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#290052 - 25/11/11 03:41 PM
Desert Island Discs
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Screaming Dave
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Anyone ever caught this on Radio 4? Each week they have a celebrity or public figure who chooses the 8 songs they would have to have with them on a desert island, i.e. the 8 songs they couldn't live without. Of course, being Radio 4, this started back in the day when they were talking about wax cylinders and then 78 rpm records, but it still persists (only why you would lug a gramophone onto your island when you could just slip an iPod in yer pocket and have the 20,000 songs you can't live without is beyond me).
Guests are (hypothetically) given a Swiss Army Knife, the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare, and other than that get to choose a book and a luxury item in addition to their songs ....
So, come on folks, get listing those 8 favourite songs!
(p.s. I think we might have to allow an acoustic guitar as an additional "given" item, or it'll get boring)
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#290055 - 25/11/11 05:23 PM
Re: Desert Island Discs
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Lester
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8 songs are not enough but here are today's 8, all guitar instrumentals:
Tommy Emmanuel: Classical Gas
Larry Carlton: Bubble Shuffle
Jo Satriani: Always With Me, Always With You
Jan Akkerman: Prima Donna
Santana: Bella
Camel: Rhayader Goes To Town
Al Di Meola: Mediterranean Sundance
Gordon Giltrap: Fear Of The Dark
You say we get an acoustic guitar. Thank you.
A luxury item? I would like to take my Roland digital piano, although a piano is hardly a luxury; it is one of life's essentials.
Edit: I was right, 8 is impossibly few. I cannot imagine being without these, either:
Jeff Beck: Because We Were Lovers
Leo Kottke: Junebug
Ry Cooder: I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
Arlen Roth: When A Man Loves A Woman
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
The Shadows: Apache
Focus: Sylvia
Steve Morse: Tumeni Notes
Mark Knopfler: Smooching
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#290115 - 28/11/11 09:06 AM
Re: Desert Island Discs
[Re: Lester]
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DailyDean
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Registered: 22/11/11
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Been on an eMusic and Amazon mp3 rampage recently and now can't really fit in 8 songs XD, but I'll try:
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
Explosions In The Sky - Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean
Ed Harrison - Tin Soldiers
Periphery - Letter Experiment
Andy Mckee - Nakagawa-San
Alexisonfire - It Was Fear Of Myself That Made Me Odd
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Init
Animals As Leaders - Behaving Badly
Had to mix my guitar and electronic tastes together.
I'd want to say Xbox as the luxury item if that could count.
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#290117 - 28/11/11 10:32 AM
Re: Desert Island Discs
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Megi
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Loc: Lincolnshire
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OK, I'll have a crack at this:
Joni Mitchell - The Boho Dance (from "The Hissing of Summer Lawns")
The Blue Nile - Saturday Night (from the album "Hats" 1989 - an incredibly wonderful album, could have picked any of the songs, please listen to it if you haven't before!)
Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops Drops
Juliana Hatfield - The Fact Remains (from 2008 album "How To Walk Away")
Lush - Breeze (off the "Sweetness and Light" EP, 1990 - must include a bit of shoegaze, is this really over 2 decades old?  )
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
Bach - Lute Suites, played by Sharon Isbin, classical guitar (impossible to choose a bit of Bach, but I'll go for the guitar option for the forum - actually an incredible bit of guitar playing from Ms Isbin)
Wes Montgomery - No Blues (from "Smokin' at the Half Note" - had to put some jazz guitar in.)
That's today's list anyway, tomorrow's might be different, this is just a really impossible exercise!
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#290229 - 01/12/11 05:22 PM
Re: Desert Island Discs
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Screaming Dave
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OK, here's my list (at least for today)
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
We used to play this over and over again on a Friday night getting ready to go out when I was at University. Everyone had their own bit they used to add, so you could tell who’d gone home for the weekend by which added bits were missing.
Move On Up – Curtiss Mayfield
I love the energy of this song and the sentiment, plus I saw a band playing it the night before I bought a beautiful 3-tone sunburst Jap ’62 reissue Strat so I associate it with the joy of buying a new guitar.
Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
I just think this is the best opening riff of any song, ever, by the best rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.
New England – Billy Bragg
I love the lyrics and the bravery of the man to record the song with just his vocals and a raw electric guitar with just a bit of room reverb.
Shake a Tailfeather – The Blues Brothers with Ray Charles
A song full of energy and a horn sound to die for. I love the opening where it starts with just Ray Charles and the electric piano, and then the whole band kicks in with astonishing power.
Blue Flame – Joe Jackson
I think Joe Jackson is one of the most talented songwriters ever and this one just has an achingly beautiful melody coupled with very clever and witty lyrics.
Deeply Dippy – Right Said Fred
My guilty pleasure, this one. I just love the horn arrangement on it. I’d play it so loud that any passing ship within a hundred leagues would hear it.
Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns and Roses
For a guy with a silly top hat, I think Slash is one of the most tasteful rock guitarists out there. Everything he plays suits the song and takes it somewhere rather than being just a gratuitous solo or bit of noodling, which is why so many people want Slash to collaborate with them.
My book would be Star of the Sea and my luxury would be a hammock to lay in while I strum the guitar I’ve generously allowed us all. 
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#290245 - 01/12/11 11:07 PM
Re: Desert Island Discs
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Lotus
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Are you allowing us just ONE guitar Dave?
There's a recipe for a scrap 
Graham
Edited by Lotus (01/12/11 11:08 PM)
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#290362 - 06/12/11 08:02 AM
Re: Desert Island Discs
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LegendGuitars
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Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake (Five Leaves Left)
Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles (single)
Brand New Start - Paul Weller (single)
Tin Soldier - Small Faces
Man In The Corner Shop - The Jam
White Riot - The Clash
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Abraham, Martin and John - Marvin Gaye
That's today anyway
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