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NFT: NFT - You can bring back one dead musician

Mike in Marin : 11/24/2015 2:04 pm
(now, not cancel his/her death)

Who do you pick ?

Stole this from a FB meme floating around.

I picked Garcia. What say you, BBI ?
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Yeah Shepard person....  
BlueClaw : 11/24/2015 7:34 pm : link
Stevie Ray Vaughn .......love him but how bout Duane? Toss up..
SKY DOG LIVES!!!!!

Bring em all back... I will die soon and see them again, God Willing.
Robert Johnson  
Maryland Giant : 11/24/2015 7:40 pm : link
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RE: Beethoven  
Del Shofner : 11/24/2015 7:50 pm : link
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My vote too. Get ready for Beethoven's 10th, performed by a full symphony orchestra augmented by some heavy metal rock bands.
Well..  
10to13td : 11/24/2015 7:51 pm : link
Cobain.
Hendrix  
B in ALB : 11/24/2015 7:53 pm : link
He died so young that he had decades of further exploration in music. He was just a baby.
Another name I would throw in  
Reb8thVA : 11/24/2015 7:56 pm : link
Is Michael Hutchenns of INXS. He died tragically and way too young
Good call, I loved INXS.  
Shepherdsam : 11/24/2015 7:59 pm : link


-David Carradine.
if I'm gonna go with  
santacruzom : 11/24/2015 8:10 pm : link
anyone who died young in the 90's, it wouldn't be Cobain, Andrew Wood or Shannon Hoon. It would be Layne Staley.
RE: RE: why are people picking people  
I Love Clams Casino : 11/24/2015 8:12 pm : link
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who were already past their prime and did most of what they were going to do in music anyway? Not that's it's not sad they died.

I'm flabbergasted. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix??

Kurt?

C'mon man....wasn't Jerry Garcia near death for years and like almost 70 when he died?

wow

Kurt Cobain was past his prime when he died???? did dave grohl's career end with nirvana?


you're misreading my intent (my fault). I was grouping Kurt in with the obvious choices to bring back instead of people like Jerry Garcia...Jimi Hendrix is an obvious choice, along with Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison
Oh oh oh!  
I Love Clams Casino : 11/24/2015 8:13 pm : link
Randy Rhoades......
John Lennon  
Dankbeerman : 11/24/2015 8:27 pm : link
Would be awesome to see how he would change over time. So many musicians stay with what they do he was always evolving.
I would have to go with Morrison  
xxixxv : 11/24/2015 8:33 pm : link
Simply because they had come out with a new sound, he was still young at 27 and I've always thought that the songs from LA Woman would have sounded GREAT live. The Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, The WASP and Riders on the Storm......are you kidding me???!!
Beethoven  
Steve in South Jersey : 11/24/2015 8:36 pm : link
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Not sure if she qualifies  
pjcas18 : 11/24/2015 8:39 pm : link
as a musician, but my college roommate would start and end this conversation with Aaliyah. He was beyond infatuated with her and crushed when she died in the plane crash.

Such a shame they never got a chance to tour with those songs  
xxixxv : 11/24/2015 8:40 pm : link
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RE: why are people picking people  
Rick5 : 11/24/2015 8:48 pm : link
In comment 12642830 I Love Clams Casino said:
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who were already past their prime and did most of what they were going to do in music anyway? Not that's it's not sad they died.

So the older ones would just croak again pretty soon? Shit, this game is no fun then. Since we are talking about raising the dead, I thought they would be immortal.
Cliff Burton  
B in ALB : 11/24/2015 9:21 pm : link
Maybe Metallica wouldn't have turned into such bitches.
Freddy Mercury.  
Boy Cord : 11/24/2015 9:35 pm : link
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Rick Astley  
Rob in Rockaway : 11/24/2015 9:40 pm : link
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I'd resurrect Robert Plant's vocal chords...  
Torrag : 11/24/2015 9:42 pm : link
...circa 1970.
RE: Robert Johnson  
Mike in Marin : 11/24/2015 9:43 pm : link
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Impressive pick.
Honorable mention to Buddy Holly as well...  
Torrag : 11/24/2015 9:45 pm : link
...he was just tapping into his prime.
RE: I would have to go with Morrison  
Mike in Marin : 11/24/2015 9:45 pm : link
In comment 12643212 xxixxv said:
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Simply because they had come out with a new sound, he was still young at 27 and I've always thought that the songs from LA Woman would have sounded GREAT live. The Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, The WASP and Riders on the Storm......are you kidding me???!!


Morrison was only 27, but his liver and heart were 92.
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I Love Clams Casino : 11/24/2015 9:45 pm : link
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who were already past their prime and did most of what they were going to do in music anyway? Not that's it's not sad they died.



So the older ones would just croak again pretty soon? Shit, this game is no fun then. Since we are talking about raising the dead, I thought they would be immortal.


The point being that they pretty much had full careers....it's not like their creativity DIDNT reach its full potential because of an early death....I just don't get why somebody would want to bring somebody back when they already had a full career as opposed to somebody like Jimi Hendrix...makes no sense to me
Biggie Smalls is the illest  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 11/24/2015 9:47 pm : link
Best flow ever for a popular mainstream rapper. That unique delivery/wit really gave him a one of a kind sound. Unlike most old school rappers, Biggies verses still sound great on modern beats because of that flow. I've heard all sorts of background music for Biggie, from his original smooth 90s BK sound to ridiculous electronic/trap beats of today... It always sounds good. His flow works on anything. Makes me think he would've found a way to adapt and stay relevant/good for longer than most.

But he's not a musician he's a rapper whine whine whine. Suck it. He was a musical talent who never had the time to put out a massive volume of music.
SINATRA  
NewBlue : 11/24/2015 9:59 pm : link
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Bon Scott  
Greg from LI : 11/24/2015 10:03 pm : link
Greatest rock front man ever
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Cruzin : 11/24/2015 10:06 pm : link
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who were already past their prime and did most of what they were going to do in music anyway? Not that's it's not sad they died.



So the older ones would just croak again pretty soon? Shit, this game is no fun then. Since we are talking about raising the dead, I thought they would be immortal.



The point being that they pretty much had full careers....it's not like their creativity DIDNT reach its full potential because of an early death....I just don't get why somebody would want to bring somebody back when they already had a full career as opposed to somebody like Jimi Hendrix...makes no sense to me


The way the OP is phrased though, there's no criteria for selections so it's basically asking who is your favorite dead musician. It doesn't say who would accomplish the most by returning or who would the world benefit most from by bringing them back.

Not that I disagree with that train of thought, I said Frank Zappa because I miss Frank Zappa not because as a genius and an innovator he would continue to break down barriers and continue to contribute and influence multiple types of music.

Maybe you should start your own thread and define the parameters as bringing back someone who would contribute the most, someone who died young and could have been immortal. It would probably cut down on the answers but it would be interesting discussion imo.
RE: Bon Scott  
feelflows : 11/24/2015 10:11 pm : link
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Greatest rock front man ever


I agree, as long as you make believe that Steve Marriott never existed.
Not sure if they deserve their own thread  
Davisian : 11/24/2015 10:20 pm : link
But who else among you has recently discovered "Steel Panther?"


Not sure I've ever been that amused, apalled and nostalgic hearing a band for the first time.


Check them out. But not if you don't like spandex, hairspray, parody and misogyny.


RE: Not sure if they deserve their own thread  
Cruzin : 11/24/2015 10:28 pm : link
In comment 12643313 Davisian said:
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But who else among you has recently discovered "Steel Panther?"


Not sure I've ever been that amused, apalled and nostalgic hearing a band for the first time.


Check them out. But not if you don't like spandex, hairspray, parody and misogyny.



Absolutely thread worthy, you could title it "The He Man Woman Haters Club" and vote Spanky as president.
Damn  
Cruzin : 11/24/2015 10:31 pm : link

I just pictured an older Spanky in spandex, with the little beanie thing going on....that'll give me weird dreams tonight.
Randy Rhoads...  
EricJ : 11/24/2015 10:36 pm : link
will always be my #1 choice. He was a guitar genius who was really just in the second inning of his musical career. Unlike some of the older guys that some of you have mentioned, there was so much more to see from Randy.

I would also add Jim Morrison to the list because he also died so young and essentially was before my time. Would like to have seen him.

Tony Iommi - The riff master. I have a bad feeling about him. I don't think he is doing well with his cancer. When that guy passes I am going to take it hard.
I'm not saying I don't love some of The Doors music (some is dogshit)  
j_rud : 11/24/2015 11:03 pm : link
but I agree with Lester Bangs: Jim Morrison was a drunken buffoon.
Ian Curtis  
JohnF : 11/24/2015 11:04 pm : link
Lead for the band Joy Division, who became New Order after his death. Just an incredible talent, and died way too young at 23...
Two other guys that were a little past their prime  
xxixxv : 11/25/2015 12:33 am : link
But I thought were great....Benjamin Orr, main vocalist on the early Cars hits and Robert Palmer. Man I was sad when he died.
I second Ian Curtis  
Vanzetti : 11/25/2015 2:13 am : link
A few years ago, I decided to watch the movie Ian watched the night he died: Strozak (sp?). And listen to Iggy Pop's The Idiot, which is what he listened to. Fuck. Talk about depressing.
Gene Vincent  
Vanzetti : 11/25/2015 2:16 am : link
Joey Ramone
Mia Zapata
John  
bc4life : 11/25/2015 4:33 am : link
Coltrane
RE: I'm not saying I don't love some of The Doors music (some is dogshit)  
feelflows : 11/25/2015 7:47 am : link
In comment 12643342 j_rud said:
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but I agree with Lester Bangs: Jim Morrison was a drunken buffoon.


Lester Bangs was one of the only music critics that I mostly agreed with lol
RE: Not sure if they deserve their own thread  
feelflows : 11/25/2015 7:51 am : link
In comment 12643313 Davisian said:
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But who else among you has recently discovered "Steel Panther?"


Not sure I've ever been that amused, apalled and nostalgic hearing a band for the first time.


Check them out. But not if you don't like spandex, hairspray, parody and misogyny.



Michael Starr (lead singer of Steel Panther) is going to sing for the Eat'em and Smile band tonight in Hollywood.. I wish I was out there!!!

Vai
Sheehan
Bissonette
and Starr

I'm not sure if they're doing Eat'em and Smile cover to cover, or will do more..eitherway, I'm sure they'll rock Shy Boy!
Luther...  
BCD : 11/25/2015 10:32 am : link
james brown
micheal jackson
buddy holly
it would be interestuing  
bc4life : 11/25/2015 10:47 am : link
to hear how Charlie Parker's music evolved, had he stopped self-destructing
easy  
giantfan2000 : 11/25/2015 10:48 am : link
Baby Hitler
RE: it would be interestuing  
Rick5 : 11/25/2015 11:46 am : link
In comment 12643690 bc4life said:
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to hear how Charlie Parker's music evolved, had he stopped self-destructing

Yes. I wonder what he wouldn't have sounded like during the post-bop period? He still would have been relatively young at that point.
would  
Rick5 : 11/25/2015 11:46 am : link
have
Joe Strummer  
BlueClaw : 11/25/2015 2:48 pm : link
He wrote some great songs great lyrics.
RE: it would be interestuing  
feelflows : 11/25/2015 2:50 pm : link
In comment 12643690 bc4life said:
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to hear how Charlie Parker's music evolved, had he stopped self-destructing


shit.. I can hardly get my head around his music NOW..nevermind if he evolved more. Jeez

I would've loved to hear what Jaco could've done (if there were anti-depressants back then).. asshole bouncer.
for me  
mdc1 : 11/25/2015 7:40 pm : link
Frank Zappa...really miss that guy, musical brilliance and intelligence about life in general. He would have a field day with some of the buffoons that have lead us to where we are right now.
RE: RE: Bon Scott  
mdc1 : 11/25/2015 7:46 pm : link
In comment 12643303 feelflows said:
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Greatest rock front man ever



I agree, as long as you make believe that Steve Marriott never existed.


Damn forgot about Marriott, he was the real deal. He was so good that when the original zeppelin made inquiries about him, they threatened Page with a beating. Also some interesting mob ties (Sharon Osbourn's dad) to Humble Pie and Peter Frampton (Frampton comes alive) in which both acts were ripped off to the tune of millions.

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