I've loved listening to these interviews because it gives such a new insight to these people. I've listened to Hugh Laurie, Julie Andrews, Stephen Fry, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jon Snow, James Corden, VIkram Seth, Nick Hornby, Simon Schama, among others, and as much as I like listening to their interviews, which, because they're British, are pretty pointed and specific. But even more than the interview is how much I like listening to their music picks- some of them are very obscure and some of them are songs that I absolutely love as well.
So that's gotten me thinking.... what would be my Desert Island Discs? So for my 600th (!!!!) post, I thought I would post my own Desert Island Discs.
Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra": I loved this piece of music when I was younger. I had a tape of this, Carnival of the Animals, and Peter and the Wolf that I would listen to over and over and over. But the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was my favorite and I would always think of the book "The Philharmonic Gets Dressed" while listening to this.
Beethoven's 5th Symphony, fourth movement: Beethoven's 5th is my favorite piece of classical music. The second movement is absolutely beautiful but my favorite part is not the usual first movement but the exuberant, frantic and strong ending 4th movement. It takes me back to every orchestra concert I've ever performed in and makes me think of both of my grandmother's, both huge classical musical supporters.
Arik Einsten- Sa Leat (Drive Slowly): We would always listen to this song in Abba's car and so I always equate this song with him, with our Israeli family and with being able to stop and enjoy the scenery and focus on what really matters: friends, family, the beauty around you.
James Taylor's "Carolina on My Mind": My favorite James Taylor song that makes me think about my mom and how she introduced me to his music through the Troubadour songs and my childhood love for Carole King. I love his vice and could listen to this song over and over again.
Mendelssohn's Reformation, 4th movement: I can't identify the first three movements of this symphony but the 4th movement is absolutely stunning. It starts off quietly with the tune from "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" and then gets crazy and ends with the horns majestically repeating the same melody the winds had at the beginning. I could listen to this every time I watched the sun set on my desert island.
Relient K's "Deathbed": This song makes me cry. It helps to remind me that things can always get worse and yet at the end, there is total redemption, no matter what. It'll be good when I let lonely on the desert island.
Jars of Clay "Scenic Route": Of course I HAD to have a Jars of Clay song. It was so hard to pick one but I keep coming back to this song and how much it speaks to me and speaks to the importance of friendship and working things out, no matter how long it takes. I also love the line "drive the car all the way around the moon."
Rockapella "Where In The World is Carmen San Diego": This one is for my sisters. It is only one short song yet it can spawn a myriad of inside jokes. "Don't Say Frisco!" "Who Wants Gelato?" "Where In Time is Carmen San Diego?" "Rockapella singing in our trailer" .... oh so many things...
Book: The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 6 books in one). Why? They would keep me occupied for a long time, I could go back and reread my favorite parts whenever I wanted to, some of them are funny and some parts are poignant.
Luxury item: To be honest, I took this idea from Bobby Robson's interview. But my luxury item would be a large, comfortable bed with a lot of pillows and a canopy that I could remove. I could lie on the bed on the beach and read, be able to do so in the shade with the canopy, and without the canopy when I wanted the sun.
What would be YOUR Desert Island Discs?
1. You should see the movie Moonrise Kingdom. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is in it, which is why I thought of it, but mostly it was just a super cute movie. It's Wes Anderson and has Ed Norton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, and other people who are just hilarious.
ReplyDelete2. Sa Leat is the reason I know what the word leat means.
3. There is nothing wrong with iceberg lettuce.