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Which deceased musicians you miss the most and wish were still alive?

Lots of usual suspects mentioned, as well as some not obvious choices. Interesting to see who people want more from, that's for sure.

My answer is no one.

My reason is simple. Death is, and the acceptance of the inevitability and often unpredictability of death makes life better... for me. The only thing I can change is the now and the future. I don't ignore the past, I accept it.

That works better than not thinking that way, for me, to get through life.
 
For the performers, it's something else: we would like to see them "immobilized" for life in their art at its peak: and there Heifetz, Marian Anderson, Callas, Rubinstein, Haskil, Serkin, Schnabel, Perlemuter, the Bushes, Dupré, Novaes, Horowitz, Arrau, Toscanini, Karajan, Giulini, Kleiber, Neveu, Richter, Vogt, Freire, Cortot, Pollini and a few others are no longer there, unfortunately... But we have the next generation, the Luganskys, Laloum, Kholodenko, Biss, Kantorow, Mäkelä and so many other fabulous early music performers...
Dead composers, on the other hand, are irreplaceable and irreplaceable.
Very well said.

And in these facts lies the whole meaning and scope of High Fidelity: faithfully record the Art of the performers and be able to enjoy it again without hindrance.
 
SRV, Hendrix, Allen Collins.
 
Hands down Jeff Beck
 
Only "celebrity" death that truly had a toll on me emotionally was John Prine. Been a few years but still miss him as if I knew him.


Huge fan of john lennon as well but he has been gone most of my life, so he was always been from the past for me.
 
Jaco Pastorius
Michael Brecker
Hendrix
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Chopin
 
Nick Drake died tragically young, only 26 years of age. Death was due to an overdose of antidepressants. It's not known if this was simply accidental or deliberate. Molly Drake, Nick Drake's mother, had a prescription to antidepressants but at a stronger dosage than Nick was taking. Reports were that Nick Drake ran out of his prescription, so he took some of his mother's. At the same time, reports were that Nick's depression was increasing towards the end. That sense of depression/melancholy is inherent to Nick Drake's muse. It also was a big part of his failure as a public performer. His songs were inspired, his guitar playing was immaculate. However, his early demise might have been inevitable.

 
Mozart was, what, 34 or 35 when he died?

He would be up near a million compositions by now. :cool:

He'd have his own Sirius/XM channel.
 
Mozart was, what, 34 or 35 when he died?

He would be up near a million compositions by now. :cool:

He'd have his own Sirius/XM channel.
Or he would have retired rich and famous, like Rossini, which would have been the better fate overall.
 
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Or he would have retired rich and famous, like Rossini, which would have been the better fate overall.
Well, then his still being alive would not make any difference.

This could be true for any of the dead artists people are mentioning.

"They could have all simply retired and it doesn't matter" is my new response. ;)
 
Maxi Jazz a poet

RIP Maxi Jazz Faithless - Insomnia Last Concert
 
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Geoffrey Rushton and Peter Christopherson of Coil

Just beautiful human beings that not only made truly unique music, but also made me think about stuff that's arguably more important than music :)

Both went away from this world far too young (40's and 50's respectively).
 
What a ridiculous, ignorant
and insensitive comment. Shame on you
Suicide is about the cruelest thing a person can do to their family, to the people they love and who love them. Only murder is worse. In the case of Cobain, he was infinitely cruel to his wife and daughter. She called him an "asshole" and a "fucker" at his eulogy. Understatements of the year.
 
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