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I’d agree with you on Nowell. He could have potentially gone in a lot of directions. Sublime was sort of 50 percent punk rock, 40 percent reggae, 10 percent hip-hop or something in that vein. I fear if he had lived, with the boom in commercial radio rap in the late 90s and early part of 2000, he might have gone that route and gotten sucked into collaborating with (IMHO) untalented assholes like Kanye West and whored himself out for record sales by assimilating shitty rap beats and abandoning the punk rock side of Sublime, which is the side I always liked the most.
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That’s who I came here to say. I know many will regard this as heresy, but I’ve always felt that we lost more (future) good music when he died than when Cobain died.
Kurt Cobain was starting to find his own sound and Nirvana was growing beyond a Pixies imitator. It would have been interesting to see what happened. Of course since he killed himself there wouldn’t be any guarantee he wouldn’t just up and go do it again.
I have arbitrarily decided to not bring back someone who killed themselves, directly or indirectly. That makes Freddie–who was my first choice–borderline. Therefore it’s Lennon.
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That’s who I came here to say. I know many will regard this as heresy, but I’ve always felt that we lost more (future) good music when he died than when Cobain died.
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This isn’t heresy. Cobain is idolized because his music is depressing and dreary and therefore has “meaning” to people. Brad Nowell was a better musician and Sublime was a billion times more entertaining to listen to. Nirvana was vastly overrated. This is just my opinion, anyway.
[QUOTE=lawoot]
Frank Zappa
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Seconded, although not necessarily so that he could do a gig. I’d just want him to continue composing.
please …don’t anyone go there…
Jim Morrison was my first thought, but having read posts, Janis could sing the blues at 60 like an angel, and Jimi like the Devil.
But to pick only one, for art, it must be Robert Johnson.
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Jim Morrison was my first thought, but having read posts, Janis could sing the blues at 60 like an angel, and Jimi like the Devil.
But to pick only one, for art, it must be Robert Johnson.
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Janis? 60? Huh?
Warren Zevon.
VCNJ~
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I wouldn’t bring back any of the rockers who died of drug related deaths. First because they had a hand in their own deaths. Whatever cosmic pain that drew them to repeatedly stick the proverbial needle in their arm would still be present upon their resurrection, so best to leave them in peace.
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Cosmic pain? What if they just got addicted to drugs?
[QUOTE=Etumretniw]
If it’s just for one show I guess I’ll pick Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, a very underestimated band.
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Oh God, YES!
Hearing the crooning in Time, live, would make my heart stop.
And then getting to hear Fairytale of New York with Kirsty McColl and the Pogues would make it explode.
[QUOTE=betenoir]
Most of mine have been mentioned. Lennon, Kurt, Strummer.
But no one has brought up Joey Ramone??
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I wanted to do that, but I’d really like all 3 dead Ramones, Joey, Dee Dee and Johnny, back. Along with Joe Strummer, while we’re at it.
[QUOTE=Deeg]
I have arbitrarily decided to not bring back someone who killed themselves, directly or indirectly. That makes Freddie–who was my first choice–borderline. Therefore it’s Lennon.
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I almost said I wouldn’t bring back anyone who killed themselves directly or indirectly with drugs, then I was sure someone would say “but Freddie Mercury killed himself with his lifestyle!” so I didn’t say that so I wouldn’t have to say that it’s not the same thing at all, but anwyay, it’s not the same thing at all!
I still stick with Freddie but I am tempted to say Keith Richards, just because it might be interesting to see what he’d be like if he weren’t one of the Undead.
[QUOTE=Argent Towers]
This isn’t heresy. Cobain is idolized because his music is depressing and dreary and therefore has “meaning” to people. Brad Nowell was a better musician and Sublime was a billion times more entertaining to listen to. Nirvana was vastly overrated. This is just my opinion, anyway.
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Yay! I’m not alone!
Just one show? Gimme SRV then.
Bob Dylan.
[QUOTE=Wile E]
I almost said I wouldn’t bring back anyone who killed themselves directly or indirectly with drugs, then I was sure someone would say “but Freddie Mercury killed himself with his lifestyle!” so I didn’t say that so I wouldn’t have to say that it’s not the same thing at all, but anwyay, it’s not the same thing at all!
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Lifestyle? He was a rock star! Having loads of debauched sex with random people is in the job description. Freddie just unlucky compared to his fellow rock stars.
[QUOTE=Malacandra]
John Entwistle. I’m sure Mrs M would like to spend another afternoon chatting with her uncle, and I pretty much missed my chance to get to know him (not being a celebrity-hunter or a Who fan).
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Hmmm…John was an only child. I guess your wife is related to one of his wives?
If they brought back Elvis, I’d feel obliged to kill him again. I can’t say why exactly but somehow, listening to an Elvis concert would be the thing that Big Brother would use to break me.
I vote for Morrison.
Stevie Ray was my favorite when he was alive so I can’t abandon him in death. I would hate for it to only be for one night. He already made some great music and he was starting to expand his style. I would have loved to have seen how he would have grown. I saw him live more than any other artist.
I would have also mentioned Bradley from Sublime if I got here earlier. I didn’t get into Sublime until after his death so it doesn’t have the same impact for me. Word of SRVs death was like a knife to my heart. I met him once and his autograph is one of my prized possesions.
[QUOTE=Simmerdown]
Robert Nesta Marley
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I can’t really describe what seeing him perform would be like, so I have to give him the edge over Duane Allman. If the world needs any one musician, I think it’s him, just ahead of Lennon.