My Desert Island 11

[liverbird]

I always liked Johnny Winter's version of Highway 61 -- see I have nothing against albinos.

Saw him do it years ago at the old Fillmore East. (Christ he's old)

[655321]

Okay, so my bad for not seeing we're choosing eleven songs...

Television "Venus"
Bob Dylan "Queen Jane, Approximately"
A Band Of Bees "These Are The Ghosts"
Jackie De Shannon "Needles and Pins"
the Clash "Straight To Hell"
John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" (with Eric Dolphy)
Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell"
the Jam "the Great Depression"
Stone Roses "I Am The Resurrection"
Beatles "Long, Long, Long"
Sly and the Family Stone "Family Affair"

[Twenty26Six]

I always liked Johnny Winter's version of Highway 61 -- see I have nothing against albinos.

Saw him do it years ago at the old Fillmore East. (Christ he's old)

http://www.recordresearch.com/Album_Photos/images/Winter_Johnny%20and%20Edgar.jpg

[Twenty26Six]

Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell"

Today was the last day of school exams and I am bored. So, I'm actually going back through the album now. At first I was hesitant to pinpoint that as the best track on the album. I've got to tell ya though. I'm hard pressed to find a better track on there.

Excellent choice. :)

[655321]

Today was the last day of school exams and I am bored. So, I'm actually going back through the album now. At first I was hesitant to pinpoint that as the best track on the album. I've got to tell ya though. I'm hard pressed to find a better track on there.

deffo...i'd also nominate "Halftime' and "Memory Lane". Jesus, the whole record is just so totally classic and timeless.

It's a shame more hip-hop artists didn't learn how to keep their records from being so dated and bogged down (too many skits, naming the year, having your half-ass crew rap all over it, etc, etc).

[liverbird]

Okay, so my bad for not seeing we're choosing eleven songs...

Television "Venus"
Bob Dylan "Queen Jane, Approximately"
A Band Of Bees "These Are The Ghosts"
Jackie De Shannon "Needles and Pins"
the Clash "Straight To Hell"
John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" (with Eric Dolphy)
Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell"
the Jam "the Great Depression"
Stone Roses "I Am The Resurrection"
Beatles "Long, Long, Long"
Sly and the Family Stone "Family Affair"

Good choices. We agree on Coltrane. I forgot Sly --- damn "I wanta take you higher" brings back memories.....

[Footstomper]

more than Freebird? :DMuch more. Some songs just cannot be played incuding Freebird, Smoke on the Water, Sweet Home Alabama and Stairway to heaven. Mustang Sally just about escapes that list:rolleyes:

[quentinc]

Somewhere near impossible, but whatever:

Protect Ya Neck - Wu Tang
Sleeping on the Roof - Flaming Lips
Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 - DJ Shadow
Sieve-Fisted Find - Fugazi
3rd Planet - Modest Mouse
Ceremony - Joy Division
Free Mumia - KRS-One (feat. Channel Live)
Blown A Wish - My Bloody Valentine
Poor Places - Wilco (I would really like to bring all of YHF, but whatever)
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads
Helicopter - Bloc Party

Just for kicks, I'll do books as well:

Why I am Not a Christian - Bertrand Russell
1984 - George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London - Orwell again
Candide - Voltaire
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
The Awakening - Kate Chopin
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
L'Entranger (The Stranger) - Albert Camus
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Wu-Tang Manual - RZA
Course in General Linguistics - Saussure

I guess if the island had a DVD player, I would bring my UK office DVD set along, assuming that I ever get it back.