Desert Island Game II: Qualifying Round 1

[LMP]

Damn, I forgot to register for this shit. My superior taste in music surely would have catapulted me into first place.

I was hoping you'd register, but the spots got gobbled up pretty fast.

It's a hard vote, but I'm casting it for Gibby

 

[LemonMelon]

I'm doing this next time, I really am. I'd destroy you all easily.

Anyway, I voted GibsonGirl. Why? I actually recognized the majority of what was on it.

 

[Canadiens1131]

I'm doing this next time, I really am. I'd destroy you all easily.

The biz-nass has been brought. It's on.

 

[U2Man]

thanks to screwtape2 and lila.

 

[LMP]

That's alright.

Liamcool didn't have links so just skip down to mine.

If we listened to The End on the island it wouldn't be long until it turned into Lord Of The Flies.

I'll be the one who doesn't go insane.

Sorry for not telling you guys I can't post polls. It didn't dawn on me until I posted the Master List.

 

[Laura M]

Anyway, I voted GibsonGirl. Why? I actually recognized the majority of what was on it.

The thing I like about this is there is such an eclectic range of tastes. I'm not going to pick a list just because I recognise more on it. Don't want to ignore a great list full of new songs that I might end up in love with if I give them a chance.

 

[LemonMelon]

The thing I like about this is there is such an eclectic range of tastes. I'm not going to pick a list just because I recognise more on it. Don't want to ignore a great list full of new songs that I might end up in love with if I give them a chance.

Very true. I prefer GG's list, but it doesn't mean the other should be cast off. Axver's list has great variety, even if I'm not as familiar with what he prefers.

 

[LemonMelon]

The biz-nass has been brought. It's on.

I won't back down.

Hmm...

(note to self, make sure to add Tom Petty somewhere on the list )

 

[Axver]

Oh, and Axver... no $$$ will be exchanging hands, but you are welcome to send me TimTams. Actually we still have a box here from our friends in W.Australia.

I'll go buy some Tim Tams, but I think I'll keep them for myself.

Anyway, I voted GibsonGirl. Why? I actually recognized the majority of what was on it.

That's why we have the links, so you can hear the stuff you don't know. I thought I had a fair bit of well-known stuff too; more than last time anyway.

I think it's tragic people don't know some of the stuff on my list. I'm sure if we had more Kiwis and Aussies voting, I'd be doing better. Ah well, I guess Dave Dobbyn has fallen victim to a case of "world famous in New Zealand" ...

 

[Laura M]

I don't think either list is very obscure to be honest. I liked them both and had a hard time deciding.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Link to links pls.

 

[Canadiens1131]

I won't back down.

Hmm...

(note to self, make sure to add Tom Petty somewhere on the list )

There ain't no easy way out

 

[Axver]

I don't think either list is very obscure to be honest. I liked them both and had a hard time deciding.

Yeah, I took care not to go nuts on the obscure stuff this time, because I easily could've. I realise my list probably seems more obscure to North Americans though, as Kiwi acts have never broken that market and none of my selected Aussie bands had truckloads of success there either.

I could have gone nuts and loaded the playlist with obscure prog though.

The only problem with that is that most of the tracks would have been long and it would have been even harder to cut stuff. Aiming for a more melodic route made compiling the tracklist easier simply due to the shorter song length allowing more songs to be included.

 

[LMP]

Gibby, I'm surprised you didn't put Sheep on your tracklisting.

I thought it was your favorite Floyd song?

 

[fly so high!]

I'll go buy some Tim Tams, but I think I'll keep them for myself.



That's why we have the links, so you can hear the stuff you don't know. I thought I had a fair bit of well-known stuff too; more than last time anyway.

I think it's tragic people don't know some of the stuff on my list. I'm sure if we had more Kiwis and Aussies voting, I'd be doing better. Ah well, I guess Dave Dobbyn has fallen victim to a case of "world famous in New Zealand" ...

I'll have the tim Tam Chewy caramel and double coat....

 

[Screwtape2]

Link to links pls.

Post your e-mail.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Gibby, I'm surprised you didn't put Sheep on your tracklisting.

I thought it was your favorite Floyd song?

Sheep is my favourite, yes, but I preferred the Aeropause -> Shine On -> Emotional Winter transition. I don't really know where I could have put Sheep. I was going for little musical genre groupings throughout the tracklist...in this case, melodic rock (so Interferers could have something to bob their heads to on the island), post punk, progressive rock, and a combination of indie-ish rock / acoustic rock at the end. It just so worked out that it also got progressively more depressing.

I almost wanted to abstain from voting. Axver, your tracklist is fantastic.

 

[LMP]

haha, yes.

I almost put Sheep in mine too, but it didn't fit anywhere and it's 10 minutes long.

 

[Lila64]

that reminds me Axver - I have to pull out the first 3 Marillion CDs to put onto the iPod, assuming the battery is still working

And how dare you keep those timtams for yourself.

 

[Canadiens1131]

mikethehockeycockfan@gmail.com

Minus the cock.

 

[Screwtape2]

mikethehockeycockfan@gmail.com

Minus the cock.

I went ahead and sent it to mikethehockeycockfan as well in case he was interested. Needless to say, Interference has a new PLEBAN.

 

[LMP]

mikethehockeycockfan@gmail.com

Minus the cock.

that's what she said.

 

[Lemonchick]

Both playlists are amazing.

I'm going for Gibsongirl's, because it seems more like my type of music, and it has more of the kind of songs I'd like to have in my desert island.

Axver's was just
I had never heard of some of those artists, but I'll certainly be looking into them now, thanks.

New music...

 

[hippy]

oooo. I wish I had more time to participate this time around... but I definitely want to vote

Straight away, I recognize more from GG's playlist... but Axver has never steered me wrong...

I'm gonna need a listen on this round

hippy@u2email.com

How long are these rounds? Still 48 hours?

 

[intedomine]

Very tough match-up, but the inclusion of Midnoght Oil's Forgotten years tilts me in favour of Axver....

 

[phanan]

Well, after much deliberation, I went with Axver because I tended to enjoy quite a few songs on his list that I didn't know previously. Obviously, I like many of the songs on GG's list as well, and they are ones I mostly know, which made it all that much tougher.

But I liked how Axver's set flowed and liked hearing Anathema (on both lists) and Transatlantic, which makes me want to hear more of them...

Man, that was tough, though...

 

[pepokiss]

pepokiss@hotmail.com

 

[corianderstem]

Well shoot ... I find myself drawn to this thread and finding a burning need to hear these playlists.

alicia.k@comcast.net

Please and thank you!

 

[U2Man]

you've got mail

 

[corianderstem]

Danke schoen.