If you were stranded on a desert island (here's the link for people who don't know about this great BBC Radio 4 program: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/...nddiscs.shtml)) , what 8 songs, book and luxury item whould you take?
As a starter, here's a possible collection of 8 from me (but could be a completely different collection tomorrow )
Lazy - Deep Purple (version from Made in Japan)
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin (Led Zep III)
Imagine - John Lennon (Imagine)
Heart of Gold - Neil Young (Harvest)
I'm So Tired - The Beatles (White Album)
Star Star - The Rolling Stones (Goats Head Soup)
Crossroads - Cream (Wheels of Fire)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedance Clearwater Revival (Pendulum)
As I'm a biologist and I'd be living on an island, my book would be "The song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction" by David Quammen.
Yours too! - as you said, mine will change tomorrow also - maybe we'll end up on the same island to swap tracks.
Check out Zachary Breaux if you can find him. I saw him live at Ronnie Scotts in London in mid '80s, that gig was his first album ("Groovin" and best) he recorded 2 others and was then killed in a car crash aged 30. he would have been one of the best jazz/funk/blues guitarists around today. Got lagos on my iTunes right now!
I didn't even know he was playing! I heard he was supporting Bob Dylan on part of his tour, was it then he was in Zurich? I did see him do a 30 minute gig at Ronnie Scotts in London a year or 2 ago, it was a music press demo paid for by his publishers and somehow I got a free invite - he was good although seemed pretty overawed by the whole thing, seems quite a shy guy. He was in London for a couple of gigs in Cambden Town that I couldn't get to.
Next time he's in Europe I'll certainly make the effort
These would change by the minute, let alone the day...but here goes....
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
My Old School - Steely Dan
Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart - Randy Travis
Across the Universe - The Beatles
There Ain't no Pleasin' You - Chas & Dave
Give it Up - Hothouse Flowers
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
BOOK
I'll confess to not reading a great number of books. The last one I read which really gave me that "can't put it down" feeling was
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, so I guess I would go with that if whacking great huge encyclopedias are out of the question
LUXURY
A piano... I'd be able to dedicate myself to learning how to play one
Great idea for a thread. I remember when I used to do the odd music quiz that one idea for a round I had was to list a number of celebrities against a number of songs and invite the participants to correctly identify which celebrity had selected the song. But I could never find anything on the Net that listed all the songs chosen by all those who had appeared. I used to think it would have been a great resource if someone had done that...I don't know if anybody's done it since. I'm surprised Channel 4 haven't devoted a whole evening towards a countdown of the top 100 songs selected on Desert Island Discs
thanks for reminding me of this top band .... haven't heard them in years ... saw them at the Barras (same week saw Cranberries & Crashtest Dummies) .... now popping off to Amazon ....
At the risk of sounding "uppity" I'd say I'll take any Bach with me cause I can never get tired of it even after listening to it 500 times. If I had room, I'll put in some Brahms as well.