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Brother can you spare a Dime - George Michael
Going to a Town - Rufus Wainwright
Solid Air - erm, forgotten! oh yeh, John Martin

Three desert islanders for me. So come on, let's here them. If there are any I don't know I'll be googling them!
 
Not a chance I could whittle it down to a favourite 3, favourite 20 perhaps and that would take some thinking.
 
Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald; A Forest by the Cure, and 'What Ho' by Purcell :D
 
This boy can't swim - Catatonia
This far out - Helicopter Girl
Rocket's tail - Kate Bush

... In the jukebox please :)
Sorry Sue, this desert island has a solar powered jukebox.
 
Good one Hen-Gen. OH approves of Ella and Summertime. My 3
Charlotte the harlot; Iron Maiden
Don't stop me now; Queen
Your own special way; Genesis

From the OH who came up with about 20 instantly
Un bel di Vedremo; Puccini
All time high; Rita Coolidge
She wears Red Feathers; Guy Mitchell (her dad used to sing it to her as a child)
At the hop Danny and the Juniors
 
So as not to be a total killjoy I can just about manage a top 3 from the past 6-7 years and I struggled with that despite it being a narrower choice.

Pumped Up Kicks-Foster the People
Rosebud-The Jezabels
Take it Back-Toddla T (feat Shola Ama)

Number of the Beast was Iron Maidens best ever album I reckon BYM, my fave off it was Hallowed Be Thy Name.

Am I the only person on here who likes music by the 1930's British Dance Bands?
 
The Cure track is from my teenage angst period :D

I am afraid 1930s dance music does not do it for me, Dinos, but I am going to Google all those tracks I don't know....which is most of them! Wouldn't it be funny if one of us was on DID, I have often thought it would be a good idea to have a regular person on it, all our lives are so different.
 
The closest they have is the Non Stop Oldies on Steve Wright in the afternoon where anyone can send in three of their favourites to be played, but no reasons why or anything like that. God forbid they give airtime to non luvvies.

Once upon a time I could very easily have said what my favourite three songs were, but as time has gone on and I've listened to more and more music what I love to listen to at any one time seems to change. If you had asked me what my favourite song was 25 years ago it would have been easy, Run To You by Bryan Adams, I still like it a lot but just not enough to play it over and over again. Favourite year for music is still easy for me though, 1983, I like more songs from that year than any other.

Have liked 30's music since hearing it in the Shining, ended up buying a gramophone and a stack of 78's 15 years ago and that opened up another huge amount of music I'd never heard before. Wouldn't expect it to float many peoples boats tbh.

You can't be all that old Hen-Gen, you know who George Michael is.

Edit. I stand corrected, listening now and you actually do get to say why you chose your songs on Steve Wright.
 
We were trying out speakers in a hi-fi shop and the assistant asked us what music we liked - my reply was "Anything from Thomas Tallis to King Crimson."
Top 3 vary according to the mood I'm in - danced to Motown; love the Beach boys; sing lots of early (16th century) music, love '30 s jazz and big bands (goes with the cars) and the Duet from Bizet's the Pearl Fishers (sung by Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill ) must be in there somewhere!
Oh and Eric Whitacre's Equus which I had the privilege of singing with an amazing international youth orchestra two years ago.
 
I cannot get bored of listening to symphonica by George Michel, brilliant.
Somewhere in time is my favorite maiden album.
My favorite music is electronic, be it pet shop boys pop or tangerine dream.
Billy Bragg - cindy of a thousand lives
Sun ain't gonna shine anymore - Walker brothers
Amy hit the atmosphere - counting crows
 
Number of the Beast, best album by Iron Maiden, totally agree with you there Dinosaw. OH enjoys a sing along to the Beach Boys. On subject of bands OH had Ella singing Moonlight Serenade at her mums funeral as her mum a keen ballroom dancer loved foxtrotting to it. I was blown away by her voice, not really listened to her before.
 
We are so varied in our tastes :D I am in awe of someone with musical ability, singing or playing, being totally clueless myself, respect Margaid :-)08

Last night we went to a concert of English baroque music, here in Portugal, which is a bit unlikely to say the least. I can't say it was very good, but I thoroughly enjoyed the live experience. I see that tonight on BBC4 at 9 there is a 3 hour special celebrating 30 years since the last Old Grey Whistle Test, bits of which must be good, tho I don't think I can take the whole 3 hours!
 
You could always record it and watch it in pieces.
We are both in awe of Margaid and her singing prowess a true Welsh woman.
My OH a good few years ago was mulling over with a friend who to present the dance awards at their dance schools medal presentation, and wouldn't it be nice if they could get someone famous, when one of the pupils said my nan is a singer she would do it. The response from OH was " yeah right who is she" thinking it was going to be some working mans club singer. Little girl replied "Helen Shapiro, don't suppose you have heard of her".
She duly came and was charming and lovely and what a voice.
 
You've made me blush! I'm a choir member not a soloist, but brought up in S. Wales you sing almost as soon as you can talk. I can read music but was in my late twenties when I discovered I could sight read - pick up some music and sing it. That's what I shall be doing all day tomorrow if my voice is OK -I've been croaking like a frog for over 10 days now! Oh and we're singing Mexican Baroque music!
 
One of my other DiD would be Land of My Fathers, as it combines two things mentioned above, Wales and funerals. My mother's family is also from South Wales (rugby today!) and she chose this to be played at her brother's funeral. It's so powerful, not through any nationalistic tendencies (i don't speak Welsh), it's the elemental power of the sounds and the strength of the voices. It's a bit rubbish when you are trying not to cry.

Mexican Baroque, I didn't realise it was a movement outside Europe, which makes me sound very parochial. The things you learn from a chicken forum :lol:
 
Mexican Baroque is new to both of us as well.
You may not be a soloist Margaid but just being in the choir is impressive in my book. Land of My Fathers is a lovely song I agree Mrs Biscuit it just sounds so wonderful. I like Jerusalem for the same reason and the hymn Dear Lord and father of Mankind
 
I'd have to go with
All night long - Rainbow,
Will you - Hazel O'Connor & one of the world's best sax solos and
Shipbuilding- the Robert Wyatt version. One of the first singles I ever bought.

Tallis is one of those writers whose music sometimes sounds wrong when it's right. A very astute chap not afraid to change from Catholic to Protestant & back again depending who was on the throne at the time & who was paying him to write music!
 
You have just reminded me of the first single I ever bought. Albatross Fleetwood Mac. Must Google shipbuilding Robert Wyatt that is new to me
 
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