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YesNY
04-23-2002, 01:54 PM
THE POLL QUESTION:

Pick the types of music you will bring with you on a desert isle. Vote for up to eight selections.

Reading the scenario below is only neccessary if the logic-dominant left side of your brain protests with "Hold on a minute. Why in the world would I have to choose up to 8 genres of music to listen to if I was a desert isle?"

You imagination driven rightsiders, on the other hand, can go and vote right away. Be rest assured Yes music will be available on this desert isle, although no other rock or popular music will be allowed. (There I did it! I confused you right siders too. Fine! Read the damn scenario. Then cast your votes...Sheesh! Ask people to answer a simple question and...Aaagh! Fuhgettabout it!)

THE SCENARIO:

You are on a small ocean freighter en route from the mainland US to Hawaii. Half way there the ship's bottom is pierced by a hereto uncharted section of shallow rocky ocean floor. Another passing freighter rescues the ship's crew --that is everybody except you! You are in your bunk, with your headphones on, both halves of your brain enraptured as you listen to Close the Edge. Oblivious to all the confusion transpiring above, you finally notice something is very wrong after the final sounds of CTTE fade into silence.

Instinctively you leap to your feet, knowing the moaning ship has only minutes until it submerges completely into the sea. You grab your boots and your solar powered portable CD player, Yes CD's tucked neatly in its little storage compartment, then run to the ship deck where you realize there is nobody left on the ship. With no time to dally, you put the one ship's lifeboat in the water and start to load supplies.

After you load all the essentials and nonperishable food you could get your hands on, you have very little space left on the lifeboat for anything but yourself. With only a couple minutes to spare before pending catastophe, you run to the main freight area of the ship. In the corner is a stack of cartons intended for a small record store in Honolulu.

Each of these boxes is labeled with the name of a genre of music and apparently contains inside a broad mix of music from an individual genre. You have room on the lifeboat up to 8 cartons of these CDs, but no time to cherry pick through the boxes. There are no cartons of Rock or Popular music (thankfully you do have those Yes CD's in the CD player--this is not a horror story, afterall!)

Now you must quickly decide what boxes of CDs to take with you on this lifeboat that will take you to your desert isle. Pick up to 8 from this list.

(And, for crying out loud, please just play along next time somebody asks you a "desert isle" question!)

Yes Oz
04-24-2002, 09:48 AM
Sorry I could only collect 7 different genre of music. But if I had a "carton of each" then I reckon my wide musical ranges would be covered and i would live a very good life.........how many cartons of different 'brews' could i get my hands on too, just to supplement the music of course.

04-24-2002, 10:05 AM
Tough but good poll, YesNY. I was able to come up with 5 or 6. I kept thinking about what I might want to hear if I had to be stranded for a very long time and what might feed my soul. I agree, those who take the poll are best served by reading your very descriptive set up first.

mrgone3
04-24-2002, 12:00 PM
OKAY !I'll play along in a minute.Imagine you only had a small time frame to get the flock off the ship.Get some provisions for yourself to last a while.Remember the tough time Tom Hanks had?Plus you already have CTTE in the solar powered CD player anyway.Why are we wasting time getting other music? Here's a good scenario.Imagine someone only let you bring 8 CD's with you.I would pick Al DiMeola:Land of the Midnight Sun.Mahavishnu Orchestra:Visions of the Emerald Beyond.Jean-Luc Ponty:Enigmatic Ocean.Hector Berlioz:Symphony Fantastique.Peter Tchaikovski:4th Symphony.Frank Zappa:One Size Fits All(not the best maybe,but one that will grow on you)YES:Tales From Topographic Oceans.Yes:Going for the One and of course you have CTTE in the player already.HA HA HA!!! JOE

YesNY
04-24-2002, 01:54 PM
We are getting our hands on all this music so we'll spend less time conversing with a volleyball.

RobAdams
04-28-2002, 03:10 AM
Can I just take the 325 CDs I already own with me? And is this going to be a male or a female volleyball?

YesNY
04-29-2002, 12:06 AM
Originally posted by i-and-i
Can I just take the 325 CDs I already own with me? And is this going to be a male or a female volleyball?

No, no and no (it's a ball for crying out loud!)

RobAdams
04-29-2002, 12:31 AM
But I'll bet a volley ball will treat me better than my ex wife did.

:)

Nice twist on the old "if you were stuck on a desert island and could only have 10 albums" thing. I can never decide what ten albums I would pick. I love more than 10 artists. But if I had to decide? :
01 BEATLES - White Album
02 YES - Yessongs
03 BEATLES - Abbey Road
04 YES - Yesyears
05 THE WHO -Live At Leeds (deluxe)
06 JETHRO TULL -25th Anniversary Collection (the cigar box)
07 BEATLES -1
08 FRANK ZAPPA -You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 2
09 PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here
10 GRATEFUL DEAD -Dick's Picks Volume 14

Even cheating by using double discs and box sets, this is horrible. I will just be careful not to get lost at sea. I'll buy a volley ball at Wal-mart and stay home. And if I do go on a boat, I'll bring my guitar and a hundred sets of strings, and a hundred picks.

05-04-2002, 11:16 PM
Originally posted by i-and-i
And is this going to be a male or a female volleyball?

Hoo boy, i-and-i! A gendered volleyball? Are you sure you aren't smoking?

hahaha

heartofthesunrise
07-05-2004, 09:02 PM
Only four boxes for me; I'm too darn picky. Hey, at least I have all the Yes CDs. But no Rush? My heart dies a little :(

umgekehrt
07-24-2004, 03:21 PM
I want ska but there's no choice for it?