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Which Artist Would You Bring Back From The Dead To Write One More Song?
Ranker ^ | July 6, 2020 | Mike Jacobs

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: musician; poll
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1. Freddie Mercury
2. John Lennon
3. Beethoven
4. Hendrix
5. Bowie
6. Prince
7. Michael Jackson
8. Mozart
9. Ella Fitzgerald
10. Curt Cobain
1 posted on 03/12/2021 8:17:09 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Mozart/ Petty


2 posted on 03/12/2021 8:19:05 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: DoodleBob

Tiny Tim.


3 posted on 03/12/2021 8:19:18 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: DoodleBob

Chicago


4 posted on 03/12/2021 8:19:31 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: DoodleBob

Rush Limbaugh, and he has to stay undead until he writes a worthwhile symphony!


5 posted on 03/12/2021 8:20:05 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It's my only natural defense against stupidity)
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To: DoodleBob

Artist or composer?

Not close to the same, but you knew that.


6 posted on 03/12/2021 8:20:20 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: DoodleBob

none of them


7 posted on 03/12/2021 8:20:41 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DoodleBob

From the list: Freddy Mercury

Not on the list: Jim Croce


8 posted on 03/12/2021 8:21:10 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Tennessee Nana

Only one member of Chicago is actually dead. Terry Kath

He’d be my choice.


9 posted on 03/12/2021 8:21:17 PM PST by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: DoodleBob

Mario Lanza was my mom’s favorite.


10 posted on 03/12/2021 8:21:49 PM PST by TonyChris (Didn't vote for Amazon in last election)
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To: DoodleBob

Harry Chapin


11 posted on 03/12/2021 8:21:52 PM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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George Jones


12 posted on 03/12/2021 8:22:17 PM PST by noexcuses
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Bob Denver


13 posted on 03/12/2021 8:23:03 PM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: DoodleBob

Robert Hunter.


14 posted on 03/12/2021 8:23:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tagline Under Review)
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George Jones


Yes—Who’s gonna fill his shoes?


15 posted on 03/12/2021 8:24:31 PM PST by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.”)
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To: DoodleBob

Johnny Cash.


16 posted on 03/12/2021 8:25:05 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (My vaccination is undocumented ... like an immigrant.)
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To: DoodleBob

A list starting with a flamer, and ending with a drug addict?

No idea what either one did or wrote, must be grunger stuff?


17 posted on 03/12/2021 8:25:13 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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Vincent Van Gogh

Never mind.

He never really had an ear for music.


18 posted on 03/12/2021 8:25:23 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: DoodleBob

Hank Williams Sr.


19 posted on 03/12/2021 8:26:59 PM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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To: granite

Bob Denver? Do you mean John Denver?


20 posted on 03/12/2021 8:27:05 PM PST by madison10 (Although the wrong seems oft so strong...God is the Ruler yet!)
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