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Post by mustafapoint on Jul 11, 2024 10:31:42 GMT
While I was getting ready this morning I had the Third Programme on, and they played Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (see video). Got me thinking again about which eight gramophone records I'd take with me.
Here's my selection
Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson-great lyricist, great singer; my favourite singer) Message in a Bottle (The Police-tells a story, great tune, does the job) Love Shack (B 52s-great dance tune, just shading Groove Is In the Heart) Yesterday (The Beatles-no explanation needed) Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams-one of England's finest composers; innovative construction) The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky-magnificent chaos) Anything composed by Hildegard of Bingen (visionary from near a millennium ago) Symphony No.9 (Beethoven-this castaway's favourite)
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 11, 2024 11:16:10 GMT
Paint it Black Rolling Stones. Ha Ha Said The Clown Manfred Mann .Have i the right The Honeycombs The Triumphal march from Verdi,s Aida. My Girls Pussy Harry Roy and his Band if only to be a 13 year old again. Pratty Flowers known as the Holmfirth Anthem sung by a local coral society Harry Lime Theme from the film The Third Man played by Anton Karras on the Zither and last but never least Drum Boogy played by the great Gene Krupa and his band with what they used to call it, a vocal refrain. A luxury item would be a hammer to smash anything recoreded by cliff richard, barry manilow and rolf harris.
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Post by Cale Green Hatter on Jul 11, 2024 16:37:52 GMT
Mine are ones that take me to a time, a place or a person. One or two aren't amongst my favourites by any stretch.
Skin Deep - The Stranglers Jeepster - T Rex Enigma Variations VIII and IX - Elgar God only knows - The Beach Boys Geraldine - Glasvegas Reflektor - Arcade Fire Push - The Cure We Come 1 - Faithless
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Post by nelly on Jul 11, 2024 16:54:18 GMT
Mine are ones that take me to a time, a place or a person. One or two aren't amongst my favourites by any stretch. Skin Deep - The Stranglers Jeepster - T Rex Enigma Variations VIII and IX - Elgar God only knows - The Beach Boys Geraldine - Glasvegas Reflektor - Arcade Fire Push - The Cure We Come 1 - Faithless Listen up - Oasis Song for whoever - Beautiful South Ghosts - the jam She bangs the drums - stone roses Rubber bullets - 10cc Pictures of you - the cure Whole lot of love - led zeppelin View of the afternoon - Arctic monkeys Won't get fooled again - the who Gotta get away - stiff little fingers
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Post by nelly on Jul 11, 2024 16:55:27 GMT
Mine are ones that take me to a time, a place or a person. One or two aren't amongst my favourites by any stretch. Skin Deep - The Stranglers Jeepster - T Rex Enigma Variations VIII and IX - Elgar God only knows - The Beach Boys Geraldine - Glasvegas Reflektor - Arcade Fire Push - The Cure We Come 1 - Faithless Listen up - Oasis Song for whoever - Beautiful South Ghosts - the jam She bangs the drums - stone roses Rubber bullets - 10cc Pictures of you - the cure Whole lot of love - led zeppelin View of the afternoon - Arctic monkeys Won't get fooled again - the who Gotta get away - stiff little fingers Rock 'N' Roll.
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Post by Fallowfield Hatter on Jul 11, 2024 18:40:52 GMT
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers Body Paint - Arctic Monkeys Alone Again Or - Love A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues The Winner Takes It All - Abba Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John New Love Grows On Trees - Peter Doherty
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Post by jkb9b on Jul 12, 2024 9:08:58 GMT
I love this sort of thing, even if my eight change every five minutes.
The Gallant Poacher - Albion Country Band. One of the folk gods, Martin Carthy, on guitar and vocals. Valentine O'Hara - Daoiri Farrell. I'm a big fan of songs about highwaymen. All Through The City - Dr. Feelgood. The search for amphetamines set to music. Nothing To Me - Urban Voodoo Machine. There's a bar at the gates of hell... Thunderstruck - AC/DC. Got to be the live version. Fiddle Or A Gun - Oysterband. Difficult to choose just one from a 40 year catalogue of absolute belters. Until Morning - Kate Rusby. Reminds me of our old border collie, Holly. Always a dusty atmos when I hear it. The Freedom Come-All-Ye - Dick Gaughan. For those who don't understand lallans, the message is "If we band together we can overcome the tw@s."
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Post by bigmartin on Jul 12, 2024 9:17:03 GMT
Paint it Black Rolling Stones. Ha Ha Said The Clown Manfred Mann .Have i the right The Honeycombs The Triumphal march from Verdi,s Aida. My Girls Pussy Harry Roy and his Band if only to be a 13 year old again. Pratty Flowers known as the Holmfirth Anthem sung by a local coral society Harry Lime Theme from the film The Third Man played by Anton Karras on the Zither and last but never least Drum Boogy played by the great Gene Krupa and his band with what they used to call it, a vocal refrain. A luxury item would be a hammer to smash anything recoreded by cliff richard, barry manilow and rolf harris. Have I The Right is a proper banger. We covered it 'in the punk style' (copying the Dead Kennedys) back in the day. Honey Lantree's story is well worth a read. A female drummer in an entirely male dominated art.
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Post by muddywaters on Jul 12, 2024 9:22:04 GMT
Depends what mood I'm in, bit melancholy today so :
Broken Jake Bugg Young & Beautiful Lana Del Ray Twilight Garden The Cure Sergeant Fury SAHB Return of the Prince Rush Forever Young Alphaville Space Age Love Song A Flock of Seagulls Jet City Woman Queensryche
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Post by bigmartin on Jul 12, 2024 9:22:45 GMT
Mine are ones that take me to a time, a place or a person. One or two aren't amongst my favourites by any stretch. Skin Deep - The Stranglers Jeepster - T Rex Enigma Variations VIII and IX - Elgar God only knows - The Beach Boys Geraldine - Glasvegas Reflektor - Arcade Fire Push - The Cure We Come 1 - Faithless Listen up - Oasis Song for whoever - Beautiful South Ghosts - the jam She bangs the drums - stone roses Rubber bullets - 10cc Pictures of you - the cure Whole lot of love - led zeppelin View of the afternoon - Arctic monkeys Won't get fooled again - the who Gotta get away - stiff little fingers SLF were amongst my favourite bands growing up. Played a support slot for XSLF a few years back (I think it was in Derby). Jim Reilly asked if he could use my drum kit (as it was better than the house kit). And then dutifully signed pretty much every part of my kit. Also got Cluney's signature on a load of merch that they gifted to us. Great memories. Lovely guys. Played an absolute banger of a set to.
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Post by sherbertdab on Jul 12, 2024 10:24:47 GMT
Random and personal
Evacuating Narvik Hals 1812 Overture PI Tchaikovsky (Banned List at moment) The Road Nick Cave Someone Great LCD Powderfinger Neil Young Que Sera Doris Day Old Note Lisa O‘Neill Cavalliera Rusticana Intermezzo Mascagni
It would be different tomorrow. I didn’t put Al Green in D‘oh
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Post by voodooray on Jul 12, 2024 11:17:10 GMT
I Believe in Miracles - The Jackson Sisters Loose Fit - Happy Mondays You Really Got Me - The Kinks Different Trains - Steve Reich Cross the Tracks - Maceo and the Macks Sunshine Superman - Donovan Chime - Orbital Uptown Top Rankin - Althea and Donna
An impossible choice, really. One prone to change on a daily, hourly basis. I'm not even sure I'd want music on my island. I think I'd rather listen to the thoughts in my head go round and round, mixed with birdsong and the rhythmic surge of the endless ocean, as I descend into madness.
Secondly, I think I'd get sick pretty quickly of my 8 selections and begin to think about all the other tracks I could have had instead. I'd resent and detest my choices. And then descend into madness.
Hold on, why haven't I chosen any Madness?
Yes, I already hate all the tracks listed above.
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Post by scfc73 on Jul 12, 2024 11:32:29 GMT
I Believe in Miracles - The Jackson Sisters Loose Fit - Happy Mondays You Really Got Me - The Kinks Different Trains - Steve Reich Cross the Tracks - Maceo and the Macks Sunshine Superman - Donovan Chime - Orbital Uptown Top Rankin - Althea and Donna An impossible choice, really. One prone to change on a daily, hourly basis. I'm not even sure I'd want music on my island. I think I'd rather listen to the thoughts in my head go round and round, mixed with birdsong and the rhythmic surge of the endless ocean, as I descend into madness. Secondly, I think I'd get sick pretty quickly of my 8 selections and begin to think about all the other tracks I could have had instead. I'd resent and detest my choices. And then descend into madness. Hold on, why haven't I chosen any Madness? Yes, I already hate all the tracks listed above. Nice choice voodoo but yeah! cheers Mustafa, Since you posted this I've been going absolutely nuts thinking of 8 tracks & I just can't do it. I like so many genres of music from so many different era's it's almost impossible. I've made about 30 different combinations already but each one feels like I'm betraying the other. I can't concetrate at work or sleep properly now🤣🤣🤣
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Post by nelly on Jul 12, 2024 11:40:28 GMT
Listen up - Oasis Song for whoever - Beautiful South Ghosts - the jam She bangs the drums - stone roses Rubber bullets - 10cc Pictures of you - the cure Whole lot of love - led zeppelin View of the afternoon - Arctic monkeys Won't get fooled again - the who Gotta get away - stiff little fingers SLF were amongst my favourite bands growing up. Played a support slot for XSLF a few years back (I think it was in Derby). Jim Reilly asked if he could use my drum kit (as it was better than the house kit). And then dutifully signed pretty much every part of my kit. Also got Cluney's signature on a load of merch that they gifted to us. Great memories. Lovely guys. Played an absolute banger of a set to. I saw them a few years back at the Academy and Jake Burns can now sing. Kind of spoilt it and he looked like a darts player in an inflammable material shirt on. Brilliant gig though and a very underrated band.
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Post by nelly on Jul 12, 2024 11:45:49 GMT
I Believe in Miracles - The Jackson Sisters Loose Fit - Happy Mondays You Really Got Me - The Kinks Different Trains - Steve Reich Cross the Tracks - Maceo and the Macks Sunshine Superman - Donovan Chime - Orbital Uptown Top Rankin - Althea and Donna An impossible choice, really. One prone to change on a daily, hourly basis. I'm not even sure I'd want music on my island. I think I'd rather listen to the thoughts in my head go round and round, mixed with birdsong and the rhythmic surge of the endless ocean, as I descend into madness. Secondly, I think I'd get sick pretty quickly of my 8 selections and begin to think about all the other tracks I could have had instead. I'd resent and detest my choices. And then descend into madness. Hold on, why haven't I chosen any Madness? Yes, I already hate all the tracks listed above. Nice choice voodoo but yeah! cheers Mustafa, Since you posted this I've been going absolutely nuts thinking of 8 tracks & I just can't do it. I like so many genres of music from so many different era's it's almost impossible. I've made about 30 different combinations already but each one feels like I'm betraying the other. I can't concetrate at work or sleep properly now🤣🤣🤣 I chose 10, couldn't narrow it down to 8 and just noticed you chose a Happy Mondays track. WFL is my fave track by them.
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