Your Desert Island Discs?

[e17]

Simple really. Following the format of the BBC’s radio show, what would be your desert island discs? I’d go…

DISC ONE: Dignity by Deacon Blue
DISC TWO: Circles by Adam F
DISC THREE: Pavane, op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré
DISC FOUR: I travel by Simple Minds
DISC FIVE: Mercury by Sufjan Stevens
DISC SIX: The Dawn by Tony De Vit
DISC SEVEN: Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury
DISC EIGHT: Motion Picture Soundtrack by Radiohead

BOOK CHOICE: Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kuresh
LUXURY ITEM: Jar of coffee
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Sweet Gene Vincent

[Korea Hammer]

DISC ONE: Under The Moon Of Love by Showaddywaddy
DISC TWO: Love Action by The Human League
DISC THREE: Some Kind Of Stranger by The Sisters Of Mercy
DISC FOUR: This Town by The June Brides
DISC FIVE: Vicky's Box by Throwing Muses
DISC SIX: Let's Not **** Ourselves by Bright Eyes
DISC SEVEN: Did I Step On Your Trumpet by Danielson
DISC EIGHT: Just Be Simple by Magnolia Electric Co

BOOK CHOICE: Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
LUXURY ITEM: a pillow
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Just Be Simple

[prophet:marginal]

America - Franz Kafka

A pack of Midget Gems

Aphex Twin - I

[Macca1973]

DISC ONE: The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams
DISC TWO: Jupiter by Holst
DICS THREE: A Sense of Symmetry by Ludovico Einaudi
DISC FOUR: Time by Pink Floyd
DISC FIVE: Symphony No 9 by Dvorak
DISC SIX: The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins
DISC SEVEN: Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2
DISC EIGHT: River of Deceit by Mad Season

BOOK CHOICE: 1984 by George Orwell
LUXURY ITEM: Custard Creams
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Lark Ascending

[jevs]

1) ELO - Mr Blue Sky
2) Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
3) Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
4) Levellers - Men an Tol
5) Adam and the Ants - Kings of the wild frontier
6) Boomtown Rats - Rat trap
7) Meatloaf - For cryin' out loud
8) Snow Patrol - Chasing cars
9) Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb (live)
10) Beatles - Here comes the sun

Luxury item.....drum kit
Book......The ELO story

[Chicken Run Supreme]

Disc #1 Seasons (Waiting On You) - Future Islands
Disc #2 Sound and Vision - Bowie
Disc #3 Ordinary World - Duran Duran
Disc #4 Consider Yourself - Oliver! OST
Disc #5 A Sort of Homecoming - U2
Disc #6 Astradyne - Ultravox
Disc #7 On Days Like This - Matt Munro
Disc #8 First Picture of You - Lotus Eaters

Book Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Luxury Item - Case of Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Caraways Favourite - First Picture of You

[Junco Partner]

I reckon all 5 Clash albums is all the music anyone needs, them and a decent stash of wine would do me rightly.

However in the spirit of the show...

DISC ONE: Alternative Ulster by SLF

DISC TWO: Disintegration by The Cure

DISC THREE: Timeless Melody by The La's

DISC FOUR: On Hyndford Street by Van Morrison

DISC FIVE: To Love Somebody by Nina Simone

DISC SIX: White Man in Hammersmith Palais by The Clash

DISC SEVEN: I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses

DISC EIGHT: Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder


BOOK CHOICE: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
LUXURY ITEM: A radio (for the cricket)
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Toughie.....but it's White Man in Hammersmith Palais by Joe & the boys, I never ever tire of hearing it.

[OFT]

1. Sitting On Top Of The World(live) Cream
2.Big Eyed Beans From Venus. Captain Beefheart.
3. Inca Roads.. Frank Zappa
4 A Plague Of Lighthouse keepers. Van Der Graaf Generator.
5.Starless. King Crimson
6. Awaken. Yes
7. Machine Gun (Live at the Fillmore). Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys.
8.Garden. Groundhogs.

Book. I don't read books so it may as well be The Bible
Luxury Item. Binoculars
Castaways Fave. Track 1

[last.caress]

DISC ONE: Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Misirlou


DISC TWO: Hawaii Samurai - Surf 'n' Destroy


DISC THREE: Laika and the Cosmonauts - Don't Monkey With Tarzan


DISC FOUR: Thee Oh Sees - Tidal Wave


DISC FIVE: Elvis Presley - Rock-a-Hula Baby


DISC SIX: The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann


DISC SEVEN: The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird *


DISC EIGHT: The Blue Hawaiians - Sierra Bob Esponja (the SpongeBob SquarePants closing theme) (10 hour mix)


*Castaway's Favourite

BOOK: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

LUXURY ITEM: Massive bespoke beach-house apartment full of drugs, whores and an infinity pool

[Rio]

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DISC TWO:



DICS THREE:



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DISC FIVE:



DISC SIX:



DISC SEVEN:



DISC EIGHT:



BOOK CHOICE: The Wisden Book of Test Cricket
LUXURY ITEM: Haagen Dazs Strawberry Ice Cream
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Lark Ascending

[westham,eggyandchips]

DISC ONE: Live Forever by Oasis
DISC TWO: Theme from a summer place by Percy Faith Orchestra
DISC THREE: Maid of Orleans by OMD
DISC FOUR: Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
DISC FIVE: Sally Cinnamon by The Stone Roses
DISC SIX: Thunderstruck by AC/DC
DISC SEVEN: In my life by The Beatles
DISC EIGHT: Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy

BOOK CHOICE: Ian Botham : My Autobiography (Don't tell Kath....)
LUXURY ITEM: Solar powered radio
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

[wolf359]

1. One - Metallica
2.Angel of Death - Slayer
3. No Surprises - Radiohead
4 Sour Times - Portishead
5. Adagio in d minor (Sunshine) - John Murphy
6. Without you I'm nothing - Placebo (featuring David Bowie)
7. Vermillion Pt2 - Slipknot
8. Sober - Tool

Book. Not a reader by maybe LoTr: Fellowship of the Ring
Luxury Item. Sunglasses (I cannot see in the sun without them!)
Castaways Fave. One - Metallica

[Monkeybubbles]

1. Doublewhikeycokenoice - Dillinger Four
2. Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles - Francoise Hardy
3. So Whatcha Want - Beastie Boys
4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Barry White
5. Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
6. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
7. Cheap Beer - Fidlar
8. Cold Beverage - G Love and Special Sauce

Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Luxury: Rock of opium as big as my head (TM: John Cooper Clark)

[smuts]

1. Depeche Mode Stripped
2. The Who Won't get fooled again
3. U2 Ultraviolet
4. New Order Perfect Kiss 12 inch
5. Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
6. The 1975 Sex
7. Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter
8. Blur Tender

Book Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Luxury guitar and Big pack of strings!

[neathiron]

1 - Caught Somewhere In Time (Iron Maiden)
2 - Stand Or Fall (Anthrax)
3 - Borstal Breakout (Sham 69)
4 - The Bitterest Pill (The Jam)
5 - Nasty (The Damned)
6 - The Only Living Boy In New Cross (Carter USM)
7 - Faster - (Manic Street Preachers)
8 - Epic (Faith No More)

Book - In The Shadow Of My Former Self (Jim Bob)
Luxury item - Guitar
Castaways fave - Caught Somewhere In Time

[pablo jaye]

At this moment in time

1. Nite Klub - Specials
2. Born Slippy - Underworld
3. Blue Monday - New Order
4. Dry The Rain - Beta Band
5. How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
6. Wrote For Luck - Happy Mondays
7. I am The Resurrection - Stone Roses
8. Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground

Book - 1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die
Luxury Item - A Guitar

[Pete647580]

1. White Horses - Jackie Lee
2. Love Will Year Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Pass M'Lord The Rooster Juice - Jake Thackeray
4. Summer (The Four Seasons Recomposed) - Max Richter
5. Dreams (Live In Paris) - The Cranberries
6. Rumours Of War - Billy Bragg
7. I Try - Macy Gray
8. Temptation - New Order

Book: The Wind In The Willows
Luxury: Teddy Bear

[WCpete]

I thought the discs were supposed to be entire albums and not just tracks.

[Polaroid]

Denis - Blondie
Spirit Walker - The Cult
Liberator - Spear Of Destiny
Ambition - New Model Army
I Want to Be There (When You Come) - Echo and The Bunnymen
Rare, Precious and Gone - Mike Scott
Pictures Of You - The Cure
Anna Begins - Counting Crows

Book - Viz Annual
Luxury - Your Mum. (Maybe an acoustic guitar)

[Korea Hammer]

I thought the discs were supposed to be entire albums and not just tracks.