Okay, my 5 players - I have seen them all live: - Glen Hoddle David Ginola Ricky Villa Jay Jay Okacha Ian Gibson - a much earlier (and just as drunk) version of Paul Gascoigne Teams: - Spurs 1960/61/62/63 Holland - Cruyff, Neeskens et al Barcelona - last 2 years Brazil 1970 Argentina 1978 Tunes: Yes - Turn of the Century Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Free - Alright Now Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven If I had to chose a couple of more recent ones: Coldplay - I will fix you Elbow - One day like this Luxury: Never ending supply of Collier's Choice Cheese and either top of the range Australian Shiraz or Spanish Tempranillo. If never found I would at least die a happy (and pi$$ed) man!!!
5 players Pele (circa 1970) Bobby Moore Jimmy Greaves Maradona Gazza Teams Brazil 1970 Spain recent 1980's Liverpool Cardiff 78/79 plus team that thrashed Real Madrid 1 - 0 Chelsea late 60's early 70's Music Me myself I - Joan Armourplating Golden Brown - Stranglers Hooverville - Fine Young Canibals Little ole wine drinker me - Dean Martin San Jose - Dione Warwick Luxury - NO MOBILE PHONE
Pele George Best Jimmy Greaves Dennis Bergkamp Eric Cantona. Brazil 1970 Holland 1974 Chelsea 1970 (Yes, yes, I know!) Arsenal immortals Current Barcelona Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis - Vaughan Williams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3XvNZ3ns4 (My all time favourite piece of music) Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqxG09wlIA (Possibly the coolest video I've ever seen) The Pearl Fishers Duet - Bizet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBavwHwCyc (Watch this version with the incredible Alfie Boe & Bryn Terfel) Looking for Today - Black Sabbath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnPJNgrunc (One of rock musics highest achievements) Scherzo No. 3 - Chopin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9MvizSf78 (This version played by the one and only Martha Argerich, which won her the International Chopin competition in 1965 - it's simply awesome, with the greatest finale of them all). My luxury would be a comfy sofa lmao!
The original Desert Island Discs programme will have been running for 70 years in January........I notice this thread has gone "sticky" I know it won't last 70 years but I wonder if we'll get 70 posts
Yep I've revamped mine in my head half a dozen times already.......you see someone elses choice, and think "I'd forgotten about that one"
I'm only 23, so my best players list will be interesting compared to you oldies. Best players Messi Ronaldo (fat) Michael Owen - up until he left Liverpool. He was my idol growing up. Zidane C. Ronaldo Best teams Current Barcelona side Man Utd in the 90's Arsenal Invincibles WC winning Spain Man Utd at the moment (Phew that bit was quite difficult) Best Songs Design for Life - Manic street preachers The Everlasting - Manics again Enter Sandman - Metallica Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana Woman - Wolfmother Luxury A football
I'm only 23, so my best players list will be interesting compared to you oldies. Oldies, oldies get off our thread you cheeky young whippersnapper
Best Players: Pele George Best Jan Molby (just liked him) Dennis Bergkamp Archie Gemmill Best Team Liverpool (1977 ish) Forest (under Cloughie 70s) Holland (70-78) Real Madrid (Zidane year) Man Utd (young guns) Music: Two little boys (can a song be so misunderstood?) Stairway to heaven Riders on the storm Hurt (Johnny Cash) Son of a preacher man Luxury: Betty Blow job (your flexible friend)
Proph, What a great post! Pele, Best, Cruyff, Rush, Greaves Holland 70's, Man City 70's, Liverpool 80's, Clough;s Forest, Brazil Killing Me Softly, My Sweet Lord, Sultans of Swing, Hotel California, Come On Eileen Never Ending Lager
Pele Best Greaves Charlton Greg Farrell Barca Brazil 70 Holland 74 Real Madrid 60 Swansea Town relegation team 11/12 No more heroes - Stranglers Positively 4th street - Dylan Forgotten town - Christians Badge - Cream I've got you under my skin - Sinatra Stella Artois pipeline.
Hiya Pete, Hiding your light under a bushell again mate.......what about putting one of your fine Karaoke renditions on your record list
Leicester game on a Sunday. Surely there will be karaoke in the Insole afterwards? Come on Pete strutt your stuff. You know you want to!!!!
Messi C. Ronaldo Zidane Ronaldo Ronaldinho --- Barcelona current side Spain current side Manchester United - most sides of the last decade Brazil Arsenal - 04 ---- Music is so hard... some of my favourites... Now we are free - Gladiator Soundtrack A Thousand Trees - Stereophonics 4 chord song - Axis of Awesome Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols Dancing in the moonlight - Toploader --- Luxury - a stunning woman who can cook great meals from the little we have on the island and lives to please me
Gordon Banks (top cat) Peter Schmeichel (cat and a half) Robin Friday (best player I never saw) did see him tho ......superstar Dan Lewis ( Arsenal cat 1927) René Higuita (clever cat) Cardiff City 1689 - 2011 Brazil 1970 - 1982 West Ham 1964 - 1970 Havant & Waterlooville 2008 -2008 Germany 2010 - 2010 1 Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2 Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (In case I scratch the first one) 3 I useta love her - saw doctors 4 I'm not in love - 10cc (10 minute version- so I don't have to change the record so soon) 5 We are sailing - Rod Stewart Luxury would be a ladyboy with big t#ts (for company only) who can cook ,fight ,play footie, hunt ,drink or if I can,t have a human luxury a blow up sheep will be ok
Puyol; Jimmy Greaves; Brian Clark; Besty; Gerd Muller AC Milan; Barcelona; Spurs (60's); Liverpool; Merthyr Fuel to the fire - Rory Gallagher; So Many Roads - Climax Blues Band; All Right Now - Free (Live at Sheffield); Time Away - Paul Kossof; Yeti talks to Yogi - Amon Duul 2 (crap track but it lasts 30odd mins, which might be handy)
