# Five Desert Island Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804 "2005-05-07T10:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/1 "2005-05-07T10:01:20Z")
As a corollary to the “hated jukebox songs” thread, It made me think of what I never get tired of hearing. Hence the following scenario; You are on a desert island, alone with little or no chance of ever being found. Fortunately, there appears to be an excellent sound system on this island. You are given the opportunity to choose five songs from this system but only five and having chosen, these songs will be the only music you will ever hear again. Not constantly, you may choose to turn it off and on but onlt those five songs. Quickly, off the top of my head, **Yellow Brick Road by Elton** **Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen** **I can Hear Music by the Beach Boys** **Beautiful Noise by Neil Diamond** **Makin Whoopee by Dr. John** I’ve probably dated myself by my choices but I did it rather quickly. What are your five choices? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/2 "2005-05-07T13:39:33Z")
If this island were truly a “desert” (as opposed to “deserted”), I don’t think entertainment would be my top priority. And I wouldn’t limit myself to “songs” anyway. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/3 "2005-05-07T21:43:41Z")
hm, in no particular order Dr John - Walk on Guilded Splinters Rammstein - Ohne Dich _or_ Los Georgia Gibbs - Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet Wolgemut - Michaeleska Janis Joplin - Summertime ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/4 "2005-05-07T22:06:44Z")
Might as well throw some long ones in there: **Requiem in D Minor** , WA Mozart and Karajan/Berlin Phil - should be a good one to kill myself to, when I get tired of living on a desert island. **Goldberg Variations** , JS Bach and Glenn Gould (the slower version - 1982?) - for stargazing while sipping on a coconut. **Peer Gynt** , Edvard Grieg. Any version will do. Morgenstemning will be the call of my alarm clock, though I’m not entirely sure why I’d need one on a desert island. **Suite No.1 for Unaccompanied Cello** , JS Bach and Yo-Yo Ma - to wallow to. **All I Ask of You** , Andrew Llyod Webber, Original London Cast Recording - anchored to one of my fondest memories. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/5 "2005-05-07T22:17:39Z")
!.) God Only Knows - The Beach Boys 2.) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 3.) Mayonaise - The Smashing Pumpkins 4.) Nothing Better/Sleeping in - The Postal Service (Not quite sure which) 5.) Scale, A Mirror, and These Indifferent Clocks - Bright Eyes That pretty much should cover all the bases… The songs are in no order, btw, except that God Only Knows will always hold the top spot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/6 "2005-05-07T22:37:55Z")
**Nothin’ but a G Thang** - Dr. Dre **The Chipmunks Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)** - The Chipmunks **Down In It** - Nine Inch Nails **Crossroads** - Cream **Sympathy for the Devil** - The Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/7 "2005-05-07T23:05:21Z")
**We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place** by the Animals. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/8 "2005-05-07T23:06:46Z")
“Come sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/9 "2005-05-07T23:08:03Z")
Or is it “JUST sit right back…?” Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/10 "2005-05-07T23:28:53Z")
**Elephant Stone (12")** by The Stone Roses **She’s a Superstar** by Verve **Won’t Get Fooled Again** by The Who **Tom Weir** by Aberfeldy **The Queen is Dead** - The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/11 "2005-05-08T08:59:13Z")
Here Comes The Sun- The Beatles Tears In Heaven- Eric Clapton Both Sides Now- Joni Mitchell Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters Bohemian Rhapsody or Me and Bobby McGee ---
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/12 "2005-05-08T11:24:49Z")
Great music guys! Definitely something for everyone. Excellent choices **Stark Raven Mad**. Bach, Mozart, Gould,Yo-Yo Ma.Excellent. We’ve even goy Alvin and the boys for the kid in all of us. 😉 Love It! ---
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/13 "2005-05-08T11:26:09Z")
PREVIEW!!! DAMN!!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/14 "2005-05-12T06:23:49Z")
J. S. Bach \*Toccata and Fugue in D Minor \* has to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/15 "2005-05-12T13:39:49Z")
Windfall - Son Volt Celebrated Summer - Husker Du Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards - Billy Bragg Rain - The Beatles Alex Chilton - The Replacements ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/16 "2005-05-12T16:34:24Z")
The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll) by George Harrison Canon in D by Pachelbel- George Winston version Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- the Josh Groban version Eleanor Rigby (the Beatles) Land of a Thousand Dances (Wilson Pickett) for when I need something up-tempo ---
**Author:** ![Stone\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Stone\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stone_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/17 "2005-05-12T16:40:53Z")
**Bell Bottom Blues** Eric Clapton \*\*Winter \*\* Tori Amos (My mother loved this song; we played it at her funeral.) **Rain** Beatles **Both Sides Now** Joni Mitchell **Iko Iko** Dixie Cups (I think that’s what it’s called.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/18 "2005-05-12T17:21:52Z")
Trapped on a desert island? You’ve got to work the theme, I think: **"Back to the Island" - Leon Russell** **"Can’t get There from Here" - R.E.M.** **"A Pirate Looks at Forty" - Jimmy Buffett** **"Island in the Sun" - Weezer** **"Jungle Love" - Steve Miller Band** ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/19 "2005-05-12T17:42:04Z")
> [@Ass For A Hat](#): > > Windfall - Son Volt ::salutes:: Man, what a great song. Excellent choice. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804/20 "2005-05-12T18:48:52Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > Man, what a great song. Excellent choice. Validation. Sweet, sweet validation. How I love thee. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-desert-island-songs/302804.md?page=2)