Posted on 03/12/2021 8:17:09 PM PST by DoodleBob
Many of the world's greatest musicians remain highly respected even in death. The world often mourns the loss of the artist and the songs that the artist never got to write. If you go looking through your iTunes or Spotify libraries, you will likely find dozens of those dead musicians. You'll probably want to bring back more than a few, even if it's just so that they can write one more song.
In the whirlwind world of music, numerous rock stars die before their prime. Their untimely demises pose a difficult question, one that needs an answer.
We asked you, our audience, "Which artist would you bring back from the dead to write one more song?" And your answers have been both surprising and satisfying. Artists who died before ever reaching thirty, from Kurt Cobain to Aaliyah, are among your choices but a few prolific artists who had time on their side, such as Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen, also showed up in your responses. Some people believed that these legends were still capable of genius even in their old age.
While no one determined for certain which dead artist needs to make one more song, each answer still reminds us of how much these musicians continue to impact the world.
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I agree on Jim Morrison - he had a lot of living and growing to do and could have put out some great music.
I was going to say Neil Peart of RUSH, but then the best way to end a last album wouldn’t be the last song anymore.
“The Garden” (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBNzf5JlZA
“The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect
So hard to earn, so easily burned.
In the fullness of time
A garden to nurture and protect.”
#8. Agree with Jim Croce. Very versatile writer and singer.
Buddy Holly would be another great choice.
Bon Scott.
Beethoven
Actually I have 3. George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison. Handle with care.
Yeah, whoever he is.........
The author of “Whose gonna fill their shoes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1VHSRr_k-g
Haggard writes the most poignant country music on a par with Hank Williams senior.
I’d be interested to hear what Frank Zappa would have to say (and write into song) about all the crap going on today.
Nick Drake, Bert Jansch
Leonard Cohen
Good one!
>I was going to say Neil Peart of RUSH, but then the best way to end a last album wouldn’t be the last song anymore.
Copy that ... but shame it took until #121 until someone wrote it.
Barry Manilow. He writes the songs.
Off the top of my head
“George Jones”
I second that emotion!
John Lennon, as long as it was songs like on Double Fantasy, not Mind Games or Imagine. John’s politics had changed a lot by the time he died.
Glen Miller
I'll start with Stevie Wonder, throw in Bob (John) Denver, and close with whoever did Chicago's stuff after Terry Kath died.
Oh, and even though they didn't write the original songs, Manfred Mann's Earth Band's rip offs of Springsteen.
Charles Wesley
Absolutely.
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