So I have recently sent letters to 20 friends asking for their Desert Island Disc's and thought I would compile a CD or two and send them out for Christmas. I had considerred doing something similar on Blonde and then . . .
The Lyrics thread almost got there
2 cracking posts robert, both at the top end of my playlist.
What i was thinking of, maybe 40 blondes could post the lyrics to their favourite song and we could do a blonde cd, with the proceeds going to charity, say $10 per cd into someones stars account, then the person would use blank cd's to copy the cds and send them in the post.
$10 for the cd but how much for the copyright defence action fund? Nice idea though.
So the Lawyer rules not a good idea to mail out the CD but I guess we could still list the Blonde Desert Island Disc's
Ideas a plenty at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20051030.shtmlFor those of you not familiar it is 8 tunes or pieces of audio these days, 1 record, 1 luxury and 1 book.
I went for
1 - Communication Breakdown - Led Zep
I could of chosen all 8 from Zep, but the original will always be my favourite and this my fav tune from the first album
2 - Hung My Head - Johnny Cash
Made me realise that great lyrics, needed great delivery, a stunning version.
3 - Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size and Represent
Of a time, of a moment - Alexandra Palace, Hackney Marshes some dive club in Bristol, Sanctuary and many more moments.
4 - Your Love - Prodigy
Classic tucked away on the 12 inch B Side of Charley.
5 - Chop Suey - System Of The Down
Probably the most political band I have ever been 'in too', great song, so much more then shouting
6 - The Dark Is Rising - Mercury Rev
After death there is life R.I.P Sam
7 - Neighbourhood #1 Tunnels - Arcade Fire
As close to perfection as you can get.
8 - I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Genius nuff said.
Record - Portishead NYC with New York Philharmonic
Beautiful, Portishead for happy times . . . almost.
Book - Raymond Feist Magician (Complete works if available)
It spawned so much.
Luxury - Seeds
Gardening is therapeutic
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