Something I've always wanted to say since I started reading Pulse magazine, knowing of course that it's all a game and just a chance to pop out favorite album titles...
Reading through some of the lists is amusing; I wonder how some single men could imagine spending the
rest of their lives alone and choosing to
never hear a female voice again.
I realize that lots of people aren't into female vocalists, but that's not the point. In real life we can just go over to the shelf and get another CD, but if we were REALLY going to a desert island, REALLY had to think about what it would actually be like and what we'd want with us to last the rest of our lives... Sound-wise you'll hear birds, you'll hear insects, you'll hear the surf and waves crashing, you'll hear all manner of natural sounds. You'll hear your own voice, either inside your head as you think or out loud if you speak up, and you'll hear the male voices on the CDs you brought with you. Years go by, no rescue in sight, and in the lonely, dark hours to know you deliberately chose not to be comforted by a female voice, well, I'd think it would warrant a slap on the forehead, at the very least.
It isn't a gay (or any political) thing, that's not what I mean. None of the gay men I know would choose to hear only male voices for the rest of their lives.
I just find it hilarious and odd, sorry.
Anyway, here's mine, no particular order:
Peter Gabriel - Security
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Happy Rhodes - Equipoise
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jane Siberry - The Walking
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Cocteau Twins - Treasure
And, because there are too many others to choose from:
Compilation of my own making 1
This would be made up of favorite songs by artists ranging from Tori Amos to the Bulgarian Chorus to Dead Can Dance to Kevin Bartlett to Victoria Williams to Rufus Wainwright to Milla to Anne Pigalle and dozens and dozens of others.
Compilation of my own making 2
This would be all my favorite tracks from soundtrack albums, ranging from Twin Peaks to Moulin Rouge to Lord of the Rings to Hair to Pulp Fiction and so many more.
Compilation of my own making 3
This would be all favorite classical and jazz, ranging from Mozart to Benny Goodman.
