Desert Island VIII Results Thread

[LemonMelon]

Friggin lame. Top 5 IMO.

 

[cobl04]

Thanks everyone! I really liked my playlist, glad others did too.

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

I loved the first part so much! Not keen on the rap part but I still ranked this list very high. But it feel like a whole and concise playlist.

 

[cobl04]

Friggin lame. Top 5 IMO.

Woah! Cheers! You never shared your thoughts I don't think?

 

[phanan]

I just noticed that none of my personal top 5 has shown up yet. Sweet.

 

[Reggo]

Based on the results so far, I think I know who won.

 

[Screwtape2]

This was a very good playlist.

 

[Joey788]

I really liked the first half. It was really well put together. But the second half lost me with the influx of rap music, which I've never been into with a few exceptions.

 

[bono_212]

I just noticed that none of my personal top 5 has shown up yet. Sweet.

One of mine has already show up (Ultraviolet) but otherwise this is boding well.

 

[Screwtape2]

Three of my top five are still around. So that's good.

 

[Reggo]

Three of my top five are still around. So that's good.

Same here.

 

[Axver]

One of mine has already show up (Ultraviolet) but otherwise this is boding well.

My #3 was last. Damn.

 

[LemonMelon]

Woah! Cheers! You never shared your thoughts I don't think?

Very nice, mature first half and a fun second half with a few ridiculous tracks I could do without. That's really the way to go with hip-hop...people love it here in small doses. There is more and more of it these days in DI, which I love.

Anyway, I digress. Great improvement for you.

 

[Axver]

Given the reaction to the hip-hop segments, I can't wait to see how people react to my metal list.

 

[phanan]

6. Axver

Total Points: 138

Highest Ranking: 2nd
Lowest Ranking: 13th

Out With The Old, In With The Nucleus

This list has one simple theme: it is made exclusively featuring bands I have never used in DI before.* Obviously that presents challenges you don't normally get when making a DI list, and it certainly represents a deviation from the usual "Axver DI List". I did not make this list with any other intended story or message, preferring to leave that up to the listener. I find it far more interesting what people get out of music than what any tracklist compiler intends they get out of it.

*Or thought I hadn't. I only realised two artists were repeats after my list was essentially finalised and their spots were well cemented. I used The Go-Betweens in DI II, i.e. ages ago, so I figured I'd let it slide. I used Headless Chickens last DI, an inexcusable oversight, but since their representation is via a remix, I decided to keep it.

1. The Chameleons - "Don't Fall" - Script Of The Bridge (4:06)
2. Amesoeurs - "Les Ruches Malades" - Amesoeurs (4:17)
3. Swervedriver - "Last Train To Satansville" - Mezcal Head (6:45)
4. Whipping Boy - "Users" - Heartworm (3:53)
5. Tamaryn - "The Waves" - The Waves (5:07)
6. Soundpool - "Mirrors In Your Eyes" - Mirrors In Your Eyes (4:29)
7. Blue Hawaii - "Dream Electrixra" - Blooming Summer (2:47)
8. The Depreciation Guild - "My Chariot" - Spirit Youth (4:44)
9. Built To Spill - "Else" - Keep It Like A Secret (4:09)
10. Cloud Control - "My Fear #2" - Bliss Release (3:44)
11. The Go-Betweens - "Was There Anything I Could Do?" - Bellavista Terrace: The Best Of The Go-Betweens (3:08)
12. The Paints Of Being Pure At Heart - "Stay Alive" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (4:56)
13. The Church - "Electric Lash" - Seance (4:25)
14. Adorable - "Sunshine Smile" - Against Perfection (5:04)
15. Les Discrets - "L'échapée" - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées (4:04)
16. Crocodiles - "Mirrors" - Sleep Forever (5:32)
17. Hüsker Dü - "Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" - New Day Rising (3:07)
18. Love Of Diagrams - "Static Information" - Nowhere Forever (4:13)
19. A Place To Bury Strangers - "Don't Think Lover" - A Place To Bury Strangers (3:25)
20. Ceremony - "Marianne" - Rocket Fire (4:42)
21. Maybeshewill - "How To Have Sex With A Ghost" - Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony (3:29)
22. Kyuss - "Demon Cleaner" - Welcome To Sky Valley (5:19)
23. Beaches - "Horizon" - Beaches (4:28)
24. Seja - "I'll Get To You" - We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares (3;14)
25. Memoryhouse - "To The Lighthouse" - The Years (3:25)
26. Salmonella Dub - "Longtime" - One Drop East (6:46)
27. Neon Indian - "Psychic Chasms" - Psychic Chasms (4:07)
28. Toro Y Moi - "Blessa" - Causers Of This (2:44)
29. Washed Out - "Feel It All Around" - Life Of Leisure (3:16)
30. Headless Chickens - "Cruise Control (Eskimos In Egypt Mix)" - Cruise Control (3:49)
31. Manic Street Preachers - "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (4:51)
32. Film School - "Heart Full Of Pentagons" - Fission (4:16)
33. Alpine - "Tough Skin" - Zurich (3:07)
34. Sugar Army - "No Need For Lovers" - The Parallels Amongst Ourselves (3;55)
35. Surfer Blood - "Anchorage" - Astro Coast (6:23)
36. These New Puritans - "White Chords" - Hidden (3:42)
37. Silversun Pickups - "Common Reactor" - Carnavas (6:01)

Total runtime: 2:39:16

 

[Reggo]

given the reaction to the hip-hop segments, i can't wait to see how people react to my metal list.

hail the necrowizard!

 

[bono_212]

Given the reaction to the hip-hop segments, I can't wait to see how people react to my metal list.

Hell, like I said, the niche lists did really well this time around. If your metal list has the flow and the songs are good. Who knows !

 

[Reggo]

Ah, hell. There goes another of my top five.

 

[cobl04]

Very nice, mature first half and a fun second half with a few ridiculous tracks I could do without. That's really the way to go with hip-hop...people love it here in small doses. There is more and more of it these days in DI, which I love.

Anyway, I digress. Great improvement for you.

Given the reaction to the hip-hop segments, I can't wait to see how people react to my metal list.

The fact you liked Real Niggaz Don't Die goes down as a great achievement for cobl04.

 

[Axver]

Holy shit, sixth? When was the last time I placed that high? DI II, I think.

Very happy, glad people evidently enjoyed the list a fair amount.

 

[bono_212]

The fact you liked Real Niggaz Don't Die goes down as a great achievement for cobl04.

I can't even read this post, the :cornflakes: are too great.

 

[Screwtape2]

Ah, hell. There goes another of my top five.

This. I think this might have been my favorite Axver playlist which is really saying something.

 

[bono_212]

DI II all the way. That list is still probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite DI list ever. Somewhere mixed in with GAF and Mr. V's DI6 lists.

 

[Axver]

Hell, like I said, the niche lists did really well this time around. If your metal list has the flow and the songs are good. Who knows !

I've made half of it with "listenability" in mind, i.e. stuff that I think a non-metal fan might find accessible and interesting to some extent. It's got some artists that have done reasonably well here in the past, like Alcest and Jesu and Russian Circles.

The other half is meant to illustrate the more extreme side, so I guess the fact it's alienating is the point anyway. I'm very curious to see how it goes.

Hopefully by the time DI IX rolls around, I'll have the flow fairly nailed.

 

[Joey788]

I think this is one of the best lists Axver has put together. Though I do find it hilarious that when I start getting into Porcupine Tree is when it's utterly absent from your list.

 

[Axver]

The fact you liked Real Niggaz Don't Die goes down as a great achievement for cobl04.

I'm as surprised as you are!

I think this is one of the best lists Axver has put together. Though I do find it hilarious that when I start getting into Porcupine Tree is when it's utterly absent from your list.

I could've squeezed in one of Steven Wilson's side projects, but I wanted to make a point of having nothing in any way connected to Porcupine Tree (similarly, I avoided doing the same with Neil Finn/Crowded House).

 

[phanan]

5. bono_212

Total Points: 142

Highest Ranking: 2nd
Lowest Ranking: 11th

A Trick of the Light

With this list, I'm just glad that I got it done, if you all like it, that's even better. It's probably my most cohesive list, and I enjoy it a lot. It's very indicative of what I've been listening to in the last year, above anything else, which is what I love so much about DI. Each list I make seems to catch me in the middle of some strange transitional period, and nailing down what I like, even for myself, becomes quite the task.

And of course, since I've never been happier in all of my life, this is probably the most depressing list I've made yet. What can I say, there's a reason I like The National. Have fun!

1. Supertramp - "Take the Long Way Home" - Breakfast in America (5:10)
2. Bruce Springgsteen - "Downbound Train" - Born in the U.S.A. (3:37)
3. Simple Minds - "Alive and Kicking" - Glittering Prize 81/92 (4:47)
4. When in Rome - "The Promise" - When in Rome (3:40)
5. ABC - "Be Near Me" - How to be A ...Zillionare (3:35)
6. Erasure - "Ship of Fools" - The Innocents (4:02)
7. The Psychedelic Furs - "Heartbreak Beat" - Midnight To Midnight (5:11)
8. The Cure - "Charlotte Sometimes" - Faith (4:13)
9. The Chameleons - "Monkeyland" - Script of the Bridge (5:25)
10. The Church - "Reptile" - Starfish (4:57)
11. Midnight Oil - "The Dead Heart" - Diesel and Dust (5:11)
12. The Triffids - "A Trick of the Light" - Calenture (3:51)
13. Talking Heads - "And She Was" - Little Creatures (3:39)
14. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies" - Darklands (4:01)
15. Catherine Wheel - "Strange Fruit" - Chrome (3:08)
16. My Bloody Valentine - "When You Sleep" - Loveless (4:12)
17. Cocteau Twins - "Wolf in the Breast" - Heaven or Las Vegas (3:32)
18. Wild Nothing - "Drifter" - Gemini (3:33)
19. Slowdive - "Celia's Dream" - Just For A Day (4:06)
20. Chapterhouse - "If You Want Me" - Whirlpool (2:42)
21. U2 - "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" - Achtung Baby (5:17)
22. Galaxie 500 - "Temperature's Rising" - Today (5:09)
23. Ride - "Vapour Trail" - Nowhere (4:19)
24. Kanye West - "All of the Lights (Interlude)" - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (1:02)
25. The New Pornographers - "The Bleeding Heart Show" - Twin Cinema (4:27)
26. Frightened Rabbit - "Skip the Youth" - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (6:19)
27. The National - "Slow Show" - Boxer (4:10)
28. Yo La Tengo - "Autumn Sweater" - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (5:18)
29. Echo & The Bunnymen - "My Kingdom" - Ocean Rain (4:05)
30. Big Country - "I Walk the Hill" - The Seer (3:31)
31. The Stone Roses - "Waterfall" - The Stone Roses (4:39)
32. Blitzen Trapper - "Laughing Lover" - Destroyer of the Void (3:10)
33. Band of Horses - "Laredo" - Infinite Arms (3:15)
34. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Soemthing Good Coming" - Mojo (4:11)
35. Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac (3:20)
36. Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Illinois (5:54)
37. Arcade Fire - "Suburban War" - The Suburbs (4:45)
38. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight Tonight" - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (4:16)

Total Runtime:

2:39:22

 

[bono_212]

Damn!

 

[phanan]

While she had no 1sts, Ashley racked up four 2nd places and a few more Top 5s.

 

[Axver]

Glad Ashley cracked the top five! A very, very close second on my rankings.