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Monday Mystery: How can choosing eight tracks for a desert island feel as stressful as the thought of being a castaway?!

Podcast of the Day: Desert Island Discs (guest David Nicholls, a favorite author) – Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtracks of their lives.

After choosing my eight, there was no way I could possibly think straight in order to choose a book.

  1. If I Can Dream – Elvis Presley
  2. Nessun Dorma – Pavarotti
  3. Old Time Rock And Roll – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
  4. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
  5. Someone Like You – Van Morrison
  6. Thunderstruck – AC/DC
  7. Badlands – Bruce Springsteen
  8. Tin Cup Chalice – Jimmy Buffett

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17 responses to “Monday Mystery”

  1. Laurie Graves Avatar
    Laurie Graves

    Fun! And I can see why it’s so stressful. How to narrow it down to eight tracks, a book, and a luxury? My oh my. I don’t think I can.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      Thank you and so far I haven’t tried to change any of the songs!😁

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  2. plaidcamper Avatar
    plaidcamper

    Desert Island Discs is a brilliant show, part of my childhood growing up when my mother almost always had BBC radio 4 playing.
    The list of music choice for me always changes, but the book might be A Fool’s Alphabet by Sebastian Faulks, one I’ve read more than any other.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      One of my favorite podcasts and I’m very happy to say that after one day I’m completely happy with my list and not stressing over any changes. I was actually blasting them in the car today and wishing I was a castaway somewhere until Election 24!!🙂

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  3. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    What a tough choice!!

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      It’s a wonderful podcast and it’s amazing how quickly songs or lyrics can take you back to a memory or place in your life and how some songs remain as powerful throughout your life as that first time you heard your all time favorite.🙂

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  4. highlandheffalump Avatar
    highlandheffalump

    Five years ago I actually blogged about my desert island disc selection. I’ll attach a link in case you are interest to have a nosey.

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    1. highlandheffalump Avatar
      highlandheffalump

      Desert Island Discs

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      1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        Made my day!!🙂

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      2. highlandheffalump Avatar
        highlandheffalump

        😊

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    2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I absolutely loved reading about your selections!! The Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams song was on my first list of about 25 songs and I love Ewan McGregor and am very jealous of the Charley hug!! I wanted to offer some background on my choices, but was too worn out from the selection process.😁

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      1. highlandheffalump Avatar
        highlandheffalump

        Perhaps at a later date you could share your reasoning for your choices. Always lovely to find out we have more in common.

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      2. A Curious Introvert Avatar
        A Curious Introvert

        🙂

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  5. Ju-Lyn Avatar
    Ju-Lyn

    Oh my goodness! what a task. I don’t think I could. I would just dither and dither and end up just grabbing whatever 😅😆

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I try to add new music favorites as often as possible so I was worried how I would limit it to eight, but these have been favorites for decades.🙂

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  6. pilchbo Avatar
    pilchbo

    Hmmmm. I’ve not tried this. Picking ten *albums* seemed problematic. Maybe I’ll give it a go. Your list has the advantage of giving you a eight different styles (somewhat). You could listen to one per day just to set the mood, ration them like fine wine or something.

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    1. A Curious Introvert Avatar
      A Curious Introvert

      I did think of wine as my luxury choice for the desert island. I started working on my “ten albums” after reading this and instantly had my first five, but the next five will take some thought. I wondered how soon I would want to change my songs, but so far no thought of changing anything.🙂

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