Mozart. Dude would be social media famous in .2 seconds. He’d be annoying us all. He’d be covering all new songs same day after hearing it once. And I’m here for that chaos.
It would be a crime if he didn't do a remake of Amadeus, replicated to the letter but for the main actor.
Amadeus Amadeus,
A-madeus,
Amadeus, Amadeus
A-madeus,
Amadeus, Amadeus,
Oh, oh, oh Amadeus
(cue frenetic speech sequence)
Falco was amazing
He’d be covering all new songs same day after hearing it once
So basically Weird Al but faster?
Freddy Mercury
The starlord provides the only correct answer
Fkn Jimmy Hendrix
Chris Cornell
It's a tie between Chris and Chester.. both too soon.
I'd say at least bring back someone who wants to be here
Jeff Buckley, no question. He released arguably the best album of the 90s (Grace) then went and fucking drowned. Only 30 years old. He coulda been one of the best to ever do it, but we're left wondering.
Gotta go with chester, assuming you can bring them back with their health (mental and physical) "fixed" to a good massive balance.
Not because he's any better than any of the other greats that have died. Not even the ones that killed themselves.
Just because there's something about his death that makes his life feel more unfinished.
Out of any of the people listed here, I think he had the most undone. Not even in the musical sense alone, across the board.
Chester without a doubt.
Nirvana(Curt Cobain), Linkin Park(Chester Bennington)
I would suspect Kurt being back could have an impact on the history of Foo Fighters and its success, so I'm.. conflicted about that one.
After a few years, Nirvana split, Kurt goes solo, Foo Fighters are created
My vote goes for J.S. Bach. One of my shower thoughts is that he would make a great experimental IDM artist. He would give Authechre a run for their money.
Authechre
Hadn't heard of these guys. I like them - thanks!
Reminds me of Noisia and Aphex Twin.
Imo, unfortunately, bringing back Legends will just harm their legacy (I'm thinking of John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie...).
However Tupac may have had an enormous impact in the 90s and early 90s music, and so on.
And who knows how grunge could have gained other mainstream success with Cobain...
Otis Redding. I didn't realize until recently that he died so young, I would've loved to see how the rest of his career turned out. His voice had such a special quality.
Mid-century airplanes killed a bunch of famous young musicians.
Even now: the smaller the aircraft, the less you should want to be on it.
Peter Steele. Although he might disagree. Type O Negative's last album before his death was named "Dead again", and a lot of their music is about escaping yourself (aka suicide or extreme self harm)
The first ancient cavedweller to stretch skin over a frame and start hitting it to make noises. Give Grog a full drumset and see what he comes up with
Mark Sandman
Such a unique talent. Knowing he died of a heart attack on stage adds a whole other dimension to "Do not go quietly unto your grave"
We could really use a Pete Seeger or a Woody Guthrie in times like these.
Harry Chapin
Or
Karen Carpenter
(I know, they're kinda sappy but they were on my Playlist when I was young and in love.)
Karen carpenter was going to be my answer for this too...
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson
Would have liked to see what would have happened if they had continued making music.
Doom.
I'd be hesitant to bring back anyone who's reason for death was suicide or substance abuse, it just seems cruel.
Ian Curtis (Joy Division), though that would probably screw up the timeline for New Order and all of 80's music (not a dealbreaker).
Prince (obvs)
Petri Walli.
Really, it's a friggin' miracle that Jeff Mangum only quit and fucked off for a decade. What all musicians need to know is that success won't fix depression.
Aaliyah. 22 is far too young to have died, and her career was moving in the craziest direction. She was set to collaborate with Trent Reznor; I wanna see how she would've changed the game.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jim Croce. He died relatively early in his career and was already an amazing songwriter. What could he have written with more time?
Jimi hands down
Seriously, so many great suggestions from other people.
I'm going to throw out Neil Peart, although I'm not sure he'd appreciate it. Selfishly, I'd love to have him back.
Orpheus. I bet he’d do great fronting a metal band.
Easy: Duke Ellington
Johann Pachelbel. So many modern songs reuse the melody from his Canon in D. I just think, it'd be fun to let him listen to them. Would probably blow his mind to listen to modern music, to begin with, and then to have it be his melody, too. 🙃
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