I had heard of the concept eons ago but it wasn't until I was talking with my friend Simon that it really registered that is was a radio program... on a popular station in a country I lived in for five years. :-/ Simon has the patience of a saint.
Anyways... I've decided to make my own desert island selections. I practically live on one already.
Difficult, ain't it? I've done it with albums... but with just pieces of music, that's very difficult. But here's my list (for now) (subject to change) (many times).
Sooooooooooooooooo....
What are YOUR desert island discs?
BTW - if you haven't already found Grooveshark, it's great.
Very fine selection - actually I think I would share one of them. To choose eight will be hard but I'll have a go.
ReplyDeleteAlright -
ReplyDeleteCaptain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans from Venus
The Smiths - Hand in Glove
The Misunderstood - I Can Take you to the Sun
Jimi Hendrix - I Don't Live Today
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby meets the Rockers Uptown
Etta James - God's Song
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Devo - Satisfaction
changing my mind already...
It is so difficult and I change my mind every ten minutes!
ReplyDeleteExcellent list, Simon. What, no Melt Banana? :-P
ReplyDeleteWhen you said you were going to share one of my songs, I guessed wrong! I thought you were going to pick Orbison.
Yeah... difficult, Ann. I've edited my list a million times (in my head).
I'm listening to your choices now.
ReplyDeleteNeat trick with the Grooveshark embed -- I'll have to play around with that.
Re: Roy Orbison. His duet with k.d.lang "Cryin'" is a long-time favourite of mine.