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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 17, 2009 23:45:19 GMT -5
Really morbid thread, I know. Anyway, I tried to focus on people who were still pretty active in their work when they died and also were young enough to still have a possible big career ahead of them.
For my money it would probably be either Kurt Cobain or John Lennon (though I would enjoy Cobain's work much more). Honorable mentions to James Dean and to a lesser extent Heath Ledger, who could have starred in some damn fine films.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 17, 2009 23:49:53 GMT -5
Buddy Holly. He would have probably ended up with the Highwaymen with Willie, Waylon and Cash.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2009 23:54:13 GMT -5
Frankly, most all of these guys had something left.
Well, probably not Vicious, since he was probably looking at jailtime.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Nov 17, 2009 23:55:15 GMT -5
Odds are we would have seen a Beatles reunion a few years after Lennon was shot. Tell me that's not something to offer.
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Nov 17, 2009 23:56:18 GMT -5
Lennon, definitely. He could have changed the world, thinks I.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 17, 2009 23:58:49 GMT -5
Frankly, most all of these guys had something left. Well, probably not Vicious, since he was probably looking at jailtime. That's true. I also forgot exactly how young he was when he died too being only 21 and all.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 18, 2009 0:17:00 GMT -5
On a whim I'd have to say all of them
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Nov 18, 2009 0:22:12 GMT -5
My first instinct was Bob Marley, but I went with Otis Redding. Marley probably would've made great reggae music the rest of his life, but Redding was ready to take over the world when he died.
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Post by H-Fist on Nov 18, 2009 0:37:40 GMT -5
Other: you have omitted one Hosiah King Williams from your list, sir.
I know that Hank Sr. was an absolute mess when he died at 29, but Cobain and others on that list died also in the midst of drug and alcohol related troubles.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 18, 2009 0:40:20 GMT -5
Other: Bill Hicks
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Post by Young Game on Nov 18, 2009 0:50:17 GMT -5
These two.
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Post by Chainsaw on Nov 18, 2009 0:56:45 GMT -5
*Shakes Gojira's hand* I could have stood to have had Bill around for another lifetime. Although I always feared that he may have gone down the Dennis Miller route...you all know what I mean. I doubt he would have, tho. Of those on the list, I'd have to say Andy Kaufman. He truly was a man born before his time, and who knows what he could have come up with...or is coming up with today.
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Post by default on Nov 18, 2009 1:19:23 GMT -5
Bruce Lee, imo. He wasn't even thirty three yet. It's a shame that Game of Death was not only fumbled but butchered, made a joke out of Way of the Dragon, etc. as the premise to Lee's idea looked really good.
Had he stayed alive, it's hard to tell how martial arts/kung fu movies would've evolved.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Nov 18, 2009 1:21:18 GMT -5
Buddy Holly.
When you consider how much he achieved, how many people he influenced, how many of his songs are considered rock and roll classics his death was a massive loss.
Then when you consider he did all that in just 3 years and that he was only 22 when he died, it makes you wonder what else he could have achieved.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Nov 18, 2009 1:30:25 GMT -5
I'm going off the board and saying Frank Zappa.
I know he'd already given a ton, and was into his 50s, but I feel like he could still be going today, and just had a good deal of depth as a composer...
I would have liked to have seen how his music would have evolved throughout the years.
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Post by BlackHoleMark on Nov 18, 2009 1:34:37 GMT -5
It is without a doubt (in my mind) Hendrix. All you have to do is look at his body of work and remember that that all happened in three years. Imagine if he had more time. I mean, three years, and he has three albums in Rolling Stones top 500 greatest albums of all time. Not to mention, he's arguably the greatest guitar player that ever lived.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Nov 18, 2009 2:25:34 GMT -5
Cliff Burton, the Major rager on the 4 string motherf***er
with his musical influence in the band theres no telling where tallica could have gone post puppets
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Post by millionurkle on Nov 18, 2009 2:32:56 GMT -5
It's said that when he died he had over 5 albums in his head. and He was intent on making rap's 1st 3 CD album. And with all of the rap hits with samples from his final album, I believe he had alot to offer. He was only 24 and released 2 albums over 3 years.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Nov 18, 2009 2:37:43 GMT -5
I'm rolling my eyes at Heath Ledger winning this poll. Many people didn't give two shits about this mediocre actor until he OD'd after filming a summer blockbuster.
Anyway, I'm going with Brandon Lee. While his death and edgy film also made him a fad with the Hot Topic "daddy never loved me" crowd, his performance was actually worth all the hype.
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Post by Rorschach on Nov 18, 2009 3:29:26 GMT -5
I'm rolling my eyes at Heath Ledger winning this poll. Many people didn't give two s***s about this mediocre actor until he OD'd after filming a summer blockbuster. Anyway, I'm going with Brandon Lee. While his death and edgy film also made him a fad with the Hot Topic "daddy never loved me" crowd, his performance was actually worth all the hype. I don't get where you're coming from with this at all. To crap on people who voted Ledger, and then turn around and champion Brandon Lee like he was something different, or better somehow, or like his life was worth more than a "mediore actor who OD'd after filming a summer blockbuster"....that's harsh, and more than a little pot calling the kettle black. Lee wasn't any GRAND SUPERSTAR of the cinema before his death while filming THE CROW shot him to post mortem stardom, and you sit there and act like he had Oscars falling out of his ass or something. I don't remember ANYONE praising Lee the way Ledger was praised (even BEFORE he was in Dark Knight. Remember BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN? MONSTER'S BALL?) during his entire career. I loved THE CROW, and Lee's performance in it, as much as anyone, but man. Your post up there comes off as needlessly mean. Honestly, this is a very creepy, morbid poll. I will refrain from voting, as choosing one to the exclusion of the others here is just....you can't. There's no honest way to pick, out of this list or any other, who would have done more with their time.
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