Desert Island Doppelganger
You can now visit the BBC Radio 4 / Home Service ‘Desert Island Discs’ archive, and have a look at the choices of every guest on the programme since Roy Plomley began it in 1942. I was somewhat taken aback to find that one guest (guess who) had made almost exactly the choices (including the “luxury item” and “book”) that I would. My only difference would be the inclusion of Louis Armstrong (probably ‘West End Blues’) in place of Johann Strauss II.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloist: Irma Beilke, Carla Spletter, Rut Berglund Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 in E minor ‘From the New World’
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
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Rosie said,
May 30, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I would guess Kingsley Amis.
Mr Jolly not Jelly said,
May 31, 2011 at 3:05 am
crocodilE dunDee
Matt said,
May 31, 2011 at 10:01 am
“So what if “Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time?” So what if he fell over on the way out of pubs?”
http://drunkard.com/issues/08_05/0805_kingsley.htm
Even more similarities Jim!
Jim Denham said,
May 31, 2011 at 10:42 am
Curses, Rosie! You got it in one.
As for you other two… words fail me. I need a drink. Now.
Rosie said,
May 31, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Interesting link, Matt. The condensed, or possibly distilled, Kingsley Amis. Falling over on the way out of pubs doesn’t really put you in the “great drunks” class though. You can see the masses doing this any night of the week in any city.