth - The Leper Affinity(or The Drapery Falls or The Baying of the Hounds

if I could pick two more songs, I think I possibly would choose:
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Gentle Giant - Excerpts from Octopus(live)

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Curious to know what happened to the original Desert Island Discs thread - did it disappear with the reformating of the main threads page.
 
While finding extreme difficulty coming up with tthe prescribed 8 discs (as per the BBC radio show), I find I have a list of essential relatively quirky tracks to play at least once a year on my radio show. So not in any particular order:
 
Richard Thompson: MGBT GT (ex. Mirror Blue ), a delightful folksong about a special motor driven down the UK's A3 road between London and Portsmouth.
 
P.I.L.: Ease (ex Compact) - the album John Lyden disowned but my favourite. When you have Steve Vai, Ginger Baker, Jonas Hellborg etc. backing Johnnie Rotten Lyden and produced by Bill Laswell, expected something spectacular.  here you have Gamlan, classic Rotten and then a Vai stunt guitar solo, underpinned by Baker Anglo-Nigerian percussives.
 
Babe Ruth: Wells Fargo (ex. First Base). Tamla Motown meets heavy rock - with a wonderful faux-Junior Walker funk sax solo.
 
Lenny White: Kashmir (ex. Edge) - so different from the original, heavy groove and a lot a soul from the start - ending with a sax solo that remind of of Paul +Desmiond with teh Brubeck Quartet.
 
Theo Travis: 21st Century Schizoid Man (ex. Ether To Ether). Done in the style of the Dave Brubeck Quartet , reminds me how much ealry prog was influenced by the 60's modern jazz movement.
 
Soft Machine: Hope For Happiness (ex. BBC Vol 1)
 
(A slight cheat) Plant and Page: Kasmir (ex. No Quarter), with a full Egyptian orchestra, giving the tune a hydrid heavy rock/middle eastern feel.
 
(Talking middle eastern) Great Society: White Rabbit  (ex. Great Society with Grace Slick) - long Arabic influenced opening duo on sax and guitar  leading up to adaption of Lewis Carroll's words; one of the cleverest psychedlic songs and so much superior to the Jefferson Airplane curtailed single version(s).
 
13th Floor Elevators: Step Inside This House (most 13th Floor compilations) - another classic psychedelic tune.
 
That's the first 9 that come to mind - more perhaps later?
 
 
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Points: 1356 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2007 at 08:54
The only one I know I'd include for sure is Frank Zappa's Watermelon in Easter Hay. Other than that, I'd probably just pick my favourite long songs from each of my favourite bands, stuff like This Strange Engine by Marillion and The Last Man on Earth by Pendragon.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

 
ding ding ding LOL


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I've already answered a topic like this, but things could be different. So, let me try again:
1 - Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra
2 - Le Orme: Contrappunti
3 - Riccardo Zappa: Celestion
4 - Jeff Buckley: Grace
5 - Yes: Fragile
6 - Tangerine Dream: Rubycon
7 - King Diamond: Abigail
8 - Rush: Caress of Steel
 
and if I could bring 10:
9 - Brian Eno: Another Green World
10 - Bjork: Post
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Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

^They are all very long?
 
ding ding ding LOL
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Suppers Ready - Genesis
Awaken - Yes
Starless - KC
Summer - The Enid
Ashes are Burning - Renaissance
Watching and Waiting - Moody Blues
Trains - Porcupine Tree
Dogs - Pink Floyd
Lunar Sea - Camel
Xanadu - Rush

I could think of another 50 or so, and then of course there's all the other types of music..

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Yes - Close to the Edge
Yes - Relayer
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
Porcupine Tree - A Smart Kid
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
King Crimson - Starless
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation - Beyond the Pale
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A plague of lighthouse keepers - VdGG
Nine feet Underground - Caravan
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Tubullar bells - Mike Oldfield
The reaveling Science of god - Yes
Starless - KC
Winter wine - Caravan
Facelift - Soft Machine
Force Majeure - Tangerine Dream
Ace of spades - Motörhead
 
 


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Tarkus - ELP
The Musical Box - Genesis
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts 1-7) -  Pink Floyd
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Islands - King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Fountain Of Lamneth - Rush
And You And I - Yes

and finally, and most importantly,
Starless - King Crimson

I think Schizoid Man at 6 or so minutes is the only track there under 10 minutes.
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I would only need one CD, but it wouldn't have any songs on it.  The title of this disk?
 
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^They are all very long?
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OK this hurts. For the desert island scenario you are allowed 10 items, if I'm not mistaken.  Not in any particular order:
1. Genesis - Supper's Ready - Foxtrot
2. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
3. Steve Roach - Darkest Before Dawn
4. Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts
5. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
6. Mike Oldfield - Amarok
7. Miles Davis - Gondwana - Pangea
8. Todd Rundgren/Utopia - The Ikon - Utopia
9. ELP - Karn Evil 9 - Brain Salad Surgery
10. Jeffrey Fayman & Robert Fripp - A Temple In the Clouds
And if I may be allowed a bonus:
11. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways [Alternate Version]

Bonus points for anyone who gets how these are related. Big%20smile


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 28 2007 at 11:30
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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8 songs, chosen pretty much randomly:

King Crimson - Starless
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise
Rush - Jacob's Ladder
Genesis - The Musical Box
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
David Sylvian - I Surrender
Nick Cave - As I Sat Sadly by Her Side
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love
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