What band/singer would you have liked to see while they were alive?
 

For me it's John Denver. He came to Minneapolis in 1995 and I'm still kickeing myself for not going.

Janis Joplin
The Doors (well, Jim. le sigh.)
the Mamas and the Papas, before Cass Elliot kicked it. :(
The Plasmatics (C'mon, Wendy O Williams?)

John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Chet Baker
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Big Bopper

Gram Parsons
Gene Clark
Clarence White (well, not so much for his singing)
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Muddy Waters
Jimi Hendrix
Jerry Garcia (damn summer quarter!)
Janis Joplin
Connie Francis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Tim Hardin

Connie ain't dead yet, yo!

I can't believe I forgot to include Johnny Cash.

Trash. Just plain trash.

I dunno, I think it would've been fun to see her rip **** up onstage wearing only shaving cream and boots. :laugh:

Very true. I'd put her in the performance artist category, she had very little actual music talent. She's certainly a tragic figure, very sad.

Phyllis Hyman

Gieseking
Gulda
Szell
Coltrane

the usual cultural heroes. . . .

Nico
The Clash ( :[ )
The Pretenders with James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon
Lennon
Harrison
The Ramones
Jeff Buckley
Johnny Cash
The Sex Pistols
The MC5
Warren Zevon
Dusty Springfield
Sublime
Nirvana

Yeah, I never said she had a good voice!

Buddy Holly
Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochrane
The original lineup of the Allman Brothers Band (w/Duane Allman & Berry Oakley)
Jimi Hendrix
The Beatles (together...and John Lennon individually...he's the only Beatle I never saw play live)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Warren Zevon
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Ella Fitzgerald
Mel Torme
Nat King Cole
Frank
Dean
Sammy
Benny Goodman
Stan Getz
Hank Williams
Patsy Cline
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons
Robert Johnson
Elmore James
Freddie King
Janis Joplin
The (original) Doors
Nirvana


Some who I was lucky enough TO see who aren't here anymore:

Muddy Waters
Albert King
Albert Collins
Junior Wells
The original lineup of the Pretenders (w/James Honeyman Scott, Pete Farndon)
George Harrison
Wings (w/Jimmy McCulloch)
Little Feat (w/Lowell George)
Marlene Dietrich
The Grateful Dead (w/Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux)
The Allman Brothers Band (w/Lamar Williams)
The Allman Brothers Band (w/Allen Woody)
Eric Clapton Band (w/Carl Radle)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (w/Howie Epstein)
Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
The Who (w/Keith Moon & John Entwistle)
Led Zeppelin (w/John Bonham)
Fleetwood Mac (w/Doug Graves)
Rick Vito & Lucky Devils (w/Johnny Herron...aka Jerry Lee Domino)

I love her!! God, my original list sucks and certainly needs to be revised. I keep forgetting people.

Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Judy Garland
Ella Fitzgerald
Janis Joplin
Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Glenn Gould (ok, not singers but still...)
Maria Callas

Romy

All of them!

But especially:

Judy Garland
INXS (with Michael Hutchence)

And if these people kick it before I can see them, *I'll* just die:

Annie Lennox (with anyone)
Rufus Wainwright
Heart

Hmmm...
 

Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone)
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne's original guitarist)
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
George Harrison & John Lennon (The Beatles)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera/Damageplan/Rebel Meets Rebel)
Oklahoma's own Michael Hedges
& William Shatner's first 8 tupees

JUDY GARLAND!

If I could only see one person.. ever.. if I had to give everyone else up for the chance just to see her once! I would.. in a heartbeat!

JUDY JUDY JUDY!

Too many to list - but my biggest regret would've been not getting a chance to see INXS with Hutch :( Sexiest beast ever with an equally gorgeous voice. I'll be settling for 5 out of 6 members when I see them in concert at the end of the month.

Oh and ChiliD, the mere fact that you mentioned Eddie Cochrane made my day. I have a framed photo of him, close up and on the telephone with his finger to his mouth in a "shhhh" pose. Drool.

additions:

Judy Garland
Maria Callas

The Doors
Elvis Presley
Warren Zevon

That's right! You never said that.

next up is madonna in a flesh-toned body stocking
with her niblets covered in whipped cream - which her
dancers will then lick off :lol: thats the plan anyways :lol:

Cool!
 

I may be going to see them in Houston or Austin in June. :) I remember them in the 80's, but was too much into NKOTB to notice them. LOL Can't wait to see them with JD...good GAWSH he's smokin' hot.

Meh. I've begrudgingly accepted JD. He probably was the best fit out of the bunch although I still wonder what Jordis is up to.

I was, and still am a fan of the band though, not just the Hutch or whoever they may have fronting them for the time being. Back in the 80's, I was more of a "Tim" girl myself anyway.:lol: Anyway, if you see them, lemme know what you think.

Joplin, Hendrix and Morrison.:)

Woot. I don't think I have any to add after that list.

Nico
Johnny Cash
Nina Simone

And I know Leonard Cohen is not dead but I 'm pretty sure I 'm never going to see him and I don't know what I 'm gonna do!:confused:

This is mine too :nod: I really could just stop there.

Syd Barrett
 

Syd Barrett

yeah, but mainly just to see him in those leather pants :cool:. Is that wrong? :laugh:

Syd Barrett is still alive...isn't he?

Syd Alive?
 

Yes Syd is still alive and receives royalties from Pink Floyd.

He is taken care of by his sister Rosemary.

- M

Oh, I think I get it. Do you mean that you would have liked to have seen him before his mental breakdown? Otherwise, I don't get it :confused:.

Syd
 

Yes, exactly. There has been no interviews or *ANY* footage of him at all since his breakdown. Only a few photos and one home video shot of him walking down the street

- M

I've seen those photos/footage and it is truly chilling. He doesn't even look remotely like he did back when he was with Pink Floyd. I mean, there is no glimmer of his former self there at all. He was totally unrecognizable to me.

I guess mentioning Danny Kirwan is about the equivalent to mentioning Syd. The odds of seeing either on stage again is 100x's worse than winning the Lotto.

But, we were saying the same thing about Peter Green back in the late 80's/early 90's and look what happened. But, it appears that both Danny & Syd are far worse off than Peter was.

Kurt Cobain & Nirvana.

Pink Floyd (now disbanded)
John Lennon
Doors (was I wasn't alive, ha haa
JUDY GARLAND!!!
QUEEEEEEEEEEEENNN!!!!


never been in an opera and would love to. Anything with La CALLAS would be wonderful, I think

I personally think Syd looks remarkably fit and well. Obviously with a condition of the type he has it is unrealistic to expect a comeback. And nor should we. The man is over 60 years old and doesn't want reminding of his past.

Roger Waters had considered asking him to make an appearance for Pink Floyd's "finale" at Live 8 but I think this proved a bad idea. And it would mean going through his sister Rosemary who Roger believes still blames him for Syds condition :shrug: Funnily enough I only captured a few seconds of video footage when I was at Live 8 last July but it's the bit the cameras missed. It's the moment the huge image of Syd is projected behind the band during "Wish You Were Here".

Even now Gilmour makes sure Syd recieves royalties and its his way of doing something for his old friend. He played Astronomy Domine during the Pulse tour and Syd gets royalties from the CD, video and soon to be released DVD too.

Rick Wright and Gilmour have played both "Dominoes" and "Arnold Layne" on David's solo tour so far. Maybe we'll get another surprise in London later this month. :) The London show on the 30th is being recorded for a DVD so I'm sure Syd will get some royalties from this too.

Syd has made it clear he doesn't want contact with his former life so the other members respect his wishes but they still are very fond of him.