Here's the situation. You are on a Desert Island. Not the 'Desert Island Disc' island or even the Lord of The Flies island, but one somewhere near Iceland. Conditions are unpleasant: it rains often; it's bitterly cold; the locals are still living in the 17th century; and their language sounds like a bad Radiohead B-side.

So to keep you company, I give you two choices. Either a Blu-ray DVD player, with a television and a servant who will run to the nearest Blockbusters and get whichever DVD you want.

Seems tempting.

Or an iPod , your CD collection and all the new releases sent to you weekly. Also, some headphones that aren't those ones that come with the iPod that look like Barbie's shower head.

What you thinking then? Film or music? Both have their merits, but for me it has to be music.

Don't get me wrong. Films are alright. Some have the power to make me laugh, some have the power to make me cry, but most of them have the power to make me fidget and get bored. I know I'm a cretin for saying this, but most films go on too long, and eventually I just want to listen to some music.

Here's some reasons why music is better than films.

1. How many people after watching Forrest Gump wanted to recreate the ' Run Forrest Run!' scene? Nobody, exactly. But how many people listen to 'Sticky Fingers' and want to recreate 'Brown Sugar' on guitar and swagger around pretending they're Mick Jagger? I rest my case.

2. Most films have some good scenes in, but nobody skips straight to them. That would be silly and not worth the effort. You have to watch the whole film to eventually get to the scene in question. However, you can skip past 'Don't Stop' to get to 'This is the one' on 'Stone roses. So, music is a better quick fix than films.

3. You can walk round the house doing whatever shitty thing you have to do and hum/whistle/ faux sing anything. Walk round the house reciting the script to Shawshank Redemption and it doesn't have the same effect.

4. The CD is the most beautiful thing ever invented. Name one good DVD cover and I'll give you 10 brilliant album covers. ('Is this it', 'Raw Power', 'Abbey Road', 'Whatever people say I am...')
Then you've got the sleeve notes, which have occupied many bus journeys home. Then the actual content - no film has ever matched the sheer delight of listening to a classic album. No film has ever left me with that fuzzy feeling within me or had me dwelling on it for days afterwards. I have never watched the same film again straight after watching it for the first time, but I've listened to one album at least 3 times in one day.

Maybe I just haven't watched enough amazing and life changing films and you're more than welcome to suggest some for me. But I won't take them with me on the island with me. Unless I had an iPad which had both movies and music on, but we'll save that for another day.