Desert Island Music Choices

RWood · 08-30-2009, 10:18 PM

What music must you have with you if you were to be stranded on a desert island?

Moejoe · 08-30-2009, 10:43 PM

1. Debussy - Claire De Lune (it's midnight and sadness all in a song and... now I have an idea for a story

)

2. Frank Black and the Catholics - I Burn Today (I love Frank Black, any song by him would do, but this song inspired one of my short stories, so I had to pick this one)

3. Breeders - We're Gonna Rise (just because I could listen to Kim Deal's voice reading the phone book and it would give me chills)

GA Russell · 08-30-2009, 11:19 PM

I'm a jazz fan. I have six:

Two favorite albums:
Mike Nock - In, Out & Around
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message

Two best sellers:
Henry Mancini - Music from Peter Gunn
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool

Two box sets:
The Paul Desmond Mosaic box
The Bill Evans Village Vanguard 1961 box

Sweetpea · 08-31-2009, 03:16 AM

None. I can live perfectly with the sound of the sea and the palms.

Otherwise, Enigma, Enya and Era would be perfect.

GraceKrispy · 08-31-2009, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

None. I can live perfectly with the sound of the sea and the palms.
.

I was thinking the same. I think Iʻm a bit of an oddity, as I donʻt keep up with music, I donʻt really know music (except for a few favorites like They Might Be Giants and Indigo Girls), and I really donʻt listen to music on a regular basis. I donʻt have any sort of mp3 player/IPOD, and I have never followed the "what are you listening to" thread, because Iʻd just have to say "my kids, the voices in my head, or whateverʻs on the TV in the background, etc." I do whistle to myself a lot and sing my own made up songs, so I think I can entertain myself just fine.

I am kind of stranded on an island! Itʻs not exactly deserted, but the NE part is desert

Sparrow · 08-31-2009, 04:01 AM

Arvo Part's instrumental music (not so keen on his choral stuff); and from his 'tintinnabulation' works ('Fratres', 'Spiegel Im Spiegel' etc.).

It's like having my brain scooped out and placed in the most luxurious, relaxing herbal bath I can imagine - bliss to keep me sane.

HarryT · 08-31-2009, 04:38 AM

Wagner. Preferably his complete works, but the "Ring" will do at a stretch.

Sweetpea · 08-31-2009, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I donʻt have any sort of mp3 player/IPOD, and I have never followed the "what are you listening to" thread, because Iʻd just have to say "my kids, the voices in my head, or whateverʻs on the TV in the background, etc." I do whistle to myself a lot and sing my own made up songs, so I think I can entertain myself just fine.

I bought my MP3 player so I could play my audible books...

And don't ever ask me what singer/song it is I'm listening to, I probably won't know. But I do love Enigma, Enya and Era.

GraceKrispy · 09-01-2009, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I bought my MP3 player so I could play my audible books...

And don't ever ask me what singer/song it is I'm listening to, I probably won't know. But I do love Enigma, Enya and Era.

I do love Enya- great background music! I am not familiar with Enigma or Era (but I love that they all start with E!) When I finally jumped on the CD bandwagon and stopped with the cassette tapes (mostly because you could barely find anything that played them anymore!) I did purchase an Enya cd or two.

I never know the song titles or artists either. Music, to me, is total background. In a lot of cases, I prefer listening to talk radio or a tv in the background, depending on what I'm doing.

dreams · 09-01-2009, 04:52 AM

Sweetpea, you can't leave out Loreena McKennitt.

GraceKrispy, the below are for you.

Era

Enigma

As for my choices... well, noticing what the choices have been so far, most of you would vote to send me and my music to the other side of the island or set me on a piece of wood and push me out to sea.

signed...
Child of the sixties and seventies.

Slite · 09-01-2009, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Sweetpea, you can't leave out Loreena McKennitt.

Definitly not... I would be happy as a clam on a desert island as long as I had Loreena's discography on my mp3-player.

Sweetpea · 09-01-2009, 05:15 AM

Hm, I listened to that youtube from Loreena McKennitt. Love it!

Now I need to find somewhere to buy it...

GeoffC · 09-01-2009, 11:36 AM

Moody Blues at loud volume,

or if that is not allowed, anything by Medwyn Goodall - goes well when heard through the skull.....

desertgrandma · 09-01-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

What music must you have with you if you were to be stranded on a desert island?

Complete Queen

Rick Astley

Bruce Springsteen and the E-street band. (Only the early versions!)

Glenn Miller

Chicago 17

Music of George and Ira Gershwin (especially "Rhapsody in Blue" performed by Oscar Levant)

Laura Branigan

And, of course............

ABBA!!!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 09-01-2009, 11:56 AM

I'd have to go with Abba. It would encourage me to swim for it. And if I drowned, I wouldn't mind so much.

08-30-2009, 10:18 PM	#1
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Desert Island Music Choices What music must you have with you if you were to be stranded on a desert island?

08-31-2009, 04:01 AM	#6
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Arvo Part's instrumental music (not so keen on his choral stuff); and from his 'tintinnabulation' works ('Fratres', 'Spiegel Im Spiegel' etc.). It's like having my brain scooped out and placed in the most luxurious, relaxing herbal bath I can imagine - bliss to keep me sane. Last edited by Sparrow; 08-31-2009 at 04:05 AM.

09-01-2009, 11:56 AM	#15
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I'd have to go with Abba. It would encourage me to swim for it. And if I drowned, I wouldn't mind so much. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 09-01-2009 at 12:53 PM.

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08-30-2009, 10:43 PM	#2
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	1. Debussy - Claire De Lune (it's midnight and sadness all in a song and... now I have an idea for a story ) 2. Frank Black and the Catholics - I Burn Today (I love Frank Black, any song by him would do, but this song inspired one of my short stories, so I had to pick this one) 3. Breeders - We're Gonna Rise (just because I could listen to Kim Deal's voice reading the phone book and it would give me chills)

08-30-2009, 11:19 PM	#3
GA Russell Montreal wins Grey Cup! Posts: 7,583 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I'm a jazz fan. I have six: Two favorite albums: Mike Nock - In, Out & Around Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message Two best sellers: Henry Mancini - Music from Peter Gunn Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool Two box sets: The Paul Desmond Mosaic box The Bill Evans Village Vanguard 1961 box

08-31-2009, 03:16 AM	#4
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	None. I can live perfectly with the sound of the sea and the palms. Otherwise, Enigma, Enya and Era would be perfect.

08-31-2009, 04:38 AM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Wagner. Preferably his complete works, but the "Ring" will do at a stretch.

09-01-2009, 04:52 AM	#10
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Sweetpea, you can't leave out Loreena McKennitt. GraceKrispy, the below are for you. Era Enigma As for my choices... well, noticing what the choices have been so far, most of you would vote to send me and my music to the other side of the island or set me on a piece of wood and push me out to sea. signed... Child of the sixties and seventies.

09-01-2009, 05:15 AM	#12
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hm, I listened to that youtube from Loreena McKennitt. Love it! Now I need to find somewhere to buy it...

09-01-2009, 11:36 AM	#13
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Moody Blues at loud volume, or if that is not allowed, anything by Medwyn Goodall - goes well when heard through the skull.....