DESERT ISLAND 25 TRACKS

Your desert island 25 track CD. For me it's gotta be a mix of different artists and styles.

U2 - One
U2- Bad (Wide Awake In America)
Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven (Song Remains the Same)
Led Zep - Ten Years Gone
Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Frank Sinatra - That's Life
INXS - Don't Change
Pearl Jam - Black
The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
Nick Cave - White Elephant
Aerosmith - Dream On
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
David Bowie - Heroes
The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Wilco with Billy Brag - California Stars
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Motley Crue - Live Wire
Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Your desert island 25 track CD. For me it's gotta be a mix of different artists and styles.

U2 - One
U2- Bad (Wide Awake In America)
Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven (Song Remains the Same)
Led Zep - Ten Years Gone
Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Frank Sinatra - That's Life
INXS - Don't Change
Pearl Jam - Black
The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
Nick Cave - White Elephant
Aerosmith - Dream On
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
David Bowie - Heroes
The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Wilco with Billy Brag - California Stars
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Motley Crue - Live Wire
Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Fuck. Now I have to choose my Top 25 Miles Davis tracks.

The Dancer - PJ Harvey
Pictures of You - The Cure
New Dawn Fades - Joy Division
Masterpiece - Big Thief
The Crawl - Placebo
Let Down - Radiohead
Entertain - Sleater Kinney
Legs - PJ Harvey
Off You - The Breeders
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone - Sleater Kinney
Idioteque - Radiohead
Future Starts Slow - The Kills
Mysterons - Portishead
Lady of The Flowers - Placebo
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Cactus - Pixies
I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses
Husbands - Savages
Satellites - EMA
Suicide Invoice - Hot Snakes
There, There - Radiohead
You Only Live Once - The Strokes
Scatchcard Lanyard - Dry Cleaning
Anti-Glory - Horsegirl
Deaf - Just Mustard

Whoa....this post is right up my street. I will have to have a wee think about this and come back to it

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
R.E.M. - Find the River
Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
The Cure - This Twilight Garden
Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
The Police - Tea in the Sahara
Beck - Guess I’m Doing Fine
The Daysleepers - Release the Kraken
Rush - Grand Designs
Manic Street Preachers - To Repel Ghosts
The Smiths - Paint a Vulgar Picture
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
Elvis Costello - Town Cryer
The Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Bjork - It’s Not Up to You
Weezer - El Scorcho
Sonic Youth - Candle
Bruce Springsteen - Used Cars
Switchfoot - The Economy of Mercy
The Killers - Sweet Talk
They Might Be Giants - I Palindrome I
Sea Power - Open the Door
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
R.E.M. - Find the River
Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
The Cure - This Twilight Garden
Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
The Police - Tea in the Sahara
Beck - Guess I’m Doing Fine
The Daysleepers - Release the Kraken
Rush - Grand Designs
Manic Street Preachers - To Repel Ghosts
The Smiths - Paint a Vulgar Picture
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
Elvis Costello - Town Cryer
The Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Bjork - It’s Not Up to You
Weezer - El Scorcho
Sonic Youth - Candle
Bruce Springsteen - Used Cars
Switchfoot - The Economy of Mercy
The Killers - Sweet Talk
They Might Be Giants - I Palindrome I
Sea Power - Open the Door
Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station

Great song and was close to being on my list.

Quote from: So Cruel on January 06, 2023, 09:20:05 PM

Your desert island 25 track CD. For me it's gotta be a mix of different artists and styles.

U2 - One
U2- Bad (Wide Awake In America)
Led Zep - Stairway to Heaven (Song Remains the Same)
Led Zep - Ten Years Gone
Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Frank Sinatra - That's Life
INXS - Don't Change
Pearl Jam - Black
The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
Nick Cave - White Elephant
Aerosmith - Dream On
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
David Bowie - Heroes
The Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Wilco with Billy Brag - California Stars
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Motley Crue - Live Wire
Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Fuck. Now I have to choose my Top 25 Miles Davis tracks.

I was thinking John Williams myself…

I been thinking about my list. i have decided that it will feature 25 tunes that stick out, from during my lifetime. (probably thats what the whole point of this exercise is about haha) The majority will be from 60s up to the 90s. But each song will have played a part in my life, along the journey. Im trying to avoid using u2 tunes

Each and every one of these songs listed, played a MASSIVE role, in shaping my musical taste, when i was younger. Hence why there are no post 90s tunes

1. Cars - Gary Numan (the first song in the charts, that i really recall falling in love with, aged 9)
2. Chance - Big Country
3. Town Called Malice/ Start - The Jam (the first ever record i lay claim to)
4. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult (I recall thinking this was u2, knowing they had new material due)
5. Seperate Ways - Elvis (i heard this tune aged about 4 and recall feeling very moved by it)
6. Love Like Blood - The Killing Joke
7. The Maker - Daniel Lanois (I heard this around 1988-89ish and loved it, but didnt know of the u2 link)
8. Blue Monday - New Order (Specifically the 12" version)
9. Get Back - The Beatles (The Beatles were played a whole lot, in my home, growing up)
10. Fortunate Son - CCR
11. Purple Rain - Prince
12. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
13. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
14. Fools Gold - The Stone Roses
15. Wrote For Luck - The Happy Mondays
16. Biko - Peter Gabriel
17. Alive And Kicking -  Simple Minds
18. I fought The Law - The Clash
19. Leaving Trunk - Taj Mahal
20. Stolen Child - The Waterboys
21. One Love - Bob Marley
22. Killing An Arab/ The Forrest - The Cure
23. The End - The Doors
24. Johnny Was - Stiff Little Fingers (SLF had the very first Album me and my bestie really got into)
25. Heart Of Glass - Blondie

I'm going to try and limit it to songs that are not my favorite song on their respective albums. Otherwise it's a little too easy.

1. U2 - "Indian Summer Sky"
2. U2 - "Unknown Caller"
3. The Guess Who - "The Answer"
4. The Guess Who - "Grey Day"
5. Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter"
6. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "Within Without"
7. The Who - "Sea And Sand"
8. The Who - "New Song"
9. The Tragically Hip - "Greasy Jungle"
10. The Tragically Hip - "Tiger The Lion"
11. Rush - "A Farewell To Kings"
12. Rush - "Witch Hunt"
13. Yes - "The Revealing Science Of God / Dance Of The Dawn"
14. Yes - "Machine Messiah"
15. Pink Floyd - "Main Theme"
16. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "You Tell Me"
17. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "All The Wrong Reasons"
18. Gentle Giant - "The Moon Is Down"
19. King Crimson - "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One"
20. Jethro Tull - "Minstrel In The Gallery"
21. Jethro Tull - "Apogee"
22. Genesis - "Return Of The Giant Hogweed"
23. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - "Toccata"
24. Camel - "Song Within A Song"
25. Van Der Graaf Generator - "Lost"

I’ll start a list…

No particular order, just keeping track with #

1 Bullet the blue sky - U2
2 Unravel - Björk
3 Tomorrow - James
4 Yoda’s theme - John Williams
5 The Smiths - Cemetery Gates

6 Diggin in the dirt - Peter Gabriel
7 Light Years - The National
8 Waking Up - M83 (Oblivion film score)
9 Sinnerman - Nina Simone
10 All of me wants all of You - Sufjan Stevens
11 Lonely Press Play - Damon Albarn
12 Présent Tense - Radiohead
14 Across the universe - The Beatles
15 Synchronicity I - The Police
17 Fisherman’s Blues - The Waterboys

Question for everyone: would your Road Trip 25 Tracks be the same as the lists you've posted here? Mine sure as hell wouldn't be; my Road Trip 25 would be a lot more acoustic-oriented.

My road trip CD would definitely be different. I had one for when I drove through the California/Nevada desert from LA to Vegas.

No specific order:

U2-Until The End Of The World
U2-Angel Of Harlem
The Beatles-Here Comes The Sun
The Rolling Stones-Waiting On A Friend
The Police-Synchronicity I
R.E.M-Electrolite
INXS-Don't Change
CCR-Who'll Stop The Rain
Collective Soul-Run
Fleetwood Mac-Never Going Back Again
Coldplay-Life In Technicolor II
Chicago-Feelin' Stronger Every Day
Cream-Sunshine Of Your Love
Smashing Pumpkins-Cherub Rock
Kings Of Leon-Notion
Bad Company-Feel Like Makin' Love
Blue Oyster Cult-Burnin' For You
Aerosmith-Amazing
Queen-Stone Cold Crazy
The Bangles-Hazy Shade Of Winter
The Pretenders-Middle Of The Road
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Maps
Billy Joel-We Didn't Start The Fire
Bruce Springsteen-No Surrender
John Mellencamp-Wild Night