Desert Island Discs - COVID-19 edition

Who knew all those DIDs that Rolling Stone did back in the day would kind of come true. Of course, now we're stuck in our abodes and with the internet, can pretty much listen to whatever we'd like, whenever we'd like. But with the web - what if we narrowed it down, more appropriately to the iTunes era.

You get 10 tracks (no albums).

1. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (it's long, and it seems closer to three songs)
2. September - Earth Wind and Fire
3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - off of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Second Volume
4. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
5. Freebird
6. Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
7. Nessun Dorma - Aretha Franklin
8. EDIT - change to Beethoven's Ninth (the version below is a great listen and the final 20 minutes are great watch as well).
9. Proud Mary (a live version)- Tina Turner
10: Let It Go - Idina Menzel

 

This is tough.

1. Rosalita, my favorite Bruce Springsteen song.
2. Hot Burrito No. 1, Flying Burrito Brothers, remembering a freckled redhead, circa 1974-77.
3. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, same as above.
4. Settle Down, Steve Forbert.
5. Hello in There, John Prine. Memories of college.
6. Travelin Man/Beautiful Loser, Bob Seeger. Memories of 1980-84, weekends at the lake.
7. Jessica, Allman Brothers. Pre-game baseball psych-up song, 1972-75.
8. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, the Police.
9. Peaceful Easy Feeling, Jackson Browne version. The soundtrack of my trip from my WNY hometown to my first job in North Nowhere at 21 years of age.
10. Tangled Up in Blue, Dylan.

 

Chosen with duration as a priority

1) Manowar - Achilles, Agony, and Ecstasy in Eight Parts (28:38)
2) Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate of Dreams (21:58)
3) Rush - 2112 (20:34)
4) Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner (13:39)
5) Helloween - Halloween (13:18)
6) UFO - Rock Bottom (Live '78) (11:26)
7) Queensryche - Roads to Madness (9:54)
8) Running Wild - Genesis (The Making and the Fall of Man) (15:23)
9) Solstice - I Am the Hunter (9:07)
10) Tool - Invincible (12:44)

 

But whaddya play at Christmas D-Day?

 

wait...different songs for christmas?

your family has got some weird traditions, man

 

I was just laughing at the titles.

 

1) "Squonk" - Genesis
2) "My Life" - Billy Joel
3) "La Villa Strangiato" - Rush
4) "That's The Way of the World" - Earth, Wind & Fire
5) "Star Wars - Main Title" - John Williams (London Symphony Orchestra)
6) "Carolina In My Mind" - James Taylor
7) "Ribbon In The Sky" - Stevie Wonder
8 ) "Skyline Pigeon" (Piano Version) - Elton John
9) "Children of Sanchez" (Overture) - Chuck Mangione
10) "Evidence of Autumn" - Genesis