02-08-2003 05:45									#1
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Let's play Desert Island Discs since everything else is so boring.

The rules are

quote: Desert Island Discs is one of Radio 4's most popular and enduring programmes. The format is simple: each week a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island. The discussion of their choice is a device for them to review their life. They also choose a favourite book (excluding the Bible or other religious work and Shakespeare - these already await the "castaway") and a luxury which must be inanimate and have no practical use. No "best ofs" or box sets are allowed.

Here's mine:

1 - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra/Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta - CSO, Fritz Reiner.

2 - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Auger. Baker, CBSO, Simon Rattle.

3 - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass (revised version) - DNRSO & Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras.

4 - Barbirolli Conducts English String Music (Elgar/Vaughan Williams), Sir John Barbirolli

5 - Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7 - VPO, Carlos Kleiber

6 - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - BRSO, Rafael Kubelik

7 - Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete) - LSO, Antal Dorati

8 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 - Stadium Symphony Orchestra of NY, Leopold Stokowksi.


Book: The Dialogues of Plato (in Greek).

Luxury item: The Parthenon (repaired: statue and everything).

(I so wanted to break the rules and have Pamela Anderson - she's of no practical use, and barely animate).

	02-08-2003 06:06									#2
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// for inspiration and optimism
1. Beethoven's 9th
2. The Ride of the Valkyries

// for chilling
3. Sigur Ros - Untitled (#3)
4. Don McLean - Starry Starry Night
5. Muse - Feeling Good (or Bliss... )

// for dancing
6. Nightwish - Wanderlust
7. Electric Six - Dance Commander

// to remind me how crap life is off the island
8. NOFX - The Decline


Book: The Book Of erm

Luxury: Difficult. Most things I'd take would have some sort of practical use. My penny whistle. I dunno.

	02-08-2003 06:10									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat 2. The Ride of the Valkyries

Ummm, the Ride is only about 4 minutes long. Sure you wouldn't just take all of Die Walkure to get maximum play time?

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yeah, ok whatever.

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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Ummm, the Ride is only about 4 minutes long. Sure you wouldn't just take all of Die Walkure to get maximum play time?

Stop ******* about and post yours, then.

	02-08-2003 06:23									#6
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Hey, Boris. I have been meaning to ask you. Which recordings of Brahms symphonies are the best? I bought Karajan's 2nd and 3rd, and while enjoyable, I am looking for versions with a bit more passion.

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musak:

1. Linkin Park - Meteora (best cd ever made, imho)
2. Spineshank - Strictly Diesel
3. Spineshank - Height of Callousness
4. Mudvayne - L.D. 50
5. Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
6. NoFx - The Decline
7. NoFx - The War On Errorism
8. Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate
9. Slipknot - Slipknot
10. Slipknot - Iowa

book: erm, to behonest i don't read all that much, and i dont think having something i've read would occupy me. my friend has been pressing me to read Xenocide et al by, whats his name? somethign scott card? i'll take that.

luxury: the cd player to play the cds? durrr? a generator to power it? if those are included i'd like a laptop preloaded with software of my choosing before i leave.

	02-08-2003 06:40									#8
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Ag: That's like asking me to choose among children. I can't!

quote: Originally posted by monkspider Hey, Boris. I have been meaning to ask you. Which recordings of Brahms symphonies are the best? I bought Karajan's 2nd and 3rd, and while enjoyable, I am looking for versions with a bit more passion.

Karajan is turgid. Rule of thumb: avoid him, always.

Depends on your tastes and requirements for sound quality. Bernstein is certainly passionate, but has an annoying tendency to slow down so he can speed up later. Get his earlier recordings with the NY Phil over his 1980s ones with the Vienna Phil. The typical slurriness of the Vienna Phil doesn't flatter Bernstein's conducting.

For modern recordings, perhaps Abbado's set with the Berlin Phil. Certainly passionate, though far more grand, I think, than Brahms would have invisioned.

If you can stand old recordings, any remastering of Furtwangler with the Berlin Phil will be unbeatable in terms of passionate interpretation. Don't expect tight precision or traditional performances, though--Furtwangler conducted each piece as his own and in the moment, and took a good deal of liberties. They are still magnificent. Too bad they are mono. Oh, to have heard them live!

If you want an unbeatable price on all 4 symphonies together, there is a release of the Toscanini studio recordings. Again, these are old (1950s), but the remastering is fantastic, and it is in stereo. It's a 2-disc set and is usually $15.

	02-08-2003 06:42									#9
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Toughie...

1) Johnny Cash - American IV
2) Alan Jackson - Drive
3) Garth Brooks - No Fences (I assume 'Double Live' would be a 'best of' )
4) Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
5) Dixie Chicks - Home
6) The Who - Who's Next
7) The Who - Tommy
8) Led Zeppelin - IV
9) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
10) Led Zeppelin - II

Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Luxury: I guess my watch, even though the person that gave it to me isn't quite fond of me right now .

	02-08-2003 06:43									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Ag: That's like asking me to choose among children. I can't!

I managed it, although it took a while.

quote: Karajan is turgid. Rule of thumb: avoid him, always.

Oh come on... He's a great Strauss conductor and his Prokofiev isn't bad either.

	02-08-2003 06:46									#11
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I can't believe you don't have Quadrophenia on your list, Imran.

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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Ag: That's like asking me to choose among children. I can't!

i'm sorry there are no reproductive organs in the large intestine or tonsils.

	02-08-2003 06:50									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Uber KruX i'm sorry there are no reproductive organs in the large intestine or tonsils.

Yet somehow you got through, didn't you?

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quote: Yet somehow you got through, didn't you?

OH BURN I SMELL YOUR ROTTING FLESH UBER HAHAHA HE GOT YOU GOOD!

	02-08-2003 06:53									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Yet somehow you got through, didn't you?

if thats a shot at my father, i'll drag you from a truck.

edit: a quality burn though sava, i concur

	02-08-2003 06:57									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon I managed it, although it took a while.

Proof you don't love.

quote: Oh come on... He's a great Strauss conductor and his Prokofiev isn't bad either.

Great? No. Great conductors don't have such mushy inner voices. Karajan is superficial--he's very treble and bass, but you lose the inner workings. That's why his Beethoven and Brahms are particularly abhorrent, since any counterpoint will become a mess in his hands. He then goes to ridiculous lengths to be precise with rhythm and notes, but loses the texture and balance of the instruments. And when he's slow, he's sloooooooow.

Karajan lacked nuance, ingenuity and most of all real passion. I've rarely heard anything as shockingly uninspired coming from the magnificent orchestras he conducted.

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quote: Originally posted by Uber KruX if thats a shot at my father, i'll drag you from a truck.

You can't do that, I'm not black!

Anyway, it was a shot at your mother, not your father. Or maybe I should say "in your mother," would be more appropro...

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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Proof you don't love.

yeah right... I've been working on this list for years. I've actually had to choose among my stuff before - some terrible decisions had to be made.

quote: Great? No. Great conductors don't have such mushy inner voices. Karajan is superficial--he's very treble and bass, but you lose the inner workings. That's why his Beethoven and Brahms are particularly abhorrent, since any counterpoint will become a mess in his hands. He then goes to ridiculous lengths to be precise with rhythm and notes, but loses the texture and balance of the instruments. And when he's slow, he's sloooooooow.

Oh come on. You sound like the anti Richard Osbourne. Thankfully, this opinion is not universal.

quote: Karajan lacked nuance, ingenuity and most of all real passion. I've rarely heard anything as shockingly uninspired coming from the magnificent orchestras he conducted.

I don't think his Metamorphosen can be beat.

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quote: I can't believe you don't have Quadrophenia on your list, Imran.

It's probably because I haven't heard it yet

(I know, I know ).

	02-08-2003 07:02									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov You can't do that, I'm not black! Anyway, it was a shot at your mother, not your father. Or maybe I should say "in your mother," would be more appropro...

i'm not too fond of my mother. although "yo mama" comments are making you slightly more black.

	02-08-2003 07:11									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: I can't believe you don't have Quadrophenia on your list, Imran. It's probably because I haven't heard it yet (I know, I know ).

Buy it immediately!!!!!!!

	02-08-2003 07:22									#22
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Harold Budd: The Pavilion of Dreams

Patti Smith: Horses

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: En Concert a Paris

Nick Drake: Bryter Layter

Aretha Franklin: Live at the Fillmore

David Bowie: Low (Rykodisc edn.)

Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck: Djam Leelii

King's College Choir, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury:Thomas Tallis's Spem in Alium

Dickens' Bleak House

Barbara Hepworth's garden.

	02-08-2003 07:38									#23
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1. red hot chilipeppers - blood sugar sex magik
2. rage against the machine - evil empire
3. the prodigy - experience
4. daft punk - daftendirekt
5. miles davis - the best of
6. herbaliser - blow your headphones
7. boogie nights soundtrack
8. Kruder Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions

Book: I guess LOTR .. it's long enough and can read over and over again.
Or Survival for Dummies

Luxury: Susie Q - if I'm alone on desert island, I can at least defend it . And blow up stuff.

	02-08-2003 07:48									#24
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No double albums, or anything over 1 cd either....

Revolver - Beatles
Goldberg Variations - Bach (Gould)
Sonatas - Beethoven (Horowitz)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Byrter Layter - Nick Drake
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Something Else by the Kinks - Kinks
Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones

Book: Lord of the Rings (hey I had to cheat somewhere )

Luxury Item: hmmmm no practical use...... canada?

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quote: Originally posted by Uber KruX musak: 1. Linkin Park - Meteora (best cd ever made, imho) 2. Spineshank - Strictly Diesel 3. Spineshank - Height of Callousness 4. Mudvayne - L.D. 50 6. NoFx - The Decline 7. NoFx - The War On Errorism 9. Slipknot - Slipknot 10. Slipknot - Iowa

If we were on the same island I would kill you. Note - I've editted the 2 albums I think are acceptable.

My selections (I'm going to try and take a variety... try...)

Soundgarden - Superunknown
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
Braveheart Soundtrack
NIN - The Fragile (2 discs but I'll be sneaky)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
The Beatles - Rubber Soul

Book - hmmm, I would get bored of 1 book pretty quickly. 1984 is good I guess.

Luxury item - this may be pushing it, but gimme a basketball court and a ball.

	02-08-2003 08:42									#26
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0) Bad Religion: No Control
1) Youth Brigade: to sell the truth
2) fat boy slim: essential selection vol. 2
3) cafe del mar volumen seis
4) No Use For A Name: !Leche con Carne!
5) Bee Gees: Greatest Hits d. 1
6) Moby: Everything is Wrong
7) The Pogues: If I should fall from grace with God

Book: Biggest empty journal available
Inanimate Object: Pen with endless amount of ink

	02-08-2003 14:44									#27
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Can I make each record a box set?

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1. Dead Kennedys - FFFRV
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. CCR - Cosmo's Factory
4. The Stones - Beggar's Banequet
5. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
6. Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters (first album)
7. Janis Joplin - Pearl
8. Whoever does Beethoven's 9th the best - Beethoven's 9th

Book - There's absolutely no way I could narrow it down to one.

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	02-08-2003 17:34									#29
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Cds

Setting Sons - The Jam
The Stanton Sessions - The Stanton Warriors
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
All eyez on me - Tupac


Book

The Silmarrillion - I may actually finish it if I'm im stuck on a desert island

Luxury

PC with ASDL connection

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Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Go! - Dexter Gordon
Saxaphone Collosus - Sonny Rollins
Sonny Side Up - Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt
The Blanton-Webster Band - Duke Ellington
Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert - Ella Fitzgerald
A Swingin' Affair - Frank Sinatra
Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland

Book: Well, given that I'm alone on a desert island, it probably should be a really, really big anthology of erotica. In the spirit of the game, however, I'll say -- without any intended irony -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Luxury Item: I'll second "laptop preloaded with games," assuming it also has some kind of word processing program.