"Desert Island" Discographies

Indymisanthrope said:
So you've been shipwrecked on a mysterious island that has a giant amphitheater, stage, lights, instruments, sound equipment, and pyrotechnics. What band would you want to have wash up on shore alongside you to get private concerts from before they resort to eating you?
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Other way around. I want to book in a big band so i can kill them all and have a big cannibal bbq
 
Joe Mac said:
Well you’ve got to kill and butcher them all pretty quickly so they don’t get suspicious plus new rule this self powering mega arena clearly has backstage fridges and freezers fo store the bands riders
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This changes everything. Still would have to kill and clean them all at once (or very quickly) and then just line them up in the giant magical walkin freezer.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
So you've been shipwrecked on a mysterious island that has a giant amphitheater, stage, lights, instruments, sound equipment, and pyrotechnics. What band would you want to have wash up on shore alongside you to get private concerts from before they resort to eating you?
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This is the sort of poignant question that I show up for, lol.

Hmmmm, this is interesting. In no particular order:

1. David Bowie
2. Tori Amos
3. Bjork
4. Bad Religion
5. Spelling
6. Miles Davis
7. Olafur Arnolds
8. Esparanza Spalding
9. Elton John
10. Billy Joel
11. Beyoncé
12. Madonna
13. Prince
14. George Clanton
15. Queensryche
 
nolalady said:
This is the sort of poignant question that I show up for, lol.
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You make us sound like animals
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wokeupnew said:
This is very interesting, I've never seen a desert island discographies, only just with albums.

my list

  1. The Mountain Goats
  2. The Radio Dept.
  3. The National
  4. Eluvium
  5. Stars of the Lid
  6. Sufjan Stevens
  7. Spiritualized
  8. Jens Lekman
  9. The Tallest Man on Earth
  10. Beach House
  11. Angel Olsen
  12. Jonathan Richman
  13. Sigur Ros
  14. Yo La Tengo
  15. The Kinks
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Looking at this again and how the heck did I forget about The Replacements??

The Kinks are being Replaced for The Replacements

  1. The Mountain Goats
  2. The Radio Dept.
  3. The National
  4. Eluvium
  5. Stars of the Lid
  6. Sufjan Stevens
  7. Spiritualized
  8. Jens Lekman
  9. The Tallest Man on Earth
  10. Beach House
  11. Angel Olsen
  12. Jonathan Richman
  13. Sigur Ros
  14. Yo La Tengo
  15. The Replacements
 
My List, might need a container ship for all the discographies included in #1/#2.

  1. Traveling Wilburys
  2. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
  3. Pearl Jam
  4. Grateful Dead
  5. Drive~By Truckers
  6. Bjork
  7. Lou Reed
  8. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
  9. Flaming Lips
  10. Aretha Franklin
  11. Genesis
  12. Beastie Boys
  13. Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis
  14. Miles Davis
  15. Sarah Vaughn
Potentially swap out 15 for Al Green depending on who I'm shipwrecked with.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
But almost all of them ARE musical artists too! Do we only get to take music where someone *performed* on the record? What is performance? What about composers? Lyricists? Aren’t we hearing their work too when we listen to a record, even if it’s not their breath or vocal chords or hands making the sounds?

Not *just* trying to be difficult here (although, also that) but I think there’s actually something to delve into here. If I pick Ray Charles, do I get Kanye West sampling Ray Charles? For that matter, if I pick Kanye West, do I get all the beats he made for other people? What is that, if not instrumentation?
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I’m all for old school desert island discs. You get 7 songs on 7” records and at the end you have to pick one to save from the waves as they are getting washed out! Hard choices are good!
 
I’m just going to do my top 15 albums that I’d want on a desert island just because I feel like it
  1. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t
  2. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
  3. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
  4. Eluvium - Copia
  5. The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
  6. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
  7. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
  8. The National - Boxer
  9. Beach House - Bloom
  10. The Replacements - Tim
  11. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
  12. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
  13. Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
  14. Big Star - #1 Record
  15. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
 
:) Stephen Malkmus
;) Neil Young
:( A Tribe Called Quest
:cool: Trio
:p Wu-Tang Clan
:D Madlib
:eek: The Highwaymen
:oops: Art Blakey
:rolleyes: The Grateful Dead
o_O The Traveling Wilburys
:cautious: Guided By Voices
:censored: The Velvet Underground
:cry: Rolling Stones
:love: Kurt Vile
:LOL: Jim O’Rourke

I know I am abusing the rules but they’re not my rules and it’s my desert island so with that in mind…

Jim O’Rourke would nab me Sonic Youth and Wilco albums. Kurt Vile would give me a War On Drugs album. Madlib would give me Madvillian, Quasimoto, and Freddie Gibbs. Wu-Tang would give me a whole bunch solo records. The Highwaymen gives me Cash, Waylon, Willie, and Kristofferson catalogs. The Traveling Wilburys give me George Harrison (and thus The Beatles catalog) along with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison. Trio gives me Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt discography. Stephen Malkmus gives me Pavement and Silver Jews. Lastly, Velvet Underground gives me John Cale, Nico and Lou Reed solo albums.
 
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