Desert Island Discs (whats yours?)

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

What with all the music threads, how about choosing your Desert Island Discs? Bet we get some right corkers/stinkers!

Guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island, and to choose eight pieces of music to take with them.

At the end of the programme they choose the one piece they regard most highly.

So in no particular order here is mine:

Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler

Last Nite - The Strokes

The Snake - Al Wilson

My Generation - The Who

Boogie Wonderland - EWF

Can You Feel It - The Jackson 5

Beggin' - Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons

Maries the Name (His Latest Flame) - Elvis

Most highly regarded : Probably Beggin: Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons.

Throw in the luxury item : A Wii.

 

[The Large One]

That's quite a Desert Island Disco you're going to have there.

Dancing by yourself.

 

[Mendoza]

Queen - Dont Stop Me Now

New Order - World in Motion

The Who - Baba O Reilly

Michael Jackson - Man in The Mirror

Frank Sinatra - Mack The Knife

ELO - Mr Bluesky

The Cult - She Sells Sactuary

Boston - More Than A Feeling

911 - Bodyshakin


Most highly regarded : Queen - Dont Stop Me Know

Throw in the luxury item : iPhone

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

That's quite a Desert Island Disco you're going to have there.

Dancing by yourself.

Thats the idea ALAN!

So whats yours then??

 

[Stat Brother]

Throw in the luxury item : iPhone

Plus charger and electricity.

 

[Mendoza]

Plus charger and electricity.

Well Marcus is bring a wii, and he isnt even bringing a TV!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Well Marcus is bring a wii, and he isnt even bringing a TV!

Better take a book then.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Are we talking singles or albums?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Are we talking singles or albums?

Singles. Just the 8.

 

[Stat Brother]

Train In Vain - The Clash
Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses
Legal Man - Belle & Sebastion
Lust For Life - Iggy
Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets
Heroin - Velvet Underground
The Only One I know - The Charlatans
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Nice and Sleazy - The Stranglers


Luxury item, although no use at all, my road bike.

(whoops thought it was 10)

 

[CHAPPERS]

Ten Crack Commandments - Notorious BIG
Slow Life - Super Furry Animals
Belfast - Orbital
Saturate - Chemical Brothers
Weak Become Heroes - The Streets
Protect Your Neck - Wu Tang Clan
Gz and Hustlas - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Band on the Run - Wings

Most highly regarded - Ten Crack Commandments

Luxury item - My Whippy icea cream machine

 

[WhingForPresident]

In that case:

Bloc Party- Banquet
Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart
Kings of Leon- Be Somebody
MGMT- Time to Pretend
Bloc Party- Waiting for the 7.18
Lostprophets- Last Summer
Oasis- Roll With It
The Libertines- Time for Heroes

Most Highly Regarded- Joy Division- Love will Tear Us Apart.
Luxury item- Swedish made penis enlarger pump.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

1/ Hurt -- Johnny Cash
2/ John im only dancing -- The Polecats
3/ Paint it Black -- The Rolling Stones
4/ What Difference Does It Make -- The Smiths
5/ Sterotype -- The Specials
6/ I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses
7/ Rythem of the Bell -- The Meteors
8/ Party in my head -- The rev Horton Heat

Most Highly Regarded -- Rythem of the Bell -- The Meteors

Luxury item --Sterotype -- The Specials

 

[scooter1]

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Horrowshow - Libertines
Unbelievable - EMF
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
made of Stone - Stone Roses
Cowboy Song(live) - Thin Lizzy
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Helter Skelter - Beatles

Most Highly Regarded - Massive Attack, Unfinished Sympathy

Luxury Item, Powder by Kevin Sampson

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I actually did this on the radio in Qatar way back in the late 70's when I worked there.

the ones I can remember -

GOSBTS (of course!)

It's getting Better - Momma Cass

Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Land of Hope and Glory

The Pet Shop - Monty Python

Pilate's Dream - from Jesus Christ Superstar

Thankfully the rest have faded from my memory. I've got the hole programme on tape somewhere if anyone would like a copy

 

[Race]

wont get fooled again-the who

satisfaction-the rolling stones

sha la la la li- the small faces

bend me, shape me-amen corner

ballroom blitz- sweet

way down- elvis

relay-the who

kokomo-beach boys

most highly regarded-wont get fooled again / the who

luxury item - ray mears

 

[The Large One]

Thats the idea ALAN!

So whats yours then??

Gymnopodies No.1 - Erik Satie
La Habañera - Georges Bizet
Pomp & Circumstance No.1 - Edward Elgar

Luxury - record player to play them on

I'll think of the other five later.

 

[Taybha]

Help-The Beatles **
Stranger on the shore -Acker Bilk
Circles in the sand -Belinda Carlisle
Are you lonesome tonight-Elvis
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
Lifes a gas -T-rex
Show me the way to go home-Irving King
Bring me sunshine -Eric and Ern


A fishing rod and reel loaded with 18LB daiwa tourno monofilament

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Help-The Beatles
Stranger on the shore -Acker Bilk
Circles in the sand -Belinda Carlisle
Are you lonesome tonight-Elvis
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
Lifes a gas -T-rex
Show me the way to go home-Irving King

A fishing rod and reel loaded with 18LB daiwa tourno monofilament

Only 7! You can have ONE more!!!

 

[defrocked priest]

This thread would be easier and better if one could pick albums instead of singles.