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    Posted: October 28 2007 at 07:13

you mustve heard of the extremely long running radio show 'desert island discs', if not heres the idea

if you were stranded on a desert by yourself, and were only allowed 8 [or 10-i cant remember] songs, which songs would you choose and why?
 
I can never think of just 8, becuase i try to think of a song thatll remind me of each of my siblings and my mum, thats 6 already taken, then I also want a few that remind me of certain times in my life, and songs thtave helped me through bad times etc
 
the definite songs I would take are
 
castles made of sand-jimi hendrix experience [i wont say why]
fragile-nine inch nails-makes me think of my sister 
karma police-radiohead [again i wont say why, tis a private reason]
make you feel better-chili peppers-reminds me of my family as a whole, especially my brother
 
the next 4 or 6 fluctuate all the time
 
could anyone decide a definitive 8 [or 10 lol]?
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The whole problem with the desert island disc concept is you got the discs, but how you gonna play them?  Unless you have an everlasting power source, eventually the battery or batteries are gonna run out and then you're screwed. Cry
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

The whole problem with the desert island disc concept is you got the discs, but how you gonna play them?  Unless you have an everlasting power source, eventually the battery or batteries are gonna run out and then you're screwed. Cry


You raise a good point, so if this was the case then you'd naturally go for the albums with the best artwork. In which case...
1. King Crimson-ITCOTCK
2. Yes-Relayer
3. Genesis- Nursery Cryme
4. Pantera- A Vulgar Display of Power
5. Frank Zappa- Weasels Ripped My Flesh
6. Hawkwind- Hall of The Mountain Grill
7. Led Zeppelin- Houses of The Holy
8. Pink Floyd- Animals
Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat?
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Now it I had a perpetual power source, I guess I'd just take my digital music player along and have it all. Big%20smile
Seriously, I have such a huge collection, I could not pick.  I used to have a hard enough problem figuring out which CDs I wanted to take with me when I went on vacation.  It was a rough life in the pre-digital music player era.Cry
That's my two cents for what it's worthless.


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 28 2007 at 08:52
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Magma - 1001 Centigrades
Magma - MDK
Magma - Khontarkosz
Magma - Wurdah Itah
Magma - Live/Hhai
Magma - Khontarkosz Anteria
Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now
Dun - Eros
Anglagard - Epilog
Genesis - Foxtrot

But seriously, who packs just in case they get deserted on a desert island?
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Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Magma - 1001 CentigradesMagma - MDKMagma - KhontarkoszMagma - Wurdah ItahMagma - Live/HhaiMagma - Khontarkosz AnteriaPat Metheny Group - Speaking of NowDun - ErosAnglagard - EpilogGenesis - FoxtrotBut seriously, who packs just in case they get deserted on a desert island?


Well, you can never be to careful when holidaying in the North of Scotland
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8 songs? I'll give it a try.

Jimi Hendrix - Freedom
Dinosaur Jr. - Pick Me Up
Van der Graaf Generator - Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)
Univers Zéro - Dense
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity
Indian Summer - Angry Son (the 16 minute version from Live Blue Universe)

This list is in no way definitive.
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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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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


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^They are all very long?
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I would only need one CD, but it wouldn't have any songs on it.  The title of this disk?
 
How to Build a Boat.  Tongue
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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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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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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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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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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Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

^They are all very long?
 
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 Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

 
ding ding ding LOL


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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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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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