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If you were stranded on a desert island...
Posted by cuttingedgedjs • 3/09/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: songs
Ok so here is possibly the strangest angle on this question...
If you were stranded on a desert island (or for that matter found yourself in a similar type scenario) and could only listen to three songs (hypothetically for the rest of your life), what songs would they be?
Now keep in mind, I have many 'favorite' songs, some of which - although I love them - I could foresee myself becoming tired of them over time. I have chosen three songs that - thus far - I have never grown tired of hearing. Therefore, perhaps another angle for the question might be "Which three songs do you never grow tired of hearing?"
I would very much like to write a blog on this subject and use some ideas I find here in your responses, so feel free to explain why you chose the songs you chose.
Here are my three...
1. 'The Bare Necessities' by Baloo the Bear (Phil Harris)
This has - since childhood - always been one of my favorites. I know the lyrics by heart and it has always served as almost a mantra for my life. In addition, I think subliminally I would have liked to have been Mowgli, lived in the jungle and had Baloo to hang out with.
2. 'Sing, Sing, Sing' by Benny Goodman (written by Louis Prima)
Such a great song. Unfortunately the recording quality of the time doesn't do justice to Gene Krupa on the drums (a major part of the song by one of history's greatest drummers) but it loses nothing (to me) in its timelessness.
3. 'Hotel California' by The Eagles
Nonsensical lyrics and a cultural familiarity are what I find to be the greatest appeal of this classic. No matter how many times I hear it, if I am flipping through radio stations and happen to catch it, I always seem to stay for one more listen.
So what are your three?
User Comments
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That's difficult but I would have to go with these:
1/ Any piece of Mozart.
2/ New England by Billy Bragg.
3/ Watching the detectives by Elvis Costello.
I would listen to the Mozart the most because it's complex enough for every day listening then I would "treat" my self once a week with one of the other two.-
Ahhh, a strategy. A very interesting approach to the question to say the least.
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Do you have to play them on a continuous loop? Or could you just play them when you feel like it? Or perhaps walk away to a different part of the island? Or is it piped in all over the island...continuously?-
As the author of the question I would have to say that I had 'at your leisure' in mind. Continuous loop would be nothing short of Chinese water torture.
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God is a Girl - Groove Coverage
Yellow - Coldplay
The Scientist - Coldplay -
Don't Worry Be Happy- Bobby MacFarren
Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
God Gave Rock 'N' Roll - Kiss-
Bobby McFerrin is a classic. Certainly would keep you whistling along.
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1. Stairway to Heaven
2. Rhapsody in Blue
3. The Long and Winding Road-
Interesting. I do love Stairway to Heaven, but it would drive me bonkers after awhile. Not good being bonkers on a desert island.
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I don't think it matters what three songs they are. Sooner or later I will want to smash that song into tiny bits if it were played on an endless loop. By any chance, do you listen to that rock music critic show on NPR: Sound Opinions? Because they do a segment on the desert island scenario all the time.
So, despite the going slowly mad scenario, here are my three picks:
1. Le Nozze de Figaro by W.A. Mozart
2. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
3. Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult-
I've never heard them... I don't get out much.
Don't Fear The Reaper FTW! More cowbell! -
They actually did an entire show dedicated to the use of cowbells in rock music. They called it "ode to the cowbell". You should check out the show. It's available for download as a podcast on I-tunes. I think you would like it.
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I think I will!
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