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DaemonSeid 02-09-2011 03:01 PM

If you could travel back in time to save...
 
... an actor/author/musician from a premature death who would it be?*

And why?

The spin: What actor/musician would you rid the world of to replace them?








*...if this is a little too morbid for you to play, please refrain from saying that it is....thanks!

Psi U MC Vito 02-09-2011 03:04 PM

Duane Allman

And to replace him, Beiber

AlphaFrog 02-09-2011 03:10 PM

Heath Ledger - I think his passing was truly a tragic accident, and not self-inflicted like some of the druggies out there.

Replacement of: Lindsey Loho - what a waste of space.

33girl 02-09-2011 03:13 PM

Marvin Gaye.

To replace him, Faith Hill.

thetaj 02-09-2011 03:17 PM

Freddie Mercury... Gone way too soon. What an incredibly talented man.

kesha can go.

angels&angles 02-09-2011 03:21 PM

Author version --

SAVE
Fitzgerald

REPLACE
Dan Brown

LikeASista 02-09-2011 03:21 PM

MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!! :( (Maybe that wasn't far back enough.)

I'd try to save Marilyn Monroe. :o I just find her fascinating. And I'd put her in place of Angelina Jolie's overblown pathetically non-sexy self. :mad:

DaemonSeid 02-09-2011 03:24 PM

John Candy for Will Sasso

BraveMaroon 02-09-2011 03:27 PM

Save: Buddy Holly, Otis Redding

In Exchange For: Bob Seger, Kylie Minogue

Why? Well, Buddy Holly's sound was just so unique and evergreen. And Otis Redding should have been known for more than Dock of the Bay. Both geniuses.

Now as to why I'd off Bob and Kylie? Well, Bob because they overplay him on every classic station in every city of the world. Night moves, my ass. And nothing against Kylie, but do you know why Little Eva and Grand Funk Railroad did Locomotion? So she wouldn't have to.

DubaiSis 02-09-2011 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon (Post 2028715)
Save: Buddy Holly, Otis Redding

In Exchange For: Bob Seger, Kylie Minogue

Why? Well, Buddy Holly's sound was just so unique and evergreen. And Otis Redding should have been known for more than Dock of the Bay. Both geniuses.

Now as to why I'd off Bob and Kylie? Well, Bob because they overplay him on every classic station in every city of the world. Night moves, my ass. And nothing against Kylie, but do you know why Little Eva and Grand Funk Railroad did Locomotion? So she wouldn't have to.

FYI, there's a new book out about Buddy, "Hey Buddy: In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John and My Lost Decade of Music," published last month, written by Gary Moore. I have a personal connection to the book, but I probably won't get my copy until I'm in the US this summer.

My "save" is Phil Hartman. What a comedic genius and had his fingers in SO many things.

"dump" oh, there are so many (hasn't Miley Cyrus used up her 15 minutes yet?) but I'd have to say Paris Hilton and that whole crowd of famous for being famous bimbos.

cheerfulgreek 02-09-2011 04:51 PM

Michael Jackson, JFK, JFK, Jr. MLK, and Robert Kennedy.:(

Alumiyum 02-09-2011 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2028708)
Heath Ledger - I think his passing was truly a tragic accident, and not self-inflicted like some of the druggies out there.

Replacement of: Lindsey Loho - what a waste of space.

Second this. Heath Ledger...I think it was an accidental overdose too and he had such potential.

Lohan (I'm sorry, your family sucks and you're young but there's no excuse for being THAT big of a fuck up), Ke$ha (Ok, I listen to a couple of those songs, but I think she's a Gaga wannabe...and she admits to smelling like ass...wtf?), John Mayer (all around asshat), or Taylor Momensen (sp?) (who has the worst case of "I'm a unique snowflake and have an overinflated ego" ever).

Elephant Walk 02-09-2011 05:15 PM

Ronnie Van Zant for Kanye West.

nittanygirl 02-09-2011 05:18 PM

Obviously Heath Ledger.
Such a cutie.

IrishLake 02-09-2011 05:21 PM

Comedy:
Save Bernie Mac, get rid of Dane Cook.

Coaching:
Save Knute Rockne, toss Pete Carroll.

MysticCat 02-09-2011 07:03 PM

I'll keep Mozart around for another 30+ years.

Can I rid the world of Kenny G in return?

AGDee 02-09-2011 07:35 PM

John Belushi

Get rid of Jack Black (that guy just irritates me)

ASUADPi 02-09-2011 07:40 PM

Ditto for Lindsay Lohan for Heath Ledger

Senusret I 02-09-2011 07:41 PM

Y'all are BEGGING for bad karma!

KillarneyRose 02-09-2011 08:52 PM

John Lennon. Such an incredibly intelligent man; I think he still had so much to offer.

I don't want to say who I'd replace him with, though. Senusret has a point about the karma!

PiKA2001 02-09-2011 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose (Post 2028808)
John Lennon. Such an incredibly intelligent man; I think he still had so much to offer.

I don't want to say who I'd replace him with, though. Senusret has a point about the karma!

Yep to both.

- I'm surprised Lennon wasn't one of the first to be mentioned. I'd also like to see what Kurt Cobain would have done musically in a post grunge era.

33girl 02-09-2011 09:36 PM

But then again, if you kept Holly/Lennon/Mozart/Cobain, they might have turned into...umm...Kenny G.

Seriously, John Lennon has some freaking CHEESY songs that rival anything Paul's ever done in sap factor, and he gets away with it because he's dead.

Same with John Belushi...I like to think he'd have turned into Bill Murray...but he might have turned into...Jim Belushi.

Marvin wrote some awesome music, to be sure, but he could have shot every creative wad he had, spent the last 40 years of his life doing standards (instead of Rod Stewart) and I'm pretty sure that that would be o.k. fine with everyone.

DaemonSeid 02-10-2011 01:05 AM

Marilyn Monroe for Ke$ha

CubbieBlue 02-10-2011 01:10 AM

Tupac for Soulja Boy.

Kurt Cobain for Pete Wentz.

PiKA2001 02-10-2011 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2028819)
But then again, if you kept Holly/Lennon/Mozart/Cobain, they might have turned into...umm...Kenny G.

Seriously, John Lennon has some freaking CHEESY songs that rival anything Paul's ever done in sap factor, and he gets away with it because he's dead.

Yeah but that's not the point! I do believe that everything happens for a reason but this is fantasy, and in my fantasy The Beatles would have reunited in the 80s and made awesome music again. All of the former Beatles solo work sucked other than "my sweet lord" from Harrison but that's for another thread.

I was really thinking of a talent that was cut down way too early and the only one I could think of in recent times was Jay Reatard.

ASTalumna06 02-10-2011 08:56 AM

Save: Janis Joplin

There are way too many people who shouldn't be singing to name here.

AlphaFrog 02-10-2011 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 2028782)
I'll keep Mozart around for another 30+ years.

Can I rid the world of Kenny G in return?

Yes, please. He should at least get to finish his own Requiem. And Kenny G needs a requiem.

Low C Sharp 02-10-2011 01:28 PM

Quote:

if you kept Holly/Lennon/Mozart/Cobain, they might have turned into...umm...Kenny G.
Holly/Lennon/Cobain, maybe.

But I don't see how Mozart could have turned into anything crappy. The stuff he wrote when he was 12 was worth listening to, and he had practically linear growth in the magnificence of his work through the last 15 or so years of his life.

Mozart might well have retired if he got rich, the way Shakespeare did. But there's no way that he was capable of writing dreck. So I'm definitely going with Mozart on this. I would sacrifice the later years of pretty much anyone who's ever lived, except Bach, in order to get more years out of Mozart.
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Dionysus 02-10-2011 01:46 PM

Brad Renfro. I thought he was a very talented actor with so much potential.

Let's knock off Justin Bieber, nice hair do, but his music sucks.

AlphaFrog 02-10-2011 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dionysus (Post 2029012)
Brad Renfro. I thought he was a very talented actor with so much potential.

Let's knock off Justin Bieber, nice hair do, but his music sucks.

I forgot he was dead.:(

KKGCaroline 02-10-2011 03:00 PM

Imma go with Kurt Cobain, and replace him with Speidi (2 for 1 special)

Drolefille 02-10-2011 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp (Post 2029008)
Holly/Lennon/Cobain, maybe.

But I don't see how Mozart could have turned into anything crappy. The stuff he wrote when he was 12 was worth listening to, and he had practically linear growth in the magnificence of his work through the last 15 or so years of his life.

Mozart might well have retired if he got rich, the way Shakespeare did. But there's no way that he was capable of writing dreck. So I'm definitely going with Mozart on this. I would sacrifice the later years of pretty much anyone who's ever lived, except Bach, in order to get more years out of Mozart.

Who knows, he could have had burnout and started writing drinking songs for the lute or something!

33girl 02-10-2011 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2029042)
Who knows, he could have had burnout and started writing drinking songs for the lute or something!

That's actually kind of what I was thinking. :D

Brian Wilson did an interview one time where he said that he does believe that songwriters (or artists of any stripe) can run out of material. I think he's right to a point...maybe not completely run out, but get to where consistency is a thing of the past.


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