What if?

[Mykesbass]

I'd like to think that Karen Carpenter would have achieved the same status as Dolly Parton and Abba, with people realising how good she really was.

 

Hendrix would be dealing with the problem of wild parakeets taking over London's parkland.

[NancyJohnson]

21 hours ago, Joe Nation said:

I was just wondering the same about Kurt Cobain while listening to Nevermind this morning. We would never have gotten the Foo Fighters for one thing.

 

That wouldn't have been a bad thing, mind.

[PaulWarning]

they'd be getting slagged off for for carrying on way past their best like Macca and Clapton etc, and maybe rightly so, to quote Hendrix (allegedly)  "once you're dead your made for life", how prophetic was that?

[Supernaut]

On 11/04/2022 at 07:17, Cato said:

I suspect that Hendix's career would have followed a similar trajectory to Claptons.

 

Ie. Innovative guitar god to middle of the road AOR by the mid 80s.

 

And absolute mentalist from the 90s onwards. 

[bass_dinger]

Nick Drake would have a YouTube masterclass channel, in which he and Rick Beato shows everyone the tricky tunings used in his first five albums.... 

[bass_dinger]

6 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

 

 

Hendrix would be dealing with the problem of wild parakeets taking over London's parkland.

 

"Hey Joe - where you going with that airgun in your hand?"

[bass_dinger]

So many talented musicians lost to us at an early age 

 

1970 - Robert Johnson appears on the Old Grey Whistle Test   

1980 - the Mama Cass Workout video is released.

1990 - Buddy Holly reunites with the Crickets, and plays at Wembley stadium.

2000 - Jimi Hendrix composes a piece for orchestra, to great acclaim. 

2010  - Brian Jones leaves the Rolling Stones, citing ill health.  Has a regular slot on Radio 2 ("Sounds of the 60s"). 

 

[PaulWarning]

the Beatles reform for live aid