Desert Island Album Game: Grand Final!

[Axver]

Please vote for the tracklisting you LIKE THE MOST.

Welcome to the grand final of the Interference Desert Island Album Game! The premise of this game is that the Interference forum has been stranded on a desert island and we can take only TWO CDs of up to 80 minutes of music each. The object is to see which member of the forum can fit the most musical goodness onto these two CDs.

The winner of the second semi final was LemonMacPhisto, achieving a close victory over Bono's shades by 21 votes to 18.

And now we've reached the last round of the competition - the grand final between VertigoGal and LemonMacPhisto. Which one has packed the most musical goodness onto two CDs? Below, you will find their tracklistings. If you are unfamiliar with the songs included, we can help you hear them! Just leave your e-mail address. This poll will be open for THREE DAYS.

THE TRACKLISTINGS!

Forum name: VertigoGal

Disc A:
1.) Aimee Mann - "How Am I Different" - Bachelor No. 2 (5:03)
2.) Built to Spill - "Distopian Dream Girl" - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (4:24)
3.) Stars - "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" - Set Yourself on Fire (4:16)
4.) The Kinks - "Lola" - The Kinks Collection (4:05)
5.) The Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man" - Doolittle (3:21)
6.) Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:47)
7.) Weezer - "Say it Ain't So" - Weezer (blue) (4:18)
8.) Elliott Smith - "Bottle Up and Explode!" - XO (2:58)
9.) Wilco - "Jesus, etc" - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (3:49)
10.) Blues Traveller - "Run Around" - Four (4:39)
11.) Beth Orton - "Stolen Car" - Central Reservation (5:25)
12.) Blind Faith - "Presence of the Lord" - Blind Faith (4:50)
13.) Bruce Springsteen - "Streets of Philadelphia" - Greatest Hits (3:16)
14.) The Beatles - "Penny Lane" - Magical Mystery Tour (2:59)
15.) Alison Krauss - "Oh, Atlanta" - Now That I've Found You (4:42)
16.) Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Soul to Squeeze" - Greatest Hits (4:50)
17.) U2 - "Running to Stand Still" - The Joshua Tree (4:18)
18.) Pink Floyd - "Great Gig in the Sky" - Dark Side of the Moon (4:47)
19.) Bob Dylan - "Buckets of Rain" - Blood on the Tracks (3:22)

Total Running Time: 79:09

Disc B:
1.) John Frusciante - "Carvel" - Shadows Collide With People (6:14)
2.) Van Morrison - "And It Stoned Me" - Moondance (4:33)
3.) Arlo Guthrie - "City of New Orleans" - The Best of Arlo Guthrie (4:33)
4.) The Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby" - Revolver (2:06)
5.) Van Morrison - "Domino" - His Band & Street Choir (3:05)
6.) Aimee Mann - "Little Bombs" - The Forgotten Arm (3:49)
7.) Ride - "Vapour Trail" - Nowehere (4:18)
8.) The Flaming Lips - "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (4:34)
9.) The Velvet Underground - "Heroin" - The Velvet Underground and Nico (7:12)
10.) Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" - Pendulum (2:38)
11.) The Allman Brothers - "Ramblin' Man" - Brothers and Sisters (4:43)
12.) U2 - "A Sort of Homecoming" - The Unforgettable Fire (5:28)
13.) The Arcade Fire - "In the Backseat" - Funeral (6:20)
14.) The Velvet Underground - "Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground (5:39)
15.) U2 - "Lemon" - Zooropa (7:00)
16.) Beth Orton - "Feel to Believe" - Central Reservation (4:04)
17.) The Beatles - "Two of Us" - Let it Be (2:36)

Total Running Time: 79:52

Forum name: LemonMacPhisto

Disc 1:
Side A:
1 // Pink Floyd - "Speak to Me/Breathe" - Dark Side of the Moon (3:57)
2 // The Who - "Baba O'Riley" - Who's Next (5:08)
3 // Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" - Get a Grip (4:11)
4 // The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" - Sticky Fingers (3:49)
5 // Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (7:04)
6 // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - United (2:27)
7 // Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" - Bookends (3:50)
8 // Radiohead - "Gagging Order" - Go to Sleep [Single] (3:35)
9 // The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Rubber Soul (2:02)

Side B:
10 // Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing (ft. Sting)" - Brothers in Arms (4:04)
11 // Oasis - "Acquiesce" - The Masterplan (4:30)
12 // The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - Bringing Down the Horse (5:12)
13 // Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand (4:16)
14 // Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - Porcupine (3:54)
15 // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)" - So (5:55)
16 // Smashing Pumpkins - "My Blue Heaven" - Thirty-Three [Single] (3:21)
17 // R.E.M. - "Nightswimming" - Automatic for the People (4:17)
18 // David Bowie - "Changes" - Hunky Dory (3:37)
19 // U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree (4:38)

Total running time: 79:47

Disc 2:
Side A:
1 // Coldplay - "Don't Panic" - Parachutes (2:17)
2 // The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
3 // U2 - "The Fly" - Achtung Baby (4:29)
4 // Simple Minds - "(Don't You) Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club [Soundtrack] (4:21)
5 // The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Ghost in the Machine (4:20)
6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)
7 // Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal [1994] (4:51)
8 // The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Magical Mystery Tour (4:07)
9 // Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run (9:32)

Side B:
10 // The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" - Give Up (4:26)
11 // Radiohead - "Just" - The Bends (3:53)
12 // Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - Californication (3:37)
13 // Oasis - "Half the World Away" - The Masterplan (4:21)
14 // The Flaming Lips - "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - Wedding Crashers [Soundtrack] (4:00)
15 // Death Cab for Cutie - "Passenger Seat" - Transatlantacism (3:41)
16 // David Bowie - "Heroes" - Heroes (6:08)
17 // Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" - Wish You Were Here (5:17)

Total running time: 79:49

UP NEXT: The winner! And maybe another competition ...?

Competition master list.

See an image of the competition's format (updated to reflect the grand final contestants).

The competition rules.

 

[Lila64]

LMP

and the check is in the mail, right?

 

[LMP]

LMP

and the check is in the mail, right?

only if I win deary

 

[got_edge]

Vote for me!

 

[Lila64]

only if I win deary

 

[LMP]

to you via

 

[Lila64]

Excellent!

 

[vaz02]

my 2 fav's head to head, sorry but lemon wins.

david bowie - heor's swung it for me

p.s im drunk

 

[Zoots]

Too difficult.

 

[Bono's shades]

LMP

I like the idea of another competition. There were so many artists and songs I love that I simply didn't have room for on 2 CDs.

 

[LMP]

I like the idea of another competition. There were so many artists and songs I love that I simply didn't have room for on 2 CDs.

But if the same people do another competition, would the songs differ that much?

 

[Lila64]

maybe others will want to join in the competition
what the hell would I put on it - should I start plotting now?

 

[LMP]

I should've worded that better, I meant for people competing the second time around.

It wouldn't be fun without new people!

 

[Axver]

If we run it again, shall we make it a different format of media? Say, a tracklisting for an MP3 player?

I wouldn't want the tracklistings to be too much longer though, as there's already plenty to listen to and compare. Maybe we could do just a straight 160 minute playlist with no CD break?

 

[LMP]

I think we should do decade cds.

or atleast pick specific 10 year periods, and make 2 cds out of that.

example:

Disc 1 - 1980-1990
Disc 2 - 1990-2000

or the straight 160 minute thing would be cool.

 

[Lila64]

Why would it matter if there's a break or not? You may/may not listen to them all at once whether they were one 160 minute CD or two 80 minute CDs...

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

I think we should do decade cds.

or the straight 160 minute thing would be cool.

I like the idea of decade playlists. That would keep us going all summer (/winter for those on the other side of the world). There were so many songs I wanted to get on my mixes that just didn't fit. How in the world did I forget Patsy Cline, for instance? And Ella Fitzgerald?

And if I face you again, you're going down



This one's still too close for me. I need to sleep on it.

 

[MrBrau1]

This is the best we can do?

70+ years of recorded music and this is the "creme of the crop" we'll listen to for the rest of our natural lives?

Do you people understand music didn't just "start" 10 years ago?

Sometimes black people make music?

Sometimes women make music?

All music isn't rock music?

I'm killing everyone on the island and eating them. A quick pass through my digestive system is better than a lifetime of these "mixes."

All the voters need to broaded their horizons. Alot. Their taste blows.

 

[LMP]

I like the idea of decade playlists. That would keep us going all summer (/winter for those on the other side of the world). There were so many songs I wanted to get on my mixes that just didn't fit. How in the world did I forget Patsy Cline, for instance? And Ella Fitzgerald?

I almost neglected my '80s roots on my cds, and it bothers me

plus I have 100 song decade playlists on iTunes already

This is the best we can do?

70+ years of recorded music and this is the "creme of the crop" we'll listen to for the rest of our natural lives?

Do you people understand music didn't just "start" 10 years ago?

Sometimes black people make music?

Sometimes women make music?

All music isn't rock music?

I'm killing everyone on the island and eating them. A quick pass through my digestive system is better than a lifetime of these "mixes."

All the voters need to broaded their horizons. Alot. Their taste blows.

And Brau, I'd like to think I have a wide taste in music, but these are my favorites of that selection that I can fit in 160 minutes of music. I don't think my compilation is the best of this competition, and I'm happy I made it to this point.

If you don't like the mixes, you don't have to vote, or chastise people for not seeing eye-to-eye with you.

 

[Zoots]

I think we should do decade cds.

or atleast pick specific 10 year periods, and make 2 cds out of that.

example:

Disc 1 - 1980-1990
Disc 2 - 1990-2000

I agree whole-heartedly!!! I could make several discs for the 90s! And I wouldn't mind joining in the fun this time.

 

[Zoots]

This is the best we can do?

70+ years of recorded music and this is the "creme of the crop" we'll listen to for the rest of our natural lives?

Do you people understand music didn't just "start" 10 years ago?

Sometimes black people make music?

Sometimes women make music?

All music isn't rock music?

I'm killing everyone on the island and eating them. A quick pass through my digestive system is better than a lifetime of these "mixes."

All the voters need to broaded their horizons. Alot. Their taste blows.

Oh, lemme get this straight. Just cos your favorite collection of songs didn't win, you're insulting everybody's intelligence and music taste here?

 

[GibsonGirl]

Brau, I'm surprised at your comment. Maybe you wouldn't like to listen to either of these compilations, but there are others who would be dead happy to spend a lifetime with this stuff. It has nothing to do with how broad your horizons are. You can't ridicule a person based on personal taste.

 

[Axver]

Why would it matter if there's a break or not? You may/may not listen to them all at once whether they were one 160 minute CD or two 80 minute CDs...

I think it would make the tracklisting quite different - definitely would for me. I built both of my CDs around having a defined beginning, middle, and end, so not having the break in the middle would totally change the dynamics there.

Plus, of course, you couldn't go past 80 minutes per disc, so you may end up with two 78 minute discs and a 3 minute song that fits on neither but could go onto a 160 minute unbroken tracklisting.

I'd like to do something a bit more different than just removing that break, though. I was actually thinking of suggesting themes too, like the decades idea someone else proposed. Could make things very interesting ...

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

lmp

All the voters need to broaded their horizons. Alot. Their taste blows.

sour grapes.

 

[Axver]

Sometimes black people make music?

Sometimes women make music?

Why is this even relevant? When I made my tracklistings or voted on those made by others, I wasn't thinking about the sex or race of the musicians, but of how good the music sounded to my ears.

 

[fly so high!]

LMP

 

[Tiger Edge]

LMP pwns everyone because he has Wish You Were Here ending his collection and that's exactly how I'd feel if I were left on a desert island with these two discs.

Not "Wish I Was There".

 

[Tiger Edge]

LMP pwns everyone because he has Wish You Were Here ending his collection and that's exactly how I'd feel if I were left on a desert island with these two discs.

Not "Wish I Was There".

P.S. - Brau?

6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)

This was when Michael was still black. Maybe instead of telling us to open our ears, you should open your eyes.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I think everybody's mixes just need a little bit more cowbell.

 

[LMP]