Desert Island Discs: Your choices?

[John Steed]

What are you desert island choices?

Most peoples choices probably change quite often but as of now what are your choices?

1. What are your 8 favourite songs/tracks?
2. What book would you take with you?
3. What luxury item would you take with you?

My 8 favourite songs in no particular order are as follows;
1. Cool for cats by Squeeze 
2. You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate
3. Oliver's Army by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4. The Night Before by The Beatles
5. In My Life by The Beatles
6. Girls Talk by Dave Edmunds
7. Start me up by The Rolling Stones
8. I am The walrus by The Beatles


My book would be The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale (to try and keep myself sane!)

My luxury item would be a wind-up radio.



Steed

[Steve Austin]

Great thread Steed and some great choices too.

Hard to pick only 8 but here goes:

I Am The Walrus (The Beatles)
Rain (The Beatles)
Life On Mars (David Bowie)
D’You Know What I Mean (Oasis)
Rocking Chair (Oasis)
You Make No Bones (Alfie)
Just When You’re Thinking Things Over (The Charlatans)
Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)

I’m not much of a reader. I’m currently going through my 70s Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics so will probably take those.

Luxury item, Birra Moretti

[Bojan Scores]

Baba O’reilly - The Who
Autumn almanac- The Kinks
Can’t always get what you want - The Rolling Stones
Golden Slumbers/carry that weight - The Beatles
Shine on you crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
You’re all I need to get by - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell
John Barleycorn must die - Traffic
White man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash

Book - How Apollo flew to the Moon by W.David Woods
Luxury - magazine subscription (probably classic bike or boxing news)

[Vienna]

I wouldn't mind taking the current presenter of the radio show Kirsty Young to a desert island 

Seriously, it's a great idea for a thread, Mr Steed 

I'll let you know my choices when I'm sober and had a proper think about them 

Vi 

[Cartman]

My music choices, in no particular order are:

Elvis Costello Oliver’s Army
Boomtown Rats Rat Trap
Bee Gees Night Fever
Abba Dancing Queen
ELO Evil Woman
Eagles Lyin Eyes
Al Stewart Year of the Cat
Martha and the Muffins Echo Beach

book The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson

luxury item a CD player to play said music!

great thread suggestion

[Gene Hunt]

An excellent thread John 

8 Favourite Songs in no particular order:

1) The Story In Your Eyes - The Moody Blues
2) Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
3) Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
4) Life On Mars - David Bowie
5) Something About You - Level 42
6) I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
7) Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
8) Alan Hawkshaw - Sunny Monday

Book:

London AtoZ so I don't lose touch with location spotting.

Luxury Item:

Laptop with WiFi access.

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I can imagine some of your faces when you see slot 8 of my music choices. What the hell is that?

Search it on the tube. I love this song as it conjures up so many memories of happy carefree hot sunny days in the early 70s. 

Gene.

[Cartman]

I’m struggling with 8 on your list, Gene, and I consider myself to be reasonably well informed on obscure 70s stuff!

[Gene Hunt]

How do you mean struggling? Do you mean you can't find it? or just don't like it?

[Vienna]

Some good choices thus far... 

8 songs (no particular order):

The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Won't Get Fooled Again (extended version) - The Who
All I Really Want To Do - The Byrds
Call Me - Blondie
So Good To Be Back Home - The Tourists
The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
Some Might Say - Oasis

Book: English Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

Luxury Item: A large supply of chocolate 

Vi

[Cartman]

Apr 1, 2018 16:00:01 GMT Gene Hunt said:

How do you mean struggling? Do you mean you can't find it? or just don't like it?

Never heard of it and can't find it!