# You can revive one dead rock musician, with ONE condition... **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [September 28, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276 "2003-09-28T10:01:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/1 "2003-09-28T10:01:05Z")
This is a question a local radio DJ mentioned pondering with her coworkers, and it seemed interesting… You can bring any one deceased rock musician to life. **BUT** , that person will sound (and presumably look and perform) as they would have had they never died. So you can’t have the 1978 Jim Morrison back; it must be what he would have been like had he lived to 2003. So with that in mind, who would you bring back? The DJ wanted Freddie Mercury. What about you? ---
### Author: ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/2 "2003-09-28T10:02:10Z")
I want John Lennon back! ☹ ---
### Author: ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/3 "2003-09-28T10:10:23Z")
Sandy Denny Gram Parsons Kurt Cobain Marvin Gaye ---
### Author: ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/4 "2003-09-28T12:01:55Z")
Frank Zappa John Lennon Miles Davis Warren Zevon Duane Allman Marvin Gaye Stevie Ray Vaughan George Harrison Jim Croce Brad Nowell Gram Parsons Clarence White Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - since I never got to see him play live. And special consideration for Skip Spence since he finally seemed to be getting control of his mental problems when he died of cancer. Plus I want to know what else besides “Land Of The Sun” he still had in him after all this time. ---
### Author: ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/5 "2003-09-28T12:25:16Z")
Beethoven might sound pretty cool after all these years. Probably learned a few tricks. ---
### Author: ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/6 "2003-09-28T12:26:15Z")
I must second Bradley Nowell. I never even knew about Sublime until the bastard was already dead, so I never got to see them. Shit, where have I been? I didn’t know Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis were dead. That sucks. ---
### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/7 "2003-09-28T12:46:04Z")
Another vote for Duane Allman. ---
### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/8 "2003-09-28T12:52:58Z")
Hendrix ---
### Author: ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/9 "2003-09-28T13:38:41Z")
I’d still go with Jim. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/10 "2003-09-28T13:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j\_sum1 \* > \*\*Beethoven might sound pretty cool after all these years. Probably learned a few tricks. \*\* Of course, he’d be over 230 years old. He’d be a **de** composer! ---
### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/11 "2003-09-28T13:46:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*I’d still go with Jim. 🙂 \*\* For some reason, I see an aged Jim Morrison looking like Marlon Brando. About 350 lbs living on an island in seclusion. Mmmmm…maybe he already is… ---
### Author: ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/12 "2003-09-28T13:48:03Z")
Jeff Buckley ---
### Author: ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/13 "2003-09-28T13:55:19Z")
John Lennon, Joe Strummer. ---
### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/14 "2003-09-28T14:45:32Z")
Taking the aging issue into account, only Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan would be likely to have kept their chops and licks in shape. Miles (if he can be R&R!) would be on the down side of too old to be making much great music by now, I think. The singers would have lost their voices even more than Frank had by the time he was in his 80’s. So just the players would have a shot. It would be great to see Lennon again, even if just to be here. ---
### Author: ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/15 "2003-09-28T15:07:33Z")
I’m for Freddie Mercury too. Cass Eliot. She’d be what, in her early 60s now? I’d love to see how her life played out, when the fitness craze struck and Richard Simmons got hold of her. ---
### Author: ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/16 "2003-09-28T15:08:22Z")
Seconding Freddie Mercury. I am sure The Queen would still have the juice once Freddie is here. ---
### Author: ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/17 "2003-09-28T15:17:50Z")
Another vote for Mr Mojo Risin here. The best part is that two of the three remaining members are now touring and HE could make a surprise appearance. Speaking of which, AIRMAN, have you gone to see the 21st century Doors? ---
### Author: ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/18 "2003-09-28T15:37:55Z")
Elvis Freddie Mercury Jim Croce Barry Manilow ---
### Author: ![Keek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Keek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keek) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/19 "2003-09-28T15:47:42Z")
The awesome, Godlike Gene Clark. Miles Davis and Hendrix would still be making challenging (and possibly unlistenable) musuc. Lennon would be the weirdest old fart in the world. Jim Morrison had shot his creative load long, long before he died. And Freddie Mercury would have had his own (very good) chat show by now. ---
### Author: ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus) #### Post date: [September 28, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276/20 "2003-09-28T15:53:44Z")
John Lennon Sandy Denny Warren Zevon Frank Zappa All of them great; all of them missed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-revive-one-dead-rock-musician-with-one-condition/204276.md?page=2)