…according to the Daily Heil. Nothing to do with the fact Nige doesn’t listen to music, watch TV or read.
He clearly needs someone else to make his choices for him and who better than The Afterword?
I think Rule Britannia performed by The Royal Choral Society is a given….
The Rainbow Connection
We All Stand Together
Axel F
Halfway up the Stairs
Toad to nowhere
Spawn to be wild
White Ribbit
I’m too Sexy
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Power to the People
Right Said Fred
Right Said Fred. Brilliant choice!
I’ve just realised. You mean Right Said Fred the act not the song. 😕
I’ll tell you what, Tiggs, I picked up a copy of Deeply Dippy on 7″ for 8p* in the bargain crates on RSD. It’s really good!
I much prefer the Rockingbirds cover from the Fred EP, though.
(*) sevens were priced at either 50 or 100 for £10, but I had a pile of over 120 for my tenner. I’m still playing my way through them now.
Thank you for the ‘banned’ as of course he’s not been.
The Frog Chorus.
And Blur’s reworking one of their songs to produce Pondlife.
Heaven 17 – We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang
The Horst-Wessel lied.
You’re so Dumb – Skrewdriver.
Kajun Ku Klux Klan – Johnny Rebel.
Sorry for the distinct lack of humour but I find and have always found c*nts such as Farage and his followers abhorrent. I’ve opposed their ilk all my adult life. They can go fu*k themselves.
Quite. The idea that he could well be Prime Minister in the relatively near future fills we with despair.
A sentiment I agree with.
All You Fascists Bound to Lose – Woody Guthrie.
There isn’t a desert island small enough, barren enough or far enough away to send that grinning c*nt to.
To paraphrase the Dead Kennedys:
Nazi Toads F**k Off.
Farageland by The Flash
I’ve not checked but I’m sure a songwriter dedicated this to to toad faced arsehole.
“I’m the biggest cunt since that twat named Trump, tra la la”
Twat – Dr John Cooper Clarke
Racist Friend – Special AKA
Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
If you want more lyrics, how about these from “The End” by German synthpop merchants De/Vision:
“I’m unimpressed.
By everything you do.
You make me sick.
I never wanna be like you.”
Here’s an audio-only “video” of the song (sadly, no high-quality video is on YouTube):
‘ A Reform source told The Times: “We approached the BBC as we thought it would be a no-brainer with Keir and Kemi going on, but it would appear they have a ban on Reform — the party has led in the opinion polls for well over a year. This is the typical BBC bias we have come to expect.”
But in a statement, the BBC said: “We do not ban any individuals from appearing on Desert Island Discs and that includes Mr Farage.”
Hilarious quote from Reform. The word ‘appears’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Others who have clearly been banned include Zack Polanski, Angela Rayner, Rishi Sunak, John Swinney etc etc
I must have been banned as well, because I haven’t been invited. I haven’t done anything that might lead to me being invited, mind you, but I’m still annoyed about it.
Has Nicola Sturgeon been on? Was her luxury item a camper van?
Not a camper van but unsurprisingly:
LUXURY ITEM
A Coffee Machine
I nearly asked that
You would have thought she’d have plenty in the house maybe he didn’t let her use his so she wanted her own.
I dunno why, but I’m sure “are Nigel” would appreciate Colonel Bogey, since he’s behind “are boys”. The rest of us can come up with suitable anti facist lyrics for the tune.
That’s the spirit. You’ve put yourself in his head, which everyone else ‘appears’ to be avoiding.
😉
The inspiration for the lyric already exists, seeing as he has indeed only got one ball.
“The ruddy woke Albert Hall has ruddy banned me from keeping it there!!!”
His luxury item would be either a box set of Dads Army or Fawlty Towers (VHS, or maybe even Betamax). To remind him of the two tv shows that largely drove him into power. Even though the woke BBC made them, although he probably forgot. Don’t tell him, Pike..!
Oh no!
Does this mean I’m no longer allowed to hind Dad’s Army funny?
Don’t tell him Gin!
In It For The Money – Supergrass
Nigel – ‘I think the Horst Wessel song, don’t you? Nothing like a jolly upbeat drinking song to show what a man of the people I am and the metropolitan woke Guardinistas will hate it.’
Panicky advisor – ‘Yes I know you love World War 2 and all that Nigel but maybe something that will show what a British patriot you are? White Cliffs of Dover should do the trick….’
Nigel – ‘that’ll do. The liberal elite will hate that as well’
For his book I’d recommend The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt. As for a song, Less Than Zero by Elvis Costello come to mind.
I was thinking Meiqn Kampf but your suggestion is better.
The Arendt book appeared on the list of items that Peter Murrell bought with the money he embezzled.
What a Fool Believes.
I thought it was BBC law that he has to be on at least 5 times per week.
Eight broadcasts by Lord Haw-Haw.
Right up Fromage’s street.
Donald, Where’s Your Troosers?
I’m As Cold As Tice
Or more ominously…
Came here to post that very clip!
Enoch Powell chose four Wagner pieces, three Beethoven and one Haydn
What was the Haydn?
The full list is here, along with the opportunity to play the programme should you so wish https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mf3s
Thanks @Gatz
He was on a Haydn to nothing.
Here all week, etc.
Powell’s one luxury for the desert island is an interesting choice: a device by which one could smoke fish.
If I were marooned on a desert island, a nice piece of smoked haddock would be most welcome. I’m not sure I’d want to share it with Enoch Powell, though.
Tony Benn would , of course,have been happy to, being great friends with Powell.
Apropos of nothing, I remember reading somewhere that Benn was also chummy with late rake, bounder, cad etc Alan Clark.
From his memoirs, I get the impression that Benn would talk to anyone. Not a man for an “echo chamber” approach…
Somewhat disturbingly I think the fledgling Nick Heyward in the video for Love Plus One bears a remarkable resemblance to the Aldi Despot-in-the-making.
Thankfully Nick grew up to be a handsome and eminently likeable entertainer. I think, should Frottage finally achieve high office, Jarvis Cocker’s secret track on his first solo album would be Number 1 if released as a single.
I fear DID with the Ranidae one would be at tad boring as:
“Asked by the Observer’s Rachel Cooke in 2015 what music he likes, he said: “None. I don’t listen to music, I don’t watch television, I don’t read.”
“None. I don’t listen to music, I don’t watch television, I don’t read.”
Says it all., really. Our next PM. Good grief.
Lol. “I don’t read”. Yes, Nigel – that much is readily apparent.
Next PM? Is this already decided?
@dai – not looking wildly improbable at the moment, unfortunately
🙁
Mortimer Duke shares an opinion I echo
Wonder what the American president might choose? I can’t imagine he is an avid reader or music listener, he does watch TV, Fox News only I think. I seem to remember hearing he liked Neil Young but I think Neil wasn’t too happy about that
Al Wilson’s The Snake is his favourite song. He loves YMCA by The Village People, too. Trump is a lot easier to come up with a list than Farage.
Apparently, Trump has a Spotify Playlist he regularly taps into from his iPad at Mar-a-Lago.
Here’s a rundown of some of the key tracks on Mr Trump’s playlist – some of which may surprise while others will definitely not:
Sinead O’Connor – ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’
Metallica – ‘Enter Sandman’
R.E.M. – ‘Losing My Religion’
Elton John – ‘Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding’
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera
‘Superstar’ from Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar
Elvis Presley – ‘Suspicious Minds’
Lionel Ritchie – ‘Hello’
Guns N’ Roses – ‘November Rain’
James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti – ‘It’s a Man’s World – Live’
Frank Sinatra – ‘My Way’
Johnny Cash – ‘Ring of Fire’
The Rolling Stones – ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-spotify-playlist-favourite-songs-b2523868.html
Mr Trump’s Intern Tasked With Wide-Ranging And Appealing To The Most Voters Playlist, you mean, surely. We’re talking about a shell of a man with no discernible soul here. I’d bet your mortgage he didn’t select these.
Yep
I dunno. He seems to genuinely enjoy them. It’s a very odd selection, made by somebody who is too concrete in his thinking to notice any depth or nuance.
It doesn’t look that random or curated. The Sinead, R.E.M., GNR and Metallica songs are all from around the same time.
I suspect that if curated to appeal to his core support there would be more Country.