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Guest Emily.SoCal

Not to take away from the "Desert Island" thread going on in the Books forum, but I thought it be fun to do this with record albums.

Okay, so you're stuck on a desert island for five years.. and apparently with a five years years supply of batteries for your CD player. You can pick up to five albums to take with you (2xCD albums are okay, but let's not get out of hand with box sets and what not).

What would you bring? Here's mine:

1. Prince: Purple Rain

2. Ween: Paintin' the Town Brown, Live '90-'98

3. Dresden Dolls: [self-titled]

4. Hawkwind: Space Ritual

5. DJ Rap: Learning Curve

I'm very, very interested to see what the rest of you think. I love picking people's brains when it comes to music! :)

-Emily

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Guest Elizabeth K

Serious reply (it was 'tempting'- something like 101 sound effects w/o waves or palm trees swaying - but I didn't do it) :blush:

Deep Rock: In Da Gadda De Vida, Iron Butterfly - or Fragile - Yes

Light Rock: Beatles White Album - or Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Country: Trio (Linda Rhonsat - Emilou Harris - Dolly Partin) - or Folsum, Johnny Cash

Bluegrass: Let the Circle Be Unbroken, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - or O' Brother where Art Thou soundtrack

Classic: compiled collection of Mozart - or Amadius soundtrack

Notice how I kinda cheated? :o

Woww am I getting old? - some of that stuff is from the 60's ('cept Mozart of course) :P

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Guest Felicia Anne

oh dear... what would i bring with me?

"songs for drella", lou reed & john cale

"hounds of love", kate bush

"tapestry", carole king

"synchronicity", the police

"nilsson schmillson", harry nilsson

i am very proud for not choosing anything with the words "greatest hits" in it!

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Guest Elizabeth K

"nilsson schmillson", harry nilsson

Oh my - I LOVE that album - I didn't know anyone knew about it. If you like that (sound like an Amazon Books lead-in) you might also like the soundtracks to "Sleepless in Seatle" and "You Got Mail"

[Ooops 'CD" I mean - although my copy is actually the original album I guess - so is my Tapestry, and I also had it on 8 track, yikes - time to go get the CDs]

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Guest Christy.dancer

A mix of stuff, cuz what I listen to depends on my mood....

Colbie Callait's "Bubbly" which I can listen too all day long

Sara Bareilles's "Little Voice" for the same reason

Paramore's "Riot" when I want to dance

Greenday's "American Idiot" when I'm angry or sad

Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" when I want to scream

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Lets see:

1. The Repudiated Immortals by "Of Montreal"

2. So Begins Our Alabee by "Of Montreal"

3. Final Duel - Into the death Star "Star Wars VI"

4. Lux Aeterna (remix) by "Clint Masnsell"

5. Bonnie Portmore by "Many artists"

I enjoy very few bands but I like Of Montreal - I also like old Celtic songs. Some female voices is mmmmmm..... :P

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Guest Christy.dancer

and for all the "Lost" fans out there.... we could add cd's of music from that show, just for the sake of irony....

Personally, I'd divide into two mix-cd's -- one of songs played ON the island, and one of songs played OFF the island. If something was played both on AND off, then we'll include it on the cd where it was first played...

In episodic order:

ON the island:

Driveshaft's "You All Everybody"

Joe Purdy's "Wash Away"

Beatle's "Strawberry Fields Forever" (actually not HEARD, but lyrics are tattoo'd on Charlie's arm)

"Guitar Tremors Song" (played by Charlie when he's going thru withdrawals)

Georges Bizet “Intermezzo"

Charles Trenet - "La Mer"

"Itsy Bitsy Spider" (sung by Charlie to the baby)

"I Got You (I Feel Good)" (James Brown's song sung by Hurley to the baby)

"Monster Eats the Pilot" (sung by Charlie as Claire cuts his hair)

"Redemption Song" (Bob Marley's, sung by Sawyer)

Cass Elliott - "Make Your Own Kind of Music"

Billy Joel - "Easy Money"

Slim Smith - "My Conversation"

The Drifters - "Up On The Roof"

Patsy Cline - "Walking After Midnight"

"He's Evil" (the Kink's song, sung by Charlie)

Pousette-Dart Band - "Fall on Me"

Perry Como - “Papa Loves Mambo”

The Glenn Miller Orchestra - "Moonlight Serenade"

The Duke Ellington Orchestra - “Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin’"

"Coconut" (Harry Nilsson's song, referenced by Hurley)

The Seeds - “Pushin’ Too Hard”

Les McCann - "Compared to What"

Otis Redding - “These Arms of Mine”

B. B. King - “Chains and Things”

Petula Clark - “Downtown”

John Philip Sousa - "The Thunderer"

Corey Harris - "I Feel Like Going Home"

Brenda Lee - “I Wonder”

The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"

OFF the island:

Patsy Cline's "Leaving on Your Mind"

Willie Nelson's "Are You Sure?"

Blind Boys of Alabama, "I Shall Not Walk Alone"

Perry Como - "Catch A Falling Star"

Damien Rice - "Delicate"

Dave Mathews Band - "Stay"

Staind - "Outside"

Davis Skeeter - "The End Of The World"

George Jones - "I'll Share My World With You"

Kasey Chambers - “Hard Way”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - “Voi Che Sapete”

The Glenn Miller Orchestra - "Moonlight Serenade"

Femi Kuti - "Eko Lagos"

Ann-Margret - "Slowly"

Felix Mendelssohn - “Wedding March”

Sarah McLachlan - “Building A Mystery”

Three Dog Night - "Shambala"

Wreckx-N-Effect - “Rump Shaker”

The Hollies - “Carrie Ann”

Oasis - “Wonderwall”

Nirvana - "Scentless Apprentice"

Bonobo (with Fink) - “If You Stayed Over”

Olivia Newton-John - “Xanadu”

Giacomo Puccini - “Un bel di vedremo”

Yeah, I'm a "Lost" junkie... what gave it away?

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OK, 5 CDs Get ready for Eclectic.

Tears of Joy - Don Ellis (World's greatest and strangest big band)

Orchestral Music from Wagner's The Ring - Herbert Van Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic

The Complete Works of Simon and Garfunkel - (I have to have one box set - I'm leaving the James Brown behind!)

Frank Sinatra The Capital Years - (OK, Two sets - skipped the WB years - I might play New York, New York and fling my CD player into the ocean)

The Maynard Ferguson Tribute Concert - Alumnae of Maynard's bands over the years.

So many Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Earth, Wind and Fire, Asia, Bily Joel, Doc Severinsen, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tommy Dorsey, George Straight, Glen Miller and John Williams left behind! And none by one of our own - the former king now queen of the mighty Moog Synthesizer - Switched on Bach by Walter/Wendy Carlos - transitioned at about my age.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest April63

I don't think i could settle with just five CDs, but i could settle on five mix CDs. The problem is that not every song on an album is as good as I want them to be.

April

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Guest Kelly Ann

Argh my album collection was massive...left it in California...if I've made the CD's they'd be MP3's and 5 would hold MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MUSIC...but I'll forego consuming mass quantities here...so

1) Ray Charles Greatest Hits (gold linen double album with booklet in center)-the first record I ever bought

2) Roy Orbison Greatest Hits (white double album)

3) Electric Ladyland-Jimi Hendrix

4) whatever lands closest to me face up after being thrown up in the air together-The Beatles-'65, Help, White Album, Let It Be, Sgt Pepper, Something New, Abbey Road, Revolver,Rubber Soul...(ha ha ha the EMI Box Set???..bzzzt...not allowed)

5) Velvet Underground-Loaded-anniversery edition

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Five C.D.'s no box sets.humm

#1. BOb Dylan's...... Blond on Blond

#2 Jimi Hendrix ....Electric Lady Land

#3 Grateful Dead... Europ '72

#4 Miles Davis...Kinda Blue

#5 W.A. Mozart's..... Marriage of Figaro

B) Mia

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4) whatever lands closest to me face up after being thrown up in the air together-The Beatles-'65, Help, White Album, Let It Be, Sgt Pepper, Something New, Abbey Road, Revolver,Rubber Soul...(ha ha ha the EMI Box Set???..bzzzt...not allowed)

5) Velvet Underground-Loaded-anniversery edition

What happened to The Velvet underground's Banana cover and having the Beatles on Apple label? You might get hungry!

I might have to trade in the Simon and Garfunkel for Gustav Holst's The Planets - Nemae Jarvee conducting the Scottish National Symphony.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Jackson

Why do y'all have to torture me like this? I can't decide on five albums.

BB King -- Deuces Wild

Garth Brooks -- The Ultimate Hits

Various Artists -- Songs of the Civil War

Smash Mouth -- Astro Lounge

U2 -- Best of 1980-1990

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Guest Emily.SoCal
I don't think i could settle with just five CDs, but i could settle on five mix CDs. The problem is that not every song on an album is as good as I want them to be.

April

That is so true. To be honest, my CD collection is awfully dusty. If I bother to get anything out it's probably vinyl, the rest of the time it's mix, mix, mix. Half of what keeps me sane living alone is having my computer on random repeat during all waking hours!

Hey, why don't you share a mix with us? If you feel like it. I love hearing about people's musical tastes! :)

-Emily

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Guest Emily.SoCal
Argh my album collection was massive...left it in California...if I've made the CD's they'd be MP3's and 5 would hold MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MUSIC...but I'll forego consuming mass quantities here...so

Oh, totally on the MP3 CDs. They get my nomination of most underrated audio media ever. Well, maybe not ever, but they sure are useful. If this stranded thing was for real, I'd be going with five MP3 CDs and, what?, something like 40 hours of music.

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Guest Emily.SoCal
and for all the "Lost" fans out there.... we could add cd's of music from that show, just for the sake of irony....

Personally, I'd divide into two mix-cd's -- one of songs played ON the island, and one of songs played OFF the island. If something was played both on AND off, then we'll include it on the cd where it was first played...

In episodic order:

Would you believe I've never seen an episode of Lost? Not for lack of interest, in fact quite the opposite; I get too addicted to TV shows and have to "meter my dosage". Heehee. :) But I've got season one hanging out on my hard drive and one of these days I'll queue it up.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love these mixes! That's so cool, did you compile them yourself? I'm going to cut and paste these to my todo list for my next downloading/mixing spree. :)

-Emily

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Guest Emily.SoCal

I see a pattern emerging in favor of Lou Reed. If this went to 10 CDs the banana cover album or Transformer would be on there.

I also dig the respect for soul and country and classical and a few other flavors. Nice, very nice.

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Guest Christy.dancer
Would you believe I've never seen an episode of Lost? Not for lack of interest, in fact quite the opposite; I get too addicted to TV shows and have to "meter my dosage". Heehee. :) But I've got season one hanging out on my hard drive and one of these days I'll queue it up.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love these mixes! That's so cool, did you compile them yourself? I'm going to cut and paste these to my todo list for my next downloading/mixing spree. :)

-Emily

Emily --

Lost has to be watched from the very first episode, and without missing a single episode. It's unfolding like a very complicated novel, with new "main characters" introduced at random and other "main characters" turning out to be trivial to the core story. Major plot lines hinge on subtle clues. It's totally addictive.

The song list I posted are actual songs used in the show -- someone else compiled the list on one of the MANY "Lost" fan sites (Lost exists almost as much on the web as it does on TV, but you can get the whole experience just watching the shows in order). I've tried to indicate places where songs were actually performed by original artists (Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" becomes a pivotal plot device), where common popular songs are performed by cast members as part of the plot (Jack and Sarah playing "Heart and Soul" on the piano) or where a song is simply referenced. Finally, "You All Everybody" was written for the show, and becomes an important plot device.

I doubt that helped any.... LOL

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I would need

40 Licks- Rolling Stones

Greatest Hits- Neil Young

Hello Control- Brandtson

You're Awful, I Love You- Ludo

Minutes To Midnight- Linkin Park

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I was wondering, would I have my trumpet with me?

If so I might want one Music Minus One disc to play along with!

Love ya,

Swingin' Sally

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Guest OneOutOfnOne

I'd surely be sick of any five albums that would have to sustain me for five years. In such a case I'd be more likely to write five albums of my own to record the instant I'm off the island. But since we're playing the game...

Kaddisfly - Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn

Damiera - One (This is an EP, really, only 16 minutes long, yet I never seem to tire of it)

Oceansize - Everyone Into Position

Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory

Grüvis Malt - Maximum Unicorn

Yes, that's two unicorns on board. A mere coincidence.

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