You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island...
But there is a world class system there for your use. Leaving many favorites behind but I must have:
Yes - Close to the Edge Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky
Anyone to bring something digestible from "Top 30" or "American Idol" to the Island? Anyone, please? I am going thru my second reading of "The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory" and still feel like an alien by totally Not getting the music flood coming from The Industry Dudes! Mind you, I still listen to Ace Of Base when working out, but once pop and math gets applied to human psyche, the end result is even creepier than MP3 (MP3 tries to fool our hearing, re-digested Hit-Tune is an abomination to my ears!). I am in deep hiding in Classical music nowadays, but is there any manageable "mainstream" out there? Hit me!
I would only take albums I hate, so that I'd not get sick of music I actually liked!
However, in the spirit of putting together a "best of" list.....
My list is based on moods, not sound quality or microgasmic dynamic detail or anything like that.
Peter Gabriel - Secret World (A cheat, since it's 2 disks) Berlioz - Les Trojens - Colin Davis 1969 (Another cheat, 4 disks) Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral Nickelback - Best Of Adele - 21
Hopefully someone has a solar powered digital player or a bicycle to rig up a generator on this island or all is lost. A turntable fashioned from dried horseshoe crab shells? Gilligan!
Anyone remember the Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith played a bookworm who survived a nuclear blast? Left all alone in his glory amidst a building chock full of books he soon after broke his glasses and alas...was sooner in an indescribable hell.
Envision this...you wash up on a deserted island and all that washes up on the shore after you is...
boxer12, from your "how to prepare for a record show" post, to now, making (weed) a priority to your ultimate future on a desert island... why don't we know each other? Just kidding. WOwww...wooowwwOWW!
I concur... I have all early Vangelis albums and 1492 is my favorite also! By the emotional impact it is similar to Jean Michel Jarre "Redez-Vous" which was Jarre's requiem for a friend he lost when Challenger crashed
Terry9.....I bet you'd love the soundtrack 1492 by Vangelus. I have this on CD and declare it the best recorded record I have. Not only is the sound wonderful, but the music is absolutely captivating.
Boxer12, we should request that amp with tubes the size of a bottle to put together a distillery from fermented coconut milk ;-) Cannot find that amp though, i think i saw its photo in Hi-Fi+ once
Roxy Music's first (or second) Captain Beefhearts Brown Paper Wrapper Grateful Deads Reckoning King Crimsons Red Wilco's live box set (because I spent so much money on it)
If only single malt scotch on this island... I suppose the list would be the same except I'd switch out Roxy Music with a T-Bone Burnett album, probably Truth Decay.
If none of the above is on the island (gasp), I'd have to take a lot more music so I wouldn't have to think about the fact that I was on a desert island.
Lisa Gerrard -- Gladiator OST Depeche Mode -- Exciter David Sylvian -- Secrets Of The Bee Hive Carla Bley -- European Tour 1977 Pat Metheny -- Secret Story
I know what you mean Martykl. I like Sons of Soul as well. After reading some of the selections, I figured my choices would be different from many. If you haven't heard the Tommy Sims album, check it out. Great recording and music. The Jason Mraz album may not be the best recorded but it is such a great album. IMHO, of course.
Romantic Warrior-Return to Forever 4 Way Street-CSN&Y The Old Kit Bag-Richard Thompson Bizet Symphony In C-Stokowski/National Philharmonic Orchestra Spirit-Earth, Windows and Fire
Your selections bark up a very different tree than mine, but Tony, Toni, Tone is a great dark horse choice. I'd probably choose "Sons of Soul", but "House" is an excellent album, too. Raphael Saadiq is a generally overlooked talent, IMO.
I play Uriah Heep "Demons and Wizards" much more often than Led Zeppelin, Yes, or even the Stones. Tie with Deep Purple: given a choice of July Morning or Smoke on the Water I would probably die like Buridan's ass even before getting to the Island
Must admit that after playing "Brothers in Arms" gazillion times, I cannot take it no more! I choose "Love over Gold", it is still in constant rotation on my Sondek.
"Dark Side of the Moog" series by Pete Namlook and KS should look nice next to Lustmord and Steve Roach
Peter Nooten and Michael Brook: "Sleeps with the Fishes" - as stunning as Meddle, even on the millionth listen
Clan of Xymox: 1st s/t album and/or Medusa to be placed next to "Sleeps With the Fishes"
Electric Orange - recommended for Pink Floyd fans by one of HiFi+ editors. Am I glad that I subscribed to this Brits journal (here it disappears from the stands in a day!), otherwise I could have missed this band. Electric Orange self-ttitled and also Cyberdelic or at least Orange Commutation is a Must-Have!!...
Their one cover tune, "Careful with that ax, Eugene" is how it should have been done in the first place. Always strange but recognizable electronic/rock. Tough to file, maybe next to Kraftwerk, but since I cannot stand Kraftwerk
it goes next to Tangerine Dream, PF, Magma, Gong, Mum, Orb. For those who think that after listening to TD, Klaus Schulze, Lustmord, Namlook and Shonwalder there is no more surprises there, just listen to a 66min drone of "Cows Don't Dream at Night".
Sisters of Mercy: Floodland to wake you up and to get some musical viruses in your brain ;-)
I've done this so many times in my head over the years. Wish I would have written and saved them. In no paticular order: Pink Floyd - Meddle Led Zeppelin - II David Bowie - Alladin Sane T. Rex - The Slider Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street Lustmord - Rising (to keep unfriendlies away) Steve Roach - The Magnicent Void Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Collection
CHUCK928: thank you for chipping in, how did I forget about The Shutov Assembly, its a Must (and Nerve Net, of course!) i got myself a new hobby of restoration/upgrade of the 1st gen of portable CD players (selling them on eBay seems too stressful, so they just pile up!) and London Calling is the CD to check the final results, so its in constant rotation in my den! i will check Sugar Cubes right away, never heard of them but u sound like my kind of dude. Whats your next 8 records?
Dudes, we are doing it! Repopulating the Island!! And it looks good!!! On my third coming to the island I bring: Goose Island by Camel Shamal by Gong (this LP is my lifesaver for those painful hangover mornings!) The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk for those moments when u need help living on an Island with a bunch of dudes. Very potent downer!!! 1st Brahms Sym under Bohm, on constant roration since I was 10 Minstrel in the Gallery remastered by Steven Wilson
Thank you, MOUNTZ, for bringing KC, I thought you'll never get here!
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love Jeff Beck - Truth Andreas Vollenweider - Book of Roses Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (live version) The Who - Quadrophenia
Scheherazade, Chicago Symphony, Reiner Also Sprach Zarathustra, Chicago Symphony, Reiner Der Rosenkavalier, Schwartzkopf, Von Karajan Barber, Recording of T. Schippers including Medea, Adagio for Strings, etc Mozart, The Great String Quartets, Amadeus Quartet on DG
No particular order: pink floyd the wall toto. Past to present 77-90 Queen a night at the opera genesis a trick of the tail Eagles hell frezzes over bonus? Pulp different class
1. Rush - Power Windows 2. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair 3. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 4. The Beatles - Revolver 5. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Box of The Haydn Piano Trios played by Beaux Arts Trio Brahms: Symphony No. 3, cond. by Rudolf Kempe/Berlin Philharmonic Brahms: Double Concerto. Heifetz/Piatigorsky/Wallenstein Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 cond. by Ormandy/Philadelphia Orch 1975 complete version RCA Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 cond. by Kertesz/London Symphony
To Thom’s notion of hearing somethin new with repeated listening - my picks both go there aggressively and don’t.
I was definitely thinking along those lines for my choices. The four guitarists I chose to bring along (Richard Thompson, Lindsey Buckingham, David Hidalgo, and Dave Edmunds) represent four very different aesthetics in their approach to the instrument. Because they all "look back" in different directions and also "point forward" in different directions, this group allows for great variety in contemplating why they’re doing what they’re doing - my version of Thom’s point.
OTOH, I’ve listened to these guys for so long that I’m sure I’ve covered a lot of what’s in there. (Not all, but a lot of it.) To really do what Thom suggests, you’d almost need to bring along great music that you haven’t spent a ton of time with. Great idea, but a Tricky task to actually pull off, IMO.
BTW, my last choice was great songs sung beautifully. For those rare moments when guitars aren’t the point.
Another luthier who has an incredible sensibility about him is Jeff Senn. I spend way too much time on thegearpage.net for my own good, but as an audio manufacturer, it’s nice to clear the palate.
Apart from an almost 100% correlation between electric guitar design and turntables (only a few years ago, did I realize how tight this correlation is), I find many parallels among electronics designers in both pursuits (hi-fi and musical amplification).
All too many designers have incredible technical proficiency, but exhibit a lack of understanding of what makes music a magical experience. That’s for another thread ...
This desert island disc thread is a fun one, and I didn’t mean to derail it, so let me post this for everyone’s consideration ...
What 5 pieces of music can you discover something new in it every time you listen to it? Obviously enjoyment comes into play when you’re narrowing down the list, but if you’re captive on an island with 5 "fun" discs that you can’t grow with, you’ll likely want to kill yourself if forced to listen to them over and over and over again.
Cheers, Thom @ Galibier Design
Thom,
Funny thing about Teles (and the variants thereon)...
I own several really outstanding boutique variations, but I end up playing my good old, modestly priced Fender American Standard (tho it’s been modded with Barden pups) more than any of em. If anyone can top the original tho, Jason might be the guy.
Jason’s take on the LP is IMO downright fantastic and his quirkier designs - including a variation of the Turner Model 1 - are pretty tempting. He’s an outstanding luthier for sure.
The other "go-to" in my electric collection is a Henman-Bevilacqua that combines a bolt-on neck and long scale with humbuckers to make a cool Gibson/Fender hybrid (definitely more Gibson flavored, tho).
if we get another couple of axes on our Island, the Fender and the H-B are coming along, for sure.
David12, Thank you for sharing! This game had been played zillion times but the initial intent you described here had been, unfortunately, "lost in translation"! The game, in my humble opinion, is about learning something about the person (this point is moot in such anonymous places) or about discovering new music from similar-minded dudes. Thats what I attempted to do in my previous post: absolutely EVERYONE who ever bought Miles Davis albums had the same comment about me playing Khmer album: Wow, something useful can be learned from you, Euros guys! (well, sometimes in less offensive language). Now, thanks to Pops I am getting Robin Trower 5-CD collection (Thank You, Pops!!) and will be waiting for more insights from PF, Porcupine Tree, Marillion and VDGG listeners... ;-) To update my prev post, I do not see myself living and not ever hearing again: 1) 1st Piano Concerto with Van Cliburn 2) Bruch's or Mendelssohn's Violin concertos 3) 9th (come on, if just to remember Clockwork Orange! But Beethoven is on constant rotation when I'm driving!) 4) Penguin Cafe Orchestra - you don't even have to visit the country of my dreams, just listen and u r there! Joe Dassen and Aznavour do the trick, but the language barrier spoils the mood. 5) David Sylvian for all us PorcupineTree/Wilson fans 6) Elizium by Fields of Nephilim (later just Nefilim) is a Must for PF crazies 7) As I Hide by Witchcraft (their one and only gem, PF fans failed to notice them and they disappeared...) 8) Marillion w/Fish and Fish solo efforts, but not later Marillion for those who dig Genesis. Now I am going even beyond 8-album limit, but its a good question if I ever want to live w/o ever hearing Duke or Selling England by the Pound!?! Well, as I said before, getting together on this island will give me a chance to listen to music I totally misunderstand: Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, ... It will be fun! Right now (for the last few years, actually) I am trying to get into Mahler, but so far keep downgrading to Stravinsky ;-( when in doubt I go thru my Bible: Leonard Bernstein's "The infinite variety of music" and try again! Unless we all get to the Island, these same efforts for the sake of Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber is too much for me!
Excuse me if this is known by everyone, but A bit of social history about "Desert Island Discs". I do'nt know about similar programmes around the world, but the original "D I D", was a BBC creation, I believe in the 1930's and it has run, more or less continuosly on BBC Radio 4, or the Home Service as it was back in the day, since then. In fact, I believe it is the longest running radio show in the world. The mention of 5 discs, suggest you may have a US version, but the original, I assure you, is from the Beeb and allowed 8 discs.
Devised and presented for decades by Roy Plomley, it was a brilliantly simple idea. Interview a new celebrity weekly, Politician, Film Star, Poet, Sports Star etc, very gently, about their lives and play excerpts from each disc. There were always questions about how they'd cope with loneliness, how practical they were, would they try to escape etc. At the end, they are allowed a book, always getting the Bible and Shakespeare as well and a Luxury item, so not a tent, box of matches etc.
Apologies again if this is all old news to you, but as no one has mentioned it, I thought it might be news to some of you.
Funny thing about Teles (and the variants thereon)...
I own several really outstanding boutique variations, but I end up playing my good old, modestly priced Fender American Standard (tho it's been modded with Barden pups) more than any of em. If anyone can top the original tho, Jason might be the guy.
Jason's take on the LP is IMO downright fantastic and his quirkier designs - including a variation of the Turner Model 1 - are pretty tempting. He's an outstanding luthier for sure.
The other "go-to" in my electric collection is a Henman-Bevilacqua that combines a bolt-on neck and long scale with humbuckers to make a cool Gibson/Fender hybrid (definitely more Gibson flavored, tho).
if we get another couple of axes on our Island, the Fender and the H-B are coming along, for sure.
I’m borrowing your strings and plugging into your AC.
Well, we could have fun on the same island. Would that be cheating the rules of this game? ;-)
BTW, there's a fellow selling a Jason Schroeder guitar on thegearpage.net at the moment. It's his interpretation of a Tele. Jason has a beautiful design aesthetic.
thom_mackris, Are you suggesting, you’d rather listen to yourself playing for infinity, as opposed to having other music available? Just asking.
It’s not even close. Five records vs. infinite possibilities to learn and master ;-)
Kenny G: Forever You John Tesh: At the Top Gang Thugs 4-Ever: In It 2 Die (uuughh..yeah) Celine Dion: Singing Higher Than You Justin Bieber: Straight to Your Heart, Girl
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