If you could bring a dead rock star back to life

[cashman]

Originally Posted by steeljack

just for pure entertainment value , and for one gig ( and providing I had decent tickets)... got to be Keith Moon

moonie did not need to perform to entertain, we were once at a "Crystal Palace Garden Party" huddled under plastic sheets on the sodden grass, when we heard n helicopter as it drew nearer, we saw KEITH MOON, painted in black letters on the underbelly, it flew over the lake where the stage was, then from about 100 FT high the crazy sod jumped out n made one hell of a splash in the lake, that was Moonie! Daft as a Brush. never knew why the WHO were not even performing at the festival.

[jaysay]

[quote=cashman;618855]moonie did not need to perform to entertain, we were once at a "Crystal Palace Garden Party" huddled under plastic sheets on the sodden grass, when we heard n helicopter as it drew nearer, we saw KEITH MOON, painted in black letters on the underbelly, it flew over the lake where the stage was, then from about 100 FT high the crazy sod jumped out n made one hell of a splash in the lake, that was Moonie! Daft as a Brush. never knew why the WHO were not
Moonie was a drummer cashy and drummers are like goalies in football, half a pork pie short of a picknick

[maxwell silver]

Thinks one or two are better off where they are,well Sid anywayIts got to be Hendrix for me.

[garinda]

Alma Cogan, and Dorothy Squires.

[Alan Gilmartin]

love that one Garinda.

[West Ender]

This is for me and Granny. It's another reason why The King was great - he had a sense of humour too.



and another

[grannyclaret]

Heres another one Westender ,from the same show....he wasent going to lose his cool

[accyman]

john lennon

i missed his first execution and now with HDTV it coud be appreciated in its full glory if it could happen again , preferably before he got to sing one single note

[Loz]

For me it would be either John Bonham so Led Zepplin would be restored to their former glory or Dusty Springfield one of my favourite artists of all time.

[Oggy]

Originally Posted by West Ender

There can only be one for me, even though I enjoy and admire many others. If it hadn't been for Elvis there would be nothing. Elvis was Rock'n'Roll and was not only a raw, exciting musical talent but also a beautiful, incredibly sexy young man.

This lady did it first, 1952, Elvis stole most of it.

[Oggy]

Originally Posted by katex

Well, found her recording of Summertime .. massacre of a beautiful song .. sorry, can't agree with you Cashy .. what a sad ending she had though at 27.

Janis died the same year as Hendrix, and Jim Morrison.

She was Rock and Roll, immortalised in Leonard Cohen's Chelsea Hotel, (or was that Joni Mitchell?) she gave everything, just got my vote.

Summertime is one of my favourite songs as well, sorry you didn't like Janis' version, try Joni's.

[Oggy]

Carl Perkins' song, 1956

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by West Ender

If it hadn't been for Elvis there would be nothing.

Sorry, have to disagree with you there...if it hadn't been for Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and many more who most people have never heard of, there would be nothing, including Elvis. They invented rock 'n' roll, but history was rewritten in order to write them out of the picture. That's the real rock 'n' roll swindle!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Sorry, have to disagree with you there...if it hadn't been for Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and many more who most people have never heard of, there would be nothing, including Elvis. They invented rock 'n' roll, but history was rewritten in order to write them out of the picture. That's the real rock 'n' roll swindle!

agree entirely, in fact in the many more wynonie refers too was what most pundits call the 1st rocknroll record was "Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston" another who most have never heard of.

[shakermaker]

Mozart was the real original rock 'n' roller