Desert Island Discs
 

This is a new thing, my own original idea and if the BBC say they've been doing it since the forties they're lying bastards and I'll see them in court. ;)

You surely all know the deal: pick eight albums (ten if you want) that you believe you could not live without, one (or more, if you prefer) books and one "luxury item" (huh?) that you would want with you if you were stranded on a desert island.

Ignore for now the fact that there'd be no electricity or internet, and that you'd probably be more concerned with survival than music. Just go with it.

Don't just name albums; give your reasons for why they're important to you, post extracts if you want. Break up your selection into a few posts if you like. Same with the book(s): why is it/are they so indispensable in your view?

Might be fun... you remember fun, don't you?

1. The Idiot by Iggy Pop
2. Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt
3. In/Casino/Out by At the Drive-In
4. Rollercoaster by Red House Painters
5. Wildlife by La Dispute
6. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young
7. Kids See Ghosts by Kids See Ghosts
8. Is a Real Boy by Say Anything
9. To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
10. Travel by Jun Konagaya

Sigh...

Don't just name albums; give your reasons for why they're important to you

This isn't a list-dumping thread. It's an attempt to get people talking about their favourite albums and why they like them. Also see, why do I bother? :rolleyes:

Hold up, this dude had 10 too. Unfair. I get 8 and he gets 10

Tain't set in stone, son. Depending on how much interest there is, people can decide how many they want to set as a limit. The original says eight records, one book and one "luxury item", but we don't have to stick to that.

But no goddamn lists please. Put a bit of effort and thought into it if you're going to take part.

I hate reading

I hate hearing this from people.
Well, you obviously wouldn't be bringing any books with you then.

1. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band because it changed my perspective on music and is always good for a listen.
2. Sun Ship by John Coltrane because I can get lost in it.
3. Nuevo Dia by Lole y Manuel because it's great why the **** else.
4. Black Up by Shabazz Palaces because man's gotta boogie.
5. Deceit by This Heat because it's has that once in a century type of perfection.
6. There's a Light That Enters Houses With No Other House in Sight by David Sylvian because ya boi needs to brood sometimes.
7. At the Mountains of Madness by Electric Masada because it's long and awesome.
8. NTS Sessions by Autechre because I don't have any techno banger **** up here yet and it's long.

Book: Rings of Saturn. It's my favourite book and has so many little pockets to uncover each time you read it, even if it's not particularly long. I'd take the English and German versions so that I could learn a bit of German to pass the time.

Luxury Item: A fully stocked and staffed yacht to GTFO this island.

I made a list of 10 albums but I will sit on it for a night or two before I commit.

Bringing just one book is interesting. Books are a medium that I basically never find myself revisiting, so reading the same book over and over leads me to want something that’s very dense and challenging to read. Or maybe I’d want a large collection of short stories so I can feel like I’m traveling to all kinds of different places or times while still remaining in my one-book limit. Or maybe I’d want a comic book or graphic novel to give me some art to look at in addition to what I’m reading. Pretty hard to decide, really

I thought that residents album would be in there Frown. I forget the name but the one with the weird lady at the cover.

Not Available is my favourite Residents album but I wouldn't rank it as one of my all time favorites. Two years ago I might have though.

1. Cryptopsy - None So Vile: I need one album of pure death metal savagery.
2. Ramones - Rocket to Russia: Can't be sad while blasting the Ramones.
3. Metallica - Kill Em All: It's the most pure metal album ever.
4. Slayer - Reign in Blood: I need a Slayer album and I already got an early thrash album with Kill Em All so I'll take this later one.
5. Ke$ha - Animal: Gots to have my waifu.
6. ICP - Riddle Box: Cause how can I get stupid without ICP?
7. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt: Need something with twang.
8. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico: Need something at least a bit weird.

Book: The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 - Can't live without comics and this has the first 40 issues of Amazing Spider-Man so can't do much better than that.

Luxury Item: Lifetime supply of beer. Self-explanatory.

I already have poster's remorse.

Guided by voices - Do the collapse = cus i need at least 1 gbv album with me and lately this one has become my fav from them

Deerhoof - runnersfour = cus its the best deerhoof album ive heard

Django greatest hits = this is where i start cheating getting best ofs but honestly its hard for me to pick a single album from him.

Kas product greatest hits= same reasoning altho if i had to pick a single album it would be black & noir or try out


Beach boys - pet sounds= not only a great album but its also tied to a moment in my life where i was happy so this is a must for me

Death to the pixies = cus duh. Double disc album with greatest hits. One studio, one live.

They might be giants - self titled album = tmbg is my music anti depressive. It would be this one or flood

Drive like jehu - yank crimes = i need at least one post hardcore album to get by and frankly this is the best one ive heard so far

Renaldo and the loaf - songs for swinging larvae = ive heard arabic yodeling more but this one has more for me to Iike later on down the road

System of a down - toxicity = cus i still like soad and also this album was popular among my group of friends so it will remind me of them.

Book = a porn mag. A raunchy one too

Luxury item = my acoustic guitar

Same. I shoulda put the mollusk in there or demons dance alone

Yank Crime's a great choice though. Now I have even more poster's remorse.

I'm honestly cool with my choices although the porn is tempting. But just imagine how creepy you'd be after twenty years gripping this tattered porn mag where you've married all the women in your head and have kids but still make time to have orgies.

Lol well its still better than just relying on my memory and honestly i never got into books. Tho if i had to pick one it would be the bible. I might repent in that island and go to heaven

Now I hope you do get shipwrecked. With a copy of Dianetics.

Anyone's free to revisit their choices. It's a hard thing to decide on the spur, so I won't be my usual anal self. Shut up Batty. And by the way, no Dredd? :yikes: No Sound of the Beast? :yikes: :yikes:

I had to pick one book and it's going to be a comic book and nostalgia is a factor and unfortunately I did not grow up with Judge Dredd besides the Stallone movie I've seen like twice. I could have gone with either Batman or Spider-Man but I think Spider-Man would be better for "any given day".

Have you read any modern Dredd btw? Cause it's still good and John Wagner is still writing or at least he was as of a few years ago. Buy this. I've read it and it rules:

https://www.amazon.com/Judge-Dredd-T...3690589&sr=8-2

Fair enough. I've read one Tour of Duty novel, it was pretty decent. Not that one. I might go Library Genesising on it. I ain't got no cash (see Trollheart's Year of Hell for why...)

This site is honestly better since you don't need to download anything and its selection is comprehensive (including up to date current series). If I weren't an obsessive collector who's paranoid sites like this will all get shut down one day I'd delete all my stolen comics to free up space.

https://readcomiconline.to/

Of any ICP album that's probably the best choice. That or Ringmaster. Great Milenko definitely is their arena rock magnum opus of white trash anthems but doesn't have the spooky sounds I crave from those albums.

I'd choose Milenko otherwise cause it's their most fun album and really takes their performances to another level, but it also takes their ludicrous lyricism down to a level that isn't as quotable, and while their performances are more loveably cartoonish the schtick is dumbed down and loses a lot of the story telling quality. Ringmaster is great but kind of a trial run for Riddle Box. I'd take Beverly Kills over Ringmaster honestly if I wanted the same sound.

Thanks for that. Looks cool.
Also, how big is your comic collection? On your computer I mean. Dropbox will probably take most of that.

I think it's something like two terabytes.

Nah. Ringmaster over Beverly Kills. Ringmaster is the album where they actually found their sound while the previous two were them trying to find a sound when they weren't quite ready to let go of hardcore gangster rap.

You ever listen to Paris? He's an old school black panther gangster rapper and his music has a very clear and noticeable influence on ICP. I think you might enjoy him to some extent. His music borders on horrorcore sometimes and he has this song called AWOL that really reminds me of OH and his strong convictions against war. Really underrated legend.

I understand where you're coming from but I still think Beverly Kills is close enough to Ringmaster that the difference is kind of negligible, and since it's an EP the quality curation is higher so it's much more all killer no filler. Beverly Kills really was the true beginning of ICP. It's close though. On another day I might agree with you. But "The Stalker" is one of those quintessential ICP tracks that has no class and a 10/10 hook that is everything to me and wins the battle all by itself. Not quite any song off Ringmaster is as fantastic.

I think that this ho likes me
SHE TELLS YOU TO **** OFF WITH SUCH CLASS
I think that this ho likes me
YEAH GO ON AND GET THAT ASS

Never heard of him. Will check it out. A track or two to get me started?

Oh and one thing I can say about Beverly Kills over Ringmaster is that the grimy gangster rap production kills while Ringmaster's production is more experimental but also a trial run for Riddle Box so it's not as consistent.

I think the only thing that throws me off of Beverly Kills is Joke Ya Mind. It's corny (even by ICP standards) and aged terribly. Ringmaster has the spooky feel to it that always reminds me of October and the Halloween spirit, though.

Here's some Paris that's stuck in my head.

Paris is meh tbh.

Understandable.

Edit: You may like other songs in his catalog do to different taste but none of it really varies much from what I've shown you.

Yeah early 90s hardcore hip hop could be pretty uninteresting.

The thing is he's stuck to the same shtick across decades. Which is cool for people who were fans listening in real time but coming from somebody that listened to it all in one go it just got redundant.

All right, that is a whole lot more than I had expected. That's a lot of space. Have you an extra external HDD you keep it on? My own comics collection only just barely tops out at 300 gig.
Amateur, I know...
:shycouch:

Alright I feel good about my list

The No-Brainers:

David Bowie - Low

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

The Replacements - Let It Be

These are probably my 3 overall favorite albums. They have stuck with me for years now and never get old, I didn't even have to think about these.

Variety:

Paul Simon - Graceland

The Clash - London Calling

Ween - The Mollusk

A few albums here that hit a wide variety of genres. To keep things fresh I want these around because not only are they great but they are very eclectic and unpredictable, even though I've heard all three dozens of times.

Chillin' Out:

Nujabes - Metaphorical Music

Have to get some hip-hop in there, and this doubles as one of the most relaxing albums ever produced in my opinion. Great for meditation or whatever I might start doing on this hypothetical desert island. It's got some jazzy elements in there too which helps increase the number of instruments I get to hear.

Yay Girls:

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

Big Thief - U.F.O.F.

Gotta get some female vocalists in here and these two have the most beautiful voices out there. I initially thought I'd only want one of these two albums but I think I need both.

I'm stuck on a desert island therefore I am angry:

Megadeth - Rust in Peace

Finally I need some hard-hitting aggression so I'll go with my favorite album from my favorite metal band. There were some other strong competitors but I think this is the one I want to replay the most, therefore it wins.

I do keep them on an external HD. But my 5 tb external HD is running low.

Close to the Edge - Yes

You did not read the OP did you? Shocking.