Which dead performer(s) would you bring back to life?

[Zeldar]

@Zeldar

Updating added names as of Post #15:

Jim Morrison (2)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1)
Jerry Garcia (1)
Buddy Holly (1)
Freddie Mercury (1)
John Denver (1)
Jim Croce (1)

@silenus

From that list? Only John Lennon. But if we are going for anybody, then add Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Keith Relf to the list. Everybody else either had a full career or was a limited-talent hack, IMO.

@adhemar

Billie Holiday-such an amazing singer, the opposite of Whitney Houston, (limited range) but eerily similar in outcome.
Louis Armstrong - one of the most amazing musicians. I have read about him making multiple recordings of his solos and every one wouldbe different

Freddie Mercury - I don’t know if I could stand to watch him perform,the one vidio I have seen was so cheesey 80’sit was painful. I had to keepreminding myself it was in keeping with teh style.

@Bumbershoot

From the list, I voted for Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Bob Marley.

I agree with everything you said, so another vote for Stevie Ray Vaughan. Also Buddy Holly.

@Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew

From that list only Jimi Hendrix would make my first five choices. Say Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, John Coltrane, Sandy Denny, Hendrix.

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Updating as of Post #20:

Jim Morrison (2)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)
Jerry Garcia (1)
Buddy Holly (3)
Freddie Mercury (2)
John Denver (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Patsy Cline (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Billie Holiday (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)

[jerseymule]

I would also like to vote for Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline and Freddie Mercury (all previously mentioned) and add Laura Nyro.

[Doug_K]

Assuming they could come back free of the afflictions that led to their early demises I’d add:

Pete Farndon and James Honeyman Scott
John Entwistle and Keith Moon (would settle for just Entwistle)
Maurice Gibb (if Robin’s health could be restored)
Warren Zevon
Harry Nilsson
Also, not an early demise but someone I’d love to see perform in his prime: Cliff Edwards

[Little_Nemo]

I’d have picked Buddy Holly and Hank Williams if they had been options.

[Mahaloth]

Kurt Cobain
John Lennon
Elvis
Michael Jackson
George Harrison

[Zeldar]

@Zeldar

Updating as of Post #20:

Jim Morrison (2)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)
Jerry Garcia (1)
Buddy Holly (3)
Freddie Mercury (2)
John Denver (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Patsy Cline (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Billie Holiday (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)

@jerseymule

I would also like to vote for Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline and Freddie Mercury (all previously mentioned) and add Laura Nyro.

@Doug_K

Assuming they could come back free of the afflictions that led to their early demises I’d add:

Pete Farndon and James Honeyman Scott
John Entwistle and Keith Moon (would settle for just Entwistle)
Maurice Gibb (if Robin’s health could be restored)
Warren Zevon
Harry Nilsson
Also, not an early demise but someone I’d love to see perform in his prime: Cliff Edwards

@Little_Nemo

I’d have picked Buddy Holly and Hank Williams if they had been options.

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Updating after Post #25

Buddy Holly (4)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)
Freddie Mercury (3)
Jim Morrison (2)
Patsy Cline (2)
Billie Holiday (2)

Jerry Garcia (1)
John Denver (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)
Laura Nyro (1)
Pete Farndon (1)
James Honeyman Scott (1)
John Entwistle (1)
Keith Moon (1)
Maurice Gibb (1)
Warren Zevon (1)
Harry Nilsson (1)
Cliff Edwards (1)
Hank Williams (1)

[DMark]

From the list, I picked Lennon, Hendrix and Joplin - but add Jim Morrison and Patsy Cline and Judy Garland (yes, I am Gay - why do you ask?).

[John_DiFool]

Zeldar, the “none of the above” option is de riguer for polls like this-i.e. my vote would have been for Keith Moon, tho I went with Hendrix.

[Zeldar]

@John_DiFool

Zeldar, the “none of the above” option is de riguer for polls like this-i.e. my vote would have been for Keith Moon, tho I went with Hendrix.

Please see the OP and the follow-up Post #4.

[tumbleddown]

Of the given list, only Cobain and Vandross make my cut.

I’d add: Jeff Buckley and the hauntingly beautiful voiced Eva Cassidy.

[blondebear]

Another vote for Entwistle and Moon.

[Tabithina]

Can I add a vote for Stevie Ray Vaughan as well?

[RealityChuck]

I’d vote for Duane Allman. Or, going further back, Robert Johnson.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

Picked Joplin and Lennon, as I think they had more works to produce that I would have liked.

How I missed picking Hendrix is beyond me. :smack:

Would have picked Morrison also.

[Ashley_Pomeroy]

You have to add Frank Zappa, although wind him back about fifteen years and give him the power of eternal middle-agedness. I’d love to have heard his reaction to e.g. George W Bush as president, the financial crisis, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, etc.

If you resurrected Captain Beefheart he would probably go straight back into retirement, so there wouldn’t be much point. Jim Morrison, Syd Barrett, Freddie Mercury had - in very different ways - run out of steam by the time they died. They’d said everything they ever planned to say, so there’s no sense of unfinished business. Zappa still had something in him.

Still, it would have been interesting to see what Buddy Holly came up with, and how he might have reacted to the British invasion. And Jimi Hendrix as a Parliament / Funkadelic sideman would have been excellent. The planned Hendrix-Emerson-Lake-Palmer would have been an absolute disaster of an abortion, but fascinating to watch.

Hell, The Rolling Stones needed a guitarist after Mick Taylor left. Hendrix over Ronnie Wood, any day. So, Hendrix and Zappa. The rest had basically reached the end of the road. If you resurrected Frank Sinatra, what would he do? Play Las Vegas a few times, then die again. Same with Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong. They would enjoy their retirement once again, and then die. Kurt Cobain would have probably ended up recording one more Nirvana album before the band split, at which point… well, you’d have to bring him back from the dead and then change him, otherwise he’d just shoot himself again. And if you change him, what’s the point of bringing him back? You’re not bringing him back any more, you’re bringing somebody else back.

[Steophan]

To add a few more…

Hank Williams
Townes Van Zandt
Luke Kelly
Pete Steele (Bassist/Vocalist from Type O Negative)
Ian Curtis

and also Mike Alexader, bassist of the metal band Evile, not least because I was slightly acquainted with him, and he the same age as me, which brought home the tragedy of people (not just musicians) dying young.

The only people on your list I listen to basically died because they got old (Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette), but I voted for Cobain and Hendrix, because it would be interesting to see what they could have done.

[Kasper1014]

I would also add Jim Morrison, John Denver and Patsy Cline

[Zeldar]

@Zeldar

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Updating after Post #25

Buddy Holly (4)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)
Freddie Mercury (3)
Jim Morrison (2)
Patsy Cline (2)
Billie Holiday (2)

Jerry Garcia (1)
John Denver (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)
Laura Nyro (1)
Pete Farndon (1)
James Honeyman Scott (1)
John Entwistle (1)
Keith Moon (1)
Maurice Gibb (1)
Warren Zevon (1)
Harry Nilsson (1)
Cliff Edwards (1)
Hank Williams (1)

@DMark

From the list, I picked Lennon, Hendrix and Joplin - but add Jim Morrison and Patsy Cline and Judy Garland (yes, I am Gay - why do you ask?).

@John_DiFool

Zeldar, the “none of the above” option is de riguer for polls like this-i.e. my vote would have been for Keith Moon, tho I went with Hendrix.

@tumbleddown

Of the given list, only Cobain and Vandross make my cut.

I’d add: Jeff Buckley and the hauntingly beautiful voiced Eva Cassidy.

@blondebear

Another vote for Entwistle and Moon.

@Tabithina

Can I add a vote for Stevie Ray Vaughan as well?

@RealityChuck

I’d vote for Duane Allman. Or, going further back, Robert Johnson.

@Qadgop_the_Mercotan

Picked Joplin and Lennon, as I think they had more works to produce that I would have liked.

How I missed picking Hendrix is beyond me. :smack:

Would have picked Morrison also.

@Ashley_Pomeroy

You have to add Frank Zappa, although wind him back about fifteen years and give him the power of eternal middle-agedness. I’d love to have heard his reaction to e.g. George W Bush as president, the financial crisis, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, etc.

If you resurrected Captain Beefheart he would probably go straight back into retirement, so there wouldn’t be much point. Jim Morrison, Syd Barrett, Freddie Mercury had - in very different ways - run out of steam by the time they died. They’d said everything they ever planned to say, so there’s no sense of unfinished business. Zappa still had something in him.

Still, it would have been interesting to see what Buddy Holly came up with, and how he might have reacted to the British invasion. And Jimi Hendrix as a Parliament / Funkadelic sideman would have been excellent. The planned Hendrix-Emerson-Lake-Palmer would have been an absolute disaster of an abortion, but fascinating to watch.

Hell, The Rolling Stones needed a guitarist after Mick Taylor left. Hendrix over Ronnie Wood, any day. So, Hendrix and Zappa. The rest had basically reached the end of the road. If you resurrected Frank Sinatra, what would he do? Play Las Vegas a few times, then die again. Same with Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong. They would enjoy their retirement once again, and then die. Kurt Cobain would have probably ended up recording one more Nirvana album before the band split, at which point… well, you’d have to bring him back from the dead and then change him, otherwise he’d just shoot himself again. And if you change him, what’s the point of bringing him back? You’re not bringing him back any more, you’re bringing somebody else back.

Although I understand and appreciate your comments, I can’t decide whether to add votes for these people to the summary. If you want to direct me to do so, please do.

@Steophan

To add a few more…

Hank Williams
Townes Van Zandt
Luke Kelly
Pete Steele (Bassist/Vocalist from Type O Negative)
Ian Curtis

and also Mike Alexader, bassist of the metal band Evile, not least because I was slightly acquainted with him, and he the same age as me, which brought home the tragedy of people (not just musicians) dying young.

The only people on your list I listen to basically died because they got old (Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette), but I voted for Cobain and Hendrix, because it would be interesting to see what they could have done.

@Kasper1014

I would also add Jim Morrison, John Denver and Patsy Cline

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Updating after Post #37

Jim Morrison (5)
Buddy Holly (4)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (4)
Patsy Cline (4)

Freddie Mercury (3)
Keith Moon (3)

Billie Holiday (2)
John Denver (2)
John Entwistle (2)
Hank Williams (2)

Jerry Garcia (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Frank Zappa (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)
Laura Nyro (1)
Pete Farndon (1)
James Honeyman Scott (1)
Maurice Gibb (1)
Warren Zevon (1)
Harry Nilsson (1)
Cliff Edwards (1)
Judy Garland (1)
Jeff Buckley (1)
Eva Cassidy (1)
Duane Allman (1)
Robert Johnson (1)
Townes Van Zandt (1)
Luke Kelly (1)
Pete Steele (1)
Ian Curtis (1)
Mike Alexader (1)

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Summaries of the poll voting:

Who would you bring back to life (limit 5)?  
This poll will close on 05-28-2012 at 08:28 AM 

John Lennon    13 52.00% 

Jimi Hendrix   11 44.00% 

Johnny Cash     7 28.00% 
Ray Charles     7 28.00% 
Janis Joplin    7 28.00% 

George Harrison 6 24.00% 

Bob Marley      5 20.00% 
Elvis Presley   5 20.00% 

Miles Davis     3 12.00% 
Michael Jackson 3 12.00% 
Frank Sinatra   3 12.00% 

James Brown     2 8.00% 
Kurt Cobain     2 8.00% 
Isaac Hayes     2 8.00% 

Biggie Smalls   1 4.00% 

DJ AM           0 0% 
Whitney Houston 0 0% 
Tupac Shakur    0 0% 
Luther Vandross 0 0% 
Tammy Wynette   0 0% 

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 25

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View Poll Results: Who would you bring back to life (limit 5)?  
This poll will close on 05-28-2012 at 08:28 AM 
John Lennon     28 56.00% 

Jimi Hendrix    25 50.00% 

George Harrison 16 32.00% 

Johnny Cash     14 28.00% 

Janis Joplin    12 24.00% 

Elvis Presley   11 22.00% 

Ray Charles     10 20.00% 

Bob Marley       9 18.00% 

Kurt Cobain      7 14.00% 

Michael Jackson  7 14.00% 

Frank Sinatra    5 10.00% 

Miles Davis      3 6.00% 
Luther Vandross  3 6.00% 

James Brown      2 4.00% 
Isaac Hayes      2 4.00% 
Tupac Shakur     2 4.00% 
Biggie Smalls    2 4.00% 

DJ AM            0 0% 
Whitney Houston  0 0% 
Tammy Wynette    0 0% 

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 50 

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

That should show two votes for Frank Zappa.

[Zeldar]

@Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew

That should show two votes for Frank Zappa.

Thanks!

Updating after Post #37

Jim Morrison (5)

Buddy Holly (4)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (4)
Patsy Cline (4)

Freddie Mercury (3)
Keith Moon (3)

Billie Holiday (2)
John Denver (2)
John Entwistle (2)
Hank Williams (2)
Frank Zappa (2)

Jerry Garcia (1)
Jim Croce (1)
Keith Relf (1)
Louis Armstrong (1)
Captain Beefheart (1)
John Coltrane (1)
Sandy Denny (1)
Laura Nyro (1)
Pete Farndon (1)
James Honeyman Scott (1)
Maurice Gibb (1)
Warren Zevon (1)
Harry Nilsson (1)
Cliff Edwards (1)
Judy Garland (1)
Jeff Buckley (1)
Eva Cassidy (1)
Duane Allman (1)
Robert Johnson (1)
Townes Van Zandt (1)
Luke Kelly (1)
Pete Steele (1)
Ian Curtis (1)
Mike Alexader (1)