Your Desert Island Discs

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#40
March 30, 2009, 05:01:31 PM
Has anyone figured out how to play the CDs on the desert island yet?

And what about the desert island 60GB mp3 player?

Dundonnell

#41
March 30, 2009, 05:13:03 PM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 05:15:11 PM by Dundonnell
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2009, 03:11:12 PM
Yes, but with Dave....we expected it.  ;D

With you Brian....we're very disappointed.  ::)  Tsk, tsk!

Yeh...that kind of summed up my reaction when I saw what Dave had posted :) There is still hope for a young chap like you to be shown the error of his ways and come to repentance ;D

Bulldog

#42
March 30, 2009, 05:23:37 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 04:20:58 PM

For those that did not, can I borrow yours once we get to the island? ;D

You mean we all end up on the same desert island? :o

Dundonnell

#43
March 30, 2009, 05:26:35 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on March 30, 2009, 05:23:37 PM
You mean we all end up on the same desert island? :o

Perish the thought :o :o There will be open warfare as we try to steal each others' cds ;D ;D

Bogey

#44
March 30, 2009, 05:52:48 PM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 05:55:55 PM by Bogey
Quote from: Bulldog on March 30, 2009, 05:23:37 PM
You mean we all end up on the same desert island? :o

Well, I pictured it being more like a desert continent....with an oasis and this little number for each of us:



Trust me on this one, folks. ;)

http://www.gcaudio.com/products/reviews/infombl.html  We'll, of course, each have a pair of the 101e's.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Sergeant Rock

#45
March 30, 2009, 07:40:25 PM Last Edit: March 31, 2009, 06:23:35 PM by Sergeant Rock









Sarge

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Bogey

#46
March 30, 2009, 07:52:24 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2009, 07:40:25 PM





Sarge


I may just have to snag Pittsburgh's entire cycle, Sarge.  I know I love their 2 and with this rec....
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

ChamberNut

#47
March 31, 2009, 03:49:58 AM
Quote from: Dundonnell on March 30, 2009, 05:26:35 PM
Perish the thought :o :o There will be open warfare as we try to steal each others' cds ;D ;D

No Don, you cannot borrow my Schumann CD!  >:D

vandermolen

#48
March 31, 2009, 04:20:18 AM Last Edit: March 31, 2009, 04:21:27 AM by Que
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 04:20:58 PM

 

Nice to see the Copland CD included - it is a great one.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Sergeant Rock

#49
March 31, 2009, 04:42:42 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 30, 2009, 07:52:24 PM
I may just have to snag Pittsburgh's entire cycle, Sarge.  I know I love their 2 and with this rec....

I prefer marginally his Vienna 4th but for the island I'll need the 5th too and this is my favorite CD that couples the two symphonies.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

ChamberNut

#50
March 31, 2009, 04:57:33 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2009, 07:40:25 PM



Sarge
Sarge, my parents had that album growing up.  I remember listening to it in the living room, looking at the album sleeve.  :)

Sergeant Rock

#51
March 31, 2009, 05:31:18 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 31, 2009, 04:57:33 AM
Sarge, my parents had that album growing up.  I remember listening to it in the living room, looking at the album sleeve.  :)

That's amazing....cause almost no one owns that album  ;D  Seriously, your parents had great taste. The album means a lot to me and Mrs. Rock; I can't imagine living without it...hence its place on my desert island contingency list. What I love about this album (besides the superb choice of songs) is that it proves my contention that she is the world's greatest harmony singer. And since she harmonizes with herself, we get double the pleasure  :)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

ChamberNut

#52
March 31, 2009, 05:36:28 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2009, 05:31:18 AM
That's amazing....cause almost no one owns that album  ;D  Seriously, your parents had great taste. The album means a lot to me and Mrs. Rock; I can't imagine living without it...hence its place on my desert island contingency list. What I love about this album (besides the superb choice of songs) is that it proves my contention that she is the world's greatest harmony singer. And since she harmonizes with herself, we get double the pleasure  :)

Sarge

My parents were big country music fans or country folkish fans, particularly old school country.  And very big Emmylou Harris fans.  Some of their favorites were Charley Pride, Hank Williams, The Carter Family, The Kendalls, Juice Newton, Willie Nelson, Don Messer, Don Williams...

jwinter

#53
March 31, 2009, 05:52:31 AM
If we're sticking with just classical, in no particular order:








+

This is assuming no box sets, naturally.  If I can go that route, all bets are off.  Of course, I'd much rather just take my iPod ;D
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Sergeant Rock

#54
March 31, 2009, 05:54:37 AM
Just a pedantic point: many of you are cheating! You get eight discs...not eight box sets or eight twofers. If you must have a three-disc opera, you only have five remaining discs, not seven. If you want a Bach B minor mass, you only have six discs left, not seven.

If I'd chosen eight sets instead of eight single discs, my choices would look quite different, maybe something like this:

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelugen - Karajan

Bruckner Symphonies 3-9 - Celibidache

Sibelius Symphonies plus Kullervo - Berglund

Mahler Symphonies - Chailly

Beethoven Symphonies - Szell

Schmidt Symphonies - Järvi

Emmylou Harris Portraits (3 discs)

Emmylou Harris Cimarron


Sarge, stepping off the pulpit now  ;D
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Dr. Dread

#55
March 31, 2009, 05:55:32 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2009, 05:54:37 AM
Just a pedantic point: many of you are cheating! You get eight discs...not eight box sets or eight twofers. If you must have a three-disc opera, you only have five remaining discs, not seven. If you want a Bach B minor mass, you only have six discs left, not seven.

Who says?

Bogey

#56
March 31, 2009, 05:56:43 AM
Quote from: jwinter on March 31, 2009, 05:52:31 AM
If we're sticking with just classical, in no particular order:


 

This is assuming no box sets, naturally.  If I can go that route, all bets are off.  Of course, I'd much rather just take my iPod ;D

If someone were to take out my Ravel discs and slip one of these in its place, I would just assume it was my memory playing tricks on me and I would still board the plane with a smile.

Right.  No box sets.  And no I-Pods.....think about the sound you would be missing. >:D

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

jwinter

#57
March 31, 2009, 06:03:19 AM
Quote from: Bogey on March 31, 2009, 05:56:43 AM
...And no I-Pods.....think about the sound you would be missing. >:D


What, you think you're getting SOTA speakers on a desert island?  ;D  We'd all be much better off with my iPod -- I've got the big 160 gig model, so most of the basic rep is covered.  I've even got Emmylou.

Hmm, I suppose I could always pretend to be pregnant and stash the Brilliant complete Mozart set under my shirt...
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Dundonnell

#58
March 31, 2009, 06:09:25 AM
vandermolen(Jeffrey), who started this thread, was basing the concept on the long-running(since 1942) BBC Radio programme of the same name. The rules specify eight "pieces of music". The most popular choice over the years from the celebrity guests-who include the past six British Prime Ministers-has been Beethoven's 9th(specifically, the 'Ode to Joy').

Sergeant Rock

#59
March 31, 2009, 06:09:53 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 31, 2009, 05:36:28 AM
My parents were big country music fans or country folkish fans, particularly old school country.  And very big Emmylou Harris fans.  Some of their favorites were Charley Pride, Hank Williams, The Carter Family, The Kendalls, Juice Newton, Willie Nelson, Don Messer, Don Williams...

That pretty well describes my interest too. I love country and folk music from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and later artists like Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris who incorporated that early country style with rock, and in the process, invented country rock (today's Alternative Country). What passes for "country" on today's radio and Billboard charts is a travesty.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"
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