who would it be?

Here's a quick list of some dead artist off the top of my head...

Bradley Nowell
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
2Pac
Biggie
Elliot Smith
The black Michael Jackson
Layne Staley
Kurt Cobain
Shannon Hoon
John Lennon
George Harrison
John Bohnam
Keith Moon
etc...

Of all those people, I think I would have saved Jimi Hendrix.

6/5/2008 8:05:17 AM

kurt cobain, just so i wouldnt have to listen to shitty ass foo fighters(outside of everlong)


wait, id want it to where cobain never died, so foo fighters were never created

6/5/2008 8:08:30 AM

2pac, or the black Michael Jackson.

I'd love to see what 2pac would have done in the late 90s early 2000 as mainstream rap turned to complete crap. Man...think of the shit he would have said about Bush in the past eight years. He would probably would have gotten shot by the government before some gang member (or the Police ).

6/5/2008 8:11:54 AM

jerry garcia

6/5/2008 8:14:26 AM

the entirety of "colour and the shape" is an incredible album. I mean everlong is good but the record as a whole is phenomenal. I enjoy it better than any nirvana album. Even the first album and there is nothing left to lose are pretty good records.

oh and, i really enjoy elliot smith, but he is still very overrated.

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 8:26 AM. Reason : ]

6/5/2008 8:25:56 AM

James Yancy

6/5/2008 8:28:06 AM

Hendrix

i think he would have done some innovative stuff with miles davis eventually

and I would have liked to heard more Jeff Buckley albums

6/5/2008 8:35:40 AM

john lee hooker

6/5/2008 8:36:51 AM

i cant pick just one, at the moment though John William Coltrane would be fun to resurrect or Randy Rhoads or John Bonham...

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 8:42 AM. Reason : ]

6/5/2008 8:41:33 AM

jeff mangum


...oh wait

6/5/2008 8:53:07 AM

Cliff Burton

Layne Staley

6/5/2008 8:56:16 AM

Bohnam with SRV at a close second

6/5/2008 9:03:50 AM

Jeff Buckley
Layne Staley

6/5/2008 9:21:00 AM

Where's Buddy Holly?

6/5/2008 9:26:19 AM

Beethoven?

6/5/2008 9:29:31 AM

^^it was just a short list

of course it isn't everybody

6/5/2008 9:51:31 AM

Marc Bolan

6/5/2008 9:59:20 AM

lots of tough choices, but since they havent been named i'll say

Lamont Coleman
Russell Jones

6/5/2008 10:09:28 AM

toss up for me between biggie and the black michael jackson (lol)

6/5/2008 10:20:27 AM

jeff buckley

nick drake

6/5/2008 10:23:43 AM

Bradley Nowell

6/5/2008 10:30:26 AM

^you would

6/5/2008 10:39:38 AM

yeah, I guess thats why I made the post

6/5/2008 10:52:51 AM

none, i wouldn't feel right changing music history like that

6/5/2008 10:55:50 AM

Dimebag would be on my short list too

6/5/2008 10:56:06 AM

if it were a question of who i wish would have never died, then i think the answer would have likely been kurt cobain (because i think he had better music in him, and don't really like that he has been idolized for what likely would not have been his best work).

as far as who i'd like to see brought back to life: i think jimi hendrix would be my front-runner, just because i think he would adapt to the current times and bring his own flavor to it the most.

6/5/2008 11:00:21 AM

Bob Marley should probably be on the list too

6/5/2008 11:25:20 AM

Ian Curtis hasn't been mentioned yet?

6/5/2008 11:54:00 AM

I'd probably say Jeff Buckley since he had so much potential and was cut so short

sometimes when I listen to his music I think of what a tragedy it is that he died

I would say John Bonham but Led Zeppelin was losing its edge by that time anyway

6/5/2008 11:57:07 AM

for my indie cred i'll put michael dahlquist, mostly because he seemed like a good guy who was killed by some dumbfuck drunk driver

6/5/2008 12:24:53 PM

John Lennon

Hendrix

6/5/2008 12:44:19 PM

Rivers Cuomo

6/5/2008 1:20:09 PM

burn

6/5/2008 1:30:27 PM

michael houser

jim morrison

jerry garcia

6/5/2008 1:35:08 PM

So at what point did Michael Jackson officially become white?

6/5/2008 1:38:26 PM

Jimi Hendrix

6/5/2008 1:55:13 PM

^^

i'd have to say the black & white video

although he had started shifting in thriller some

6/5/2008 2:00:39 PM

Damn, I didn't know Elliot Smith was dead until just now

6/5/2008 2:06:11 PM

Robert Johnson

I'm curious if his songs are really sped up or not

6/5/2008 3:15:21 PM

biggie for sure

6/5/2008 3:51:25 PM

Jimi Hendrix

hands down

honestly, this isn't really even debatable

6/5/2008 4:01:28 PM

Robert Goulet

6/5/2008 4:07:19 PM

mc hammer

he is effectively dead

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 4:10 PM. Reason : dfg]

6/5/2008 4:09:50 PM

Hendrix

6/5/2008 4:13:28 PM

ELVIS

6/5/2008 4:20:55 PM

^it took way too long for someone to say him...though he's not who I would personally resurrect/save (Hendrix, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury), I was shocked he wasn't on the Duke's original list...

i mean, it's fucking Elvis.

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 4:51 PM. Reason : ]

6/5/2008 4:49:57 PM

shannon hoon.. bm could've made some more great albums

6/5/2008 4:53:49 PM

Duane Allman, Elvis, Johnny Cash

6/5/2008 4:56:50 PM

Otis Redding
Joe Strummer

[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 5:17 PM. Reason : ...]

6/5/2008 5:01:41 PM

charles ives

6/5/2008 5:03:43 PM