Wow this is a hard question. I'd have to narrow it down first from these choices:

Maxwell - his voice makes me calm when I want to punch people at work who piss me off so I know he'll keep me in a relaxed state of being on a deserted island.

Mariah Carey - she's got some great songs and some not so great songs that just make me laugh my ass off

Janet Jackson - because then I can get 'Scream' and 'Best Things In Life Are Free' and maybe sneak some MJ and Luther Vandross in there too. Win-Win!

TLC - my girls always keep me happy...plus their albums are usually good from beginning to end.

Prince (of course) - not so much because he's so diverse in his music but because there's soo much in his discography. He has over 30 studio albums alone. One album a month is more than 30 months...either someone will rescue me by that point or I'll have figured out a way to make a boat and do what Tom Hanks did in 'Castaway' (minus Wilson though...ahhh Wilson )

Soo....

I'm gonna go with Ms. Jackson.

C'mon Damita Jo, let's do this.

Any of these would be fine...

Prince

Michael Jackson

John Lennon [don't need the Beatles stuff either.. just his solo career]

Yoko Ono

Caetano Veloso

Elvis Presley

Each of these artists are in my top 10 favorites, and have a large and varied discography. I can't pick just one of them as I like them all about equal. I would be ok with any one of them.

duccichucka said:

estelle81 said:

One album a month is more than 30 months...either someone will rescue me by that point or I'll have figured out a way to make a boat

Or you can be stuck there 15 years like Gilligan's Island (according to the Rescue From Gilligan's Island movie).

Vanilli said:

WaterInYourBath said:

MJ. No question.

Yep that is the music from pretty much every era of my life. I'd do just fine with that - especially with all the upcoming re-releases included.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Miles Davis

^ I could be quite satisfied with that pick.

A large quality catalog (a major plus).

Definitely wouldn't get bored cause with Miles you get...

Art Blakey

Foley

...Just to name a little more than a few.

Talk about gettin' your moments worth.

Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

[Edited 10/3/12 20:40pm]

MickyDolenz said:

estelle81 said:

One album a month is more than 30 months...either someone will rescue me by that point or I'll have figured out a way to make a boat

Or you can be stuck there 15 years like Gilligan's Island (according to the Rescue From Gilligan's Island movie).

It might take me a good 4 years to get through all of the 'The Rainbow Children' alone so I might just make it. That album requires multiple breaks betwen songs for me.

As of now it would be a coin flip between EWF and Mint Condition

Michael Jackson.

Prince, easily, no doubt.

It sounded great then, and it still does now.

Plus, it's my coming of age story set to music. It just fits.

If I can't have P on the island, then it would have to be Maxwell, D, Chaka, Donna, MJ, Teena Marie, or Rick.

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You do realize how cruel this is just making us pickone artsit right??

Ok it'seither gonna be Madonna or The System!! There, I said it!

WaterInYourBath said:

MJ. No question.

With all the J5 music,combined with his solo work,I would have an endless supply of music to choose from.

theAudience said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Miles Davis

^ I could be quite satisfied with that pick.

A large quality catalog (a major plus).

Definitely wouldn't get bored cause with Miles you get...

Art Blakey

Stan Getz

Roy Haynes

J.J. Jackson

Jackie McLean

Max Roach

Sonny Rollins

John Lewis

Horace Silver

Percy Heath

Paul Chambers

Kenny Clarke

John Coltrane

Alice Coltrane

Red Garland

Thelonious Monk

Milt Jackson

Philly Joe Jones

Wynton Kelly

Charles Mingus

Cannonball Adderley

Gil Evans

Herbie Hancock

Tony Williams

Wayne Shorter

Ron Carter

Chick Corea

John McLaughlin

Joe Zawinul

Sam Rivers

Jack DeJohnette

Larry Young

Bennie Maupin

Lenny White

Billy Cobham

Mike Stern

Marcus Miller

John Scofield

Kenny Garrett

Joey DeFrancesco

Foley

...Just to name a little more than a few.

Talk about gettin' your moments worth.

Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

[Edited 10/3/12 20:40pm]

Not an easy pick, but Miles would probably be my choice, too.

Bowie

Beatles

Dylan

Prince

Bob Marley

----it's a big ask to stick with any one musician though

or Ella - she's got loads of albums

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

Steely Dan - escapism music at it's best for me. Diverse too.

TheDigitalGardener said:

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

I was just about to ask this

aardvark15 said:

sexton said:

So if I chose the Beatles, I can also keep all the solo albums by John Lennon, George Harrison, Wings, etc.? That's a big discography.

I think they're saying that if you picked John Lennon for example, you'd have all the work he did with the Beatles and his solo work.

Yep, that's it aardvark15!

MickyDolenz said:

aardvark15 said:

I think they're saying that if you picked John Lennon for example, you'd have all the work he did with the Beatles and his solo work.

Well that could mean you can pick a session musician/singer (like Billy Preston, Herbie Hancock, or The Waters siblings) and have all the records he or she played/sang on.

[Edited 10/3/12 15:30pm]

Yep, that is the idea.

Basically the question narrows it down to just one singer/musician whose catalogue awards you with the most pleasure/satisfaction. The artist whose catalogue you would pick when leaving for a deserted island!

It is very hard though to pick one, because people like various artists for different reasons.

Another sucky thing is that your absolute favorite artist could have only made one or two albums. So eventhough that music is the absolute best music you know, you still wouldn't most likely pick him/her, but some other artist who is brilliant too but has a large and/or varied catalogue.

Choose wisely, my friends!

duccichucka said:

M M

O O

Z N

A K

R

T

It's a toss up.

You get the prize for the most elite/sophisticated taste!

Both great musicians, that's for sure.

theAudience said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Miles Davis

^ I could be quite satisfied with that pick.

A large quality catalog (a major plus).

Definitely wouldn't get bored cause with Miles you get...

Art Blakey

Stan Getz

Roy Haynes

J.J. Jackson

Jackie McLean

Max Roach

Sonny Rollins

John Lewis

Horace Silver

Percy Heath

Paul Chambers

Kenny Clarke

John Coltrane

Alice Coltrane

Red Garland

Thelonious Monk

Milt Jackson

Philly Joe Jones

Wynton Kelly

Charles Mingus

Cannonball Adderley

Gil Evans

Herbie Hancock

Tony Williams

Wayne Shorter

Ron Carter

Chick Corea

John McLaughlin

Joe Zawinul

Sam Rivers

Jack DeJohnette

Larry Young

Bennie Maupin

Lenny White

Billy Cobham

Mike Stern

Marcus Miller

John Scofield

Kenny Garrett

Joey DeFrancesco

Foley

...Just to name a little more than a few.

Talk about gettin' your moments worth.

[Edited 10/3/12 20:40pm]

dancerella said:

You do realize how cruel this is just making us pickone artsit right??

Ok it'seither gonna be Madonna or The System!! There, I said it!

Thanks for mentioning The System! They are amazing IMO.

Did you know Madonna and David Frank once shared an appartment en had plans to make some music together? I just heard about that recently...

TheDigitalGardener said:

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

Obviously solar panels will be installed on the island, no worries there!

Prince

his music seems adequate for a tropical setting

TheDigitalGardener said:

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

Ipods.

[Edited 10/4/12 8:05am]

TheDigitalGardener said:

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

With some solar panels to generate electricity for the boom box or charging the ipod (until the battery died).

funkaholic1972 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

And how are any of you going to play your chosen music?

Obviously solar panels will be installed on the island, no worries there!

exactly, by "deserted" island I get that there are not tiresome/dangerous humans around, but that doesn't mean there isn't technology/buildings: paradise indeed...

lol

rene elizondo