Desert Island VIII Results Thread

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CIB had two people place it 2nd, one person place it last, and the rest in the middle of the pack.

Similar to uv92's in that I thought there were a ton of great songs, but a bit unsettled in terms of presentation. Although I personally had it ranked much higher than this.
 
Agreed with Screw and LeMel on that one. Liked both of the lists a lot, but we've gotten a bit more focused on flow and concept as a whole lately. Not necessarily a bad thing, but some playlists kind of get lost by the wayside as a result.
 
I got 14th place last time, hopefully I will get better and better. 12 is better. Thanks for the feedback, guys. Flow is a big focus for me next time and genre flow. :up:
 
Cute Irish Bono said:
I got 14th place last time, hopefully I will get better and better. Thanks for the feedback, guys. Flow is big focus for me next time and genre flow.:up:

I'm glad someone besides me wants DI to reach at least 14 installments. :)
 
(tie) 11. onebloodonelife

Total Points: 94

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: Last

Jouissance

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At its thematic core, this list is about experiencing visceral pleasures to the fullest. You know, those "animalistic" desires we don't dare speak aloud. Sex, drugs, dancing; it's all here. Party down, folks.

How Does It Feel?
1. B.O.B. - "Beast Mode" - No Genre (3:12)
2. Teen Daze - "Four More Years" - Four More Years (3:13)
3. Dam-Funk - "Hood Pass Intact" - Toeachizown (5:01)
4. Prince - "Head" - Dirty Mind (4:45)
5. Beck - "Sexx Laws" - Midnite Vultures (3:40)

Bass Bangin'
6. Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor" - Made in the Dark (3:53)
7. Justin Timberlake - "Sexyback" - Futuresex/Lovesounds (4:03)
8. Usher - "Yeah!" - Confessions (4:10)
9. Missy Elliott - "Work It" - Under Construction (4:59)
10. N.E.R.D. - "She Wants to Move" - Fly or Die (3:34)
11. UGK - "Int'l Players Club (I Choose You)" - Underground Kingz (4:19)
12. Grizzly Bear - "Knife (Girl Talk Remix)" - Yellow House (4:42)

From the Westside, With Love
13. 2Pac - "California Love (Original Version)" - Greatest Hits (4:45)
14. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" - The Chronic (3:58)
15. Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice" - Doggystyle (3:32)
16. Dom Kennedy - "Choose Up" - From the Westside, With Love (3:19)

I Blow It By the O (this section's for Travis and Ashley, who love to kid me about my own constant blowing of smoke :wink: )
17. Kid Cudi - "Wild'n Cuz I'm Young" - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (4:16)
18. Ab-Soul - "Pass the Blunt" - Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke and Almost Famous
19. Freddie Gibbs - "Personal OG" - Str8 Killa EP
20. Lil' Wayne - "Kush" - Tha Carter III Bonus Disc
21. Wiz Khalifa - "Smoker Face" - single track release (3:02)
22. Atmosphere - "Feel Good Hit of the Summer 2" - Leak at Will EP (2:16)

These Waves...are Chill, Bro
23. jj - "Ecstasy" - N°2 (3:33)
24. Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer" - Psychic Chasms (4:03)
25. Washed Out - "Get Up" - Life of Leisure EP (3:01)
26. Tegan and Sara - "Alligator (Toro y Moi Remix)" - Alligator single (4:08)
27. Memory Tapes - "Stop Talking" - Seek Magic (7:05)
28. Toro y Moi - "Left Alone at Night (Original)" - Left Alone at Night single (3:11)

The (Electronica) Party Goes On
29. Koushik - "Buttaflybeat" - Out My Window (1:02)
30. Four Tet - "As Serious As Your Life" - Rounds (4:49)
31. Flying Lotus - "GNG BNG" - Los Angeles (3:39)
32. Baths - "Maximalist" - Cerulean (3:20)
33. Maximum Balloon - "Groove Me" - Maximum Balloon (3:45)
34. Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On" - The Show Goes On single (4:00)

Total: 132:38



(tie) 11. Reggo

Total Points: 94

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: Last

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Gloria Grey

"All of you are weak. Lying safe and sound in your cozy little sanities. In your nice, safe, minds. BREAK THEM."

Track listing:

1. My Chemica Romance - “Romance” - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (1:05)
2. Steven Wilson - “The Guitar Lesson” - Cover Version IV (4:08)
3. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - “A Little Push” - The Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2:43)
4. Tori Amos - “Raining Blood” - Strange Little Girls (6:22)
5. Passengers - “Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)” - Original Soundtracks 1 (3:35)
6. Celtic Frost - “Danse Macabre” - Morbid Tales (3:52)
7. Tom Waits - “Black Box Theme” - The Black Rider (2:42)
8. The Dresden Dolls - “Slide” - The Dresden Dolls (4:30)
9. Roddy Bottum - “The Pass Where The Devil Can See” - Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (0:57)
10. Siouxsie & The Banshees - “Helter Skelter” - The Scream (3:49)
11. Skinny Puppy - “Worlock” - Rabies (5:31)
12. The Beatles - “Revolution 9” - White Album (8:13)
13. Marilyn Manson - “Empty Sounds Of Hate” - Antichrist Superstar (1:39)
14. Radiohead - “Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors” - Amnesiac (4:07)
15. The Cure - “Subway Song” - Boys Don't Cry (1:52)
16. A Perfect Circle - “Lullaby” - Thirteenth Step (2:01)
17. Axis of Perdition - “Isolation Cubicle 312” - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital (3:12)
18. Sarah Brightman and Company - “Crucifixus” - Repo! The Genetic Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1:48)
19. U2 - “Please” - Please (Single) (5:50)
20. Tool - “Viginti Tres” -10,000 Days (5:03)
21. Type O Negative - “Black Sabbath” - Nativity In Black (7:45)
22. Inhale - “black” - Silence, Memory, & Withdrawal (6:27)
23. Amiina - “Doctor Finkelstein/In The Forest” - Nightmare Revisited (3:18)
24. Slipknot - “The Virus Of Life” - Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses (5:25)
25. Green Day - “¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)” - 21st Century Breakdown (3:48)
26. Sunn O))) - “Bathory Erzsebet” - Black One (16:00)
27. Porcupine Tree - “Bonnie The Cat” - The Incident (5:45)
28. Krzysztof Penderecki - “Als Jakob Erwachte” - Inland Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (7:28)
29. Hiro Goto and Adrienne Woods - “The Unforgettable Fire” - Still Strung Out on U2: Vol. 2 (4:05)
30. Muse - “Take A Bow” - Black Holes And Revelations (4:40)

Total runtime: 137:40 or 2:37:40
 
Reggo said:
I'm already working on my next list(s). I like this game.

Ashley and I are listening to my DI9 right now. She was with me until my affirmative action blues pick.
 
^ :lol:

Also, who was psychotic enough to put mine first? :laugh:
 
(tie) 11. Reggo

Wow. Shocked about this one. I had this playlist at number one. Definitely among the most concept-based, original lists I've ever listened to. It's so haunting from beginning to end.

Usually, I listen to the playlists, rank them, and then pick the songs I want to keep, deleting the rest.

Reggo's is the only playlist that I put on my iPod as a whole. That's the only way it makes sense and it's chilling when it does. Incredible job.
 
Bit of a bummer to see these lists this low, I had both ranked much higher.

Had your playlist ended with Please, Reggo, it would have been #1. despite the fact I won't listen to many of these songs again it was very good.
 
Wow. Shocked about this one. I had this playlist at number one. Definitely among the most concept-based, original lists I've ever listened to. It's so haunting from beginning to end.

Usually, I listen to the playlists, rank them, and then pick the songs I want to keep, deleting the rest.

Reggo's is the only playlist that I put on my iPod as a whole. That's the only way it makes sense and it's chilling when it does. Incredible job.

I take back calling you psychotic :wink: Thank you for the praise! :D
 
Oh cool, I haven't totally missed this!

And oh my god, I've cracked the top ten? Wow, I'm thrilled already!
 
Jeez, guys. Double the results, double the traffic.

You have a weird sense of humor, Reggo. .wink:
 
Bit of a bummer to see these lists this low, I had both ranked much higher.

Had your playlist ended with Please, Reggo, it would have been #1. despite the fact I won't listen to many of these songs again it was very good.

I thought it would be too short if I did...:shrug: Oh well.
 
Bit of a bummer to see these lists this low, I had both ranked much higher.

Had your playlist ended with Please, Reggo, it would have been #1. despite the fact I won't listen to many of these songs again it was very good.

probably my only complaint about Reggo's list is it went on a bit too long with no real breathing room/sound change. But it was quite an interesting list.
 
probably my only complaint about Reggo's list is it went on a bit too long with no real breathing room/sound change.

Except for that totally out-of-place Green Day song. :wink:

Honestly though, I think a sound change or breathing room would've actually weakened Reggo's list.
 
9. Joey788

Total Points: 110

Highest Ranking: 1st
Lowest Ranking: 13th

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IN CHANGING TIMES

Part 1: Kids (41:13)
01. The White Stripes – “We’re Going to be Friends” – White Blood Cells (2:22)
02. Arcade Fire – “Ready To Start” – The Suburbs (4:16)
03. Best Coast – “Boyfriend” – Crazy For You (2:30)
04. She & Him – “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?” – Volume One (2:31)
05. The Duke Spirit – “You Really Wake Up The Love In Me” – Neptune (2:42)
06. Peter Bjorn And John – “Young Folks” – Writer’s Block (4:39)
07. Wilco – “I’m Always In Love” – Summerteeth (3:43)
08. Muse – “Invincible” – Black Holes and Revelations (5:01)
09. Metric – “Twilight Galaxy” – Fantasies (4:54)
10. Coldplay – “Shiver” – Parachutes (5:02)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps” – Fever To Tell (3:40)
This part is all about falling in love for the first time. I envisioned it as a young boy and girl meeting each other in school and becoming friends. Then, years later, the feelings have started to blossom into high school romance. They chase after each other and eventually become a couple. While everything appears to be perfect, the beginning of cracks are starting to form towards the end of the set.

Part 2: Losing Direction (47:42)
01. The Verve – “Love Is Noise” – Forth (5:29)
02. The Beatles – “For No One” – Revolver (2:03)
03. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – “Everytime I’m With You” – Dark Night of the Soul (3:10)
04. Bat for Lashes – “Siren Song” – Two Suns (4:58)
05. The National – “Conversation 16” – High Violet (4:19)
06. Garbage – “Stupid Girl” – Garbage (4:19)
07. Tegan & Sara – “Are You Ten Years Ago” – The Con (3:18)
08. The Smashing Pumpkins – “The Beginning is the End of the Beginning” – Rarities and B-Sides (5:02)
09. Emilie Autumn – “I Know Where You Sleep” – Opheliac (3:13)
10. Nine Inch Nails – “Eraser” – The Downward Spiral (4:54)
11. How to Destroy Angels – “A Drowning” – How To Destroy Angels (7:03)
The cracks are forming and there are huge problems in their relationship. Maybe they fell in love too fast. Maybe one needs too much from the other or they just can’t communicate. In any case, this is where everything falls apart. The songs represent a building array of emotions, including frustration, cynicism, self-loathing, outward rage, and finally sadness.

Part 3: Return Home (46:20)
01. Passengers – “Slug” – Original Soundtracks 1 (4:38)
02. Radiohead – “Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was” – The Bends (3:29)
03. Paramore – “The Only Exception” – Brand New Eyes (4:28)
04. Elbow – “The Bones of You” – The Seldom Seen Kid (4:49)
05. Depeche Mode – “Come Back” – Sounds of the Universe (5:16)
06. Florence & The Machine – “Cosmic Love” – Lungs (4:16)
07. Ra Ra Riot – “You and I Know” – The Orchard (4:35)
08. Linkin Park – “The Messenger” – A Thousand Suns (3:02)
09. St. Vincent – “Just The Same But Brand New” – Actor (5:24)
10. U2 – “All I Want Is You” – Rattle and Hum (6:30)
The final part takes place a few years later. By this time, both the man and woman have grown up and go through some self-reflection. Chance meetings lead to the realization that the feelings are still there. While both are cautious at trying what failed before, they overcome their insecurities and come back together, this time refusing to let their baggage weigh them down.

TOTAL RUNTIME: 2:15:15
 
Except for that totally out-of-place Green Day song. :wink:

Honestly though, I think a sound change or breathing room would've actually weakened Reggo's list.

Exactly, so I wish it'd been just a tad shorter.
 
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