Desert Island Discs

My list is a bit eclectic

Dreams - Van Halen
Halycon - Chicane
Open up - Leftfield
Animal - Def Leppard
Sail Away - David Grey
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Ode to my Family - The Cranberries
Take a bow - Madonna

Id also consider
The one and only - Chesney Hawkes
Dancing in the moonlight - Toploader


Shoot me now!

Fools never differ! Although I also particularly like "Play for today" probs more than lullaby.

Originally posted by sandgrounder Sailing, both competitive and non-competitive, is the activity I love most in this life. I suspect the same is true of Ben Ainslie. If the commitment and focus required to win 4 Olympic Gold medals results in an allegedly "dull" taste in music, then I'd be happy with that compromise.   Some people get out there and do amazing stuff.   Others simply don't.....   I think my 8 Desert Island tracks would remain a personal thing, but I'm always fascinated by the interaction between music and sailing.   These tracks are always on my playlist when I'm heading to a sailing event:-   Breathe - Pink Floyd A Forest (Acoustic Version) - The Cure Solid Air - John Martyn Caught A Lite Sneeze - Tori Amos Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix The Edge Of The End - Lizard Lie New Year's Day - U2

Some choices right there.
Constant battle to work out which of 3 or 4 Cure tracks on my disc.

Caught the Sir Ben desert island disks on I player, ended listening again to the Ellen McArthur one too.  Really do hope the businesses of this country that like to make such a play of their "Britishness" stick their hands in their pockets, with dedicated winners like Dame Ellen and Sir Ben around right now, we should be adding some new lions to Trafalgar Square on the back of an AC win - yes British Airways, British Telecom, Vodaphone, Virgin et al, I mean you!

I would have to include "Water at the Mark", a 4 minute modern opera that we recorded with my boy Charlie on piano (and composition), my other boy (The Boy) and a Lightning sailor and singer called Alexandria singing harmonies. It was a 60'th present for my best friend and Supernova sailor Richard.