If you were stuck on an uninhabited island...

...And you could only hear one song for the rest of your life, which song would you choose?

I was watching a video for California Dreamin' by the Mamas & the Papas on Youtube today, and came across an interesting comment: ''If I were trapped on a desert island and could only hear one song for the rest of my life it would be this.''  That got me wondering which song I would choose...

A top contender is  Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac. The song has an otherworldly quality to it. Stevie Nicks' vocals are hauntingly beautiful. The guitars provide a mesmerising boat for the story to sail in. I have listened to this song so many times, yet it is still as powerful as it was the first time I listened to it. I do believe that Gold Dust Woman is one of Fleetwood Mac's finest songs.

About a newspaper article's tag line

About two weeks ago (I shouldn't be so lazy about posting...) I was tearing up some old newspapers for papier mache. I came across an issue of Free 4 All, a free newspaper we got at school. In it, there was an article about being a good kisser, with the tag line 'For Boys'. I laughed because I'm quite sure that both sexes would want to go into a kiss with some idea of what to do.  It reminded me of a quote in a magazine which was talking about the 'experienced man, innocent woman' stereotype (to be fair, the quote was talking about sex, but a 'boy experienced in kissing, girl innocent' story is in a similar vein) . The 'For Boys' tag line seemed to reflect that stereotype, which was weird...it was almost like the newspaper was participating in the subtle gender role socialisation process that a good number of media sources slip into young people's lives.

On the other hand, the tag line probably had no sinister undercurrents. You can look at it either way. This post was just the bunch of thoughts in my head at the time.