If you could bring a dead rock star back to life

[Spiritinthesky]

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?

Vote here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/stairway_to_heaven

[Pottel]

stevie ray vaughn and jimi. and rory...

[ingridswing]

Jimi

[Jules]

stevie ray vaughn and jimi. and rory...

Add to that three Phil Lynnott on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums, and being 4 of them singers, we have a great band here!

[RAc]

Phil Ochs and Buddy Holly.

[vgonis]

Nick Drake, John Martyn, Marvin Gaye, Dudley Moore (he was a fantastic musician) 
OK, also the 3 J's (Jimi, Jim , Janis) and Paul. Don't believe what they tell you, he's gone since 1967. 

By the way the only group that has left the building is the JH experience. I sometimes thing how bad I am going to feel about losing some of our heroes, probably due to old age complications, (if we have not left first, that is). It is quite devastating. I actually felt it retrospectively for Graham Chapman, I found out he was dead many years after his passing(5-6 years?) . Then the internet came and BLAM. 

[Hophead]

Duane Allman

[Darryl]

John Lennon ... for starters - there are so many more.

[JF]

Don't believe what they tell you, he's gone since 1967. 

no, the car accident is from 1966 


Jimi, SRV, Duane, Jim, Janis, Lennon, Harrison, Pastorius, and Rick wright to have the "real" Floyd again

[vgonis]

Don't believe what they tell you, he's gone since 1967. 

no, the car accident is from 1966 


Jimi, SRV, Duane, Jim, Janis, Lennon, Harrison, Pastorius, and Rick wright to have the "real" Floyd again

JF, I was sure that you would get it!
To have the real Floyd, we should bring back Syd as well.

[JF]

To have the real Floyd, we should bring back Syd as well.

well, that's what I didn't say the "original" Floyd

I know it's a wide debat, but to me the "real" Floyd is the Floyd during the "Waters" era, AKA 1968-1983

I like the first album with Barett, but I guess that when you say "Pink Floyd", you first think at the 70s era, rather than 67-68.

e.g. at the Olympic ceremony, what was the pic to evoke PF ? the pink pig from Animals, not the psychdelic pics from the swinging London era

[vgonis]

To have the real Floyd, we should bring back Syd as well.

well, that's what I didn't say the "original" Floyd

I know it's a wide debat, but to me the "real" Floyd is the Floyd during the "Waters" era, AKA 1968-1983

I like the first album with Barett, but I guess that when you say "Pink Floyd", you first think at the 70s era, rather than 67-68.

e.g. at the Olympic ceremony, what was the pic to evoke PF ? the pink pig from Animals, not the psychdelic pics from the swinging London era

  I was only teasing you! I know exactly what you mean. We have had this discussion on another thread! And I agree. 

[stratmad]

stevie ray vaughn and jimi. and rory...

Add to that three Phil Lynnott on bass, Jeff Porcaro on drums, and being 4 of them singers, we have a great band here!

That would be mighty great gig in the sky! Maybe Willy DeVille could come in for "Angel Eyes"? And Chet and Django, of course!

[RAc]

The oldest joke in Rock music:

Kurt Cobain passed away. he wakes up in a fancy studio with expensive instruments all around him. "Wow," he thinks, "this isn't bad. Where am I?"

The door opens and in comes Charly Parker, takes place at the sax. The door opens again, and Benny Goodman comes in, grabs a clarinet and is soon joined by James Scott Skinner on the violin. Django Reinhard grabs a guitar. On it goes until the hall is full with everyone with a name in the music scene.

"WOW!" exclaims Cobain, "I'm in heaven!"

Elvis turns around with an annoyed look on his face and says "Heaven? You don't know squat."

In comes Karen Carpenter: "ok boys, let's get at it again. 'Close to you.' And one - two - three - four..."

[Hophead]

The oldest joke in Rock music:

Kurt Cobain passed away. he wakes up in a fancy studio with expensive instruments all around him. "Wow," he thinks, "this isn't bad. Where am I?"

The door opens and in comes Charly Parker, takes place at the sax. The door opens again, and Benny Goodman comes in, grabs a clarinet and is soon joined by James Scott Skinner on the violin. Django Reinhard grabs a guitar. On it goes until the hall is full with everyone with a name in the music scene.

"WOW!" exclaims Cobain, "I'm in heaven!"

Elvis turns around with an annoyed look on his face and says "Heaven? You don't know squat."

In comes Karen Carpenter: "ok boys, let's get at it again. 'Close to you.' And one - two - three - four..."

OMG....too funny!!