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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James Taylor, Leonard Cohen, Haggard, Beethoven
James Taylor? Say it ain’t so, please!
And Leonard Cohen, most definitely. I’ve just rediscovered him, and what a treasure he was.
Of course, Beethoven.
Haggard? Don’t know/ appreciate him.
Garth Brooks... What? Too soon?
I guess only his career died then.
When he dies, hopefully a long, long time from now, Kris Kristofferson.
Keith Richards
Stephen Foster
Glenn Frey
Jerry Garcia... or that’s not what you meant?
You’re the first Cole Porter I saw. I agree Mozart,John Prine ,Robert Hunter, Warren Zevon and Puccini also work.
How could I have forgotten Joe South?
Jim Morrison
Curt Kobain?! Loser. George Gershwin would be my pick.
Willie Nelson
You speak my language.
What I wouldn’t give to hear the Holy Psalmist give an encore.
Tom Petty.
Still alive.
Only the good die young.
Townes Van Zandt
In no particular order:
Shel Silvertstein
P.F.Sloan
Brian Wilson (still walking but not the mind of the man he once was)
Frank Zappa
Mel Torme
Bert Berns
Buddy Holly
James Brown
Moondog
Cole Porter
Can they get a Spotify deal?
Or will they be ignored by radio because everyone only wants to hear their old hits?
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