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DESERT ISLAND FISK

“It’s a coming,” warns reader Stephen C. “Robert Fisk’s appearance on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs is this Sunday, repeated next Friday.” What songs might Robert select? Stephen suggests:

The Crystals: “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)”;
Tom Waits: “The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)”;
Patsy Cline: “Crazy”;
The Eurythmics: “Would I Lie To You?”

Posted by Tim B. on 10/13/2006 at 02:23 PM

  1. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

    Posted by Villeurbanne on 2006 10 13 at 02:38 PM • permalink

  2. Rollins Band: “Liar”;
    Outkast: “Bombs Over Baghdad”;
    anything by the Afghan Whigs.

    Posted by trexkilla on 2006 10 13 at 02:38 PM • permalink

  3. Who is Michael Gawenda at The Age?

    And has anybody told him that Lieberman has a commanding lead with less than a month to go?

    I couldn’t believe this line:

    “AT 63, JOE Lieberman is fighting for his political life.”

    Does the Age require somebody writing about the US elections to have a clue?

    Posted by moptop on 2006 10 13 at 02:47 PM • permalink

  4. Ig’nant and Sh*t—Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

    Gun Street Girl—Tom Waits

    I Fall To Pieces—Patsy Cline

    Lost in the Ozone—Commander Cody

    Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2006 10 13 at 04:32 PM • permalink

  5. Sing song time?

    okies: I’m your Venus, I’m your fire I’m your desire! (in the Venus shaver swim suit)

    smootch smootch…

    Posted by 1.618 on 2006 10 13 at 06:42 PM • permalink

  6. Oh the Queen song:


    Oh mamma mamma mia let him go…........

    Or Justin Timberlake?

    Posted by 1.618 on 2006 10 13 at 06:44 PM • permalink

  7. I’d love to hear Fisky sing Born Free while drunk - and on a deserted island..
     
    That’s how I think of him always..

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 10 13 at 06:49 PM • permalink

  8. Donkey Serenade.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 10 13 at 06:51 PM • permalink

  9. Going by the scaly look of his mug, I’d wager “Heartbreak of Psoriasis” by Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band; not a hop in hell of “Killing an Arab” by the Cure.

    His lead track will most likely be “Die Filthy Jew Sons Of Pigs and Whores, You And Your Infidel Amerikkkan Swine Sponsors Of State Terrorism!!” by Ishtar bin El Tabouli and the Black September Bagpipe and Out of Tune Wind Instrument Band and Death Martyr Squad.

    Posted by Habib on 2006 10 13 at 06:55 PM • permalink

  10. A few more ditties:-

    “One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer”- George Thoroughgood and the Delaware Destroyers

    “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”- The Ramones

    “The Coward of the County”- Kenny Rogers

    “Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down”- Johnny Cash

    “Beat on the Brat (With a Baseball Bat)”- The Ramones

    “Somebodys Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight”- The Rezillos

    Posted by Habib on 2006 10 13 at 07:11 PM • permalink

  11. Ahab the Arab

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2006 10 13 at 07:13 PM • permalink

  12. Given Bobs predeliction for public onanism, he’d surely like to celebrate his skill twanging the one string guitar with these:-

    “Orgasm Addict”- The Buzzcocks

    “Been Caught Wankin’ “- TISM

    “Masturbation Blues”- the Poisonous Road Snakes*

    “Self Abuser”- the Fauves

    *This was a dreadful biker band I formed for one only gig, a motorcycle rally west of Brisbane; we only had one original, the abovementioned horro, which went for twenty minutes. Fortunately we came on late, when the crowd were all maggotted, and we could have been doing ABBA covers and they wouldn’t have given a fuck.

    Posted by Habib on 2006 10 13 at 07:37 PM • permalink

  13. Dancing Queen - ABBA

    Canary In A Coalmine - The Police

    Posted by zenpig on 2006 10 13 at 07:50 PM • permalink

  14. Of course -

    Killing an Arab by The Cure

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 10 13 at 08:10 PM • permalink

  15. Satin Bag - Dr John

    Posted by hooligan on 2006 10 13 at 09:05 PM • permalink

  16. Dark side of the Moon(bat)?

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 10 13 at 09:16 PM • permalink

  17. Walk like an Egyptian.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 10 13 at 09:16 PM • permalink

  18. #7—
    I’d love to hear Fisky sing Born Free while drunk - and on a deserted island..

    Oh God. Thanks for the earworm, dude. I have to go wash my ears with sulfuric acid now.

    Habib, if ever you do wind up doing ABBA covers at a motorcycle rally, be sure to let us know how it goes. [ducks]

    Posted by Dr Alice on 2006 10 13 at 09:27 PM • permalink

  19. Hit Me With A rock Weird Al Yankovic

    Posted by geoff on 2006 10 13 at 09:35 PM • permalink

  20. Mad Dogs And Englishmen : Stone The Crows

    Posted by geoff on 2006 10 13 at 09:44 PM • permalink

  21. Bar Patron to extremely drunk pianist: “Excuse me, sir. Do you know your penis is hanging out, you’ve pissed on your shoes and crapped yourself?’

    Drunk pianist: “Know it? I fuckin’ wrote it!”

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 13 at 09:44 PM • permalink

  22. Your Face Was Made For Kicking Gefilte Fisk

    Posted by geoff on 2006 10 13 at 09:55 PM • permalink

  23. When In A Foreign Country It Might Be A Good Idea To Learn The Language So You Can Understand The Locals: [Same Group]

    Posted by geoff on 2006 10 13 at 10:00 PM • permalink

  24. Paranoid Android - Radiohead

    Paranoid - Black Sabbath

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 13 at 10:12 PM • permalink

  25. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and the Afghan Kids

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 13 at 10:14 PM • permalink

  26. Mr Sandman - The Chordettes

    Just ‘cause I know he would.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 13 at 10:26 PM • permalink

  27. Yusuf Islam - “In Praise of the Last Prophet”

    Yusuf islam - “A is for Allah”

    Shaikh Terra - “Dirty Kuffar”

    Posted by Tex on 2006 10 13 at 10:38 PM • permalink

  28. Hope he takes some requests from these guys.

    Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 10 13 at 10:46 PM • permalink

  29. 28 comments, and no one has yet mentioned “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” by Pat Benatar?

    Posted by Damian P. on 2006 10 13 at 10:53 PM • permalink

  30. Habib is just about the best prescription for good pulmonary health that I’ve ever encountered. He makes me laugh so hard that I’m pretty sure I clear out all the cigarette smoke I’ve been inhaling during the day.

    Posted by paco on 2006 10 13 at 11:08 PM • permalink

  31. puff puff…

    Don’t be a dumb dumb. Try not to smoke!

    okies my song for tim blair….

    But I love you, until the end   (pause)
    of time…

    Come what may…................ (singing)

    smootch.

    Hi paco puff man

    Posted by 1.618 on 2006 10 14 at 12:08 AM • permalink

  32. Fly Me To The Loon

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 10 14 at 12:12 AM • permalink

  33. “They ain’t making jews like Jesus anymore” by Kinky Friedman

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 10 14 at 01:18 AM • permalink

  34. #30 You are so right, paco. Three or four words into a post, no matter the length, and I know it’s Habib.

    Inimitable. Yes, that’s it.

    Like, screw solid-state, no matter how sophisticated the electronics—you simply cannot duplicate the sound of a late 60’s all-tube Peavy head, on top of a 2x12 cabinet with old “spring” reverb…

    Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 10 14 at 01:25 AM • permalink

  35. This’n

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 10 14 at 01:31 AM • permalink

  36. Someone keeps moving my chair. By They might be giants
    Language is a virus. By Laurie Anderson
    Id also like to cast a deciding vote for Liar by Henry Rollins.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 10 14 at 02:25 AM • permalink

  37. Cheatin’ Heart -but I don’t think the moonbat’s got one.

    Posted by Barrie on 2006 10 14 at 03:31 AM • permalink

  38. Rock the Casbah by the Clash

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 10 14 at 07:30 AM • permalink

  39. “Still a Fool” - Muddy Waters
    “Looking for a Boy”—Chris Connor
    “Mannish Boy”—also Muddy Waters
    “Running Scared”—Roy Orbison
    “Weirdo”—Miles Davis
    “Liar”—The Sex Pistols

    For the rest of us:  “I Get Along without You Very Well”—Billie Holiday

    Posted by ushie on 2006 10 14 at 01:38 PM • permalink

  40. The Seeds, “Pushin’ Too Hard”

    Posted by mojo on 2006 10 15 at 02:00 AM • permalink

  41. Wired for Sound,My name is Sue,Love for Sale.Little Red Roo-ooster.

    Posted by crash on 2006 10 16 at 09:36 AM • permalink

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