Heartland

Ok, the talk in the Guns N Roses thread got me thinking > ouch...

If we could bring back the dead. Musically speaking. What dead artist ( Dead as in not breathing )
would you like to see resurrected and go full tilt as they once did?

My pick would be Stiv Bators.
For the Dead Boys primarily but LOTNC also
and some fine solo material.



R.I.P. Stiv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiv_Bators

Got to be Ian Curtis & Joy Division.

Buddy Holly

aye, come to think of it i wouldnt mind some new lords stuff. didnt they/ arent they tour(ing) with a new singer?

For me, either Nick Drake or Jeff Buckley would be brilliant. Could probably stick Kurt Cobain there too.

Otis Redding
Sam Cooke
Marvin Gaye
Donny Hathaway

Soul music looks like a funking cemetary to me sometimes. They all passed away much too soon.

Joey & DeeDee Ramone

I wouldn't bring any of them back, it'd destroy their legacy.

probably Kurt Cobain

Can I swap Ian Curtis for Robbie Williams?

Seems much fairer to do an exchange

please don't bring elvis back. the frenzy would stop the planet.

OverThe Rainbow wrote:probably Kurt Cobain

Why would anyone do that? He’d moan at you about how inhumane it is of you to bring a troubled star back into the cruel world of fandom he dreamed of escaping and blow his head off again.

nick the stripper wrote:I wouldn't bring any of them back, it'd destroy their legacy.

Indeed, there's a fair chance they'd start making crap

Pat wrote:Buddy Holly

Syd for starters. He enjoyed life.

Never really got Jeff Buckley's music but his loss was tragic and stupid. Ditto that guy from The Shamen.

Mary Hansen from Stereolab, big time.

Steve Clark from Def Leppard, Bonzo, Bon Scott, and anyone else who died under similar circumstances, for to give them a good slap round the head and to tell them not to blow their second chance the same way.

I'd avoid any of the "doomed rock legend" types, for sure.

when is someone going to say zombie?

*i'll leave now*

MadameButterfly wrote:when is someone going to say zombie?

*i'll leave now*

And there we all were taking it so seriously!

OK, I'll bite:

emilystrange wrote:please don't bring elvis back. the frenzy would stop the planet.

But he is not dead...................

mh wrote:

MadameButterfly wrote:when is someone going to say zombie?

*i'll leave now*

And there we all were taking it so seriously!

OK, I'll bite:

Cue Planet Dave remark

weebleswobble wrote:

emilystrange wrote:please don't bring elvis back. the frenzy would stop the planet.

But he is not dead...................

He is dead, fool! He went down fighting that mummy.

mh wrote:

weebleswobble wrote:

emilystrange wrote:please don't bring elvis back. the frenzy would stop the planet.

But he is not dead...................

He is dead, fool! He went down fighting that mummy.

mh wrote:
OK, I'll bite:

Are we talking vampire like bites?

mh wrote:

That's a zombie alright!

But seriously, would be want to bring back of a life gone just for personal satisfaction? Rest In Peace is just that or it goes spiritually and even then we should all know that you don't play with the dead? Sorry but maybe I've seen too much of the opening of those worlds and hellraiser images come to mind...

Elvis was quite a bastard in real life and drugs and additions killed what once in his early years was known as the king of rock 'n roll. It's all pressure from the world of fame.

rather than Stiv, how about Johnny Thunders?

no comment

Great call Barman.

This gentleman would also qualify:

what about this guy?