# Your favourite - with a twist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652 "2003-07-01T20:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/1 "2003-07-01T20:45:12Z")
OK so its the desert island thing. You get to take exactly one, Classical Record/CD Rock/Pop Record/CD Movie Game Book Let’s assume that we provide the equipment for you to enjoy said entertainment. What do you take? **Classical Record** Any von Karajan conducted Chopin **Rock Record** Nick Cave - Henry’s Dream **Movie** Mulholland Drive **Game** Final Fantasy X **Book** Crime and Punishment ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/2 "2003-07-01T21:36:12Z")
Classical Record - Beethoven’s 9th Symphony - Solti, conducting Rock Record - Jimmy Buffett - Fruitcakes (Hey, it’s an ISLAND) Movie - Princess Bride Game - Asheron’s Call Book - Lord of the Rings ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/3 "2003-07-01T21:40:55Z")
**Classical Record** Something by Mozart **Rock Record** Prince - Sign Of The Times **Movie** The Third Man **Game** Risk **Book** Apocalypse Culture II ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/4 "2003-07-02T03:57:18Z")
Classical Record - Mahler: **Das Lied von der Erde** (Bruno Walter’s 1960 version with Ernst Häfliger and Mildred Miller) Rock Record - Yes: **Tales from Topographic Oceans** Movie - **A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum** Game - a deck of cards Book - James Joyce: **Ulysses** The rock record is a deal-breaker, though. If I can’t take my favorite Zappa, King Crimson and Tull records too, I ain’t going. And why no **jazz** record? (Gotta have **In a Silent Way**.) ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/5 "2003-07-02T04:00:40Z")
Classical record: Handel, _Messiah_ Rock record: Steeleye Span…erm, let’s go with _Spanning the Years_ for variety. Movie: _Henry V,_ Branagh’s version Game: Erm, can I trade it for another book? 😉 Book: The Riverside Shakespeare ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/6 "2003-07-02T04:44:09Z")
Classical record: **soundtrack to the movie Fantasia** Rock record: off the top of my head, **Ben Folds Five- self titled debut** (gahh just one?) Movie: \*\* The Princess Bride \*\* Game: **Scrabble** Book: **The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy** (all 5 books in one! rawk!) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/7 "2003-07-02T04:51:06Z")
Classical Record/CD - Something by Mozart Rock/Pop Record/CD - Rolling Stones Forty Licks Movie - Duck Soup Game - Chess Book - Mists of Avalon. (Haven’t read it, but I think there I would.) ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/8 "2003-07-02T11:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnwrittenNocturne \* > \*\ ***Classical Record** Any von Karajan conducted Chopin \*\* :dubious: Strange combination - I thought the only orchestral works Chopin wrote were his two pianoconcertos (and maybe one or two other compositions) - why prefer these over the solo piano pieces? Anyway: Classical Record/CD - Bach: organworks by Peter Hurford Rock/Pop Record/CD - Kate Bush - Hounds of love Movie - Indiana Jones and the last Crusade Game - Chess Book - Frank Herbert - Dune ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/9 "2003-07-02T12:04:49Z")
Classical Record/CD - Dvorak - Slavonic Dances Rock/Pop Record/CD - Harry Connick Jr. - Are We in Love Movie - The Band Wagon Game - Cards Book - The complete works of Willian Shakespeare ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/10 "2003-07-03T00:26:42Z")
Classical Record/CD - Handel - The Messiah Rock/Pop Record/CD - U2 - Achtung Baby Movie - To Kill A Mockingbird Game - a deck of cards Book - The Complete Manual of Shipbuilding 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-with-a-twist/185652/11 "2003-07-03T01:13:50Z")
Classical Record/CD - The Carl Stalling Project Rock/Pop Record/CD - Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat Movie - Apocalypse Now (not Redux) Game - Axis and Allies (hope that there is someone to play it with) Book - The Baseball Encyclopedia (Neft & Cohen)