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Old Sep 28th 2017, 2:11 pm
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But what's your special item (after the Bible and a Shakespeare)..??
At school - a copy of Oz that was doing the rounds or that other magazine that was confiscated by teachers.

I'd like to say The Little Red School Book, but I don't remember if I actually saw it.
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Old Sep 28th 2017, 2:26 pm
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For Bristol it would probably be some sort of streaming device to avoid Canadian TV.
I would have said my laptop but I restricted it to schooldays. Didn't even have a calculator back then.
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John Lennon Imagine
Don McLean American Pie
Animals house of the Rising Sun
Ikeand Tina Turner proud Mary
The Doors Riders on the Storm
Led Zepelin stairway to Heaven
The Monkees Daydream Believer
Scott Walker Joanna
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Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddup Your Face
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
Paul Hardcastle - 19
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
Ben E King - Stand By Me
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Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
Mama's and Papa's - California Dreaming
Beachboys - Good Vibrations
Cream - White Room
The Beatles - most of them!
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
The Equals - Baby Come Back
Spencer Davis Group - Keep on Running
The Who - Substitute

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Lovin' this thread. Lots of good tunes being listed.
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I guess I'm about the same vintage as AC. I don't know that this would be my final choice, (several of my more "meaningful" records were oldies even then, I've had to check release dates on these!) - but here's eight to be going on with

Human League - Don't You Want Me
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
The Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
Stiff Little Fingers - Bits of Kids
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Funny, had forgotten all about '19' until a few days ago when it came up on my Vietnam thread. It's in two DID lists already, which is a surprise, as it was quite a one hit wonder type of song.
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Originally Posted by Oakvillian
I guess I'm about the same vintage as AC. I don't know that this would be my final choice, (several of my more "meaningful" records were oldies even then, I've had to check release dates on these!) - but here's eight to be going on with

Human League - Don't You Want Me
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
The Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
Stiff Little Fingers - Bits of Kids
Very true.

I thought about putting the vast majority of yours in my list too!
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So these are just tunes that remind you of your school days not necessarily your all time favourite tunes? Some of them could sleep into cheese territory....
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I seem to remember that Desert Island Discs played all sorts of music.
Why no classical?
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I seem to remember that Desert Island Discs played all sorts of music.
Why no classical?
because this is specifically a "reminds you of your school days" version. There have been other Desert Island Discs threads in the past, I'll see if I can find one...
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Originally Posted by Oakvillian
I guess I'm about the same vintage as AC. I don't know that this would be my final choice, (several of my more "meaningful" records were oldies even then, I've had to check release dates on these!) - but here's eight to be going on with

Human League - Don't You Want Me
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
The Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel
Stiff Little Fingers - Bits of Kids
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
Very true.

I thought about putting the vast majority of yours in my list too!
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because this is specifically a "reminds you of your school days" version. There have been other Desert Island Discs threads in the past, I'll see if I can find one...
I'm definitely the same vintage as you gentlemen judging by your choices. I certainly considered Adam & the Ants for my list as well. I took the thread to be songs that specifically remind you of school rather than "best songs" of the era.
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Originally Posted by Oakvillian
because this is specifically a "reminds you of your school days" version. There have been other Desert Island Discs threads in the past, I'll see if I can find one...
Thankyou Oakvillain...you have just answered my question....tunes that remind you of your school days... mind are also similar to yours...

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Mirror man _ Human League
Steppin Out - Joe Jackson
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Story of the Blues - Wah
Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners
Ghost Town - The Specials
Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins

I'd be around 12 -13 years old when these songs were in the charts....I pretended not to like pop music back then as I liked to be uncool! lol
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Originally Posted by Shard
Funny, had forgotten all about '19' until a few days ago when it came up on my Vietnam thread. It's in two DID lists already, which is a surprise, as it was quite a one hit wonder type of song.
It's in mine specifically because we had a bizarre general-studies course that was taught by one of the music staff, and I remember we had to make a themed mix-tape for homework. My subject was "war" so I had Frankie Goes To Hollywood's B-side remake of the Supremes' "War - what is it good for," Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry," Lennon's Christmas schmaltz-fest "Haopy Xmas (War Is Over)," Hardcastle's "19" (then in the charts, I think), Rolf Harris singing "Two Little Boys," and threw in Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, amongst other gems - the selection was limited by what I, my friends, my parents, and the local library had available on vinyl or cassette to borrow. We had to write an essay on our choices. I thought then that the whole thing was a complete waste of time and effort, but it seems to have stuck in my mind alarmingly well....
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