I know people always get to thinking "what kind of music would they have made if they'd lived longer" or imagine "imagine what they would've done if their lives weren't cut short" here's some of my picks

John Coltrane
Jimi Hendrix
Curtis Mayfield
Charlie Parker
Charles Mingus
Marvin Gaye
Frank Zappa
Elvis (maybe )


feel free to submitt your list of people who deserve to die or whose careers would have been better if they'd died earlier , once again my picks

Phill Colins
Michael Bolton
Kenny G
Billy Joel
Elton John
Dr Dre (what an overrated asshole )

Every list should have John Lennon.. DAMNIT Place respect when its due.


Jeff Buckley.

hell, even Elliot Smith

BTW- Dre aint overrated.. that man is behind a lot of curtians.. look it up.

I think a lot about what Kurt Cobain's music would sound like today if he'd lived. I really do think he was an exceptionally gifted songwriter - one listen to a song like "Lithium" or "Pennyroyal Tea" is more than enough proof.

definitely Bob Marley and Otis Redding.




**You think Elton deserves to die???!!! .....no way.

Looking at yourlist, I'd remove Curtis Mayfield, Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix, as most of these ledgends have tons of music that's still available for us to play. Yet it would be something to have Jimi still here as an elder, and wonder what he would think about Prince, Michael, Hip Hop and more.

I would liked to still have Stevie Ray Vaughn, Kurt Cobain, Minnie Ripperton, Phyllis Hyman, Bob Marley and Freddie Mercury around, the music world could'nt hold back that much talent.

Tim Buckley

Jeff Buckley

John Lennon

Kurt Cobain

Ones not listed... John Lennon, Bob Marley, o and mama cass hahahaha

Tupac..he recorded a hellava lot of music in a short period of time, but it would have been nice to have him around longer.

Minnie Riperton

Sdldawn said:

I realize, and I hate all the stuff he's behind with the possible exception of Eminem, but even he's quite overrated. Give me a break, where's the genius in ripping off parliament samples and turning hip hop into a fake gangster poser show (The Chronic? Groundbreaking my ass see "ripping off parliament")

2pac
jimi hendrix
marvin gaye
freddy mercury

John Bonham

Keith Moon

abierman said:

heehee....Moon was going to be my next post.

But here's a quote from Pete Townshend in 1978-

"To be really unpleasant about it, I'm kind of glad Keith is gone. He was a pain in the arse."

minneapolisgenius said:

hehe, wist ik wel!

abierman said:

Dat hij een "pain in the arse" was?

(Sorry, mijn Nederlands is niet zo goed )

minneapolisgenius said:

ook, en dat jij met Keith zou komen!

i really hate to even say this..but Aaliyah....I really realized how much I liked her music AFTER she died and I knew I wouldn't get to hear anymore of her and Timbs collabos.

Plus she was just a beautiful young woman.

Rhondab said:

I totally agree here. She died to young and had so much more potential for the future. She had a real gift.

I agree most with your pick of John Coltrane.

I didn't look hard but i don't think anyone mentioned Jim Morrison. I wish i could have seen much more from the Doors.

Brenda Fassie (I know y'all don't know about her).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...699055.stm

Pretty much everyone listed and this guy, too.

Goodbye, Mr MacKenzie.
The greatest singer ever in popular music? I wouldn't argue.

abierman said:

I really really miss Aaliyah. She was defnitely a class act and had such a bright future ahead of her.

Rick James too.

I wish that everybody that has passed would have lived longer.

dragondayz said:

co-sign!!!!

Everyone says 2pac but Notorious B.I.G was the better rapper of the 2.


Bob Marley
Jimi Hendrix
Miles Davis
Aaliyah
Jam Master Jay
John Lennon
Kurt Cobain
THe Guy FRom Alice in Chains
Guy From Sublime

Karen Carpenter

Michael Hutchence