What dead celebrity do you still wish was alive the most?

iamstop · 28-07-2011 12:21pm

I've looked through the whole thread and didn't see anyone say:
Frank Zappa. Dude was a genius. I know SOME people on here know this.

d.anthony · 28-07-2011 12:27pm

Freddie Mercury and Tommy Burns

karaokeman · 28-07-2011 12:53pm

Stephen Gately.

Now there's one man who had a lot to fulfill.

Degag · 28-07-2011 12:57pm

black francis wrote: »

Wispa Bars

I miss them

*sniff*

I had one on Monday.

leonidas83 · 28-07-2011 12:58pm

Richard Harris, finest Limerick man there was after Willie O'Dea of course

Dangerdunf · 28-07-2011 1:10pm

Jimi Hendrix

The_B_Man · 28-07-2011 1:13pm

Michael Jackson. Never got to see him live. I'd say it'd be some show!

newballsplease · 28-07-2011 1:20pm

Maude Flanders

Motley Crue · 28-07-2011 1:28pm

Freddie Mercury

Da Shins Kelly · 28-07-2011 1:35pm

guitarzero wrote: »

Amy Winehouse didnt have mass appeal. She wasnt influencial in anyway and didnt really represent anything...at all. I'm not a fan of joplain or Kurt but the legacy they left on music and people was evident. 'Try to make me go to rehab', 'I go back to him', 'come on over valerie', its pretty tame, usual stuff, nothing exciting or provocative really.

They're love songs. Just because she didn't write about changing the world, doesn't mean that she hasn't been influential. As a vocalist alone, I think her influence has been pretty evident in the last couple of years alone (Adele and Duffy immediately spring to mind, nevermind Lady Gaga). What she represented was singing with a bit of soul, which is sorely missed in music these days. I didn't realise that in order to be a good musician you had to be writing music about changing the world. In my mind, a good musician is someone who sings and writes with a bit of meaning, like Cobain did (even though I don't really like him), and Joplin. In fact, some of Joplin's best performances were of songs that she didn't even write herself (Ball and Chain, Me and Bobby McGee, Summertime), and she never wrote or sang about what you would consider 'exciting or provocative' (although I would consider it exciting). Billie Holiday sang love songs (most of which were written for her) and she is the single most influential female singer of all time. There's a difference between being a technically good singer and being a great singer who can interpret songs and make them their own. Billie Holiday had it, Janis Joplin had it, and Amy Winehouse had it. You don't have to be singing about changing the world, and influencing the lives of impressionable teenagers to be a great musician. People have been singing about love, if that's what you consider 'tame' and 'the usual stuff' forever, and it will never lose it's mass appeal. The difference is, some people sing about it with feeling while others don't. Amy Winehouse did, I don't see what's so hard to understand about people liking her music and appreciating her talent. It's not as though she was void of talent. She was a brilliant singer.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 28-07-2011 1:42pm

Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Jimi Hendrix or Freddie Mercury.

Dempsey · 28-07-2011 1:47pm

Ayrton Senna

latenia · 28-07-2011 1:51pm

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

Just because she didn't write about changing the world, doesn't mean that she hasn't been influential. As a vocalist alone, I think her influence has been pretty evident in the last couple of years alone (Adele and Duffy immediately spring to mind, nevermind Lady Gaga).

She was a creation of a record company who spotted a gap in the market for a mainly female, slightly older audience who didn't really like rock, dance or hip-hop but still felt they were above listening to the manufactured pop in the charts. Her CV reads like almost any x-factor karaoke singer:

She later attended The Mount School, Mill Hill, the BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon,

Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002.

YFlyer · 28-07-2011 1:57pm

Ozzie Osbourne

28-07-2011 2:02pm

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

Freddie Mercury fo sho

Ditto.

Legend.

YFlyer · 28-07-2011 2:09pm

leonidas83 wrote: »

Richard Harris, finest Limerick man there was after Willie O'Dea of course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOU3gDncP4k

kowloon · 28-07-2011 2:10pm

Reinhardt Heydrich, so we can kill him again.

Mr. Manager · 28-07-2011 2:15pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

FYP

You must really want him back if you don't even know his name!!

You should probably look things up before posting statements like that

Chuck Stone · 28-07-2011 2:30pm

Keith Richards.

demakinz · 28-07-2011 2:35pm

Ronnie James Dio
Luke Kelly
John F Kennedy

blueser · 28-07-2011 2:37pm

Motley Crue wrote: »

Freddie Mercury

Nail on head. Absolute genius.

pcardin · 28-07-2011 2:38pm

Adolf from Osterreich. that would scare big nose thieves again.

LeeHoffmann · 28-07-2011 2:45pm

Jesus - he could tell the Vatican where to go and they'd have to obey!

peterk675 · 28-07-2011 3:06pm

2pac , that man was genuis , enough said

Randy Shafter · 28-07-2011 3:34pm

Aryton Senna. Just to put Sebastian Vettel in his place.

GaryMunster · 28-07-2011 3:38pm

Father Ted

bonzodog2 · 28-07-2011 4:03pm

Nick Drake

ColeTrain · 28-07-2011 4:15pm

How could we forget Billy Mays??

Da Shins Kelly · 28-07-2011 5:44pm

latenia wrote: »

She was a creation of a record company who spotted a gap in the market for a mainly female, slightly older audience who didn't really like rock, dance or hip-hop but still felt they were above listening to the manufactured pop in the charts. Her CV reads like almost any x-factor karaoke singer:

Dismissing her on the basis of that is ludicrous. Just because someone went to a performing arts school doesn't make them talentless. She wrote her own material, anyone can hear that she had a great voice. Comparing her to anyone from X-Factor is laughable, considering she had more talent in her little finger than anyone who ever appeared on that show. Anyone who can't hear that she had talent either has never properly listened to any of her music, and/or has no idea what a talented singer sounds like. As an avid fan of soul and the blues, I don't doubt for a second that she had one of the best voices I've heard singing that genre of music.

I don't know how people can dismiss her talent. I don't like Kurt Cobain - I think he was a whiny cliché of rock music - and I've never really enjoyed Nirvana, but I'd never for a second argue his talent.

People should be more grateful that there are still a lot of talented musicians out there for future generations to enjoy rather than complaining about them.

jme2010 · 29-07-2011 10:50am

GaryMunster wrote: »

Father Ted

Dermot Morgan.

Show some respect.

bernardo mac · 29-07-2011 11:07am

What dead celebrity do you still wish was alive the most? does that mean one could be half alive/dead?.......many of our present "celebs" are just that!

jacksprat · 29-07-2011 11:18am

jme2010 wrote: »

Dermot Morgan.

+ 1,000,000 genius.

PS if anyone knows where there's a clip of him on youtube or whatever as father trendy (you know the sketch "we need a little less bob and a little more hope") please contact me!

Bleeding Gums Murphy- brother had soul
Joe Dolan
Kenny

yupyup7up · 29-07-2011 12:56pm

Why have Gerry Ryan when you can have Jeri Ryan?

weeder · 29-07-2011 1:22pm

Billy Mays

Latchy · 29-07-2011 1:58pm

Dravokivich wrote: »

Peter Falk, "Just 1 more thing before I go"

Loved the guy to

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

JFK

Would have being interesting to see if he made second term as president ,most probably would have and how American society and Vietnam would have panned out with him as president .

^ Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby - Just to put some meat on the bones of the ' who ' and ' why ' conspiracy theory questions .

John Lennon - Just to see what else music wise he had to offer

later12 · 29-07-2011 2:01pm

Sylvia Plath. Unlucky the hero born in the province of the stuck record.

And Ted Hughes, naturally.

Saila · 29-07-2011 2:17pm

none, honestly, they had their time

im invisible · 29-07-2011 4:37pm

genghis kahn, for the pure laugh

bijapos · 29-07-2011 5:51pm

Jesus and Mohammad.

So they could tell all the fundis, zealots and those who claim to represent them on earth to calm the fuck down a bit, chill out and stop spreading death and pain all over the place.

KeithAFC · 29-07-2011 6:01pm

bijapos wrote: »

Jesus and Mohammad.

So they could tell all the fundis, zealots and those who claim to represent them on earth to calm the fuck down a bit, chill out and stop spreading death and pain all over the place.

Why? They are only doing what Mohammad did.