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"Desert Island CD-R"

Think it's been a long time since someone mentioned this.

Basically, try and list thirteen songs that would make 'as close to' the definitive music cd, that you're stuck on a desert island with, with no electricity, but never mind about that.

13 tracks, what songs would you choose? (Don't worry about the length, just make it thirteen, even if you have Shine on you Crazy Diamond followed by In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and Tubular Bells)

Think it's been a long time since someone mentioned this.

Basically, try and list thirteen songs that would make 'as close to' the definitive music cd, that you're stuck on a desert island with, with no electricity, but never mind about that.

13 tracks, what songs would you choose? (Don't worry about the length, just make it thirteen, even if you have Shine on you Crazy Diamond followed by In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and Tubular Bells)

Tough one.

1. Enya - May It Be
2. Annie Lennox - Into The West
3. Mew - 156
4. Snow Patrol - Same
5. P.O.D - Sleeping Awake
6. Hanson - Mmmbop! (dont look at me like that)
7. Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
8. Royksopp - Eple

I'll edit in the rest a bit later.

hm...will change again in time, no doubt...

1.Every breath you take - The Police {could simply listen to this forever}
2.Round Here - Counting Crows {because the list wouldn't be complete!}
3.Lovely Day - Bill Withers - {Could cheer me up in any mood}
4.Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House {fantastic tune}
5.Pictures of You - The Cure {beautiful imagery}
6.It's the End of the World - REM {good to sing along to}
7.All You Need Is Love - Beatles {another feel good tune to cheer me up}
8.Everlong - Foo Fighters {fantastic tune again}
9.Suspicious Minds - Elvis {you need at least one Karaoke tune}
10.Ode to Joy - Beethoven {for those classical moments}
11.Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd {Still my favorite of theirs}
12.Release - Pearl Jam {cool calming track}
13.Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols {crank this up for attracting attention from passing boats!}

Clutch - Regulator
Slayer - Silent Scream
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus
Aimee Mann - Wise Up
Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart
Elvis - Can't Help Believing
The Beatles - Rocky Racoon
Radiohead - No Surprises
Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez - Don't Speak in English
Clutch - Tim Sult vs The Greys/7 Jam
Fudge Tunnel - S.R.T

In no particular order:

  1. The Scientist - Coldplay
  2. Stripsearch - Faith No More
  3. Scorpios - Adam And The Ants
  4. Please Sir - Pitchshifter
  5. Chateau - Rob Dougan
  6. No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age
  7. The Brazilian - Genesis
  8. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
  9. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys
10. The Cowboy Song - Faith No More
11. Spirit Of Radio - Rush
12. Cavatina - John Williams
13. Love At First Sight - Kylie

Right, I'm going to list some songs I could simply not do without at the moment, though this is far from definitive...

Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Anyone can play guitar - Radiohead
Skeleton Key - The Coral
Goodbye - The Coral
I love you (but you're green) - Babyshambles
For Lovers - Pete Doherty and Wolfman
Lullaby - The Cure
Close to me - The Cure
Girlfriend in a coma - The Smiths
Panic - The Smiths
I live in a hiding place - Idlewild
Suicide is painless (theme from M*A*S*H) - Manic Street Preachers

Bear in mind, these are not necessarily my favourite songs (if it was, it'd mostly be Babyshambles and Libertines), but these are the ones which offer a large spread of my musical tastes... not varied, I know, but still... It's my CD-R.

And, thanks to your mention of Hellehlujah, I'm sat listening to the grace album. Such brilliance. Just up to 'Last Goodbye', now. Listened to it 22 times the morning after my school leavers do. Superb.

Hmmm, i'm going to try and pick one song from each of my favourite singers and maybe one classical piece, so singers first and songs when i've decided and i'll edit it in.

1. Stevie Wonder - Too many to bother writing
2. Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin, Hallelujah or Dream Brother
3. Don Mclean - American Pie or Vincent
4. Carpenters - For All We Know
5. R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful
6. Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright
7. Joni Mitchell - Blue or Both Sides Now
8. Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On or Mercy Mercy Me
9. Temptations - My Girl or Just My Imagination
10.Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
11.John Lennon - Love or Beautiful Boy
12.Coldplay - The Scientist
13.Claude Debussy - Au Clair De Lune

Maybe not my favourite songs but they change on an hour by hour basis, probably my favourite voices though barring Chris Martin

Missing out were Bob Marley, Sex Pistols, Patsy Cline, Al Green, Smokey Robinson, Edith Piaf, Gladys Knight and Vonda Shepard

Desert Island you say?

I'd have 70 mins of morse code saying SOS!

Stand Indsde Your Love - Pumpkins
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Marooned - Pink Floyd
Achillies Last Stand - Led Zeppelin
Ghost of Tom Joad - Rage
Hummer - Pumpkins
Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt - Mars Volta
Silverf*ck (Live) - Pumpkins
From The Morning - Nick Drake
Lipstick Stigmata - Elliott
Good Things - Rival Schools
Away We Drift - Elliott
To Sheila - Pumpkins

Like Matt, this is a cross-section of my taste.

Distinct lack of electronic music here...