What ONE record/song woulld you take if you able to ( you would have access to a machine to play !!)

Bet ALL the oldies past 50 go for romance etc

Mine would be "look on the bright side of life" remember that one !!

The younger members will probaly not remember DID

Tough choice...either the Bach Mass in B-minor, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, or the Brahms German Requiem. All three are the summit of man's intellectual and creative achievement.

Now don't get me started on the best recordings of each.

Edited September 13, 201114 yr by FarangBuddha

Could I include a DVD I have meticulously assembled of my escapades here in Pattaya?

Not very much to do with Pattaya has it? I'll move to Pub Fun, see how it gets on over there.

Sex Pistols. Anarchy in the UK.

....or Iggy Pop. The Passenger.

Anything by the Beatles or Stones when they were in their prime.

Then, one would have to speculate on long-term survival stranded on the proverbial desert isle.

How about an alternative venue? A lush tropical island where natural food might be abundant.

....and after some time, the one chosen song [favourite or not] listened to over and again would become wearing on one's soul.

Nirvana - Nevermind

Pavarotti at his best......which was usually.

Gorecki - Symphony No 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

Beautiful music that i have yet to tire of. Even my favourite other music ,if it was the only thing i had to listen to, would soon end up being as painful to listen to as a Billy Joel track on non-stop play.

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan. Probably the most perfect record ever made, and it lasts for over 6 minutes!

Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore.

Not because I would literally be the stranger on the beach, but because I seem to have spent most of my life exploring and coming to grips with other cultures and locations.

Could be a bit too mellow, but that's a risk I'd have to take.

The Kinks - See my Friends -

Miserere mei, Deus by Allegri

Gorecki - Symphony No 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

Beautiful music that i have yet to tire of. Even my favourite other music ,if it was the only thing i had to listen to, would soon end up being as painful to listen to as a Billy Joel track on non-stop play.

Gorecki -Symphony No 3 would be my choice also, for exactly the same reasons. This music transports me further away from the reality of the moment than anything else i've ever heard and for that reason ,in this hypothetical situation, it would sustain me longer than some of my other gut reaction choices .

If you like Gorecki you'll probably like Arvo Part too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccbIB5SeFDY

I'd have the tropical island's parrots singing along to this wherever I went....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnW8dmJ0Fl4

Couldn't manage with just one - it'd have to be two, so:-

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (2)

Won't get Fooled Again. (The Who)

The Kinks - See my Friends -

On the b-side Iwould like to have Bug Eyed Beans from Venus , from Captain Beefheart > Yeah !

Sex Pistols. Anarchy in the UK.

....or Iggy Pop. The Passenger.

My Anarchy in the UK 45' has No Fun an Iggy cover on the B' side . Brill record and one of my favs too .

I got another pressing with I Wanna Be Me on B' side .

Calling old punks -calling old punks

'A' side: 'Worried Dream' by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, preferably live version.

On the 'B' side: 'Worried Dream' by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, preferably live version (in case the 'A' side wore out).

Edited September 15, 201114 yr by Card

A wee bit of Martin Denny

http://http://youtu.be/OJK2LwD_nEY

"Bet ALL the oldies past 50 go for romance etc"

To DEVATSAR: I'm one of those "oldies". My romance song would be "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream.

BTW: On this hypothetical desert island, do I have solar power or am I limited by the life of the batteries in my mp3 player?

"Bet ALL the oldies past 50 go for romance etc"

To DEVATSAR: I'm one of those "oldies". My romance song would be "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream.

BTW: On this hypothetical desert island, do I have solar power or am I limited by the life of the batteries in my mp3 player?

i would reckon reality is not a limiting factor. you would still have to play a record somehow too, unless of course you had the professor from gilligans island with you.

I would find a way to sneak a loaded ipod with me.

"Bet ALL the oldies past 50 go for romance etc"

To DEVATSAR: I'm one of those "oldies". My romance song would be "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream.

BTW: On this hypothetical desert island, do I have solar power or am I limited by the life of the batteries in my mp3 player?

i would reckon reality is not a limiting factor. you would still have to play a record somehow too, unless of course you had the professor from gilligans island with you.

I would find a way to sneak a loaded ipod with me.

Reality?

Then, one would have to speculate on long-term survival stranded on the proverbial desert isle.

How about an alternative venue? A lush tropical island where natural food might be abundant.

....and after some time, the one chosen song [favourite or not] listened to over and again would become wearing on one's soul.

I think desert islands are normally deserted, rather than strictly speaking desert. THough even then, I think they are mostly as virgin as TV brides, rather than abandoned.

Were I to relocate to such a place, I would have to take

The Mystery of Ragoula, by Darts

http://new.uk.music....oula--186929344

"I knew at once I'd found my paradise

The Island of Ragoula"

Its all a bit Gaugin, isn't it?

SC

EDIT: Or, if we're talking deserts, then Squeeze: take Me I'm Yours would win out over Night Boat to Cairo (Madness), though if its urban deserts, Croydon, by Captain Sensible, bought with Jimi Hendrix' Strat, if memory serves me correctly.

Talking of Urban Desert Islands, my nomination would be the Isle of Dogs. I'd want more than one 7" single if I was stranded there for any length of time...

SC

Edited September 18, 201114 yr by StreetCowboy

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The Specials - International Jet Set