If a rockstar could come back to life who would it be?

munckee

I think they should all stay dead to preserve their legacy as per @LastMantra otherwise they'd all bring out a frog song at some point.

axisus

munckee said:

I think they should all stay dead to preserve their legacy as per @LastMantra otherwise they'd all bring out a frog song at some point.

You mean before they croaked again?

axisus

Hmmnnn ... difficult question.

1 I'd feel reluctant to bring someone back who died of drugs, as they wasted their talent
2 I wouldn't go for someone who had creatively dried up
3 I wouldn't pick someone who doesn't work/release much music

Off the top of my head I'd probably go Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was my fave guitarist for years and I think he'd have got into some interesting music going forward, digressing a bit from pure blues.

roberty

For me it would have to be a songwriter, Lennon, Cobain, Winehouse

LastMantra

DrCornelius said:

LastMantra said:

The only thing about the likes of Hendrix, Jim Morrison etc. is they became legends partly because they died young.

I reckon, with a bit of therapy, Kurt Cobain could still be writing good songs. Even if his voice was knackered. 

Not so sure tbh - they were both groundbreaking. Jimi reinvented rock playing and blew the (high quality competition) out of the water and Morrison to me came along and combined the beat poets approach with jazz rock and the whole wild tortured rock star cliche to a tee.

I agree. Note the word "partly".

Philly_Q

mikeyrob73 said:

Cliff Burton for sure 
would be interesting to see the direction Metallica took had he remained undead 

I think of all the names mentioned, even though many are far more famous, that's the one which would interest me the most. 

With most of these it would've been "more of the same", but I really don't know where Metallica might have gone (musically speaking) had Cliff lived.

Sporky

Dolores O'Riordan.

She'd come back as a zombie. 

Blueingreen

I think Lennon could still have done something astonishing. His problem post Beatles (in fact even before the band broke up) was lack of motivation. He’d got all the fame, money, and respect from peers and critics that he could ever want and found it didn’t solve any of his problems.  He went from the most driven Beatle to the really can't be arsed Beatle.

But occasionally there were flashes that the magic was still there when he really applied himself - like Watching the Wheels, released posthumously, ironically a song about his lack of interest in being relevant.  Tom Bukovac does an instrumental version on one of his Homeskoolin' videos that really brings out the melodic greatness and originality of the song, and you can see that Bukovac is in awe of it.

I like to think if he'd been given the chance that at some point Lennon would have recovered  the desire to prove he could still do great work, even if it was only for one album - his Blackstar equivalent, if you like.

wesker123

Jeff Buckley

or Clapton 

mudslide73

Marriott or Bonzo for me. I don't think Stevie got the recognition he deserved while he was alive. He's the singer I'd like to have seen the most, no question.

Bonzo would have meant Zeppelin could have had a break while Jimmy straightened himself out.. I think their mythical "return to rock" follow up to ITTOD would have been worth a listen.

blobb

FZ - he'd be president by now. Would love to see him facing off against Trump in one of those staged debates they do.

DrCornelius

LastMantra said:

DrCornelius said:

LastMantra said:

The only thing about the likes of Hendrix, Jim Morrison etc. is they became legends partly because they died young.

I reckon, with a bit of therapy, Kurt Cobain could still be writing good songs. Even if his voice was knackered. 

Not so sure tbh - they were both groundbreaking. Jimi reinvented rock playing and blew the (high quality competition) out of the water and Morrison to me came along and combined the beat poets approach with jazz rock and the whole wild tortured rock star cliche to a tee.

I agree. Note the word "partly".

Aha - dont expect me to recognise nuance - I can't do that ! :-)

Philly_Q

blobb said:

FZ - he'd be president by now. Would love to see him facing off against Trump in one of those staged debates they do.

Yes to the second sentence, but Trump hasn't got the intelligence to understand how stupid he was being made to look.  He'd just resort to a load of bullshit rabble-rousing and name-calling.  Which would, sadly, appeal to more voters.

roberty

Philly_Q said:

blobb said:

FZ - he'd be president by now. Would love to see him facing off against Trump in one of those staged debates they do.

Yes to the second sentence, but Trump hasn't got the intelligence to understand how stupid he was being made to look.  He'd just resort to a load of bullshit rabble-rousing and name-calling.  Which would, sadly, appeal to more voters.

WRONG!!!

Philly_Q

I don't really know much about him, but.... Nick Drake might be an interesting one?

Philly_Q

roberty said:

Philly_Q said:

blobb said:

FZ - he'd be president by now. Would love to see him facing off against Trump in one of those staged debates they do.

Yes to the second sentence, but Trump hasn't got the intelligence to understand how stupid he was being made to look.  He'd just resort to a load of bullshit rabble-rousing and name-calling.  Which would, sadly, appeal to more voters.

WRONG!!!

@roberty Which bit in particular had you resorting to capitals and exclamation marks?

roberty

Philly_Q said:

roberty said:

Philly_Q said:

blobb said:

FZ - he'd be president by now. Would love to see him facing off against Trump in one of those staged debates they do.

Yes to the second sentence, but Trump hasn't got the intelligence to understand how stupid he was being made to look.  He'd just resort to a load of bullshit rabble-rousing and name-calling.  Which would, sadly, appeal to more voters.

WRONG!!!

@roberty Which bit in particular had you resorting to capitals and exclamation marks?

I was employing Trump's own debating tactics to illustrate your point, which I happen to agree with

Philly_Q

Ah, I see.

roberty

Philly_Q said:

Ah, I see.

Should have done a winky face. Sorry :-)

Philly_Q

roberty said:

Philly_Q said:

Ah, I see.

Should have done a winky face. Sorry :-)

No, just me being thick.  Trump-like, even.