Mozart. Dude would be social media famous in .2 seconds. Heβd be annoying us all. Heβd be covering all new songs same day after hearing it once. And Iβm here for that chaos.
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It would be a crime if he didn't do a remake of Amadeus, replicated to the letter but for the main actor.
Amadeus Amadeus,
A-madeus,
Amadeus, Amadeus
A-madeus,
Amadeus, Amadeus,
Oh, oh, oh Amadeus
(cue frenetic speech sequence)
Falco was amazing
Heβd be covering all new songs same day after hearing it once
So basically Weird Al but faster?
Freddy Mercury.
Or David Bowie
Freddy's voice was fucking amazing
He was also just dahling, seriously
Freddy Mercury
The starlord provides the only correct answer
Fkn Jimmy Hendrix
Chris Cornell
It's a tie between Chris and Chester.. both too soon.
I'd say at least bring back someone who wants to be here
Jeff Buckley, no question. He released arguably the best album of the 90s (Grace) then went and fucking drowned. Only 30 years old. He coulda been one of the best to ever do it, but we're left wondering.
Here I am, upvoting comments of people who wrote answers first: Bach, Mozart and Buckley. I tend to believe second or third albums are the best ones from an artist, can you imagine if this was true for Buckley?
Love to basically every mentioned artists, but I think most of them did give the best they had while alive.
Gotta go with chester, assuming you can bring them back with their health (mental and physical) "fixed" to a good massive balance.
Not because he's any better than any of the other greats that have died. Not even the ones that killed themselves.
Just because there's something about his death that makes his life feel more unfinished.
Out of any of the people listed here, I think he had the most undone. Not even in the musical sense alone, across the board.
Chester without a doubt.
My vote goes for J.S. Bach. One of my shower thoughts is that he would make a great experimental IDM artist. He would give Authechre a run for their money.
Authechre
Hadn't heard of these guys. I like them - thanks!
Reminds me of Noisia and Aphex Twin.
Otis Redding. I didn't realize until recently that he died so young, I would've loved to see how the rest of his career turned out. His voice had such a special quality.
Mid-century airplanes killed a bunch of famous young musicians.
Even now: the smaller the aircraft, the less you should want to be on it.
Imo, unfortunately, bringing back Legends will just harm their legacy (I'm thinking of John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie...).
However Tupac may have had an enormous impact in the 90s and early 90s music, and so on.
And who knows how grunge could have gained other mainstream success with Cobain...
Peter Steele. Although he might disagree. Type O Negative's last album before his death was named "Dead again", and a lot of their music is about escaping yourself (aka suicide or extreme self harm)
We could really use a Pete Seeger or a Woody Guthrie in times like these.
Mark Sandman
Such a unique talent. Knowing he died of a heart attack on stage adds a whole other dimension to "Do not go quietly unto your grave"
Harry Chapin
Or
Karen Carpenter
(I know, they're kinda sappy but they were on my Playlist when I was young and in love.)
Karen carpenter was going to be my answer for this too...
Doom.
I'd be hesitant to bring back anyone who's reason for death was suicide or substance abuse, it just seems cruel.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson
Would have liked to see what would have happened if they had continued making music.
The first ancient cavedweller to stretch skin over a frame and start hitting it to make noises. Give Grog a full drumset and see what he comes up with
Aaliyah. 22 is far too young to have died, and her career was moving in the craziest direction. She was set to collaborate with Trent Reznor; I wanna see how she would've changed the game.
Petri Walli.
Really, it's a friggin' miracle that Jeff Mangum only quit and fucked off for a decade. What all musicians need to know is that success won't fix depression.
Ian Curtis (Joy Division), though that would probably screw up the timeline for New Order and all of 80's music (not a dealbreaker).
Prince (obvs)
Jimi hands down
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jim Croce. He died relatively early in his career and was already an amazing songwriter. What could he have written with more time?
Seriously, so many great suggestions from other people.
I'm going to throw out Neil Peart, although I'm not sure he'd appreciate it. Selfishly, I'd love to have him back.
Bradley Nowell. Sublime was so good, and none of the bands that have followed in their style have had the same lyricism that Nowell had, or have been able to really blend genres like they did to make something completely unique.
Orpheus. I bet heβd do great fronting a metal band.