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As helpfully reminded by a couple of
others during the last week or so, I got up early this Sunday morning to listen
to and record Desert Island Discs. A very good interview by Sue Lawley, probing
answers to questions we all more or less knew the answers to, but the casual
litener would still find interesting. Suggs only mentioned the Caledonian Road
about a dozen times, and didn't mention the usual anecdote about thieving Lee's
coppers.
For those not having a clue what the
programme involves, the guest is interviewed and asked what eight records
they would want with them if they were stranded on a desert island. They are
also asked to nominate a book and a luxury item.
Anyway, his choices for the Desert
Island were:
Record 1 - The Kinks, Village Green Preservation Society (no explanation
needed)
Record 2 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Sex & Drugs & Rock 'N'
Roll (no explanation needed)
Record 3 - The Clash, London's Burning (no explanation needed)
Record 4 - Prince Buster, Al Capone (no explanation needed)
Record 5 - John Betjeman, On The Portrait Of A Deaf Man (a morbid poem read
to a piano accompaniment by the celebrated poet, from an album played to him by
Anne)
Record 6 - Peggy Lee, Is That All There Is? (the only record on the famous
juke-box in Suggs's first home)
Record 7 - Van Morrison, Cleaning Windows (wtf?)
Record 8 - Julia London, Cry Me A River (hmm...)
When pushed, the sole record he would
take would be the Peggy Lee one.
His castaway book would be a book of Italian verbs. Apparently, he recently
did a month's intensive Italian after buying a home in Italy, and went slowly
backwards.
His one luxury item would be a nucleus of bees. The Royal jelly he reckoned
would keep his skin smooth until he was rescued. Not too mention the honey,
bee's wax and cough and cold remedies.
And that was it. 45 very enjoyable minutes, recorded for posterity on
tape.
Stay Mad 8-)
Simesy
Cruising down carnality canal in my canoe can I canoodle?
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