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Welcome back to the ROUTE 1 FRIDAY QUESTION after a two-week break!
It took some threatening, whining and blatant pleading, but the ROUTE 1 staff did manage to elicit a few responses to the following question --
"What do you think might have happened if your favorite died-before-their-time musician had not died before their time?"
Rick T. -- Elvis would still be the "KING!"
Scout S. -- I think JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH would have replaced SEBASTIAN BACH in Skid Row.
Mary N.P. -- I think Bob Marley would have continued to make the best music I've ever heard, but would also have become an uber-social activist, serving as a magnet for a movement to raise the poor of the Americas up. This would be after he matured out of his dope-fueled haze (but would he be able to make the same great music without it?).
Mike D. -- Elvis would have retired from a five-shows-a-week stint at Caesar's Palace and become a spokesman for Krispy Kreme. Thankyouverymuch.
Mike M. -- I was able to find several obituaries for Bob Marley, who died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, in Carnegie-Stout's "ProQuest Historical Newspapers" electronic database. One obit said Marley gave hope to people who had none. Even though Marley claimed that he was not interested in politics, I think he would have inspired political and social change if he had lived longer, and would have made the world a better place, especially for the poor and oppressed. If Bob Marley was alive, I'd hope he would NOT do a Victoria Secrets commercial a la Bob Dylan (see here).
Jim S. -- Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin secretly did survive and bore a child in their later years named Eminem.
Brian C. -- If Buddy Holly had lived, would The Hollies have still called themselves The Hollies?
Erik H. -- Trumpeter Clifford Brown was an original and memorable composer who died in an automobile accident in 1956 at age 25. He avoided drugs and got along well with everyone, despite his blinding talent.
Had he lived, I think he would have rivaled Miles Davis as the leading light of the jazz world.
It took some threatening, whining and blatant pleading, but the ROUTE 1 staff did manage to elicit a few responses to the following question --
"What do you think might have happened if your favorite died-before-their-time musician had not died before their time?"
Rick T. -- Elvis would still be the "KING!"
Scout S. -- I think JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH would have replaced SEBASTIAN BACH in Skid Row.
Mary N.P. -- I think Bob Marley would have continued to make the best music I've ever heard, but would also have become an uber-social activist, serving as a magnet for a movement to raise the poor of the Americas up. This would be after he matured out of his dope-fueled haze (but would he be able to make the same great music without it?).
Mike D. -- Elvis would have retired from a five-shows-a-week stint at Caesar's Palace and become a spokesman for Krispy Kreme. Thankyouverymuch.
Mike M. -- I was able to find several obituaries for Bob Marley, who died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, in Carnegie-Stout's "ProQuest Historical Newspapers" electronic database. One obit said Marley gave hope to people who had none. Even though Marley claimed that he was not interested in politics, I think he would have inspired political and social change if he had lived longer, and would have made the world a better place, especially for the poor and oppressed. If Bob Marley was alive, I'd hope he would NOT do a Victoria Secrets commercial a la Bob Dylan (see here).
Jim S. -- Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin secretly did survive and bore a child in their later years named Eminem.
Brian C. -- If Buddy Holly had lived, would The Hollies have still called themselves The Hollies?
Erik H. -- Trumpeter Clifford Brown was an original and memorable composer who died in an automobile accident in 1956 at age 25. He avoided drugs and got along well with everyone, despite his blinding talent.
Had he lived, I think he would have rivaled Miles Davis as the leading light of the jazz world.
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