Last month BBC Radio 4 invited you, me and everyone to submit their own desert island discs so they could choose their top songs to take away to the island with them.
Back then, when I was having a break from blogging, I picked the below:
Electric Six - Dance Epidemic
Moby - Slipping Away
Aqua - Cartoon Heroes
Richard Marx - Hazard
Faure - Pavane
Elton John - Your Song 2002
Culture Beat - Mr Vain
Sparks - Dick Around
I do confess to throwing the piece of classical music in as more of a nod to the tradition of them doing classical music. Though it was tricky for me to pick just eight tracks and I wouldn't be surprised if I was the only person to suggest those seven pop songs.
So what were the top most chosen songs?
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor Choral
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor
Handel - The Messiah
Holst - The Planets
The concentration on classical music doesn't surprise me but, without wanting to stereotype people but doing so anyway, those that filled it in were probably the more older type of person hence the level of classical music in it. I can't find fault with Queen's inclusion but 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd? It's an OK track but the Scissor Sisters camper cover of it is far better. It's hard to argue against the original being a bit tedious after a couple of minutes.
What do you think of the top eight, and what would you submit if you were given the chance to do it?
Sunday 12 June 2011
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