Desert Island Discs.

demonrail666 · 02.14.2007, 07:45 AM

An old idea, but a good one.

You choose eight songs (not albums) that you would take with you on a desert island. You also choose one book (you already have the Encyclopeadia Brittanica and the Bible - according to the rules) and an object (that can operate without electricity). You already have a stereo that's battery powered or something.

nicfit · 02.14.2007, 07:50 AM

Question : without electricity how could you listen to the songs/records??
I'll post a decent list as soon as I can think about something good for me...

Daddylikes · 02.14.2007, 07:52 AM

Joanna Newsome: Ys.
Cat Power: You are Free
Outkast: ATLiens
Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Phish: Live Phish 10/31/96
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The Infesticons: Gun Hill Road

demonrail666 · 02.14.2007, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicfit

Question : without electricity how could you listen to the songs/records??
I'll post a decent list as soon as I can think about something good for me...

I suppose it'd be a wind-up record player or something. I dunno. I don't make the rules.

demonrail666 · 02.14.2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddylikes

Joanna Newsome: Ys.
Cat Power: You are Free
Outkast: ATLiens
Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Phish: Live Phish 10/31/96
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The Infesticons: Gun Hill Road

Read the rules - songs, not albums!

nicfit · 02.14.2007, 07:53 AM

songs:

EITS - first breath after coma
Three second kiss - honey dew
mogwai - kappa
VU - venus in furs
blonde redhead - water
cream - the tale of brave ulysses (? I'm going mad)
13th floor elevators - you're gonna miss me
sonic youth - schizophrenia

object - a lot of paper and pens, if it's too much probably a guitar.

Daddylikes · 02.14.2007, 07:59 AM

Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot
Dan Bern: Jerusalem
Medeski Martin and Wood: Chubb Sub
Oasis: Wonderwall
Cat Power: Colors and the Kids
Coldplay: The Scientist
Outkast: ATLiens
Tori Amos: Cornflake Girl

Book: The Norton Anthology of American Literature
Object: Basketball Goal and Basketball

nicfit · 02.14.2007, 08:03 AM

i forgot the book : Alice in wonderland/through the looking glass

Hip Priest · 02.14.2007, 08:08 AM

Songs:
The Fall - Athlete Cured (Peel session version)
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin
Mackenzies - Gobstopper (Peel Session version)
Henry Purcell - Hear Our Prayer, O Lord
Horace Silver - Blowin Away the Blues
Les Pirates - Le trois mâts blanc
Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies in the Eye
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song

Book:
Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell

Object:
A Victorinox Swiss Army knife ('Explorer' model)

(Some very important things had to be excluded from the selection of songs)

screamingskull · 06.08.2007, 08:18 AM

SONGS

1) Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Song - 'I Went To The Mirror'

2) Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer lawns
Song - 'Sweet Bird'

3) Sonic Youth - Sister
Song - 'Cotton Crown'

4) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Song - 'Trilogy'

5) Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Song - 'Washing Machine'

6) Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Song - 'Karen Revisited'

7) Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
Song - 'A distorted reality is now a necessity to be free'

8) Grateful Dead - Skull & Roses
Song - 'Playing in The Band'

BOOK
Ghost World By Daniel Clowes

OBJECT
A Lighter to start fires with

MellySingsDoom · 06.08.2007, 10:19 AM

Records:

5 classic tunes by George Melly

Book:

One of the George Melly autobiographies

Object:

A wooden cane (so I can do the Melly strut on the island)

_slavo_ · 06.08.2007, 10:36 AM

My pick.

Songs:

Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer
Terre Thaemlitz - Facilitator
Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice
Robbie Basho - Tassaraja
My Bloody Valentine - Loomer
A Silver Mt.Zion - Take These Hands and Throw them in the River
Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
Feist - My Moon My Man (to make me cheer up when I'd feel like drinking salty water)

Book: Herrmann Hesse - Siddharta

Object: Guitar

toxic johnny · 06.08.2007, 11:06 AM

Oh so difficult... and such fun to do... here are mine:

Songs

Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith
Stroke - Charalambides
Not Bite (Rudolf Grey)- Red Transistor
The AMM Of Punk Rock - The Dead C
Shit Monitor Kicker - The Bark Haze
Halloween - Sonic Youth
Blind White Alligators - Magik Markers
Spectre vs.Rector - The Fall

Book

The Ticket That Exploded - William S. Burroughs
A cut-up to end all cut-ups... pure bliss.

Object

A large framed photograph that would remind me of the civilisation that I came from...
At the moment it would probably be Motorway Vista (1999) by Dan Holdsworth

I'm obsessed with this photograph at the moment and love the fact that you can't see the motorway...

Rob Instigator · 06.08.2007, 12:29 PM

SONGS

DIAMOND SEA - sonic youth
TEENAGE RIOT - sonic youth
THUMB - dinosaur jr
PARFUM V - pavement
DAVID BOWIE - phish
ZIMBABWE - Bob Marley & The Wailers
3 DAYS - jane's addiction
DIE DIE MY DARLING - misfits

Book:

ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY - Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea

Object:

manual crank turntable

Dead-Air · 06.09.2007, 01:22 AM

Well, if I'm only going to get 8 songs, I'm going to shoot for loooong mostly (though no "Close to the Edge"...)

Sun Ra - "Atlantis"
Sonic Youth - "Diamond Sea"
Autechre - "Drone" (from the Peel Session)
Can - "Oh Yeah!"
Lou Reed - "Metal Machine Music" (arguably a single "song", but if I have to look at it as 4 songs, then, I'll pick side 4)
Velvet Underground - "Sister Ray"

Then a couple short gems to round it out, that I could play over and over and still love:

Brian Eno - "Everything Merges with the Night"
Yo La Tengo - "You Can Have It All"

I don't read books over very often so the book part is hard...

Now Wait for Last Year by Phillip K. Dick

Object: Nitrus Tank

Everyneurotic · 06.09.2007, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666

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Fairport Convention -A Sailor's Life
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i approve this choice, a lot.

StevOK · 06.09.2007, 01:43 AM

I hate hypotheticals. How could I ever pick just 8 songs? I'd die listening to only 8 songs, no matter how fantastically awesome they were.

gmku · 06.09.2007, 07:34 AM

^ Word!

jimbrim · 06.09.2007, 07:44 AM

I was thinking of starting this exact thread idea the other day.

Records.

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
The Fall - Leave The Capital
Youthmovies - A Little Late He Staggered Home And Into Her Eyes
Mogwai - New Paths to Helicon, pt 2
Animal Collective - Bees
Growing - Onement
Kode9 And The Spaceape - Curious
Low - Over The Ocean

Book: Selected Works - Alan Bennett
Object: Skateboard

Torn Curtain · 06.09.2007, 07:52 AM

Songs:

Tim Buckley - Sing a song for you
Tim Buckley - Song to the siren
Radiohead - Lucky
Television - Marquee moon
Jeff Buckley - Lover, you should've come over
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Led Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you
Sonic Youth - The sprawl

Book:

No idea, I'm not much into reading books any more

Object:

My acoustic guitar

02.14.2007, 07:45 AM	#1
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	An old idea, but a good one. You choose eight songs (not albums) that you would take with you on a desert island. You also choose one book (you already have the Encyclopeadia Brittanica and the Bible - according to the rules) and an object (that can operate without electricity). You already have a stereo that's battery powered or something.
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Question : without electricity how could you listen to the songs/records?? I'll post a decent list as soon as I can think about something good for me... __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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Daddylikes the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gnome, Alaska Posts: 929	Joanna Newsome: Ys. Cat Power: You are Free Outkast: ATLiens Medeski Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation Phish: Live Phish 10/31/96 Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain The Infesticons: Gun Hill Road
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02.14.2007, 07:53 AM	#6
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	songs: EITS - first breath after coma Three second kiss - honey dew mogwai - kappa VU - venus in furs blonde redhead - water cream - the tale of brave ulysses (? I'm going mad) 13th floor elevators - you're gonna miss me sonic youth - schizophrenia object - a lot of paper and pens, if it's too much probably a guitar. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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02.14.2007, 07:59 AM	#7
Daddylikes the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gnome, Alaska Posts: 929	Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot Dan Bern: Jerusalem Medeski Martin and Wood: Chubb Sub Oasis: Wonderwall Cat Power: Colors and the Kids Coldplay: The Scientist Outkast: ATLiens Tori Amos: Cornflake Girl Book: The Norton Anthology of American Literature Object: Basketball Goal and Basketball
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02.14.2007, 08:03 AM	#8
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	i forgot the book : Alice in wonderland/through the looking glass __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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02.14.2007, 08:08 AM	#9
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Songs: The Fall - Athlete Cured (Peel session version) Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin Mackenzies - Gobstopper (Peel Session version) Henry Purcell - Hear Our Prayer, O Lord Horace Silver - Blowin Away the Blues Les Pirates - Le trois mâts blanc Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies in the Eye Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song Book: Carlyle's Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell Object: A Victorinox Swiss Army knife ('Explorer' model) (Some very important things had to be excluded from the selection of songs) __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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06.08.2007, 08:18 AM	#10
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	SONGS 1) Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything Song - 'I Went To The Mirror' 2) Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer lawns Song - 'Sweet Bird' 3) Sonic Youth - Sister Song - 'Cotton Crown' 4) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Song - 'Trilogy' 5) Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Song - 'Washing Machine' 6) Sonic Youth - Murray Street Song - 'Karen Revisited' 7) Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill Song - 'A distorted reality is now a necessity to be free' 8) Grateful Dead - Skull & Roses Song - 'Playing in The Band' BOOK Ghost World By Daniel Clowes OBJECT A Lighter to start fires with
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06.08.2007, 10:19 AM	#11
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Records: 5 classic tunes by George Melly Book: One of the George Melly autobiographies Object: A wooden cane (so I can do the Melly strut on the island) __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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06.08.2007, 10:36 AM	#12
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	My pick. Songs: Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer Terre Thaemlitz - Facilitator Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice Robbie Basho - Tassaraja My Bloody Valentine - Loomer A Silver Mt.Zion - Take These Hands and Throw them in the River Cat Power - Cross Bones Style Feist - My Moon My Man (to make me cheer up when I'd feel like drinking salty water) Book: Herrmann Hesse - Siddharta Object: Guitar __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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06.08.2007, 11:06 AM	#13
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	Oh so difficult... and such fun to do... here are mine: Songs Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Stroke - Charalambides Not Bite (Rudolf Grey)- Red Transistor The AMM Of Punk Rock - The Dead C Shit Monitor Kicker - The Bark Haze Halloween - Sonic Youth Blind White Alligators - Magik Markers Spectre vs.Rector - The Fall Book The Ticket That Exploded - William S. Burroughs A cut-up to end all cut-ups... pure bliss. Object A large framed photograph that would remind me of the civilisation that I came from... At the moment it would probably be Motorway Vista (1999) by Dan Holdsworth I'm obsessed with this photograph at the moment and love the fact that you can't see the motorway... __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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06.08.2007, 12:29 PM	#14
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	SONGS DIAMOND SEA - sonic youth TEENAGE RIOT - sonic youth THUMB - dinosaur jr PARFUM V - pavement DAVID BOWIE - phish ZIMBABWE - Bob Marley & The Wailers 3 DAYS - jane's addiction DIE DIE MY DARLING - misfits Book: ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY - Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea Object: manual crank turntable __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.09.2007, 01:22 AM	#15
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Well, if I'm only going to get 8 songs, I'm going to shoot for loooong mostly (though no "Close to the Edge"...) Sun Ra - "Atlantis" Sonic Youth - "Diamond Sea" Autechre - "Drone" (from the Peel Session) Can - "Oh Yeah!" Lou Reed - "Metal Machine Music" (arguably a single "song", but if I have to look at it as 4 songs, then, I'll pick side 4) Velvet Underground - "Sister Ray" Then a couple short gems to round it out, that I could play over and over and still love: Brian Eno - "Everything Merges with the Night" Yo La Tengo - "You Can Have It All" I don't read books over very often so the book part is hard... Now Wait for Last Year by Phillip K. Dick Object: Nitrus Tank __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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06.09.2007, 01:43 AM	#17
StevOK expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Henrietta, TX Posts: 2,412	I hate hypotheticals. How could I ever pick just 8 songs? I'd die listening to only 8 songs, no matter how fantastically awesome they were. __________________ Follow me! Soundcloud Tumblr Facebook
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06.09.2007, 07:34 AM	#18
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	^ Word! __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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06.09.2007, 07:44 AM	#19
jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	I was thinking of starting this exact thread idea the other day. Records. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot The Fall - Leave The Capital Youthmovies - A Little Late He Staggered Home And Into Her Eyes Mogwai - New Paths to Helicon, pt 2 Animal Collective - Bees Growing - Onement Kode9 And The Spaceape - Curious Low - Over The Ocean Book: Selected Works - Alan Bennett Object: Skateboard
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06.09.2007, 07:52 AM	#20
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Songs: Tim Buckley - Sing a song for you Tim Buckley - Song to the siren Radiohead - Lucky Television - Marquee moon Jeff Buckley - Lover, you should've come over Joy Division - Atmosphere Led Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you Sonic Youth - The sprawl Book: No idea, I'm not much into reading books any more Object: My acoustic guitar
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