Can i dare ask this question?
I know it is a really tough one, but it should be fun and i am sure it will help many of us to discover new "old" gems
for me the best song of all time would "Long After You're Gone" By Chris Jones, a close second would be "Nothing To Fear" by Chris Rea
For Albums, i guess it would be "Wish You Where Here", Pink Floyd
Album: "The Yes Album" Yes
Song: "Sussex Carol" Choir of Kings College Cambridge
Too hard to answer I think. For a start. I'd need to decide if the Prodigy's "Experience" is a better album than Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" or "Hunky Dory". Too hard! It's a bid like deciding if a Ferrari is better than a Rolls Royce, or if wine is better than a decent beer. (I'd go for the Ferrari, a decent red after I'd parked it safely, still not sure about the music though)
In my case it depends on the mood I am in.
One day it may be the Glen Gould Goldberg Variations, another Zappa's Hot Rats, Another Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, another almost any of the Puccini Opera live recordings I have.
Favourite song?
non-classical "Farewell, farewell" the irreplaceable Sandy Denny Fairport Convention.
Classical Mahler "Wenn dein Mutterlein tritt zur Tur herein" one of the Kindertotenlieder sung by Kathleen Ferrier. One doesn't need a hifi to be totally overcome by this performance IMHO.
x2 for "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
As a schoolboy I was lucky enough to save enough money & see them quite a number of times in the 70's
"Protection" by Massive Attack is close second; I love the big dynamics and vocals (Tracey Thorn I think)
(21-Nov-2014, 09:26)krass Wrote: [ -> ]"Protection" by Massive Attack is close second; I love the big dynamics and vocals (Tracey Thorn I think)
Yes! A collaboration with Tracey Thorn. Also features samples taken from a James Brown track.
An update, I was actually listening to this tonight, I must say, it has just about the strangest bass I have ever heard!
(21-Nov-2014, 09:26)krass Wrote: [ -> ]x2 for "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
for me it always felt as if their music especially on this album (and in particular Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part II) is an extraterrestrial form of communication
Mile - Richard Buckner (Song)
Wrong-Eyed Jesus - Jim White (album)
Today, anyway. Might be something completely different if you asked me next week.
(19-Nov-2014, 21:43)Confused Wrote: [ -> ]Too hard to answer I think. For a start. I'd need to decide if the Prodigy's "Experience" is a better album than Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" or "Hunky Dory". Too hard! It's a bid like deciding if a Ferrari is better than a Rolls Royce, or if wine is better than a decent beer. (I'd go for the Ferrari, a decent red after I'd parked it safely, still not sure about the music though)
Hunky Dory is the best of those three albums imo.
Also, RR and beer - but not together
This is Desert Island Discs, no? (Apologies to non-UK residents who may be unfamiliar with the show.)
For rock/pop my album choice would be Springsteen, Born to Run, and my track would be Thunder Road off the same album.
My classical desert island pick would be Janacek's From the House of the Dead (the Mackerras recording obvs).
Matt