Our Desert Island Discs

This blog post was inspired by the BBC Radio 4 programme, Desert Island Discs. For those of you not familiar with the format, the show’s guest (or ‘castaway’) chooses eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take with them if they were cast away on a desert island. For this post, we’ve each taken a turn at being the castaway and chosen the eight tracks that mean something to us, as well as a book and a luxury. Castaways also nominate the one track they would save if the rest were washed away by the waves, and we’ve marked those with a star. If you use Spotify, you can listen to the playlist of our music choices here.

Tommi

• Murheellisten Laulujen Maa – Eppu Normaali
• Lapin Jenkka – Tapio Rautavaara
• Ivano Fossati – Viaggiatori D’Occidente
• * Valse Triste – Jean Sibelius
• I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You – Tom Waits
• Sylvian Joululaulu – Various different artists
• Enough is Enough – Chumbawamba & Credit to the Nation
• Tango Pelargonia – Kari Kuuva

Book: Muumipeikko ja Pyrstötähti – Tove Jansson

Luxury item: A compass

 

Sarah

• * Joe’s Head – Kings of Leon
• A Day in the Life – The Beatles
• Don’t You Worry Bout a Thing – Stevie Wonder
• Wherever is Your Heart – Brandi Carlile
• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
• The Only Place – Best Coast
• Doctor! Doctor! – Thompson Twins
• Proper Crimbo – Bo Selecta

Book: Anne of Green Gables series – L. M. Montgomery

Luxury item: A cricket bat and ball

 

Anna

• Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide – David Bowie
• The Dancer – PJ Harvey
• Doll Parts – Hole
• * Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
• Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las
• The Guests – Leonard Cohen
• Proserpina – Martha Wainwright
• Queen of Denmark – John Grant

Book: The Crimson Petal and the White – Michael Faber

Luxury item: A still

 

Laura

• Pure Shores – All Saints
• Good Tradition – Tanita Tikaram
• * Sky And Sand – Paul Kalkbrenner
• Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
• Books From Boxes – Maximo Park
• Heart and Soul played on a piano
• The Way I Are – Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake
• Murder On The Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis Bextor

Book: The Noughts & Crosses trilogy – Malorie Blackman

Luxury item: A 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of the world in exceptional detail

 

Flo

• Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
• What Can I Do To Make You Love Me – The Corrs
• Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
• Mr. Brightside – The Killers
• * Good Arms vs Bad Arms – Frightened Rabbit
• Postcards from Italy – Beirut
• Everlasting Light – The Black Keys
• Coffee – Sylvan Esso

Book: Atonement – Ian McEwan

Luxury item: An everlasting notebook and pen

 

Alice

• * Teardop – Massive Attack
• Rambling Man – Laura Marling
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
• Porcelain – Moby
• Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
• Fake Empire – The National
• The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
• Peaches – The Presidents of the United States of America

Book: The Harry Potter series – J. K. Rowling

Luxury item: A lifetime supply of painting materials

 

Spotify users can listen to the full list (almost – sadly not every single song listed above is available on Spotify!) of our Desert Island Discs choices here.