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Gob
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Desert Island Discs

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We haven't had one of these for a while, lets' lighten up a bit.
What is Desert Island Discs?
The format is simple – a guest is invited to choose eight discs, a book and a luxury to take with them as they’re castaway on a mythical desert island. They’re given the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible. Guests also choose one luxury, which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside.


Listeners top 8

1 Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
2 Sir Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations
3 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor 'Choral'
4 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
6 Sir Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor
7 George Frideric Handel - Messiah
8 Gustav Holst - The Planets

Listeners top 100
Ok, here's your format.

Discs*;

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8


Your book**:

Your Luxury***:


*Whole CDs/Albums shall we say rather than tracks?
** remembering you already have a bible and Shakespear.
***Internet connected computer/ipad/cell phone/satelite TV etc not accepted.

My shout;

Discs*;

1 Ockeghem: Requiem - Missa Fors seulement - The Clerks' Group & Edward Wickham

2 Aion - Dead Can Dance.

3 The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk.

4 Renaissance of the Celtic Harp - Alan Stivell.

5 Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake.

6 In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

7 In the Region of Summer Stars - The Enid.

8 First and Last and Always - The Sisiters of Mercy.


Your book**: The complete annotated Sherlock Holmes.

Your Luxury***: Another book would be nice; The complete works of Reginald Hill.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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Sean
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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Discs:

1 Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

2 Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominoes

3 The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson

4 A Tonic for the Troops - The Boomtown Rats

5 Tanx - T.Rex

6 Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones

7 The End of the Innocence - Don Henley

8 Never Mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols


Your book: A Short History of Almost Everything - Bill Bryson

Your Luxury: A CD player would probably be a good idea... ;)





I loved Ardal O'Hanlon's answer as to which two books he would bring. His first would be a huge inflatable book and the second would be titled 'How to Make Oars out of Sand'. :lol:
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?

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Rick
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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One disc would be enough you could use it as a signal reflector.

You didn't bring a player or extra batteries...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is

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Crackpot
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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Assuming a powere souce to play these I'd just take my ipod
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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Rick
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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ipods are not allowed per OP...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is

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BoSoxGal
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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I don't want to play this game unless I can trade the Bible for another book of my choosing.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan

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The Hen
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Re: Desert Island Discs

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You've specifically started this thread so I can't participate haven't you?

You KNOW is am musically defective and was never given a music gene from either of my parents. (Either that or it was my extensive jazz and musical upbringing that you laugh about so hard that makes me embarrassed about what I like.)

Well I've got your measure boyo.

I CAN participate in this now because I am able to name eight discs, a book and a luxury that I would take to a desert island.

1. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 1

2. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 2

3. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 3

4. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 4

5. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 5

6. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 6

7. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 7

(You just know where this is going now, eh?)

8. I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue - Volume 8

My book: The Entire History of The World Of Comedians.

My luxury: Coffee.
Bah!

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