Roger Waters

Kirsty Young's castaway is the musician Roger Waters.

As one of the founding members of the band Pink Floyd, he has seen huge critical and commercial success. But in 1985 he walked away from the group and years of acrimony followed. They were reunited for one final performance, twenty years later, for Live 8. It was a moment many of their fans thought they would not live to see and it was, he says, highly emotional.

"We did a run through on the Friday night and it was remarkable, there were about fifty or sixty people working on the site, putting out rubbish bins or whatever it was they were doing and they all stopped and at the end they all applauded - that was a very moving moment."

Choices

1.

Neil Young

Helpless

Composer: Neil Young

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2.

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Everton Norton

Endless Flight

Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Leonard Cohen

Bird on a Wire

Composer: L Cohen

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4.

Chet Baker

My Funny Valentine

Composer: Rodgers and Hart

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Ray Charles

Georgia On My Mind

Composer: Gorrell/Carmichael

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Giacomo Puccini

E Lucevan Le Stelle (from Tosca)

Artist: Franco Corelli

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Billie Holiday

God Bless the Child

Composer: Arthur Herzog Jr – Billie Holiday

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Castaway's favourite

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - 4th movement (Adagietto)

Artist: Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic

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Book

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

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Luxury item

A grand piano

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