So I’m listening to Harvey Levin, TMZ live on stars xm 107. The question came up: if you could replace the presidents with rock & roll icons… Who would you put on there? Six bills only; $1 - $100, no $2. Oh and one more rule… This is US currency, so Americans only!
$1 Elvis would be my concrete pick.
Wait a minute. Live or dead?
If living, Chuck Berry on the $100.
If dead, Jimi Hendrix.
I say it should be either living OR dead…but I’m not the one making the game.
An interesting question too…who do you put the “number one icon” on? The one cuz it’s the most popular? or one hundred cuz it’s the biggest?
if it was not limited to Rock n Roll, Frank Sinatra should go on the $100 bill.
I guess it is politically incorrect to speculate on who might go on the $3 bill.
OK, I’ll go along with that.
$5 - Chuck Berry
$10 - Bob Dylan
$20 - Jimi Hendrix
$50 - Little Richard
$100 - Frank Zappa
Because Elvis is everywhere, right?
Works for me…
Buddy Holly $5
Chuck Berry $10
Bob Dylan $20
Fats Domino $50
Muddy Waters $100
Gotta have Ke$ha on one of them.
Liberace, perhaps.
Lady GaGa?
Bob Dylan would HAVE to go on $11.00 bills.
Or Nigel Tufnel. D’oh! Not an American.
I’d put Springsteen on the Ten.
Personally I think the $1.00 bill is highest ranking in terms of importance. Think about it; George Washington our first president to Ben Franklin, a kite flier.
Since you could have a living person on US Currency I’d allow it; but man it would have to be good.
$1 Elvis Presley
$5 Eric Clapton
$10 Bob Dylan
$20 Jimi Hendrix
$50 Chuck Berry or Buddy Holley
$100 Aretha Franklin
Freddie Mercury?
…John Fogerty on the nickel, Joan Jett on the dime, Gary U.S. Bonds on the quarter, Roger Miller on the 50-cent piece
Not US Born.
Bruce Springsteen is getting no love? :dubious:
British, and so he’d go on the 3 Quid note.
Here in 'murrica - I vote for Little Richard
USA:
$1 - Elvis
$3 - Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard)
$5 - Chuck Berry
$10 - “Motown” - how do you pick from Marvin Gays, Smokey, The Supremes, Martha Reeves, The Temps, etc.? - and that doesn’t include Stax in Memphis
$20 - Dylan - although I might argue for the Beach Boys
$50 - Hendrix
$100 - Aretha Franklin (if this was more Pop, I might go with Madonna; if we annexed Canada, I might go with Joni; Janis is up there, but Aretha is the Queen)
UK
1 Pound = The Beatles
3 Pounds = Queen / Freddie Mercury
5 Pounds = The Rolling Stones
10 Pounds = The Who
20 Pounds = Eric Clapton (front of bill = Cream; back of bill = Yardbirds/Mayall)
50 Pounds = Led Zeppelin
100 Pounds = Jeff Beck (hey, this is my list - go make your own if you don’t like it ;))
Put a nice image of a jukebox on the $1 coin, make it 1 mm thicker, and save Elvis for the $20.