Desert Island Discs...

Thought it might be nice to have a good bit of Radio 4 descend on GT and what better than the been-running-forever classic Desert Island Discs.

Here's how it goes (you are, obviously, stranded on a desert island) :

- Cast Away's pick 8 pieces of music to take with them (their choice's usually show a review of their life/personality).
- At the end of the show they must choose which selection they regard most highly.
- They can then select one book to take with them.
- Guests also choose one luxury, which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside.

Harder than you'd think.



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For me:

1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. The Who - Baba O'Riley
3. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
4. In My Life - The Beatles
5. This Is The One - The Stone Roses
6. The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
7. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
8. Drops of Jupiter - Train

Number 2 is most significant.

Book: U2 by U2 - it's massive and could be very practical.

Luxury: A hurley and a sliotar!

Good one Sami. I presume it's 8 individual songs not albums?

Music:
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6.
7.
8.

Book:
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (surely this can be considered as one book?)

Luxury:
Drum Kit (could also be used to communicate!)

RMDrive wrote:Good one Sami. I presume it's 8 individual songs not albums?

correct

This will require a bit of thought .....

The music is very tough. These are the first 8 I could think of but I could name a hundred more.


Music:
1. Are you going to be my girl - Jet
2. Homes of Donegal - Paul Brady
3. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
4. A Rainy Night in Soho - The Pogues
5. Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
6. Fix You - Coldplay
7. The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian
8. Where's your head at - Basement Jaxx

Book:
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (surely this can be considered as one book?)

Luxury:
Drum Kit (could also be used to communicate!)

1. Don't Look Back In Anger- Oasis
2. Wannabe- Spice Girls
3. Kids- Mgmt
4. Should I Stay Or Should I Go- The Clash
5. Crazy World- Aslan
6. Don't Stop Believin'- Journey
7. All Along The Watch Tower- Jimi Hendrix
8. Hey Jude- The Beatles


Book: Misunderstood (haha ob). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.


Inanimate object: I'll agree with Sami here and say my hurl and a brand new O'Neills size 4 sliotar.

I must admit there are SO many more songs I'd like to pick - A Rainy Night In Soho is a great shout from RMD, what a song.

Records - though I'll look at it in 10 minutes and realise I've left loads out I'm sure ....

Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Smell Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Losing My Religion - REM
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns’N’Roses
Rhythm is a Dancer – Snap
Angie – Rolling Stones
Viva la Vida - Coldplay

Book: Tough one - Papillon is a great and lengthy book and where better to read it than a desert island!

Luxury: PC or something to record memoirs and all the exciting events you would have on your own on a desert island .....

Right, this is something i though about putting on here a while ago but then completely forgot about it so cheers for posting this Sami!

A bit of thought required for this, and i may change my mind at a later date but here's my initial thoughts -

Music:
1.Nick Cave - Into My Arms


2.Simple Minds - Belfast Child


3.Belle & Sebastian - Suckie in the Graveyard


4.Lo-tel - Teenager of the Year


5.Coldplay - The Scientist


6.Counting Crows - Anna Begins


7.The Frames - Star star


8.Powderfinger - My Happiness


Book:
Lance Armstrong - It's Not About The Bike

Luxury:
Music Player with Solar Charger!

This is my mellow music. Dont think anyone apart from Jim would like anything I like

1. Three Days Grace - Lost in you



2. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Guardian Angel



3. Jose Gonzales - Heartbeats



4. Stone Sour - ZZyzx Rd



Will do more later.

G-F,go ahead and post your heavy list.il post my list when i get home from work.liking your list jayo,some great tunes there.

This is GAA fan Dougal.

Lets see, this is actually quite difficult. Cant post the videos this time, im in Uni and they have blocked youtube. I am most certainly going to miss quite a few songs/bands here. Need my MP3 player for stuff like this.

Pantera - Cowboys from hell, War nerve, Walk, Becoming and 5 minutes alone.

Lamb Of God - Walk with me in hell, Dead seeds, The Passing, Fake Messiah, Set to fail

Machine Head - Imperium, Wipe the tears, Supercharger, Hallowed be thy name cover

Sonic Syndicate - Denied, Aftermath, Enclave

I actually do not like Metallica.

You'd need to be on a desert island to listen to that s***!!!

Jayo Cluxton wrote:You'd need to be on a desert island to listen to that s***!!!

S****??? I just call it noise!!!

Maybe we're being a bit hard here BE. Maybe we should let our hair grow all long (sorry I just realised how stupid that one is for you! ) and greasy and not wash for months and wear t-shirts with skulls and death on them and put on a few ahem ... tunes ... so loud that we can't make out the lyrics - if there are really lyrics and maybe bite off a bats head too!

Ah maybe not ........

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Maybe we're being a bit hard here BE. Maybe we should let our hair grow all long (sorry I just realised how stupid that one is for you! ) and greasy and not wash for months and wear t-shirts with skulls and death on them and put on a few ahem ... tunes ... so loud that we can't make out the lyrics - if there are really lyrics and maybe bite off a bats head too!

Ah maybe not ........

Im very hygenic for a rocker

GAA-Fan I thought I was the only one who liked Three Days Grace.. Good band when you're in the right humour for it..

Jayo Cluxton wrote:You'd need to be on a desert island to listen to that s***!!!

TOTALLY AGREE

so much so I felt the need for unnecessary capitals.

Jonsmith wrote:GAA-Fan I thought I was the only one who liked Three Days Grace.. Good band when you're in the right humour for it..

Theyre all right. I got bored of their first album really quick but dunno about this one, it just seems too similiar but more snow patrolesque.

SamiPremier08 wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:You'd need to be on a desert island to listen to that s***!!!

TOTALLY AGREE

so much so I felt the need for unnecessary capitals.

Yaw Mr Sami Hospital Radio DJ - you just go right ahead and play Megadeath, Poison, Def Leppard, Slayer, Anthrax, etc., and just how short that career will be ....

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

SamiPremier08 wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:You'd need to be on a desert island to listen to that s***!!!

TOTALLY AGREE

so much so I felt the need for unnecessary capitals.

Yaw Mr Sami Hospital Radio DJ - you just go right ahead and play Megadeath, Poison, Def Leppard, Slayer, Anthrax, etc., and just how short that career will be ....

yes.

I'm going to change Wannabe with Bittersweet Symphony.

RoyalGirl wrote:I'm going to change Wannabe with Bittersweet Symphony.

a good move.

SamiPremier08 wrote:

RoyalGirl wrote:I'm going to change Wannabe with Bittersweet Symphony.

a good move.

Spice Girls rule.