Your Island Five: The Albums You Can't Live Without
Your Island Five: The Albums You Can't Live Without : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR
Assuming you have electricity and a stereo...
This was hard. Very hard. I've said over and over how much I love music. I listed my 5, but I should have added a quantifier that these would be my 5 if I was not stranded with my husband. I would assume he would bring the albums we listened to the first time we made love...if I was alone without him, I am not sure I could stand to be reminded that I am without him....so I'd have 10 albums IF I was with him.
So here are MY 5:
1. Beatles - Let It Be
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Concert in Central Park
3. Led Zeppelin - IV
4. Carole King - Tapestry
5. Vivaldi - Four Seasons
After looking at the other lists, I was like "Oh my gosh - yeah I'd need THAT one too...." Yep. Just could not do it...if I was asked the same about books I'd be in trouble too. So that being said on the book thing - this is crazy - but I'd probably take the bible. I can not think of any other one book I'd be satisfied with reading over and over. I have tons of books I'd want to take...but I am not sure which 5 I would pick. If I had to guess it would be:
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2. Anything by David Sedaris
3. Anything by Margaret Atwood
4. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
5. Ulysses - James Joyce
One final comment before I do the unofficial poll (that of course no one will participate in (*winks*))
Please check out the Antlers (Video)Song 'Kettering' on this NPR link - it is haunting (literally) and amazing. The video fits the song so very well...I was just speechless.
So folks, it's YOUR turn. Leave me a comment and tell me what 5 albums and or 5 books you would take if you were stranded on an island (for perhaps the rest of your life).
Assuming you have electricity and a stereo...
This was hard. Very hard. I've said over and over how much I love music. I listed my 5, but I should have added a quantifier that these would be my 5 if I was not stranded with my husband. I would assume he would bring the albums we listened to the first time we made love...if I was alone without him, I am not sure I could stand to be reminded that I am without him....so I'd have 10 albums IF I was with him.
So here are MY 5:
1. Beatles - Let It Be
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Concert in Central Park
3. Led Zeppelin - IV
4. Carole King - Tapestry
5. Vivaldi - Four Seasons
After looking at the other lists, I was like "Oh my gosh - yeah I'd need THAT one too...." Yep. Just could not do it...if I was asked the same about books I'd be in trouble too. So that being said on the book thing - this is crazy - but I'd probably take the bible. I can not think of any other one book I'd be satisfied with reading over and over. I have tons of books I'd want to take...but I am not sure which 5 I would pick. If I had to guess it would be:
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2. Anything by David Sedaris
3. Anything by Margaret Atwood
4. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
5. Ulysses - James Joyce
One final comment before I do the unofficial poll (that of course no one will participate in (*winks*))
Please check out the Antlers (Video)Song 'Kettering' on this NPR link - it is haunting (literally) and amazing. The video fits the song so very well...I was just speechless.
So folks, it's YOUR turn. Leave me a comment and tell me what 5 albums and or 5 books you would take if you were stranded on an island (for perhaps the rest of your life).
posted by Colette at 9:54 AM
1 Comments:
1. Lori Line - Holiday Piano
2. Richard Souther - Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen
3. Dargaard - In Nomine Aeternitatis
4. George Winston - December
5. Casting Crowns - Lifesong
1. Bible
2. Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Shakespeare
3. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.
4. Night Angel Trilogy - Brent Weeks
5. The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition
And of course, since this is NaNoWriMo, I'd have to go with the mantra, "Like Books? Write One!"
I'd have to have a huge stack of paper and writing implements, or a serviceable computer (since there would be electricity). Perhaps one of the books should be "How to Build a Coconut Radio" by The Professor. It would have to be the latest printing with the new chapters on building computers.
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