In no particular order, and subject to change 20 times a day:
Dead Kennedys Trust Your Mechanic
King Sunny Ade Maajo
Rolling Stones Dear Doctor
Babymetal Give me chocolate
Mad Marje & The Stonecutters Monsters
Talking Heads Life During Wartime
T-Bone Walker It's a low down dirty deal
Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie Stomp
Gang of Four Ether
Joy Division Shadowplay
Book: Good Omens, by Pratchett and Gaiman
Luxury: Guitar/Amp/electric supply. Given 20 years of marooning, I might actually be able to play the damned thing
Single record: How can it not be the Dead Kennedys?
Don't know much about desert island discs but I assume you name your 8 favourite songs plus a book & something else you love. So here goes.
DISC ONE: What's Going On by Marvin Gaye (Why the f*ck am I stranded on a desert island)
DISC TWO: Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith (for dancing)
DISC THREE: Cold Sweat by James Brown (for more dancing)
DISC FOUR: Children's Story by Slick Rick (Britain's best ever rapper)
DISC FIVE: Golden Brown by The Stranglers (to calm me down)
DISC SIX: Home Is Where The Hatred Is by Gil Scott Heron (helped me through some very rough times in London in my 20s)
DISC SEVEN: Emergency on Planet Earth by Jamiroquai (love his voice)
DISC EIGHT: Belfast HQ by Orbital (just f*cking trippy)
BOOK CHOICE: My favourite book is Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux but if I'm stuck on a desert island that might not be something I'd want to read so I'll go with Running with the Mind of Meditation by Sakyong Mipham because running & meditating might be my lifeline to survival.
LUXURY ITEM: Giant jar of Marmite. A tiny dab on my tongue before bed.
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: What's Going On?
1) The Beatles ' I'lll Get You' ( a favourite of my Mum's )
2) Jim Reeves 'I'll Never Forget You ( a favourite of my Dad's )
3) Slade 'Gudbuy T'Jane
4) The Jam 'The Butterfly Collector'
5) Aretha Franklin 'Chain of Fools'
6) The Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset
7) Toots & The Maytals 'Take Me Home Country Roads'
8) Nina Simone 'Here Comes the Sun'
Book - Roddy Doyle ' Barrytown Trilogy'
Luxury item - some sort of hifi system with a radio etc to play my music on
Castaway's favourite 'Waterloo Sunset'
Morocco Mole wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:17 amBook: Batman Year One, Frank Miller. If that’s not allowed then Mr Nice, Howard Marks. (I’m not a big book person clearly)
This list would be completely different tomorrow (bar Mission of Burma) but today it's this.
1) The Beatles ' A day in a life'
2) Mission of Burma - That's when i reach for my revolver
3) Orbital - Belfast
4) Pinback - Proceed to Memory
5) MF DOOM - Deep Fried Friendz
6) Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
7) The Monkees - Me & Magdalena
8) Elliott Smith - Angel in the Snow
Book - The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Luxury item - A radio
Castaway's favourite - Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
1, Tommy Cooper - Don't Jump off the Roof Dad
2. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)
3. Elton John - Benny and the Jets
4. David Bowie - Young Americans
5. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
6. Ry Cooder - Get Rythm
7. Bruce Springsteen -Thunder Road
8. Tom Petty - Free Falling
Book- David Copperfield
Luxury item - Sun screen
Castaway Favourite - Suspicious Minds
1. Andromeda Suite '98 by The Legendary Pink Dots
2. Waltz #2 (XO) by Elliott Smith
3. Another Night In by Tindersticks
4. Fire of the Mind by Coil
5. Disorder by Joy Division
6. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) by Tom Waits
7. Patriot's Heart by American Music Club
8. Everybody Knows (Live in London) by Leonard Cohen
Book: A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti
Luxury item: A noose to hang myself with after listening to all of these depressing songs I love.
Castaway's favourite: Andromeda Suite '98
DISC ONE: A Te O Cara - Bellini
DISC TWO: Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
DISC THREE: Close to the Edge - Yes
DISC FOUR: Starless - King Crimson
DISC FIVE: La Rossa - Van der Graaf Generator
DISC SIX: My Melancholy Blues - Queen
DISC SEVEN: Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog
DISC EIGHT: Get You Back - Shawn Lane
BOOK CHOICE: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
LUXURY ITEM: a solar-powered laptop w/ satellite Internet connection (if they exist), otherwise my trusty Cort L900P acoustic
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Say Hello 2 Heaven
sword wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:05 pm
DISC ONE: A Te O Cara - Bellini
DISC TWO: Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
DISC THREE: Close to the Edge - Yes
DISC FOUR: Starless - King Crimson
DISC FIVE: La Rossa - Van der Graaf Generator
DISC SIX: My Melancholy Blues - Queen
DISC SEVEN: Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple of the Dog
DISC EIGHT: Get You Back - Shawn Lane
1) Sweet Harmony - Beloved
2) Masterplan - Oasis
3) More than This - Bryan Ferry
4) Then - Charlatans
5) Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
6) Crocketts Theme - Jam Hammer
7) I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
8) Pounding - Doves
Book - Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Luxury item - A radio with access to sports news
Castaway's favourite - Smalltown Boy
Kid Charlamagne -Steely Dan
Piper at the gates of Dawn-The Waterboys
Some Kind of Nothingness-Manic Street Preachers
Dance Sister Dance -Santana
Without Love-Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
It makes no difference-The Band
Idiot Wind-Bob Dylan
Just like Heaven-The Cure
Book -Smileys People John Le Carre
Luxury item- Wind up Radio
Favourite -Steely Dan