What would be your 'Desert Island Discs'?

1. A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr
2. Long Haired Country Boy - Charlie Daniels
3. You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allen Coe
4. The Corvette Song - George Jones
5. Drink Up And Be Somebody - Merle Haggard
6. I Like Beer - Tom T. Hall
7. You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
8. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam

let's see, i would have to have a few beatles albums: rubber soul, revolver, sgt. pepper's, abbey road, let it be and the white album. so that leaves two more, hmmmmm. an indigo girls cd(any one would be fine) and cat stevens greatest hits cd. this is quickly off the top of my head, i know i will think of something later that i would want to change out.

EIGHT pieces? Crap... once again I need to think this thing through!

Checkfield - Water, Wind, and Stone
Treasure Planet - Soundtrack
Finding Nemo - Soundtrack
probably also some Suzanne Vega, a classical compilation with Vivaldi, Copland, and Holst, and some Shadowfax.

Something by:
1. Sonic Youth
2. Smashing Pumpkins
3. Nirvana
4. Björk
5. Dvorak
6. The Cure
7. Iggy Pop
8. Joy Division

1 R.E.M - E-Bow The Letter
2 Sublime - 5446 What's My Number/Ball and Chain
3 Radiohead - the Fila Brazillia Mix of Climbing Up The Walls
4 Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
5 Talking Heads - The Great Curve
6 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Whitewash Is Brainwash
7 Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
8 Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

I haven't anymore for now

Is this albums or songs?

Just songs

I'll take Natasha Spender's picks. ...not that I'm familar with any of them, but I bet she picked some good stuff. If I picked stuff I already liked, I'm sure I'd get sick of it pretty fast. But, perhaps classical music (which I never listen to) might last longer. I'm willing to take the risk.

no 6?!

This is a hard question, I'd really have to put some thought into it. There would be some music by The Doors, Leonardo's Bride and Al Green.

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (the whole thing)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Lemon Jelly - A Tune for Jack
Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo a la Turk
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Delerium - You and I
Sheryl Crow - I Know Why
Rush - YYZ

Jumpers by Sleater-Kinney
Bela Lugosi's Dead- Bauhaus
Dazzle- Siouxsie and the Banshees
Gimme Brains- Bratmobile
Feels Blind- Bikini Kill
Spit To See the Shine- Babes In Toyland
Second Skin- The Gits
Deceptacon- Le Tigre

1. "The Robots" by Kraftwerk
2. "The Narrow Way" by Pink Floyd
3. "Red Mask" by Cabaret Voltaire
4. "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" by Tangerine Dream
5. "Spanish Key" by Miles Davis
6. "Before She Changed Your Mind" by George Jones & Melba Montgomery
7. "Convincing People" by Throbbing Gristle
8. "Jenny Ondioline" by Stereolab

The first three were easy. The last three were a lot harder, particularly the last one. "Tango Till They're Sore" by Tom Waits just barely missed the number 8 spot.

I don't know how that happened. I can't think of another one anyway.

> Just songs
oh my, just songs? how could you last on just 8 songs!!!! my god, that is crazy!!!!! lol
ok, how about if i can have the beatles abbey road cd as a whole................ that whole second side of the original album was almost all one song anyway??

In the actual programme, the 8 songs are merely a shortlist and at the end of the interview you have to pick the single song you would take!

For the purposes of this survey, I'll let you take all of them.

Also, you're allowed to take one book with you. The Complete Works of Shakespeare and the religious book of your choice (Bible, Koran, Bhagavad-Gita, etc) are deemed to be on the island already. Finally, you are allowed one luxury item, which must serve no practical use as far as escaping (i.e not a boat or a cellphone). Again, for the purposes of this survey I didn't want to complicate things so just stuck with the songs.

Check out the link in the explanation. It shows the choices of previous guests. Most will be British people you've probably never heard of, but previous guests have included George Clooney, John Malkovich, Stephen King and Kim Catrall.

very cool!!
i think i would take "the brothers karamazov" and some suntan lotion!!!

I'd prefer the silence.....

A bit of the old disney and a few christmas songs..

I'm assuming that this means single tracks rather than entire albums.

I would take -
Barrel of a Gun - Depeche Mode
The Sea - Morcheeba
Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson
John the Revelator - Depeche Mode
Home - Depeche Mode
Swan Lake - Tchaichovsky (sp)
Can't Stop - RHCP
Here to Stay - Korn

The complete works of:

Alice Stuart
Mark Knophler
Sonny Landreth
Bob Dylan
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Eagles
Grieg

http://www.alicestuart.com/

I added a number six

You're only allowed 8 songs.

Nice pick

thank goodness!

Thanks! Depeche Mode fan?

> You're only allowed 8 songs.

How about just one person to sing the 8 tunes?

There could have been a catastrophe there for a minute

Yup

Interesting idea, but I don't think so.

Favourite DM song? I saw them live last year and it was the best night of my life!

6's have been known to get into trouble... it's best not to misplace them

Wow! Very cliché, but my favourite's probably Personal Jesus Yours?

*nods wisely*

Barrel of a Gun. Although there are many more that I absolutely love. I only found them in 1997, but that's been ten years now and I've listened to them every day.

This sounds like a good show...if it's done well.
As for my picks, I'm just too distracted about the reality of being stranded to consider what music I'd want.
...I know, I'm just being too capricorn.

Hey, Cain...
BEAUTIFUL child!!

I think so!

Mozart. It helps clear my mind for unimportant brain babble. Sort of like my life passing before my eyes.
Led Zepplin, Stairway to Heaven, about hopes and dreams and altered realitys.
Grateful Dead, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, to see about my past and the present.
It wouldn't matter if I were on an island or in the middle of a bustling city. It's all about getting along with yourself and a high strength to live.

You should do a survey about the luxury item and book

Culcha Candela - Chant As One
Tippa Irie f. Yaniss Odua - Make a Duppy Yet
Patrice - Jah Jah Deh Deh
Damian Marley - It Was Written
Sopor Aeternus - The Conqueror Worm
Sizzla - Be Strong
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Rick Ross f. Jay Z - Hustlin (remix)

Kenny Chesney

that's a good group

1. Expose - I'll never get over you getting over me
2. Moldy Peaches - Who's got the crack
3. Sublime - Badfish
4. Skeeter Davis - End of the world
5. 4 non blonds - Whats up
6. Kenny Rogers - Buy me a rose
7. Elf sound track - Baby it's cold outside
8. Fergie - Won't let you fall