The Smiths

If I had to listen to only one song by The Smiths for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. The band for the month of October was The Smiths. Morrissey's crooning with Marr's guitar landscapes created a such  pop perfection. There was a moodiness and yet there was a lightness to their songs. It is difficult to describe.

Here are the results:

47 People Answered the Survey

 21 Different Songs were Chosen

There is a Light That Never Goes Out	8
This Charming Man	8
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want	6
How Soon is Now?	5
Ask	2
I Know It's Over	2
What Difference Does It Make?	2
Cemetry Gates	1
Death of a Disco Dancer	1
Half a Person	1
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now	1
Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me	1
none	1
Pretty Girls Make Graves	1
Reel Around The Fountain	1
Sheila Take a Bow	1
Still Ill	1
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before	1
The Headmaster Ritual	1
The Queen Is Dead	1
Vicar in a Tutu	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below.  

November's Artist

 If you could only listen to one song by Van Morrison, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r18ZrZqMdZsCh-IDYp262xayWVSAhaXMdfq9UxcfEoU/viewform?usp=send_form 

Bruce Springsteen

If I had to listen to only one song by Bruce Springsteen for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. The band for the month of September was...Bruce Springsteen. The underdog. The everyman. The Boss. There is no other artist with a following like Springsteen. That following is predicated on the best live show in the game. Everyone hopes they can be relevant at 65. Everyone wishes they could play 3 hour shows at 65. Everyone wants to be The Boss at 65.

Here are the results:

24 People Answered the Survey

 18 Different Songs were Chosen

Born to Run	3
Thunder Road	3
Dancing In the Dark	2
I'm On Fire	2
Adam Raised A Cain	1
Backstreets	1
Bobbie Jean	1
Born in the USA	1
Glory Days	1
Hungry Heart	1
I'm Going Down	1
Incident on 57th Street	1
Jungleland	1
Racing in the Street	1
Spirit in the Night	1
The Rising	1
The River	1
Wrecking Ball	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below.  

October's Artist

 If you could only listen to one song by The Smiths, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XRiqH6T5xfOOTU03NXLUtMf3km-8gpmEDWGGQ_BENBs/viewform?usp=send_form

Fleetwood Mac

If I had to listen to only one song by Fleetwood Mac for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. The band for the month of August was...Fleetwood Mac. Starting as an experimental blues band, The Mac became the epitome of smooth excess. Someone voted for "none" this month. I guess being stranded on an island only to be reminded of cocaine and heartbreak may be too much to handle.

Here are the results:

24 People Answered the Survey

 15 Different Songs were Chosen

Landslide	3
Go Your Own Way	2
Never Going Back Again	2
Rhiannon	2
Second Hand News	2
The Chain	2
Tusk	2
Blue Letter	1
Dreams	1
Little Lies	1
Oh Well	1
Sara	1
Sentimental Lady	1
Silver Springs	1
Walk A Thin Line	1
None	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below.  

September's Artist

 If you could only listen to one song by Bruce Springsteen, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HE_b-ePvJEjKozxWW1umYp5-MCJmHW_y4EYj4Mojh08/viewform?usp=send_form 

John Mellencamp

If I had to listen to only one song by John Mellencamp for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. The artist for the month of July was...John Mellencamp. He is more grassroots than a flea market. His songs embody the average folk. He said F..U.. to Reagan when he wanted to use his song in a campaign ad. 

Here are the results:

25 People Answered the Survey

 13 Different Songs were Chosen

Jack and Diane	7
Authority Song	3
Cherry Bomb	3
Ain't Even Done with the Night	2
This Time	2
Between a Laugh and a Tear	1
Human wheels	1
Hurts So Good	1
Key West Intermezzo	1
Pink Houses	1
Small Town	1
Too Much to Think About	1
What if I Came Knocking?	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below.  

August

 If you could only listen to one song by Fleetwood Mac, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WdDqCtQyUkzEu_b81s1ibAHOyjraIg4EJGjYHMv4wK4/viewform?usp=send_form

Best Summer Song

If I had to listen to only one song that reminds me of summer for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. This month we tried something a little different. This month we asked for the song that most reminds you of summer. The chosen songs are interesting because most of that songs are not "summery" stylistically or lyrically. Music has that magic that allows you to be in a different place/time or remind you of something from your past. The songs this month engage memory and feeling.

Here are the results:

32 People Answered the Survey

 29 Different Songs were Chosen

Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft	2
Summertime by Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff	2
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses	2
All Summer Long by Kid Rock	1
Alright by Supergrass	1
Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip	1
Boys of Summer by Don Henley	1
Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and The Shondells	1
Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandellas	1
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty	1
Girls in Their Summer Clothes by Bruce Springsteen	1
Grace, Too by The Tragically Hip	1
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers	1
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel	1
It's Magic by Pilot	1
July by Ryan Seiler	1
Let's Go Surfing by The Drums	1
Long Hot Summer by The Style Council	1
Made for TV by King Apparatus	1
Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom	1
Night Moves by Bob Seeger	1
Oogum boogum by Alex Chilton	1
San Francisco by Scott McKenzie	1
Second Hand News by Fleetwood Mac	1
Summer Breeze by the Isley Brothers	1
Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys	1
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley	1
Traveling Boy by Art Garfunkel	1
Your Love by Leftfield	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below.  If you could only listen to one song by John Mellencamp, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BzFz_mrIBfVOu8RiXubr-dwixln8vv6edYo59tTzI5w/viewform?usp=send_form 

Stevie Wonder

If I had to listen to only one song from Stevie Wonder for the rest of my life it would be...

On January 1st 2014, the Desert Island Mixtape Project was launched. You are stranded on an island. You only have one song to listen to for the rest of your life. Each month a new band/artist is chosen. This month's artist was Stevie Wonder. Stevie is an artist that defies definition. He is funk. He is pop. He is soul. He is genius.

Here are the results:

46 People Answered the Survey

 19 Different Songs were Chosen

Superstition	16
As	4
Living for the City	4
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing	2
Fingertips Part 2	2
I Believe	2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)	2
We Can Work It Out	2
Ebony and Ivory	1
I Just Called to Say I Love You	1
Isn't She Lovely	1
Knocks Me Off My Feet	1
Love Having You Around	1
Place in the Sun	1
Saturn	1
Sir Duke!	1
Uptight (Everything's Alright)	1
You and I	1
You Are the Sunshine of My Life	1

Click Here to see all of the interesting things people had to say about their Desert Island Song.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all of the songs on the list.

Thanks to everyone who participated! I would love it if the results of the survey were discussed in the comments section below. This month we are going to try something different. This month we are looking for your Desert Island summer song. If you could only listen to one song to remind you of summer, what would it be? Click on the link below to tell us your answer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bo0F1ocwiy2YoM2pcsgPxPf1SOeDZSvLde_sncZtyHA/viewform?usp=send_form