What does “authentic” mean?
// March 18th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Blog
My husband and I recently hosted a desert isle dinner party. 3 couples shared a meal and the 10 songs they’d want to have with them if they were marooned on a desert island.
In the 5 hours we spent together we listened to 60 songs and talked about what each piece of music meant to us. We also discussed: a local fish market; the merits of French press coffee brewing; dog treats; Siamese cats; why no one should get a PhD; the local biopharma and biotech market; Manhattan (and Cambridge) jazz clubs; Japanese Gibson knock-off guitars; books to read; stereo systems to buy; local music venues; whether Girl Scout cookies are really baked by Girl Scouts…and so much more.
In the weeks since we got together, at least two items have been purchased as a direct result of the social connections and personal recommendations that were made that night.
This is what I mean when I use the word authentic.
And advertisers, if you’re listening, this is what the social shift to marketing looks like in the real, “on-land world”.
Our respective desert Isle playlists:
Sami’s playlist
Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow, “You know what I mean”
David Lee Roth, Crazy from the Heat, “I’m just a gigolo”
KISS, Alive, “Deuce”
Van Halen, Van Halen I, “Eruption/You Really Got Me”
U2, The Unforgettable Fire, “Bad”
Melissa Etheridge, ME, “Never Enough”
John Coltrane, Love Supreme, “Psalm”
Miles Davis, Milestones, “Straight, No Chaser”
Daniel Lanois, Acadie, “Still Water”
Tragically Hip, Up to Here, “Blow it high dough”
rr’s playlist
Ella Fitzgerald, Lady Time, “All or nothing at all”
Miles Davis, Kinda Blue, “All Blues”
Johnny Cash, The Legend of Johnny Cash, “Jackson”
Opera’s Greatest Moments, La Boheme, “Mi Chiamano Mimi” (Kiri Te Kanawa)
Joni Mitchell, Blue, “California”
Bruce Springsteen, Greatest Hits, “Hungry Heart”
Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, “You don’t know what love is”
Perez Prado, “Perdido”
Beatles, Beatles For Sale, “Every Little Thing”
Caetano Veloso, Fina Estampa, “Mi Cocodrillo Verde”
Zöe’s playlist
Faithless, Sunday 8pm – Killers Lullaby
Imogen Heap, Ellipse – Half Life
Grimethorpe Colliery Band – Brassed Off OST – Jerusalem
Elbow, Seldom Seen Kid – Friend Of Ours
Madonna, True Blue – Papa Don’t Preach
Craig Armstrong, The Space Between Us – Weather Storm
Muse, Absolution – Butterflies and Hurricanes
Tori Amos, Boys For Pele – Putting The Damage On
Elton John, Blue Moves – Tonight
Editors, An End Has A Start – Spiders
Ennio Morricone, The Mission OST – Gabriels Oboe
Dan’s playlist
Orbital, C.D. – Belfast
D.J. Shadow, Endtroducing – Building Stream With A Grain Of Salt
Björk, Post – Army Of Me
Nirvana, Nevermind – On A Plain
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
Talvin Singh, OK – Traveller
Spiritualized, Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space BP – Part 2
Leftfield, Leftism – Release The Pressure
U2, Achtung Baby, One
Burial, Untrue – Archangel
Sharon’s playlist
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Gene Ammons The Gene Ammons Story
Best of Mississippi John Hurt
James Taylor Live
Glenn Gould The Goldberg Variations (1956)
Lyle Lovett Pontiac
Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie and His Orchestra
Best of Journey
Ella Fitzgerald – The Best of the Songbooks
Dinah Washington – For Those in Love
Richard’s playlist
Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes
The Genius of Charlie Parker (Savoy & Dial Years Compilation)
Miles Davis, Milestones
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites, Yo-Yo Ma
Lester Young, The “Kansas City” Sessions
Sonny Rollins, The Bridge
Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby
Dexter Gordon, Sophisticated Giant
John Coltrane, Coltrane’s Sound
