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Title: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:20pm

Honed out post Thanksgiving....Lets say you had the power to bring back one rock icon who has passed on? There's a huge list of course..But who would you pick?
*Elvis?
*Hendrix?
*Lennon?
*Brian?
*Janis?
*Morrison?
*Moon?
*Duane?

Or my pick....Jerry Garcia....

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by mojoman on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:23pm

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:20pm:

Or my pick....Jerry Garcia....

I WANT TO CARESS YOUR KNEECAPS

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:51pm

SRV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:55pm

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:51pm:

SRV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U

Yes..another great choice..shoulda had him on the toplist

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Factory Girl on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:27pm

F. Scott Fitzgerald - whose grave is in Rockville, MD. I just drove past it.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Pdog on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:30pm

joe strummer

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by fuman on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:37pm

John Lennon, with George Harrison a close second and Mick Ronson 3rd.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:43pm

John Bonham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j85P_pLaTs4

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Factory Girl on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:56pm

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:43pm:

John Bonham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j85P_pLaTs4

I was going to say John Bonham. I second EG's motion.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:56pm

http://theinvisibleagent.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/buddy-holly-2.jpg?w=310&h=400

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by GotToRollMe on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:10pm

Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Thunders
Keith Moon...

This could turn out to be a long list...

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:11pm

Kurt Cobain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQWcq8_VPg

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:16pm

Edith Grove wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:11pm:

Kurt Cobain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQWcq8_VPg

always loved that video... perhaps the Buddy look?!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:41pm

Gram Parsons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BITiY8M_oDo

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Gazza on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:47pm

Elvis.

I like to think had he lived he'd have eventually turned his life around, fired that bastard Parker and finally toured overseas.

I'd also like to think that Brian Jones might have sorted himself out. Jim Morrison too.

Of acts who have died at a time when I was a fan (and not before I'd heard of them), I still miss Johnny Cash, Warren Zevon (both of whom died in the same week!!) , Joe Strummer, John Lennon, George Harrison and Bob Marley most of all.

In terms of someone dying just a time when their musical direction was probably going to take them somewhere interesting - Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and maybe Gram Parsons.

However, in terms of someone dying and their band taking a direction (artistically, not so much musically) that maybe wouldnt have happened had he still been around - -> :sad

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 4:28pm

Pigpen & Jerry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V752p6IMWjw

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Teiz on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 5:23pm

Lennon. His work (solo and with the Beatles) was not done when the idiot shot him. But the unfinished passage can be said for most in that list.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by uncleson on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 5:39pm

John Lennon.

But I also think Brian and Jimi had bright futures if they were to get straight.

There's no telling what would have happened to Rock if Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Ritchie Valens had lived.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Sioux on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 6:51pm

All of them. Seriously. But, at the top of my personal list are Brian and Nick Drake. Not as well known, to the casual listener as a Lennon, Harrison, or Hendrix, but they both just DESERVED to live longer. NOT that the others didn't......sigh. Well, you know what I mean. Those two have my heart. And there were such sad circumstances surrounding both of them...

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Sioux on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 6:52pm

This is a great thread, really. I think about this a lot. SOOOO many gone WAY too soon....:(:(:(

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 7:18pm

All of the above and many more!

Well, if you ask me about only one... probably Frank Zappa

Once he's back bring back Lennon to reform the Plastic Ono Mothers

I would bring back some who didn't finish some pendings

Brian to sign his will and his estate
Jimi to sue the bitch "Janie" who never was a "Hendrix" and never will
Stu to put order in the band (as Gazza pointed)
Steve Marriott to form a band with Brian
Nicky Hopkins
Paul Kossoff

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Gimme Shelter on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 8:39pm

John Lennon

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by LadyJane on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:04pm

Ian Stewart, if for no other reason than to SLAP Mick and Keith if necessary.
John Lennon, if for no other reason than to SLAP Macca if necessary.

LJ.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:23pm

Pdog wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:30pm:

joe strummer

WORD!!!

and Phil Hartman too...god he made me laugh out loud so many times!!!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:56pm

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Kilroy on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 12:45am

Buddy Holly He was only starting
Elvis To save his Legacy again
John I would like to grow old with his new music
Jimi This guy I can only imagine what he would have put out, I love it!
Frank I can believe he's gone, shit that sucks, Is nothing sacred NO!
Keith This guy was great on the drums and Elsewhere
Stu To keep THe Band Straight
George A personal Favorite, I always loved his stuff
Stevie Ray He was only starting
Janis That would be cool, she change this Diva shit
Johnny This guy always amazed me, with his diversity!
Buddy Rich No one was better on the drums!
But if I had one I'd bring back Holly, he never had a chance to screw up.

duluthFP.jpg (Attachment deleted)

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by mojoman on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 1:06am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:56pm:

time away jam...........

:smoking

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by AngieBlue on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 1:13am

Brian definitely. It would be interesting to see what his next venture would have been.
Stu to keep the Twins in line.
Elvis.
Otis Redding
Joe Strummer
Patsy Cline - not a rock icon, but she could sing.
Janis
George Harrison - not just for his music, but also because the world needs more people like him.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lantern_High on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 8:35am

* Elvis
* J Hendrix
* F Zappa
* Joe Strummer
* John Lennon
* Brian Jones
* Duane Allmond
* Jerry Garcia & Pigpen
* Buddy Holly
* Janis Joplin
* John Bonham
* Kurt Cobain
* Stu
* Gram P
*Paul Kossoff
* Nick Drake
* G Harrison
I think that the world could be more than better fair if them were still here.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 8:57am

Ed Sullivan so I could look forward to Sunday nights again.............

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by mojoman on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 9:21am

Lantern_High wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 8:35am:

i want to nuzzle you

:-*

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by andrews27 on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 9:21am

Nicky Hopkins.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Heart Of Stone on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 10:08am

Everybody has covered everyone I would want back, Ed Sullivan, that's a good one, yes, for sure, it would be amazing what some, like Lennon, Hendrix, Brian would be doing today had they lived, but some became rock legends because they died, it seems their record sales just soar when their gone, but a lot were taken way to soon, what they could have done is amazing.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 11:24am

McKinley Morganfield and Chester Burnett.........

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by lotsajizz on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 11:49am

a tie--Jerry & Elvis

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Zack on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 1:59pm

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:20pm:

:keithpunky :keithpunky

http://qualitybootz.blogspot.com/search/label/Grateful%20Dead-The

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 3:04pm

Zack wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 1:59pm:

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:20pm:

:keithpunky :keithpunky

http://qualitybootz.blogspot.com/search/label/Grateful%20Dead-The

Wow the first show up is the Kingswood Toronto show in 1984. Was a special show for the blind or something. I was there and we went to a backstage party after and met the band. Special night!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Factory Girl on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 4:08pm

Kilroy wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 12:45am:

Kilroy, I like your posting. I don't agree with all of it, but I like it. Good on ya... :booze

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Ade on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 5:24pm

Karen Carpenter

Ian Curtis

Sandy Denny

Buddy Holly

Eddie Cochran

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Kilroy on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 5:32pm

Factory Girl wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 4:08pm:

Kilroy wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 12:45am:

Kilroy, I like your posting. I don't agree with all of it, but I like it. Good on ya... :booze

Thank you, I appreciate your critique. THis is, was a hard one!
I miss Frank so much, and Johnny Cash, and Harrison who I think was such a good person.........

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by tumbledsomebody on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 6:44pm

Factory Girl wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:27pm:

F. Scott Fitzgerald - whose grave is in Rockville, MD. I just drove past it.

FG were you in rockvillle today? I was too! weirdness

I say:
Sarah Vaughn
Billie Holiday
Johnnie Cash

Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson

Louie Armstrong
Carole Lombard

Sea Biscuit
Phantom
Traveler

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
http://jssgallery.org/Paintings/Lady_Agnew.htm

Steven L. Wright my bud and my stepbrother Kenny 2005

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Bitch on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 7:37pm

Sorry but I wouldnt want to bring back anybody. My philosophy has always been 'when your number's up, it's up' and it's time to leave this world behind. That was thier fate and it can't be changed.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by lotsajizz on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 7:40pm

duh, no one's saying otherwise...it's a what-if, smartass!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Bitch on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 7:47pm

lotsajizz wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 7:40pm:

duh, no one's saying otherwise...it's a what-if, smartass!

Yeah, so I dont to bring anyone back! I wasnt being a smartass, thats just how I feel about it. Let the dead stay dead, coz they aint never, never coming back. How would you want them to come back anyway, the same age as when they died, or as old as the years would make them?

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Ginda on Nov 29^th, 2009 at 11:08pm

I want Elvis to stay where he is and wait for me. I'm comin' and we can pick up where we left off.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lantern_High on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:05am

Muddy Water, I really would love to see once again.
And have a DVD with all the Ed Sullivan shows.

A huge hug to y'll

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lantern_High on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:08am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynoEIIruwAQ
To Brian whatever you are

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Gazza on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:47am

You have one thread on this site to discuss politics, guys, and to do so in a civiized manner.

Keep it there or there won't be ANY political arguments on this site from now on.

Your choice.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:16pm

Well I already SHAVED this thread from politics and polticians

Back on topic

Miles Davies
Felix Pappalardi
Terry Kath
Gary Thain
Ronnie Lane
Syd Barrett
Jim Capaldi
Chris Wood
David Byron
Koko Taylor
Elmore James

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Bitch on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:23pm

Nice shaving job voodoo!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Riffhard on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:53pm

I'm a bit shocked that nobody has mentioned Robert Johnson yet. There are so many though that I have a hard time deciding any one person. However, I'd have loved to have seen RJ live.

Riffy

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lazy Bones on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 8:42am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:16pm:

Well I already SHAVED this thread from politics and polticians

Voodoo?

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lantern_High on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 8:48am

Nice pic lazy Bones. funny see Voo shaving a tree.. ;-)

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lazy Bones on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:09am

Lantern_High wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 8:48am:

Nice pic lazy Bones. fuuny see Voo shaving a tree.. ;-)

safety first...

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Lantern_High on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:25am

Lazy Bones wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:09am:

Lantern_High wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 8:48am:

Nice pic lazy Bones. fuuny see Voo shaving a tree.. ;-)

safety first...

Exactly, agree.

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Post by Joey on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:35am

" Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Thunders
Keith Moon...

This could turn out to be a long list... "

John Lennon
Keith Moon ( actually still ever present )
Jimi Hendrix
Carrie Prejean

JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJACKY !

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Fabio Hot Stuff on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:11pm

WILLY DE VILLE!!!
My one and only love, we had just lost on august but it seems about one hundred years ago

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Edith Grove on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:23pm

Fabio Hot Stuff wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:11pm:

WILLY DE VILLE!!!
My one and only love, we had just lost on august but it seems about one hundred years ago

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Fabio Hot Stuff on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:45pm

Edith grove, you're more than a nice person, I always knew.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by gimmekeef on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 4:05pm

Riffhard wrote on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:53pm:

I'm a bit shocked that nobody has mentioned Robert Johnson yet. There are so many though that I have a hard time deciding any one person. However, I'd have loved to have seen RJ live.

Riffy

Riffy, I almost put him on the first list. I shouldda...big miss there.....

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Gazza on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 4:09pm

Riffhard wrote on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:53pm:

I'm a bit shocked that nobody has mentioned Robert Johnson yet. There are so many though that I have a hard time deciding any one person. However, I'd have loved to have seen RJ live.

Riffy

Good call. The fact that he was before everyone's time and there's not even any visual documentation of him is probbaly what made him slip under the radar, though. The Wolfman would have been my choice from the old blues guys.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by texile on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 4:10pm

Gazza wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 3:47pm:

Elvis.

I like to think had he lived he'd have eventually turned his life around, fired that bastard Parker and finally toured overseas.

Good one...
Parker is the devil in this sad story.
He was 42! that was old to me when i was 11, but damn - he could have come back...
but only without the that bastard Parker.
the tragedy is that he had become somewhat of a parody and freak and the press at the time treated him as such.
I remember reading an article saying that Springsteen had wanted to work with Elvis, but that he was closed off at the time.
can you imagine? so many artists admired him, would have killed to work with him and nowadays these kinds of comebacks are common place -

but that bastard kept him so isolated, so insecure, so afraid of independence that Elvis didn't have a chance...
but imagine a Springsteen-produced King comeback circa 1978, 79...
it could have happened and the fact that no one had the balls to approach that bastard colonel is the biggest tragedy.

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Post by Gazza on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm

Springsteen wrote 'Fire' with the intention that Elvis would record it. Elvis died around the time Bruce recorded it, so he ended up giving it to rockabilly singer Robert Gordon. The Pointer Sisters, of course, later had a huge hit with their version.

Streisand and Jon Peters also approached Elvis in '74-75 with the intention of getting him to co-star in the remake of 'A Star is Born'. Elvis was hugely enthusiastic but Parker - seeing his influence potentially minimised - did everything he could to dissuade him and scupper the plans, and eventually talked him into pulling out of it. Kris Kristofferson got the role instead and the movie was a massive hit - killing off Elvis' final attempt at salvaging a credible movie career.

Approaching Parker wasnt really the issue. He basically had Elvis by the balls, financially, and it was seena s more bother than it was worth to get shot of him (Elvis had tried to break the partnership in the mid 70s). Of course, Elvis never knew of Parker's true status as an illegal alien from the Netherlands, and it wasnt until this came to light 5-6 years after his death that the Presley family were finally able to get shot of the old bastard.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by TomL on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 7:04pm

Lennon. Then i would have to dig up Sid. We would of made such good room mates.

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Post by Ginda on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:07pm

Gazza wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm:

Robert Mitchum also wanted Elvis to play his brother in Thunder Road (1958). What an excellent fit that would have been. Once again Col Vampire wouldn't go for it and Mitchum ended up hiring his son to play his younger brother. Just the thought of that old - I can't think of a name vile enough to call him - makes my blood boil. And wouldn't Elvis have made 'Fire' really something? It's a shame he never got a chance to record it.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Pdog on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:28pm

Gazza wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm:

you're knowledge blows me away, and that it's not just minted to Stones is all the more impressive... those bad Elvis movies are a horrible legacy, and I never have fully seen past them.

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Post by StPeteStone on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:29pm

Ginda wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:07pm:

Gazza wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm:

I just saw that movie and as soon as you see the brother you know he's a Mitchum; kid looked just like pop. Ended up pulling the wiki page and reading the Elvis stuff. Cool flick, Elvis would have been good.

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Post by texile on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:32pm

Quote:

you're knowledge blows me away, and that it's not just minted to Stones is all the more impressive... those bad Elvis movies are a horrible legacy, and I never have fully seen past them.

Pdog, ,
that's like someone not being able to see Mick Jagger past Running Out of Luck!

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Post by Some Guy on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:34pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcceU3qyVzA

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by texile on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:37pm

[Robert Mitchum also wanted Elvis to play his brother in Thunder Road (1958). What an excellent fit that would have been. Once again Col Vampire wouldn't go for it and Mitchum ended up hiring his son to play his younger brother. Just the thought of that old - I can't think of a name vile enough to call him - makes my blood boil. And wouldn't Elvis have made 'Fire' really something? It's a shame he never got a chance to record it.
[/quote]

yeah, it still hurts doesn't it?
A con artist who got lucky....
That man is a pile of shit on the face of Rock and Roll..and as far I'm concerned, killed Elvis - killed his spirit, his potential for growth and happiness.

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Post by Riffhard on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:54pm

Pdog wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:28pm:

Gazza wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm:

you're knowledge blows me away, and that it's not just minted to Stones is all the more impressive... those bad Elvis movies are a horrible legacy, and I never have fully seen past them.

Now come on Pdog! You gotta give it up for Clambake, no? I'd say that there are some iconic images and tunes from some Elvis' movies. I'm thinking Jailhouse Rock, and his turn with Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas. But Clambake? It was the crap movies like that soured me on Elvis. How about Fun In Acapulco? Yecht!

However, all I have to do is drop the needle on Heartbreak Hotel and all is forgiven.

Riffy

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Post by Some Guy on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:10pm

def like to bring this back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC_4BPdaGGE

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Post by Heart Of Stone on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:39am

Ginda wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:07pm:

Gazza wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:52pm:

David Bowie wrote "Golden Years" for Elvis, but he never got it, I also heard he wanted to tour England but old money bags killed the idea, what a bastard that guy was, on his '68 T.V. special, Parker only wanted him to do Xmas songs, but that I think was the only time Elvis got to do what he wanted with it, & it turned out fantastic, but that ass Parker had a real hold on him.

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Post by Gazza on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:58am

Everytime Parker was approached by promoters to talk about Elvis touring overseas, he made a point of quoting prices which were so astronomical and ridiculous that they killed off any chances of it happening. The infamous quote to one UK promoter who offered a 6 or 7 figure fee back in the 60s or 70s for one gig at Wembley Stadium was "that amount is fine for ME- but how much are you gonna pay for my boy?'. Elvis was also approached to play the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen around 1962, but Parker turned it down because there was no huge financial guarantee - knowing full well that the show was a charity event where the artists perform for free and there was no precedent for anyone receiving a payment.

The reason - unknown to Elvis of course - was that Parker couldnt leave the US due to his status as an illegal alien. Elvis was basically prevented from touring overseas because of this. Its pretty staggering to comprehend that he was the biggest star in the world yet he never performed overseas - makes you wonder how big he COULD have been. An Elvis world tour would have dwarfed anything before or since. Even a Beatles reunion.

The only occasions where he left the US in his life were to play 3 shows in Canada in 1957 (at the time, passports werent required to cross the border so Parker's 'problem' wasn't an issue) and from 1958-60 when he was a GI in Germany. Parker never left the US for the entire time that Elvis was in the forces.

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Post by Pdog on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 9:07am

texile wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 9:32pm:

Quote:

you're knowledge blows me away, and that it's not just minted to Stones is all the more impressive... those bad Elvis movies are a horrible legacy, and I never have fully seen past them.

Pdog, ,
that's like someone not being able to see Mick Jagger past Running Out of Luck!

if that was my first exposure to Jagger, possibly yes... first impressions are huge, and after hearing his work, yes, i like some of it, but i've never been moved by it, like most have. And even when I see and hear the "other stuff" I don't get chills or goosebumps, like I have with Berry, Cochran,Beatles, Stones ect... I have tried, I have sought out Sun Sessions and other works of elvis. I am very open minded. I'm not saying I'm the most diverse, but I'm incredibly diverse in my musical taste, and give most rock and roll a fair listen. I just know what I like, like alot, love and the stuff that has become a part of my soul and I can hear in my head at any time, note for note.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by GotToRollMe on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 9:22am

Joey wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:35am:

Yes Joey, a HUGE oversight on my part (Lennon, that is). I don't think anyone who was touched by his work has completely gotten over the trauma of that night.

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Post by GotToRollMe on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 9:25am

Edith Grove wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:23pm:

Fabio Hot Stuff wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 2:11pm:

WILLY DE VILLE!!!
My one and only love, we had just lost on august but it seems about one hundred years ago

Quintessential DeVille, EG! I saw him play when he was just a kid. One of many we've lost this year.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by texile on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 5:21pm

Pdog, ,
if that was my first exposure to Jagger, possibly yes... first impressions are huge, and after hearing his work, yes, i like some of it, but i've never been moved by it, like most have.]

My mom loves Elvis, loves the man - that's the root of my own rock and roll passion...
she still gets teary-eyed when she hears a song, sees his face on a magazine etc...
She saw him at the Houston Coliseum in 56, 57..something like that and again at the Astrodome in the mid-70s.
And i grew up with those movies on snowy, local syndicated channels at night....and they were just fun.
you can't judge them academically...like Springsteen said once:
'There's nothing like one of those early Elvis movies'
they were like holiday movies...

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by lotsajizz on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:55pm

I greatly envy your mom having seen the man. His Astrodome show was supposedly one of his best.

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by texile on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 7:21pm

lotsajizz wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:55pm:

I greatly envy your mom having seen the man. His Astrodome show was supposedly one of his best.

Here, in Texas and througout the South, it was not uncommon for people like Elvis and Hank Williams to go on these 'hayride' tours, which were basically small-town rodeo-type appearances....before fame....
I don't know his itinery timeline, but it makes sense - you can go to flea market or antique store down here and you'll see an old poster with his name below a headliner name..

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by Gazza on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 6:43am

lotsajizz wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:55pm:

I greatly envy your mom having seen the man. His Astrodome show was supposedly one of his best.

I share your envy. He actually played 6 shows there over 3 nights (Feb 27-March 1 1970) to something like close to a quarter of a million people. Very unusual for Elvis as he normally didn't play stadium sized venues. He'd just returned to live performances the previous summer and had just completed his second Las Vegas season. I think these shows were part of a 'fair' and were something of a trial run for him going back on the road, which he eventually did 6 months later.

I know Parmeda saw him in Chicago in 1977 and thought he was excellent even though it was near the end. Whilst he undoubtedly had nights where he should have been in a hospital bed instead of a stage, several of the shows from that final year, contrary to common perception, were actually pretty good.

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Post by lotsajizz on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 6:52am

spot on, Gazza--his vocal talents never left him...I'm sure you've seen the '77 CBS special? Very good stuff--if you can get by how he looks like shit. The out-takes therefrom are a little scary, though!

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Post by Gazza on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 7:54am

lotsajizz wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 6:52am:

Yep..they were on a torrent site a while back. A DVD called 'The CBS Tapes'. Presume thats the one you have. The Tv special plus the two full length shows that were edited together for the broadcast. One show where he's pretty good (Rapid City - most of 'Elvis in Concert' comes from this show) and the other, just two days earlier, where he's pretty shaky - from Omaha, naturally! :D

That seemed to be the way things were that time. One night he could be excellent, and the next barely functional.

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Post by Joey on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 9:06am

" Yes Joey, a HUGE oversight on my part (Lennon, that is). I don't think anyone who was touched by his work has completely gotten over the trauma of that night. "

Frig Yeah it was traumatic .

All John Lennon DID was co-write a soundtrack to a Generation ......

...... and what did they do ?! :

They shot the man four TIMES in the back right outside his apartment building .

Why ?!

WHY ?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcdz1IRVoM

Joey Lennon

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Post by Sioux on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 1:25pm

Right on, Joey Lennon, right on....:(

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Post by andrews27 on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 5:33pm

Bring back Ronnie!

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 10:09pm

Tommy Bolin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqKZEoY1rgU

Title: Re: Who Would You Bring Back?
Post by steel driving hammer on Dec 4^th, 2009 at 2:17pm

Jesus.

Just Wanna See His Face...