If you could bring a dead rock star back to life

[littlebabyjesus]

Mel.

Kim's just not been the same since.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

I'd bring Bono's dad back so he could stop going on about it all the time.

 

[El Jefe]

Mel.

Kim's just not been the same since.

Don't you mean 'N'Kim?

 

[isitme]

Kim Appelby was more succesful than Mel n Kim i think

 

[stupid kid]

If you could bring a dead rock star back to life for one gig, who would it be?

John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly, Freddie Mercury? Or someone else?

This Day in Music are carrying out a world-wide survey to see which dead rock stars people would want to see again - for one night only!

Who would you pick? You can see a full list and vote on
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

What on earth would be the point of bringing Kurt Cobain back to life? He made his choice.

 

[el_starkos]

Joe Strummer.

End of.

 

[El Jefe]

Yeh, cos the Mescaleros were great

 

[onemonkey]

just to be reanimated for a show then hendrix or marc bolan would be good.

or if it's about going back in time and changing history then preventing the crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper would be a smart move.

 

[yardbird]

Rock Star.

ROCK

Jimi, got to be.
*Wondering how many here ever saw him*

 

[rollinder]

Yeh, cos the Mescaleros were great

are you taking the piss

 

[El Jefe]

are you taking the piss

Yes. Yes, I am.

 

[strummerville]

Yeh, cos the Mescaleros were great

Actually I thought they were. 'Get Down Moses' on Streetcore is one of the best things he ever wrote (IMO).

 

[Magic Sam]

It's a toss up between Robert Johnson and Charley Patton.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Just what exactly do all you tossers who voted for Freddie Mercury hope to achieve??

He could sing instead of Paul Rogers at the Queen gig I'm going to in October

 

[Magic Sam]

He could sing instead of Paul Rogers at the Queen gig I'm going to in October

Bring back Paul Kossoff and get rid of that poodle haired twunt instead, that would be worth seeing.

 

[wrysmile]

Jeff Buckley, just to kick him in the nuts for butchering hallelujah and being an all round whiney falsetto voiced tosser.

Hopefully you wouldn't injure his nuts so much I couldn't have sex with him afterwards. For quite a while.

Then again, I think I'd need to pick Morrison. Assuming he didn't fuck up the gig by being, well... a fuck up. And that he could be capable of having lots of sex with me afterwards. And be filth....

 

[aylee]

Jimi Hendrix without a shadow of a doubt.

After reading Charles Shaar Murray's book on him, I have no doubt that he would not have gone fat and corporate like most of his contemporaries (Clapton etc).

 

[aylee]

Jeff Buckley, just to kick him in the nuts for butchering hallelujah and being an all round whiney falsetto voiced tosser.

This is you basically trying to be controversial and sounding like a bit of a berk, really. Again.

 

[strummerville]

Miles Davis
Nina Simone
Joe Strummer
Ian Dury
Lee Brilleaux
Mick Ronson
Joey/Johnny/Dee Dee
Donny Hathaway

 

[Silva]

John Peel or Tony Wilson. So they could find out more bands that I'd miss once the frontman offed himself.

But fine. Band members? Nick Drake, Ian Curtis or Adrian Borland would just kill themselves all over again. Syd Barrett (circa 1972, when "Syd" died) could have his issues be more manageable with the advances in psychiatry, never heard anything from Strummer post-Clash (should I?)... Maybe Hendrix.

 

[Bakunin]

John 'Bonzo' Bonham for me.

Led Zep would never have been what they were without old thunderfoot on the drums.

Although his son Jason makes a very good replacement, it must be said.

 

[Badgers]

Joe Strummer

or

Glenn Medeiros

 

[Orang Utan]

If we could extend the definition 'rockstat' to include all musicians, then I unequivocally choose James Stinson

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

This is you basically trying to be controversial and sounding like a bit of a berk, really. Again.

Nope, for once Firky is talking sense.