10 songs for a desert island

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you've been banished to a desert island and blah blah blah choose 10 songs to listen to forever. no stupid special mentions or choosing more, don't be a pussy. you lot have some good tastes and I like seeing them

The Beatles - Across the Universe - Noone can ever choose their greatest Beatles song, this will always be mine

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Absolutely beautiful

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago - So uplifting, love it in Little Miss Sunshine as well

Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) - favourite band of all time, has to be something from them

David Bowie - Five Years - probably the best album of all time, love the build

Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine - clear eyes full hearts

Frank Ocean - Pyramids - his A Day in the Life, Paranoid Android. epic

Radiohead - True Love Waits - all these songs are kinda wistful and beautiful and a bit depressing i'm realising now

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights - this and the Iron and Wine version are amazingly beautiful

Kanye West - Hey Mama - something happyish at least, and also to remind I'm a straight up G

[allah]

If I'm only getting 10 songs for the rest of my life, I'm picking fucking long songs.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm - Easily the song I'm most capable of spacing out to. Joyous in a way few other songs can achieve. Also you already chose Your Hand In Mine so I figured I wouldn't repeat.

Coldworld - Tortured by Solitude I know most will probably skip listening to the songs people post, but please give this a try. This is one of the most torturingly beautiful songs ever.

Agalloch - In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion Perhaps the finest folk/doom metal song ever.

Animal Collective - Fireworks The song most capable of transporting me to the scenario being sang about. Comes from the album I'd most likely take if I could only have one.

Dälek - Forever Close My Eyes Just a fucking fantastic song, introspective hip-hop at pretty much it's best. Gorgeous production and fantastic lyrics. 4:00 onwards is just out of this world.

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Overture My favourite piece of classical music.

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean A lot of people aren't really a fan of this album, but considering this kicks it off I don't understand how. The switch up at 3:08 is brilliant.

Massive Attack - Teardrop Only Burial has ever made a song that evokes the feeling of being outside alone at night as well as this, the percussion is out of this world.

Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious The best horns on a hip-hop track ever. Had to have some Outkast somewhere and this just lets you sink into the beat.

Slint - Good Morning, Captain The best ending to any album ever.


I'd have Spiritulaized, Frank, EITS and Bowie pretty high up on mine as well probably. The first three especially would fit the fairly atmospheric nature of many of the tracks.
If anyone picks Hoppipolla over Agaetis Byrjun they're a fucking scrub.

[Dan]

@eric can't wait for Memento Mori's choices.

[ogan]

Robbie Williams - Angels
Robbie Williams - road to Mandalay
Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you
Robbie Williams - Candy
Robbie Williams - Strong
Robbie Williams - Feel
Robbie Williams - Come Undone
Robbie Williams - Rock Dj
Sammy Davies JR - Candyman
Ronan Keating/Boyzone - Life is a roller coaster

[suarez]

David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

David Bowie - Starman

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

The Beatles - Something

The Beatles - Across The Universe

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D

Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold

Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 32 (if that doesn't count as one then Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity)

I'll edit this later and add reasons, i'll probably put a lot more classical (probably Handel or Beethoven) stuff in given that i'd be listening to it forever.

[Exonerator]

Your Hand in Mine is a masterpiece.

[Deleted]

Not the best on the album though.