The Dead Guys: who would've done best?

Jimi, since he actually knew how to play his instrument, how to produce, how to jam and how to take listeners to his world.

Logan wrote: Had he not tragically died in that cow tipping accident, Jimi Hendrix. That Barrett comment isn't very nice

I said Syd Barrett

I wasn't talking about Roger Barrett, geez....


oh wait they're the same person



Edited by RoyFairbank - April 26 2010 at 16:46

I think Jim Morrison was planning to get more serious into his real profession, film direction. Also, I don't think Janis would have evolved out of the 60s rock paradigm she embodied so well. So this leaves Jimi and Syd. I think Jimi would have continued to make stuff of great public appeal, while Syd would have indulged into excentric niches... but I can't say who would have done a better job. 

Edited by harmonium.ro - April 27 2010 at 06:42

Personally, I imagine for Syd a career of conformity. I just don't think he had that much to say. He always was the "single factor" of early Pink Floyd. He would have been doing smooth synth pop by the 1980s.

As for Hendrix, I imagine a career like Clapton's but much better. Often well-regarded back-to-basics albums, a few forays into well-produced AOR type stuff like Clapton 1985-1989, the basic reputation of a living legend.

Joplin would have faded into obscurity IMO. Morrison I can't say.

So Jimi.