Desert Island discs

[polomint38]

Desert Island Discs / Dessert Island Plates

You have 10 choices your 10 songs (singles) or your 10 favourite desserts.

To bring to desert island.

And 1 book (you get the bible for free)

[NorthernSoul]

ok..right..

1. Irish Blood, English Heart by Morrissey
2. God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols
3. Life on Mars by David Bowie
4. To Youth by Flogging Molly
5. Saturday Kids by The Jam
6. Lonely People by The Beatles
7. Viva La Vida by Coldplay
8. This Charming Man by The Smiths
9. Panic by The Smiths
10. I Will See You in Far Off Places by Morrissey

As for a book...Origin of Species by Darwin

[farmersboy]

1. Comfortably Numb By Pink Floyd
2. Lazy By Deep Purple
3. Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner
5. Back in Black by AC/DC
6. Baba O'Reilly by The Who
7. Immigrant Song by Led Zeppilin
8. The Thing That Should Not Be by Metallica
9. Mr Blue Sky by ELO
10. NIB by Black Sabbath

The book? Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft.

[bruce]

1. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
2. I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits
3. This One's Gonna Bruise - Beth Orton
4. Just Got Back From Baby's - ZZ Top
5. Throw Me A Rope - KT Tunstall
6. Ft Worth Blues - Steve Earle
7. Remedy - The Black Crowes
8. El Picador - Calexico
9. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
10. You Gotta Sin To Get Saved - Maria McKee


book. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

Of course, I could supply a different list every day :)

[Matt]

1) Baked New York Cheesecake
2) Treacle Pudding and Custard
3) Rice Pudding
4) Lemon Merangue Pie
5) Tiramisu
6) Chocolate soufle
7) Ben and Jerry Cookies and creme Ice Cream
8) Sherry Trifle
9) Angel Delight
10) Mince Pie and brandy butter

[Matt]

My book would be the Boomer Bible by R.F. Laird

[Tim the Mage]

JS Bach, Mass in b Minor
Mozart, Requiem
Woodie Guthrie, I ain't got no home
Handel, 'I know that my redeemer liveth' (from the Messiah)
Jethro Tull, The Whistler
Verdi, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
George Thoroughgood, One whiskey, one bourbon, one beer
Led Zeppelin, Kashmir

Book - Lord of the Rings

I don't really eat desserts but could give you ten starters!!

[ZERO]

I would not like to have only ten songs because I would eventually get sick of hearing them. Wouldn't want to ruin ten good songs.

Book would be War and Peace by Tolstoy because I'd never finish it.

[Jack of Kent]

Today's list, off the top of my head

1. Gloria - Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker
2. A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald (live version)
3. It Ain't Necessarily So - Paul Robeson
4. Clarinet Concerto - Aaron Copland - with Benny Goodman
5. Moonight Sonata - Beethoven
6. It's Foolish But Its Fun - Deanna Durbin
7. Golden Brown - Stranglers
8. Eloise - The Damned
9. Pearl & Dean Theme Tune (Asteroid by Pete Moore) (always makes me smile)
10. Personal Jesus or Hurt - Johnny Cash

Book: Complete Paintings and Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, ed. Frank Zollner

[Mojo]

1. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
2. Bach: Fantasia in Am, BWV 922 (the recording by Igor Kipnis on a clavichord)
3. Baby Face Leroy Trio: Rollin' and Tumblin' (parts 1&2)
4. Thelonious Monk: Well You Needn't (from "Monk's Music")
5. Sonny Rollins: St. Thomas
6. Charlie Haden: Silence
7. Jimmy Smith: The Sermon
8. Ella Fitzgerald: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
9. Hound Dog Taylor: Sadie
10. Grant Green: It Ain't Necessarily So

Book: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (should keep me busy for a while...).

[hilary shinclair]

King Creole - Elvis
Anarchy in the UK - The Pistols
Eaton Rifles - The Jam
Tiger - Abba
Mystery Train - Elvis
Message in a Bottle - The Police
My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Dean Martin
La Marseillaise - Any good orchestra
Island of Lost Souls - Blondie
I Feel Fine - The Fab 4

And book - Day Of the Triffids - John Windam

[al_capone_junior]

Andy - Frank Zappa
Inca Roads - FZ
Packard Goose - FZ
Greggery peccary - FZ
Chunga's revenge - FZ
King Kong 1-8 (from the original Uncle meat) - FZ
Yo Mamma - FZ
Cheepnis - FZ
Pygmy twilight - FZ
Village of the sun medley - FZ

Book: rise and fall of the roman empire (might as well make it a thick one if I'm stuck on an island)

Don't care about desserts much.

[hilary shinclair]

Instead of some great records and a banana split, how about a machette and a flint - lets be practical.

[al_capone_junior]

Instead of some great records and a banana split, how about a machette and a flint - lets be practical.

Yes. And of course a solar powered disk player.

[Tim the Mage]

Andy - Frank Zappa
Inca Roads - FZ
Packard Goose - FZ
Greggery peccary - FZ
Chunga's revenge - FZ
King Kong 1-8 (from the original Uncle meat) - FZ
Yo Mamma - FZ
Cheepnis - FZ
Pygmy twilight - FZ
Village of the sun medley - FZ

Book: rise and fall of the roman empire (might as well make it a thick one if I'm stuck on an island)

Don't care about desserts much.

You could have stuck a little Captain Beefheart in there by way of leavening?

Reminds me of Ken Clarke's selection - eight songs from the Be-Bop era featuring the tenor sax!