Like the glorious radio programme of the same name which 5 songs could you not live without and why?
Mine would be...

1. Feeling Good - Muse (has got me thru a lot of hard times and I still listen to it when Im down)
2. I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness (everytime I hear it I smile :D )
3. The Staunton Lick - Lemon Jelly (I love relaxing to that)
4. These are the Days of Our Life - Queen (beautiful and poignant song)
5. Heroes - David Bowie (its David Bowie what other reason do I need :cool: )
:thumbsup:

like someone on "DID" said the other day (i think it was Nick Hornby) "I'd just take an ipod" :lol:

but... if i were forced to choose:

(in no order)

1. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
2. Pulp - Countdown (extended)
3. Bryan Ferry - Oh Yeah
4. Mull Historical Society - Only I
5. Jeff Buckley - Grace

Hmmmm, tough one but....

1: Queen- It's a kind of magic
2: Fleetwood mac- Albatross
3: Jimmi Hendrix- Voodoo child (Slight return)
4: James Brown- I feel good
5: Dave Brubeck- Le souk

:thumbsup:

It's liable to change from week to week, but here they are at present:

1. Pulp - Common People
2. Stereophonics - Local Boy in the Photograph
3. Queen - Hammer to Fall
4. Oasis - Some Might Say
5. Robbie Williams - Let Love Be Your Energy

relight my fire-dan hartman
shostachvitch-jazzsuite 1
were going to be friends-white stripes
good ridance-green day
tainted love-gloria jones

this is way tricky!

This is tricky, especially for my musical tastes

1. Pink Floyd - High Hopes
2. Nirvana - Man who sold the world
3. Lynard Skynynrd - Free Bird
4. Roots Manuva - Witness the Fitness
5. The Offspring - Bad Habit

Wish i had more than 5, i must have at least 5 cds of all time greats IMO.

Wilf

Orbital - Belfast (builds you up, lets you down, real nice)
Dave Lee Roth - Goin Crazy (proper rock for the poodle in me)
Queen - Dont Stop Me Now (classic god time song)
Korn - Here To Stay (driving guitar angryness)
Joe Satriani - Summer Song (happy stuff)

Back up list:

Good Riddance - Greenday
REM - Nightswimming
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
Van Halen - Runnin With The Devil
Steve Vai - Sisters

Five is nowhere near enough.

Only 5??? Darn it! Erm... here goes then... (in no particular order)

1) System of a Down - chop suey/suicide
2) Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
3) Orbital - Somewhere out there OR the box, can't decide!
4) Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
5) The pharcyde - She keeps on passin' me by

but also blind by korn and a bunch of others! 5 is too few!!!

Here goes:

1) Freda Payne - Band of Gold
2) Chuck - No, Not Aaah
3) The Smiths - Half a Person
4) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
5) Chicago - If You Leave Me Now

Backups
1) Pulp - Joyriders
2) Andy Williams - House of Bamboo
3) The Who - Pinball Wizard
4) The Cure - Love Cats
5) Van McCoy - The Hustle
6) The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

This is too hard! I expect to edit it later when I think of other things.

1. Photograph - Def Leppard
2. New Killer Star - David Bowie
3. Neverending Story - Limahl
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
5. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

think my list would have to have the ability to be constantly changing as it's 80% 80s..........woo hoo:thumbsup:

you guys are taking liberties with the 5 choons rule! Cant have back up choons thats cheating! :P

I have set a challenge! mwah ha haaaaaaaaaa! :D

As a matter of fact you are allowed 8 pieces of music on DID, but you have to say which one you would have if you could only have one.

I suggest making it a long one!

That horrible Paul Dacre was on this morning

I though DID was about actual discs.

That, to my mind includes LPs too.

Otherwise people could not chosse much classical music more than 3 or 4 mins long.

For my appearance (soon) it will be

King Kong - Frank Zappa
Satisfaction - Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
Night on Bare mountain - Modeste Mussorgsky
Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space - Spiritualized

Originally posted by Belle
As a matter of fact you are allowed 8 pieces of music on DID, but you have to say which one you would have if you could only have one.

I suggest making it a long one!


In that case it would have to be:

Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull - it's one track on 2 sides of an LP.

Originally posted by Belle
you have to say which one you would have if you could only have one.
That's far too tough. I think I'd just take my guitar to the desert island and learn to play all my favourite songs.

You're allowed to take one thing you can't live without too Sidla - as long as it can't be used to escape the Island - so you can have the guitar AND the disc:)

In that case I'd take my PC, then I wouldn't need any discs, I'd have my MP3 collection. :cool:

In that case I'd take my PC, then I wouldn't need any discs, I'd have my MP3 collection.

That's cheating - I can't see Sue Lawley letting you do that!!

In truth, there's not one song I'd be able to choose above all the rest, so I'd probably not bother with any.

Also, if you only had one song to listen to (or even 5 songs for that matter), you'd get sick of them after a while.

Hmm 5 off the top of my head:

1. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
2. RHCP - Scar Tissue
3. Bob Marley - One Love
4. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1 + 2 :))
5. John Lennon - Imagine

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
Bat out of Hell 1 and 2
Dido - Life for Rent (album)

That's 5 CDs I think....

Good thread, like it. Really hard choice to make though.

I'll try and keep it down to five. No particular order.

REM - Cuyahoga
Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
Weezer - Keep Fishin'
The Verve - Space and Time
The Velvet Underground - What Goes On

Originally posted by Agent Dan
Only 5??? Darn it! Erm... here goes then... (in no particular order)

1) System of a Down - chop suey/suicide
2) Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
3) Orbital - Somewhere out there OR the box, can't decide!
4) Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
5) The pharcyde - She keeps on passin' me by

but also blind by korn and a bunch of others! 5 is too few!!!

Layla was originally an Eric Clapton song, just thought I'd share that with you ;)

id have 6 (sorry), id smuggle the 6th on some how

muse : bliss

muse : Hysteria

metallica : Fuel

metallica : fade to black

audioslave : like a stone

soundgarden : day i tried to live

Originally posted by Rich
Layla was originally an Eric Clapton song, just thought I'd share that with you ;)

no layla is derek and the dominoes, which had eric clapton in it

if you had to choose eight records and a book and a luxury to be stranded with on a desert island what would they be?

would you try to escape?

mine are:

1: bodies by the sex pistols....i have recently learnt that there really WAS a girl from birmingham called pauline, she DID live in a tree and she DID have an abortion!

2: slight return by the bluetones....takes me back to shortly before my son was born, and was aware that sure enough "all this will fade away" as everything was about to change!

3: christe redempton omnium by monteverdi...hairs on the back of the neck stuff from the 1500's

4: the sparrow and the gentle dove by purcell...laughed at by my friends for this one!

5: fairest isle by purcell...suitable lyrics for a desert island too!

6: now that the sun has veiled his light by purcell...listen to at sunset on a desert island!

7: far from my land by the f... city sh..ters...one from my old band, mik's heartwarming homesick lyrics, lou and zigg'ys melodic, simple but effective bass/ guitar riffs, my c..p drumming!

8: 4 minutes 17 seconds by john cage....that silent one to put on in case i'm kept awake by parrots squawking!

book: beryl the peril annual 1974

luxury: a piano and a tuning fork

would i try to escape: yep you betcha!

My 8

1> Thoughts of Mary Jane- Nick Drake, but it has to be the version with the guitar harmony, not the flute

2> Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis- Ralph Vaughn Williams

3> Prayer- Disturbed, for when I'm frustrated and need a good lash out at the world

4> Power of 2- Indigo Girls, for when I need a good sob

5> Saint-Saens Cello Concerto- glorious relaxing music

6> Closer to Believing- ELP, to encourage

7> My Little Sister- Michelled Shocked, to remind me of my big sister

8> You can love yourself- Keb' Mo', to kick me up the backside when I need it

My book would be the collected works of Jane Austen- lovely characterisations and would keep me going for a fair old while.

My luxury (well, I'd be cheeky and ask for 2)- a box of lovely tea bags, and something to drink it from.

I'm not sure if I'd try to escape- it depends on how hot this desert island is, cos I burn something horrble!

medusa, love tha thomas tallis, stuff he did before vaughn williams mucked about with it was good too i thought!

:)

1 - Stumble And Fall - Razorlight - a cool tune to do air drum with.

2 - Beusenfreund - Tosca - chill out track.

3 - Carmina Burana - Carl Orff - great classical track.

4 - Nice Weather For Ducks - Lemon Jelly - silly track.

5 - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - The Killers - reminds me of someone.

6 - Wreath - Opeth - thumpy track.


That's all I can think of at the moment.

Book: Pullman trilogies - great books.

:)

Originally posted by kentboy119
1 - Stumble And Fall - Razorlight - a cool tune to do air drum with.

2 - Beusenfreund - Tosca - chill out track.

3 - Carmina Burana - Carl Orff - great classical track.

4 - Nice Weather For Ducks - Lemon Jelly - silly track.

5 - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - The Killers - reminds me of someone.

6 - Wreath - Opeth - thumpy track.


That's all I can think of at the moment.

Book: Pullman trilogies - great books.

:)

Ooh, can I have your Carmina Burana and Lemon Jelly too? At this rate 8 is just going to be too difficult.

Cry Little Sister - lost boys

And the rest can be made up by songs from Groove Coverage. Any songs will do. Any at all. They all have that beat that will get me cutting down palm trees and making a canoe in no time ...

Just what kind of drugs are these people feeding me???

We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine ....

Dragon

* John Lennon - Working Class Hero

* The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

* Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

* Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes

* George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

Would get me thru being stranded on a desert island...

1. Tear in Your Hand - Tori Amos
2. Minority - Green Day
3. Untouchable Face - Ani DiFranco
4. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
5. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
6. Church on Sunday - Green Day
7. Riot Act - Elvis Costello
8. Silent all These Years -Tori Amos

Book: The Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman.
Luxury: A box of Neuhaus chocolates.

Aphex Twin - Yellow Calx

Joy Division - Novelty

PIL - Careering

Squarepusher - The Exploding Psychology

Bob Dylan - Girl from the North Country

I could name 100 songs and take any 5 really though.....

Resurrecting...

Hard to pick (8 as on the show) but...
1) I am the Mob - Catatonia
2) Beauty of the Ride - Sebadoh
3) Listen to Your Heart - Roxette
4) Roam - B52s
5) Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl
6) Every Heartbeat - Amy Grant
7) 12 Reasons Why - My Life Story
8. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

(sorry to Kylie, Fuzzbox, Smashing Pumpkins, Alanis Morissette and Madonna who just edge out)

Book - don't have a fave really, as The Bible is there already, but Are You Dave Gorman makes me laugh every time, so that will do.

Luxury - My quilt...

I’d take five copies of “Help” to my Desert Island — and the loudest speaker I could lay my hands on. Not that anyone would hear it, because I wouldn’t be allowed a hi-fi!

I cant possibly narrow it down to 8 songs, not even for the lovely sue lawley.....

fortunately, I could just sit there and sing all the songs that I know and love....

my luxury item would be a big box of vocalzone lozenges :D