Desert Island Discs
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Topic: Desert Island Discs
Posted By: pre Madonna
Subject: Desert Island Discs
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2020 at 9:23pm
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Seeing as it is on Radio Ireland now, and I am bored watching herself do a school reunion on Zoom, we may as well give it a go! The format is simple enough: you pick the eight tracks you would take to a desert island and a luxury of your choice . You are normally given the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible, but, thankfully, you can usually swap these for the works of another writer of importance and another work of philosophy or faith that is important to you. On ye go, I will keep changing mine until I get respectable drunk enough not to care. Try and give reasons, that's the interest. Edit: Drums, regarding our earlier discussion, this is very self-indulgent and almost certainly narcissistic.
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2020 at 10:37pm
I had a go, got lost on Spotify and deleted it by mistake.  ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 10:50am
Rainy Night in Soho The Pogues Motherland Christy Moore I wanna be your Lover Prince Sweet Carolina Ryan Adams Gigantic The Pixies All I Want is You U2 The Whole of the Moon Waterboys Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones Luxury would be a photo album of family (presumably you dont have internet on the island) Does a porn mag qualify as a book of faith :) again no internet:) ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
pre Madonna wrote:Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 10:57am
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I forgot I put this up. Lockdown drinking is out of hand. Some great choices there and a porn mag is definitely a book of faith, as long as it has a silly name like 'Razzle'. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 11:11am
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Could easily put up another 8 songs. Tough choices and no Massive attack or Van Morrisson or Neil Young or a classic you got the love by Source ruined by Florence and the Machine. Tin Solider by the Small Faces another classic song. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 1:30pm
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NWA-Staight outta Compton Billy Ocean-Red Light Spells Danger The Doors-LA Woman Oasis-Slide Away Pogues-Rainy Night in Soho Springsteen -Racing in the Street(live version) Paul Weller-Broken Stones Stevie Wonder-Living in the City Tough to narrow down! Any Irvine Welsh book ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 1:32pm
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Great choices, but I wasn't expecting Billy Ocean. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 1:49pm
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Talk Talk-It's My Life New Order- True Faith Thin Lizzy - Yellow Pearl Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Oasis - Live Forever Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Massive Attack - Teardrop Book- Any of Henning Mankell's Wallander series ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Paulie
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 2:38pm
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It's nearly impossible to pick a list of songs but I'll give it a go.... Cast No Shadow - Oasis The Temptation of Adam - Josh Ritter Sound of Silence - Disturbed Never Let Me Down Again (live version) - Depeche Mode Bad (live version) - U2 Song for Ireland - Luke Kelly Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National Thousands are Sailing - The Pogues The luxury item would be one of those wind up radios that doesn't require a battery, and I'll have to get back to ye on the book. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 2:45pm
Great shout Paulie esp Bloodbuzz Ohio and the radio. Love the version from Other Voices. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: Paulie
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 2:49pm
Even though Boxer is my favourite album of theirs, that's my favourite song. Brilliant. |
Posted By: BohsinMunich
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 4:07pm
Favourite song ever. Meant so much as a teenager in late 70s Dublin
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 6:38pm
I like Thin Lizzy but I honestly can't stand that song as it's been played to death. Brown Eyed Girl, Sweet Child of Mine are all in that played to death category. Probably one for the unpopular opinion thread. ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: BohsinMunich
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 7:36pm
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I understand what you're saying and songs being played to death. .
However when you associate a song with particular time of your life or event that wins out. |
Posted By: heighway2heaven
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 7:52pm
No 'Sir Duke' by Stevie Wonder son? ------------- http://giant.gfycat.com/LimpLittleArabianoryx.gif |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 8:08pm
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Tricky to narrow this down but here goes - 1. Joe Smooth - Promised Land. 2. Frankie Knuckles - Your Love 3. Candi Staton - You got the love. 4. The Trammps - Hold back the night. 5. Frankie Valli. - The Night. 6. The Blossoms. - That's when the tears start. 7. Sybil - The love I lost. 8. Inner City - Good Life ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 8:19pm
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 8:20pm
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 8:44pm
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The C90s - Shine a light Faith No More - Easy Clannad and Bono - In a lifetime Massive Attack - U.S. Prince - Purple Rain Oasis - Columbia The Boss - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Live in Madison Square Louis Armstrong - All the time in the World ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 10:02pm
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Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 The Vengaboys - The Vengabus Is Coming Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around The Eagles - Hotel California Phil Collins - Easy Lover Frank Sinatra - My Way Goo Goo Dolls - Iris The Crazy Frog - The Crazy Frog Song ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 11:57pm
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Queen -Someone to Love David Bowie - Starman Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air. Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love Chas and Dave - There ain't no pleasing you. King of the Road - The Proclaimers Marvin Gaye - What's goin on. Some say the Divil is dead - The Wolftones Book would be Boat building for dummies The luxury item would be Marijuana seeds ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 12:09am
Bono at his peak with clannad for “in a lifetime “....I wouldn’t be his biggest fan but his vocal range on that song is unreal.a hugely underrated song. ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 12:14am
Agreed on vocals. Just too damned short. Needed another verse. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Gashley Grimes
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 12:40am
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Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro The Housemartins - Build Oasis - Round Our Way Dexys - There There My Dear The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho Mazzy Starr - Fade into You Radiohead - High & Dry Primal Scream - Rocks George Stephenson: The Remarkable Life of the Founder of the Railway - Book |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:00am
Round ARE way. Dont be correcting them  ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: MC Hammered
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:32am
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Posted By: Gashley Grimes
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 1:09am
D4 version... 
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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 16 May 2020 at 12:45pm
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I listened to Christy Moore's piece on this from some years ago this week Some good insight into his life. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 16 May 2020 at 12:52pm
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Forgot about this! To keep myself entertained and quiet, not to mention an excuse to listen to them... Manics- Motorcycle Emptinesss Not my favourite song, but it is rightly regarded as their best. Brilliant guitar riff and lyrics disdainful of consumer capitalism from a genius. Pixies- Debaser There's only a few bands that I remember hearing for the first time and being blown away. This was the first song I heard from these and it was unbelievable. Who writes a song about a Salvador Dali film? Getting Away with it- Johnny Marr Written for his time in Electronic and about his former mate, but it's all about the guitar solo. Unbelievable. The River- The Boss You need a story song on a desert island and this is possibly the best, just ahead of 'Ode to Billy Joe'. Steinbeck in five minutes. The Sultans- Give him a Ball Probably my favourite song. Lyrics, mainly, by Brian Howard Clough. Good lad. R.E.M- Nightswimming Stipe is a ****, but an unbelievably talented one. Everything he wrote is brilliant, but this is extra special. Orbital- Belfast Reminds me of coming up at dawn. Incredible piece of electronic music. Reminds me of a misspent youth, in the best possible way. Ralph Vaughan Williams- A Lark Ascending Came to this lad late. This is incredibly beautiful. I don't want the bible and Shakespeare can f**k off. A copy of ' What is Property' by Proudhon or Marx's manifesto thing will do. Luxury would be a record player to play the above! Failing that, a copy of Sweeney's ' There's Only One Red Army' or 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: dundon13
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 7:09pm
| Some quality tracks on this thread, don't know how I can whittle it down to 10 personally. |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 9:57am
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anyone who have the Beatles or Ed Sheeran in their list should be shot with balls of their own sh*t. ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:02am
Eh, what? It is a simple enough idea. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:04am
why? ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:04am
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because they are f**king sh*te! ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:06am
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They more or less invented modern music, but they are sh*te! Go on ya langer. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:07am
i knew that's all you'd have in your locker. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:09am
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they certainly did influence modern music and modern music is absolutely sh*te. hence my comment about Ed Sheeran. most talentless f**kwit ever to grace the industry ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:13am
i thnik by modern music its taking 60s, 70s, 80s and so on into account. So by that logic, you are into music prior to the 60s if all modern music is sh*te? Do you sit by the gramophone listening to the everly brothers, the drifters and perry como? ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:24am
he certainly isn't knowing PM. Beatles wouldn't have influenced Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Pearl Jam, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, The Who, The Doors, Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains etc. i could go on! another point id make is that the Beatles wouldn't lace any of the bands named above boots!they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence! ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:25am
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:26am
ill pick just one THE BEATLES DIDNT INFLUENCE ERIC CLAPTON? ARE YOU f**kING FOR REAL? ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:28am
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:28am
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There's a thread for favourite albums; this is for Desert island discs. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:29am
I certainly am. Every single one of them was influenced by The Beatles.
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:29am
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The above sounds very much like the beatles influenced Dave Grohl of THE FOO FIGHTERS Im off to try find more to shoot holes in your illogical argument ye dope ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:32am
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f**kin hell lads, i just found this
yeah the beatles didnt influence eddie vedders pearl jam  ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: Yiksheemash
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:33am
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go away boy your talking sh*te ------------- In my country we fak, my wife she isa dead |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:33am
You're talking out your hoop. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 12:07pm
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never wrestle with a pig lads ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 2:10pm
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Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 25 May 2020 at 10:47am
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Foo Fighters : Everlong Pearl Jam : Black Pantera : This Love System of a Down : Mr Jack Weezer : Only in Dreams The Doors : Riders on the Storm Pixies : Hey Rage Against The Machine : Freedom ------------- 
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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 25 May 2020 at 10:51am
That bass line  ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: dundon13
Date Posted: 27 May 2020 at 3:23am
Now this is a selection
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