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Ol' Donie wrote: »

How many are you allowed have?

This TP tune could well be one!

Only Eight, it's a headwrecker

Guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island, and to choose eight pieces of music, originally gramophone records, to take with them; discussion of their choices permits a review of their life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs

I could choose 8 now, and I'd pick 8 different songs tomorrow.

But it's a great show on Radio 4, well worth a search of their archive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway

You can tell a lot about people by their choice of music. RTE should do a version of the same show, I think it would do well at the Weekend.

I love the little inserts on this show - One Man and His Dog!

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Rocket Queen, Here comes the sun, Digital Love, The Song Remains The Same, Hey Jude, Lenny (SRV), Something in the Air, Thunder Road.

That's tonight's eight! :-D

Youtube time!

Wow, that's a quality list Donie.

I will give mine in due course, I wouldn't like to commit myself right now!

Enjoy the Youtube

I was thinking about the Desert Island Discs - I did a search on my Harddrive and it turns out I did a list a while back which I forgot about

here it is for what it's worth - it could well change completely next time ...

Artist|Song
Oasis|Don't Look Back In Anger
Gerry and The Pacemakers|You'll Never Walk Alone
The Beatles|Hey Jude
The Dubliners|In The Rare Auld Times
Pulp|Common People
Elvis Costello|Olivers Army
Gladys Knight|Let it Be
Smokey Robinson|Tracks of my Tears

At the end of the show Kirsty asks you to pick one song that you would save if you had to (It's hard enough picking 8, Kirsty - I cried leaving out God Only knows!).

Probably You'll Never Walk Alone - I'll never get tired of that

Yamanoto wrote: »

Here ya go Skid, a nice rarity with Carl Wilsons vocal as brilliant as ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EgAhLs1Epg

That's a lovely version, Yamanoto - cheers. You would really want to smuggle a solar powered well stocked MP3 player onto the island!

This weekend - It's a Good Friday, and a not so Good Saturday (they should stop all these programmes clashing, spread them out a bit)


Friday

BBC4

9pm Imagine: Jimi Hendrix: Hear my Train a Comin (Repeated 1.30am)

Alan Yentob profiles the American guitarist who enjoyed just four years of mainstream exposure in the late 1960s, but who lives on thanks to his influential music. Jimi Hendrix was a true original, a former private in the 101st Airbourne who famously found an audience when former Animals bass player Chas Chandler discovered him and brought him over to the UK. He revolutionised the music scene and pushed his musical gifts to their extremes to become arguably the greatest rock guitarist of all time. Bob Smeaton's film features never-before-seen performance footage, home movies and family letters, as well as contributions from the Hendrix family, Paul McCartney and former bandmates Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell

10.30pm Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock (repeated 3am)

A definitive account of one of the guitarist's most celebrated performances, at the New York festival in 1969, featuring signature renditions of Purple Haze, Voodoo Child and the Star Spangled Banner. The programme includes interviews with Woodstock promoter Michael Lang and Hendrix's band members Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Larry Lee and Juma Sultan

11.30pm More Guitar Heroes at the BBC

Archive performances by celebrated musicians Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Peter Green and Johnny Winter. Other artists featured include Manitas de Plata, Ry Cooder, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC, while Fleetwood Mac's Albatross and In the City by the Jam are among the classic songs seen again in clips from the BBC's 1970s music shows

12.30am Guitar Heroes on Later with Jools Holland

A collection of performances by guitarists who have rocked the Later studio since 1995. Featuring appearances by Buddy Guy and the home-grown musicians he inspired, including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend. They are joined on the bill by Carlos Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the White Stripes and Radiohead

BBC 2 NI

11pm Later - with Jools Holland (extended)

New series. An extended edition of Tuesday night's show, when the programme kicked off its 44th run with Elbow performing numbers from their recent chart-topping album The Take Off and Landing of Everything, including recent single New York Morning. Neneh Cherry showcases her solo album Blank Project and plays her classic 1988 hit Buffalo Stance, veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck joins Jools for a chat and a song at the piano, and Cambridge electronic group Clean Bandit are joined by vocalist Jess Glynne to perform their number one hit Rather Be. There are also appearances by Leeds alt-rock band Eagulls and Danish singer-songwriter and pianist Agnes Obel

12.10am Jools Holand - My Life in Music

The musician and TV presenter talks about his life and career, including his childhood in the East End, joining the band Squeeze and landing the job as co-host of Channel 4's The Tube. With behind-the-scenes footage from his BBC Two show Later and a visit to the recording studio in Greenwich he designed himself, as well as contributions by Tom Jones, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Paul Weller, Bob Geldof and Vic Reeves

Saturday

BBC 2

10.30pm Pop Goes BBC Two

Documentary exploring popular music since 1964 through a selection of 50 moments from BBC Two, featuring key live performances, excerpts from documentaries and iconic presenters in action on the channel. Including Joy Division's appearance on Something Else, the Stone Roses suffering a power failure mid-song on The Late Show, John Lennon reciting poetry with Dudley Moore on Not Only... But Also, Jools Holland chatting to Amy Winehouse on Later and Patti Smith performing Horses on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976. Plus, clips from The Beat Room, Colour Me Pop, Ebony and Def II, as well as Glastonbury festivals over the years

Excellent Stone Roses Movie which isn't on the BBC ...

Channel 4 Saturday 10.50pm - Made of Stone

Premiere. Documentary about the influential British rock band, in which film-maker Shane Meadows follows the group through rehearsals for their 2012 reunion concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park, the first time they had played together in 16 years. Featuring previously unseen archive footage spanning the Roses' history