Desert Island Discs

Ok, you can pick your 8 songs to be stranded on a desert island with.
Following this choose the one song from that 8 if you could only have the one on the island with you. Then, finally, you can choose one luxury to keep on the island...note that this luxury cannot cure you of anything and cannot help you escape the island.

...you get that?...

Ok, mine:

1. Creep - Radiohead
2. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
3. Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
4. Jack The Ripper - Morrissey
5. The Con - Tegan and Sara
6. Pictures Of You - The Cure
7. Atmosphere - Joy Division
8. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

ONE SONG: Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

LUXURY: Pen and Paper.

Love PTxx.
 
1. Love Me - Elvis
2. Wake me up before you go-go - Wham
3. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
4. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
5. Footsteps Following Me - Frances Nero
6. Hole In The Ground - Bernard Cribbins
7. Train In Vain - The Clash
8. Bizet - Intermezzo from Carmen

One song would be The Clash

Luxury would be a radio.
 
1. Sheila Take a Bow - The Smiths
2. 36 Degrees - Placebo
3. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
4. Guns of Brixton - The Clash
5. Shadowplay - Joy Division
6. Long Live Love - Sandie Shaw
7. You Say You Don't Love Me - Buzzcocks
8. Suedehead - Morrissey

One song: Shadowplay.

Luxury? Hmmmm... A computer.
 
1. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
2. Little In The Way Of Sunshine - Half Man Half Biscuit
3. Youre The One For Me - D-Train
4. Hardcore Uproar - Together
4. Chance - Big Country
5. Contact - Edwin Starr
6. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
7. Fade To Grey - Visage
8. Wishing - A Flock Of Seagulls

ONE SONG: Wishing - A Flock Of Seagulls

LUXURY: Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodles.. err.. hmm :rolleyes: .. no kettle... err.. SOLAR POWERED SATELLITE PHONE/TELLY/PC ;)

..or Bog Roll :confused:
 
Hmm, it might have been easier to name albums...but I wracked my brain :rolleyes::p so here 'tis...

The Smiths (amen, PT) Reel Around the Fountain or Rubber Ring
Morrissey - Nobody Loves Us
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
The Clash - This is Radio Clash
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
REM - Losing My Religion
David Gray - My Oh My
Poi Dog Pondering - Big Constellation

THE song, kinda tough, but Behind Blue Eyes. :) and hey Zelda... I like you're style :cool:

Luxury item, definitely sunglasses. Can't see without 'em.
 
8 songs

1. The Smiths - This Charming Man
2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound (12 inch version;))
3. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
4. Generation X - Wild Youth
5. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
7. T-Rex - Metal Guru
8. The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name

One song....... This Charming Man

The one luxury item I would take with me.... a very large crate of ale:cool:

Jukebox Jury
 
1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Bryan Ferry (yes, I said it, sorry Kiltie...:o)
2. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
3. 92 Degrees - Siouxsie and the Banshees
4. Melt - Siouxsie and the Banshees
5. Handsome Devil - The Smiths
6. Whatever Happens... - Morrissey
7. Trouble Loves Me - Morrissey
8. My Love Life - Morrissey

One song: My Love Life (so naughty)

Luxury: comp with internet access would prevent me from going insane.
 
1. Late Night Maudlin street- Morrissey
2.Now my heart is full- Morrissey
3. Reel around the fountain - The Smiths
4. Kiss you better- Maximo Park
5. You say you don't love me - Buzzcocks
6.All that is my own- Nico
7. Heart of glass- Blondie
8. Wurthering heights- kate Bush

There is a light that never goes out- The Smiths

Luxury- A computer with the internet on it:).
 
1. Harvest - Opeth
2. Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash
3. The Unforgiven II - Metallica
4. Siciliano - Vivaldi
5. Dust in the Wind - Kansas
6. Loneliness remembers.. - Dionne Warwick
7. Pretty Things - Rufus Wainwright
8. Seasick, yet still docked - Morrissey

One song: Harvest

luxury: a guitar
 
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone
Birthday - The Sugarcubes
Une Histoire de Plage - Brigitte Bardot
Adieu Mon Coeur - Edith Piaf
Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love? - The Ronettes
The Saxophone Song - Kate Bush
Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves and The Vandellas
My Only Child - Nico

One Song: Adieu Mon Coeur - Edith Piaf

Book: Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Luxury: Upright Piano
 
1.All Grown Up - Elvis Costello
2.Waltz No 2 - Elliott Smith
3.Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole
4.December - Teenage Fanclub
5.What She Said - The Smiths
6.Surrender - Elvis Presley
7.Jack The Ripper -Morrissey
8.Secret - Madonna

Luxury item ...Guitar
 
Ok, you can pick your 8 songs to be stranded on a desert island with.
Following this choose the one song from that 8 if you could only have the one on the island with you. Then, finally, you can choose one luxury to keep on the island...note that this luxury cannot cure you of anything and cannot help you escape the island.

...you get that?...

Ok, mine:

1. Creep - Radiohead
2. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
3. Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
4. Jack The Ripper - Morrissey
5. The Con - Tegan and Sara
6. Pictures Of You - The Cure
7. Atmosphere - Joy Division
8. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

ONE SONG: Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

LUXURY: Pen and Paper.

Love PTxx.
1. Gene: Where Are They Now?

2. Linkin Park: One Step Closer

3. The Smiths: How Soon Is Now?

4. Depeche Mode: Never let Me Down Again

5. The Damned: New Rose

6. Joy Division: Dead Souls

7. System of a Down: When Angels Deserve to Die

8. Kiss: Crazy Nights

One song: I can't choose!

luxury:either my cat, Lulu (I couldn't leave her out!) or a very large supply of knitting materials (wool, patterns, needles)
 
brian eno - blank frank
roxy music - bitter sweet
morrissey - the teachers are afraid of the pupils
the smiths - death of a disco dancer
hot chip - ready for the floor
syko & the caribs - do the dog
david bowie - boys keep swinging
sister wynona carr - please mr. jailer

one song: david bowie - boys keep swinging

luxury item: a wind-up radio
 
Some good responses...I always have to assume that the Desert Island already has a record player on it otherwise we are just pointlessly taking a load of records...or could they make some nice raft?

Love PTxx.
 
1. slayer - raining blood
2. nina simone - sinner man
3. morrissey - i've changed my plea to guilty
4. bob marley - sun is shining
5. funkadelic - maggot brain
6. shai hulud - for the world
7. al green - love and happiness
8. morrissey - jack the ripper (studio version)

the one song would probably be funkadelic.

my luxury item would be about a thousand kilos of good quality hash.
 
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