Before the invention of the Internet, office workers had to waste time with much more low-tech approaches. Asking co-workers questions such as "Which one celebrity would you sleep with if you had the chance?" could waste hours of otherwise productive time.

One tried-and-true way to spark a heated conversation is to discuss music. And when it comes to music, there's no better question than this one:

"If you were stuck on a desert island for a month, and could only listen to 10 songs, which 10 would you choose?"

Below are the answers that came from my co-workers.

Provide your own (or criticize our choices) by clicking here and visiting our message forums.

Adam B.
1) "Scenario" - Tribe Called Quest
2) "Baba O'Reilly" - Pearl Jam
3) "Bombs Over Baghdad" - Outkast
4) "Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance
5) "Impossibility" - Shurman
6) "Better Beautiful Than Perfect" - Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
7) "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
8) "Authority Song" - Jimmy Eat World
9) "Centerfold" - J. Giles Band
10)"B-Boy Bouillabaisse" - Beastie Boys

Bonus: "O.K. Oklahoma" - Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band

Allison N.
1) "Erotic City" - Prince
2) "Purple Rain" - Prince
3) "Two Step" - Dave Matthews Band
4) "Break Your Heart" - Barenaked Ladies
5) "In My Life" - The Beatles
6) "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
7) "Black" - Pearl Jam
8) "Atomic Dog" - George Clinton
9) "Because The Night" - 10,000 Maniacs
10)"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - Meatloaf

Arah B.
1) "All Apologies" - Nirvana
2) "Honky Tonk Women" - Rolling Stones
3) "Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim
4) "I Want To Break Free" - Queen
5) "Tea In The Sahara" - The Police
6) "An Exception To The Rule" - Dwight Yoakam
7) "I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Mix)" - Groove Armada
8) "Hide and Seek" - Imogen Heap
9) "I'm Going To Wait" - Lyle Lovett
10)"Forever In My Life" - Prince

Dan E.
1) "My Aim Is True" - Elvis Costello
2) "A Day In The Life" - The Beatles
3) "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
4) "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
5) "In My Hour Of Darkness" - Gram Parsons
6) "Lookin' For Me Somewhere" - BoDeans
7) "Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies (or Lou Reed)
8) "Tear Stained Eye" - Son Volt
9) "You Are Everything" - R.E.M.
10)"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day

Doug F.
1) "American Pie" - Don McLean
2) "Ventura Highway" - America
3) "Close To The Edge" - Yes
4) "And You And I" - Yes
5) "Siberian Khatru" - Yes
6) "Watching The Detectives" - Elvis Costello
7) "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
8) "Allison" - Elvis Costello
9) "Sympathy For The Devil" - Rolling Stones
10)"Saddle Tramp" - Charlie Daniels Band

Fred O.
1) "Symphony #7" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
2) "The Cookie Factory" - Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands)
3) "The Woman In The Red Dress/Clubbed To Death" -- Rob D. (The Matrix)
4) "Duel Of The Fates" - John Williams (The Phantom Menace)
5) "Blood In The Water" - Dave Matthews Band
6) "Thank U" - Alanis Morissette
7) "This Grudge" - Alanis Morissette
8) "Hotel California" - The Eagles
9) "Livin' On The Edge" - Aerosmith
10)"Anitra's Dance" - Edvard Grieg (Peer Gynt)

Hart
1) "Powderfinger" - Neil Young
2) "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
3) "Gene Jeanie" - David Bowie
4) "Dead Flowers" - Rolling Stones
5) "Standing On Shakey Ground" - Delbert McClinton
6) "Snakebite Love" - Zachary Richard
7) "Caroline, No" - The Beach Boys
8) "Just A Wave" - Jimmy Dale Gilmour
9) "Romeo And Juliet" - Dire Straits
10)"Highway 61 Revisted" - Bob Dylan

or

1) "Sugar Magnolia" (live at Winterland 1978) - Grateful Dead
2) "Dixie Chicken" (live, Waiting for Columbus) - Little Feat
3) "Whipping Post" (live at the Fillmore East) - Allman Brothers
4) "Rosalita" - Bruce Springsteen
5) "Lives In The Balance" - Jackson Browne
6) "Last Resort" - Eagles
7) "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills and Nash
8) "Under A Blood Red Sky" - U2
9) "Train In Vain" - The Clash
10)"Losing My Religion" - REM

Jeff S.
1) "Running to Stand Still" - U2
2) "He's My Star" - Poster Children
3) "Mudhouse" - Bob Schneider
4) "I Will Not Take These Things For Granted" - Toad The Wet Sprocket
5) "Honey And The Moon" - Joseph Arthur
6) "The Man" - Pete Yorn
7) "The Seed" - The Roots
8) "La Cienega Just Smiled" - Ryan Adams
9) "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World" - U2
10)"Summertime - The Sundays

Jennifer J.
1) "Running on Empty" - Jackson Browne
2) "Brandy" - Looking Glass
3) "Wasted On The Way" - Crosby, Stills and Nash
4) "Come On Eileen" - Dexy and the Midnight Runners
5) "Dancing With Myself" - Billy Idol
6) "Cold Day In July" - Dixie Chicks
7) "If You Want To Save The World" - Eytan Mirsky
8) "Red Rubber Ball" - The Crykle
9) "Georgia On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
10)"The Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkel

J. Scott
1) "Stormy Side of Town" - Stan Ridgway
2) "Shine on, Crazy Diamond" - Pink Floyd
3) "Son of a Son of a Sailor" - Jimmy Buffett
4) "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf
5) "Princes of the Universe" - Queen
6) "Carmina Burana" - Trans Siberian Orchestra
7) "Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley
8) "Roller Derby Queen" - Jim Croce
9) "One Night in Bangkok" - Murray Head
10)"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" - Willie Nelson

Justin
1) "Celebrate" - Rare Earth
2) "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" - The Hollies
3) "Time Of the Season" - The Zombies
4) "Echoes" - Pink Floyd
5) "O Maria" - Beck
6) "The Ocean" - Led Zepplin
7) "Moby Dick" - Led Zepplin
8) "Soul Kitchen" - The Doors
9) "A Day In the Life" - The Beatles
10)"She's a Rainbow" - The Rolling Stones

Lisa M.
1) "A Pirate Looks At 40" - Jimmy Buffett
2) "Brown-Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
3) "Call It Democracy" - Bruce Cockburn
4) "Come Fly With Me" - Frank Sinatra
5) "I Moved To Slow" - The Iguanas
6) "My Ever-Changing Moods" - The Style Council
7) "One Week" - Barenaked Ladies
8) "Someday, Someway" - Marshall Crenshaw
9) "Sultans Of Swing" - Dire Straits
10)"Tempted" - Squeeze

Lonny G.
1) "Karma Police" - Radiohead
2) "Layla" - Derek and the Dominos
3) "Evenflow" - Pearl Jam
4) "Get Out Of Denver (Live Bullet version, Detroit, 1976)" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
5) "You're Gonna Miss Me" - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
6) "Sell, Sell Sell" - Barenaked Ladies
7) "One Way Out" - The Allman Brothers
8) "El Scorcho" - Weezer
9) "Many Rivers To Cross" - Jimmy Cliff
10)"Changes In Attitudes, Changes In Latitudes" - Jimmy Buffett

McKenzie W.
1) "Come Dance With Me" - Frank Sinatra
2) "Cold Water" - Damien Rice
3) "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
4) "Pink Moon" - Nick Drake
5) "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" - The Postal Service
6) "High And Dry" - Radiohead
7) "Amsterdam" - Guster
8) "Sexy Back" - Justin Timberlake
9) "Say it Right" - Nelly Furtado
10)"Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have" - Panic! At The Disco

Rick E.
1) "Bell Bottom Blues" - Derek And The Dominos
2) "Hard Luck Woman" - Garth Brooks
3) "Drive Away" - Matthew Ebel
4) "Moondog Howl (Live at Fitzgerald's)" - The Insiders
5) "Lost" - Anouk
6) "Man's Job" - Bruce Springsteen
7) "I Fought The Law" - The Clash
8) "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
9) "I Know How The River Feels" - Ty Herndon
10)"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Till the Cows Come Home" - The Rumour

Steve C.
1) "San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills
2) "Thunder & Blazes" - Eastman Wind Ensemble
3) "When The Prairie Sun Climbs Out Of The Hay" - Sons of the Pioneers
4) "Penny Lane" - The Beatles
5) "Let’s Drop The Big One" - Randy Newman
6) "Wabash Cannonball" - The University of Texas Longhorn Band
7) "Sing, Sing, Sing" - Benny Goodman
8) "Volare’" - The Gypsy Kings
9) "Vatican Rag" - Tom Lehrer
10)"Lichtensteiner Polka" - Myron Floren

Tim L.
1) "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" - Billy Joel
2) "Golden Slumbers/The End" - The Beatles
3) "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
4) "Tired of Being Alone" - Al Green
5) "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
6) "The Cell Block Tango" - Chicago movie soundtrack
7) "Walk Away Renee" - The Left Banke
8) "Different Drum" - Linda Ronstadt/Stone Poneys
9) "Wasted Time" - The Eagles
10)"Love Shack" - The B-52s