I love to listen to Desert Island Discs, a Radio 4 programme which asks celebs to choose 7 pieces of music, a book and a luxury item to a desert island.
My Daily Post challenge today is called five items which tasks me with making a similar list.
It’s tough because:
a. my musical taste is eclectic and I’d probably get bored with the same seven pieces eventually and
ii. I’m not materialistic so struggle to put value into things.
The book on DID is chosen after they grant you the complete works of Shakespeare and a Bible. Mine would be an oversized Atlas. As a child I would pore over atlases and road maps and am still fascinated by contour lines, symbols and the way towns sprawl.
The other four items would be useful: A flint for fire; a durable warm sleeping bag; a tarpaulin: heavy duty waterproofs; and a big Bowie knife with accompanying whetstone.
The music, as I said before, would be an irritation.
Bach fascinates me. The convoluted quick stuff is entertaining and I can listen to it a lot, just not the famous pieces.
Jake Thackray: Sister Josephine, or Lah-di -dah, or On Again. Just so I can finally learn all the words.
Gerry Rafferty – Night and Day because I like the words.
Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell
Elvis – American Trilogy
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird from the Oakland Stadium – this 11 minute version had to be curtailed or it would just have gone on and on.
And oh I don’t know, something Doo Wop for me to sing along to.
How’s about you?
