Desert Island Discs

[Caran]

If you were on this programme what music would you choose?
I would have:-

Tommy Steele Singing the Blues - my first love!
Sonny and Cher I Got You Babe.
Fleetwood Mac Albatross.
Rod Stewart Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Queen I Want to Break Free.
Queen. Who Wants to Live Forever.

What would you choose?

[Tilly2]

Something by:-
James Taylor
Neil Young
Kirsty MacColl
Sting
Pink Floyd
Paolo Nuttini

I'll have a think.

[mazie]

You need 8 Discs Caran.... A book and a luxury item....over to you

[Captain2]

Can we not have 8? - like the programme - might take me a while though.

[Caran]

Ok eight, couldn't remember how many. I also have Elvis Presley Loving You and Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline.

[Caran]

My book would be Evening Class by Maeve Binchy, read it over and over and my luxury item would have to be the dratted iPad!

[Tilly2]

My book would be .........oh, goodness....I can not decide.

[mazie]

Mine...

Redemption Song - Bob Marley.
River Deep, Mountain High Ike and Tina Turner (my misspent youth)
You've got a Friend - Carol King
Barcelona -Freddie Mercury /Montserrat Caballé
Ride of the Valkyries
Forever Young - The Pretenders
Somewhere over the rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Tapestry - Carol King

Book..Not sure

Luxury item.... My Bed

[Caribeing]

Mario Lanza, I'll walk with God
Queen Bohemia Rhapsody
Procul Harem Whiter Shade Of Pale
Mozart night music
Frank Sinatra Strangers in the night
Dean Martin Amore

[mazie]

I'm still dithering about the book....

[Captain2]

At the moment I would go for:-

Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
Randy Crawford/Crusaders - Street Life
Sibelius - Finlandia (all of it please)
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
Yes Ma'am (New Orleans Jazz Street Band) - Any track
Dave Stewart/Candy Dulfer - Lily was Here
Judie Tzuke - Stay with Me Till Dawn

Book - 2001 A Space Odyssey

Luxury - A fully working Micro Brewery (I die happy)

[Tilly2]

I cannot choose my favourite book. I'm out.

[mazie]

What would your luxury item be Tilly?

Nice luxury item Captain :o)

[Stephen_G]

ELO - All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Example - Won't Go Quietly
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
Green Day - ***
Green Day - American Idiot
Madness - Total Madness
Queen - Greatest Hits II
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks: The Very Best Of The Undertones

Book: Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens

Luxury item: Electric Shaver [If the discs were on my Tablet ;-)]

[mazie]

Just wanted to say I love this programme.... They have had some amazing people on... The one that surprised me the most, who I thought I would not like at all...and I loved him was Damien Hurst

[Tilly2]

Does my dog count as a luxury item?

[Stephen_G]

Why would it star out D_o_o_kie?

[mazie]

You can't have another living thing Tilly...Sorry. You'll have to pick something else

[mazie]

I don;t know Stephen...Is it a rude word?

[Captain2]

Stephen_G

We only pick 'singles' I think, not LPs (we've only got 45 mins to play them) - some good choices though :-)

[237SJ]

Sex Machine by James Brown
followed by lots of soul songs
Book - In The Place Of Fallen Leaves by Tim Pears
Luxury item - Lypsyl Original (can`t live without it)