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EJM
The USB of DID is an apparantly light programme revealing a surprising amounts about an individual.
If you go through the interviews all sorts of difficult stuff comes out about childhood, death and trauma - some of the wartime memories are particularly tough.
This dichotomy is what has made this programme last for 40 years...
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Keith did this years ago, i tapped it off the radio in about 83'
It was great song choices from him, i listened to them for years.
It will be interesting to see if he picks different songs this time.
Last time he chose song's like Take Another Piece Of MY Heart , What becomes of the broken hearted , If I Don't Have you by Gregory Issacs. Stuff like that
PS It might not have been Dessert Island disks but he did pick 10 songs including chuck berry and Ronnie Wood, I can feel the fire, if i remember correctly
Oh and a song from little Walter, the rest will come to me as the day comes on
Yes - I remember this. In fact I taped it and played it regularly. The other songs he picked were : Are You Lonely For Me Baby by Freddy Jackson, War in a Babylon by Max Romeo & the Upsetters, Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner.
The latter two were fairly modern by Keith's standards, and I remember thinking he had probably been asked to include a couple of contemporary songs. I think the Ronnie Wood song may have been Crotch Music rather than I Can Feel the Fire.
Have racked my brains, and I don't think there was a Chuck Berry song, which surprised me at the time. There was possibly and old country song or possibly Buddy Holly or Elvis but I can't be certain.
Not "Desert Island Discs" but "My Top Ten" a one hour programme on Radio 1 with Andy Peebles. It was originally broadcast on May 25 1986.
The songs he chose were:
1. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
2. Freddie Scott - Are You Lonely For Me Baby
3. Little Walter - Key To The Highway
4. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
5. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
6. Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
7. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
8. Gregory Isaacs - If I Don't Have You
9. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
10. Ron Wood - Crotch Music
You can download it here:
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Link is good until October 31.
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EJM
The USB of DID is an apparantly light programme revealing a surprising amounts about an individual.
If you go through the interviews all sorts of difficult stuff comes out about childhood, death and trauma - some of the wartime memories are particularly tough.
This dichotomy is what has made this programme last for 40 years. It's also why very private people don't risk it - very hard to hide in this one - but it is prerecorded so in the end the subject does have a veto - it's not investigative journalism.
DID is one of the middle class aspirations ( like appearing on The Today programme on radio 4 or getting a gong )
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EJM
The USB of DID is an apparantly light programme revealing a surprising amounts about an individual.
If you go through the interviews all sorts of difficult stuff comes out about childhood, death and trauma - some of the wartime memories are particularly tough.
This dichotomy is what has made this programme last for 40 years...
I agree with your sentiment, although the programme is actually 73 years old and in that time, surprisingly, it has only had four different hosts.
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EJM
The USB of DID is an apparantly light programme revealing a surprising amounts about an individual.
If you go through the interviews all sorts of difficult stuff comes out about childhood, death and trauma - some of the wartime memories are particularly tough.
This dichotomy is what has made this programme last for 40 years...
I agree with your sentiment, although the programme is actually 73 years old and in that time, surprisingly, it has only had four different hosts.
- and has used the same opening music all that time - which accounts for its old-time nature.
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Keith did this years ago, i tapped it off the radio in about 83'
It was great song choices from him, i listened to them for years.
It will be interesting to see if he picks different songs this time.
Last time he chose song's like Take Another Piece Of MY Heart , What becomes of the broken hearted , If I Don't Have you by Gregory Issacs. Stuff like that
PS It might not have been Dessert Island disks but he did pick 10 songs including chuck berry and Ronnie Wood, I can feel the fire, if i remember correctly
Oh and a song from little Walter, the rest will come to me as the day comes on
Yes - I remember this. In fact I taped it and played it regularly. The other songs he picked were : Are You Lonely For Me Baby by Freddy Jackson, War in a Babylon by Max Romeo & the Upsetters, Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner.
The latter two were fairly modern by Keith's standards, and I remember thinking he had probably been asked to include a couple of contemporary songs. I think the Ronnie Wood song may have been Crotch Music rather than I Can Feel the Fire.
Have racked my brains, and I don't think there was a Chuck Berry song, which surprised me at the time. There was possibly and old country song or possibly Buddy Holly or Elvis but I can't be certain.
Not "Desert Island Discs" but "My Top Ten" a one hour programme on Radio 1 with Andy Peebles. It was originally broadcast on May 25 1986.
The songs he chose were:
1. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
2. Freddie Scott - Are You Lonely For Me Baby
3. Little Walter - Key To The Highway
4. Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
5. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
6. Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
7. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
8. Gregory Isaacs - If I Don't Have You
9. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
10. Ron Wood - Crotch Music
You can download it here:
[we.tl]
Link is good until October 31.
you forgot AARON NEVILLE
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'As much as I was also moved by Keith's answer to the question about Tara, I thought it was in pretty bad taste to bring it up. I mean wtf?! '
Keith would know exactly what questions would be asked by Kirsty, and nothing would be unexpected about it before.
Everything went to plan I'm sure.
Perhaps you're right but it's hard for me to imagine Keith would be pleased about bringing up such events. Just because he chose to answer and possibly accept such a question doesn't make me any more comfortable about it. In any case it seemed that last question about narrowing it down to one disc caught him off guard so perhaps it wasn't as tightly choreographed as some believe. Perhaps she just outlined the format, said she would ask him some questions about his life and career mixed with the stock questions about the discs. Who knows?
In any case Keith handled himself wonderfully and it was nice to hear him talk. Thanks for posting the link crawdaddy.
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'As much as I was also moved by Keith's answer to the question about Tara, I thought it was in pretty bad taste to bring it up. I mean wtf?! '
Keith would know exactly what questions would be asked by Kirsty, and nothing would be unexpected about it before.
Everything went to plan I'm sure.
Perhaps you're right but it's hard for me to imagine Keith would be pleased about bringing up such events. Just because he chose to answer and possibly accept such a question doesn't make me any more comfortable about it. In any case it seemed that last question about narrowing it down to one disc caught him off guard so perhaps it wasn't as tightly choreographed as some believe. Perhaps she just outlined the format, said she would ask him some questions about his life and career mixed with the stock questions about the discs. Who knows?
In any case Keith handled himself wonderfully and it was nice to hear him talk. Thanks for posting the link crawdaddy.
Sorry but there is no way this could have caught Keith off guard. This question is asked of every single Desert Islander along with the book and luxury item, both of which he was clearly prepared for. I appreciate you're not familiar with the programme but that's the formula and guests are well prepped beforehand.
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Perhaps I am old fashioned or something, pretty surprised at the acceptance of that sort of thing.
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Perhaps I am old fashioned or something, pretty surprised at the acceptance of that sort of thing.
As someone who has lived in England and whose also married to a lovely English woman, I think the British can be a harder and tougher bunch who along with their great successes and achievements have also endured alot of trouble and strife for hundreds and hundreds of years...much longer than America has even existed. They've learned to take it on the chin, to keep calm and carry on, and to not shy away from the sometimes grim realities that we as humans have to endure in general. It's not as if they downplay or belittle bad situations, it's more like they face it and deal with it. It's all part of life. Just my opinion based on my own experiences, and don't want to wrongly define what it is to be British, and/or what is the proper etiquette in dealing with certain issues. But I've witnessed the toughness firsthand, and am proud to know that I have British blood flowing through my veins. Along with having English ancestry from Durham, I also have some Scottish heritage and the motto of my ancestor's clan (Duncan) is 'disce pati' which can either be interpeted as 'learn to endure' or 'learn to suffer' - a motto that has helped build my character ever since I was very young.
Perfectly explained and wholly true, well from another Englishman. The whole point in Kirsty's question was to bring to light how someone like Keith Richard's coped with something as horrific as Tara's death. Most of us knew the answer to that as it is Stones folk law (I was at that Les Abbatoir gig but of course knew nothing of what Keith was going through) but to some it would be quite something to get a glimpse into how a super star rock guitaist also a heroin addict dealt with it - ie to play the gig, and to play it well, to channel the grief into a perfomance.
I do think that generally us Brits have a very tough inner core and stoical approach to life...it should be noted that a lot of our acceptance of the bad things in life is often done with a weirdly twisted sense of humour..gallows humour as it is often referred to..not saying it's a good or bad thing, it's just the way different cultures and societies evolve and adapt.
I thought it was one of the best Keith interviews, and touched on many aspects that are often overlooked in favour of more sensationalist rehashed revelations. Yes, if you are a hard core stones fan and read the books and other interviews, there was little, if anything new, but it will have been quite surprising tomany of the general radio 4 listeners who only know Keith as the sex, drugs and rock n roll anti establishment pirate!
Back to the Desert Island music picks, I believe Keith made some absolutely great choices!
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crumbling_micePerfectly explained and wholly true, well from another Englishman. The whole point in Kirsty's question was to bring to light how someone like Keith Richard's coped with something as horrific as Tara's death. Most of us knew the answer to that as it is Stones folk law (I was at that Les Abbatoir gig but of course knew nothing of what Keith was going through) but to some it would be quite something to get a glimpse into how a super star rock guitaist also a heroin addict dealt with it - ie to play the gig, and to play it well, to channel the grief into a perfomance.Quote
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Perhaps I am old fashioned or something, pretty surprised at the acceptance of that sort of thing.
As someone who has lived in England and whose also married to a lovely English woman, I think the British can be a harder and tougher bunch who along with their great successes and achievements have also endured alot of trouble and strife for hundreds and hundreds of years...much longer than America has even existed. They've learned to take it on the chin, to keep calm and carry on, and to not shy away from the sometimes grim realities that we as humans have to endure in general. It's not as if they downplay or belittle bad situations, it's more like they face it and deal with it. It's all part of life. Just my opinion based on my own experiences, and don't want to wrongly define what it is to be British, and/or what is the proper etiquette in dealing with certain issues. But I've witnessed the toughness firsthand, and am proud to know that I have British blood flowing through my veins. Along with having English ancestry from Durham, I also have some Scottish heritage and the motto of my ancestor's clan (Duncan) is 'disce pati' which can either be interpeted as 'learn to endure' or 'learn to suffer' - a motto that has helped build my character ever since I was very young.
Back to the Desert Island music picks, I believe Keith made some absolutely great choices!
I do think that generally us Brits have a very tough inner core and stoical approach to life...it should be noted that a lot of our acceptance of the bad things in life is often done with a weirdly twisted sense of humour..gallows humour as it is often referred to..not saying it's a good or bad thing, it's just the way different cultures and societies evolve and adapt.
I thought it was one of the best Keith interviews, and touched on many aspects that are often overlooked in favour of more sensationalist rehashed revelations. Yes, if you are a hard core stones fan and read the books and other interviews, there was little, if anything new, but it will have been quite surprising tomany of the general radio 4 listeners who only know Keith as the sex, drugs and rock n roll anti establishment pirate!
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...The very nature of the questions are distasteful, imo, no matter how you ask them...