| br5946 06.07.2011 17:29 |
Imagine a line-up of a band which had dead musicians only. What would be your line for 'the Band for Heaven'? Here's my ideal line-up: Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano Karen Carpenter - backing vocals, drums Jimi Hendrix - guitar Bernard Edwards - bass Not a lot of people know, but all Carpenters songs from '69-'74 have Karen drumming like there's no tomorrow! Here's a link to one of her many fab drum solos which would probably put Roger to shame - and I'm saying that as a completely honest and loyal Queen fan: link 1:32 to 5:20 - nearly four minutes of lovely Karen emblishing her true passion! |
| MadTheSwine73 06.07.2011 22:43 |
My Line-up: John Lennon - Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar. Jimi Hendrix - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals. George Harrison - Vocals, Lead Guitar. Kurt Cobain - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar. Roy Orbison - Lead Vocals, Guitar. Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Vocals. Freddie Mercury - Vocals, Piano. John Bonham - Drums, Vocals. Ritchie Valens - Vocals, Guitar. Jerry Garcia - Vocals, Guitar. Buddy Holly - Vocals, Guitar. Big Bopper - Vocals, Guitar. Marvin Gaye - Vocals, Piano. Bob Marley - Vocals, Guitar. Keith Moon - Drums, Vocals. Paul McCartney (If he's dead, who knows, but he probably isn't.) - Vocals, Bass. And just for fun... Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano But if it would only have to be a four or five piece band... Freddie Mercury - Vocals, Piano. John Lennon - Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar. Kurt Cobain - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar. Jimi Hendrix - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals. John Bonham - Drums, Vocals. |
| ITSM 07.07.2011 04:25 |
Freddie Mercury (vocals and piano) Dennis WIlson (drums) Kurt Cobain (guitar and some vocals) Janis Joplin (choir girl) John Lennon (bass, piano and vocals) |
| Bo Alex 07.07.2011 20:51 |
Freddie Mercury - Lead vocals, piano Jimi Hendrix - Lead guitar John Bonham - Drums Jaco Pastorius - Bass John Lennon - Backing vocals, rhythm guitar |
| jamster1111 07.07.2011 20:54 |
Freddie Mercury - Lead Vocals/Piano Jimi Hendrix - Lead Guitar John Lennon - Rhythm Guitar/Backup Vocals John Entwhistle - Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals John Bonham - Drums/Backup Vocals |
| bago.vidovic 07.07.2011 20:58 |
Freddie Mercury (vocal) John Bonham (drums) John Entwistle (bass) George Harrison (guitar) |
| The Fairy King 08.07.2011 02:18 |
There's no heaven. |
| junketerQ2 08.07.2011 03:48 |
Didn't you mean to write "If there was a band in Hell..."??? Surely a band in heaven would contain Christian artists. |
| 4 x Vision 08.07.2011 05:29 |
Stephen Gately Michael Jackson Elvis Presley Freddie Mercury ... As a BOYBAND!!! |
| Holly2003 08.07.2011 10:43 |
Lead guitar -- Jesus Bass -- Alexander the Great Piano -- Groucho Marx Trumpet -- Angel Gabriel Cowbell -- Kurt Vonnegut Drums -- Frederick Douglass Triangle -- D-Day Dawson Vocals -- Tarzan |
| The Real Wizard 08.07.2011 10:49 |
vocals - Freddie Mercury bass - James Jamerson drums - Buddy Rich guitar - Chet Atkins piano - Bill Evans There's your ultimate band of the deceased... although I don't think they'd mesh too well together ! |
| Pandy Legend 08.07.2011 11:23 |
According to this other thread, all the decent musicians are in hell, so I doubt there's a decent band in heaven link |
| Jekaling 08.07.2011 13:38 |
Cozy Powell on drums |
| Thistle 08.07.2011 14:07 |
To all the folk who have listed 30 odd band members - why does the band need so many guitarists and vocalists?? :))) |
| Back2TheLight 08.07.2011 16:51 |
jamster1111 wrote: Freddie Mercury - Lead Vocals/Piano Jimi Hendrix - Lead Guitar John Lennon - Rhythm Guitar/Backup Vocals John Entwhistle - Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals John Bonham - Drums/Backup Vocals Agreed...just minus John Lennon. JL is a fantastic musician, but I just don't see him being in this fold... |
| catqueen 09.07.2011 15:25 |
Freddie Mercury Phil Lynott Cozy Powell John Bonham Kurt Cobain John Lennon George Harrison Dennis Wilson Keith Green Karen Carpenter Michael Jackson Obviously these would not all be in the same band. Maybe they could subdivide into two or three bands, some members could be in several. |
| xperten54 12.07.2011 15:42 |
QUEEN, nothing else, Freddie, Brian, Rodger and John, it can'nt get any better. Best band ever never gets better. Never heard anyone play Queenmusic better than QUEEN. |
| Holly2003 12.07.2011 16:19 |
xperten54 wrote: QUEEN, nothing else, Freddie, Brian, Rodger and John, it can'nt get any better. Best band ever never gets better. Never heard anyone play Queenmusic better than QUEEN. -------------------------------------------------------------------- No one said anything about them playing only Queen music. And Brian, Roger and John aren't dead. Aside from that, great first post. |
| MadTheSwine73 12.07.2011 17:53 |
Thistleboy 1980 wrote: To all the folk who have listed 30 odd band members - why does the band need so many guitarists and vocalists?? :))) ============================ The band doesn't need more than 2 guitarists, 2 vocalists, one drummer and one bassist. The only reason most of them were only vocals and guitar were because they couldn't play other instruments. However, I'm sure most of the guitarists would have been able to play bass. Very few musicians I know of have piano as their primary instrument. The only ones I could think of would be Freddie and Elton John. Maybe you could count Lennon or McCartney in there, since they both played piano, but they played guitar and bass as their primary instruments. |
| br5946 16.07.2011 14:09 |
catqueen - Lengthy line-up, I must say. Here's my broken-down opinion of it (if I do critcise, it's not at you, just at the musical figure, just so you know) Freddie Mercury - Superb, nothing more needs to be said. Phil Lynott - Never heard of him, sad to say. Cozy Powell - Good. From what I've heard, he's an alright drummer. John Bonham - Bonham's drumwork is a bit weak. Truthfully, that opinion stems from the fact that I'm not that keen on Led Zeppelin - only because Stairway to Heaven officially BLOWS and it always will blow until the end of time. Kurt Cobain - Brill. Nirvana are great and many songs on Nevermind and In Utero are near-classic. John Lennon - If you're talking about Lennon as a Beatle, then he's OK. If you're talking along the lines of Imagine, then n-o. George Harrison - Good. While he was kept to the side a fair bit, he was a key Beatle (just like John Deacon in Queen, now I come to think of it!) And furthermore, the song I Got My Mind Set on You is a brilliant song! Dennis Wilson - Never heard of him, sad to say. Keith Green - Never heard of him. Karen Carpenter - Now you're TALKING! Karen was a divine angel taken from us WAAAAAY too soon! Her voice... dear Lord! Were/are mere mortals like us even WORTHY of hearing it? She was sent from Heaven for sure. Rest in eternal peace Karen. February 4th will always be the saddest day of the year - the anniversary of when you were sent home. Michael Jackson - Like I said on a post on another thread, he was crafted from the foulest body areas and odours of Satan himself. A pathetic pretty-boy dancer with a high-pitched girly voice. The root of X Factor if you ask me. King of Pop? King of Slop, if he's king of anything (which I doubt he is). How he can be put in the same list as Freddie and Karen, I'm really not sure. Beyond comprehension. |
| MadTheSwine73 16.07.2011 15:40 |
br5946 wrote: catqueen - Lengthy line-up, I must say. Here's my broken-down opinion of it (if I do critcise, it's not at you, just at the musical figure, just so you know) Freddie Mercury - Superb, nothing more needs to be said. Phil Lynott - Never heard of him, sad to say. Cozy Powell - Good. From what I've heard, he's an alright drummer. John Bonham - Bonham's drumwork is a bit weak. Truthfully, that opinion stems from the fact that I'm not that keen on Led Zeppelin - only because Stairway to Heaven officially BLOWS and it always will blow until the end of time. Kurt Cobain - Brill. Nirvana are great and many songs on Nevermind and In Utero are near-classic. John Lennon - If you're talking about Lennon as a Beatle, then he's OK. If you're talking along the lines of Imagine, then n-o. George Harrison - Good. While he was kept to the side a fair bit, he was a key Beatle (just like John Deacon in Queen, now I come to think of it!) And furthermore, the song I Got My Mind Set on You is a brilliant song! Dennis Wilson - Never heard of him, sad to say. Keith Green - Never heard of him. Karen Carpenter - Now you're TALKING! Karen was a divine angel taken from us WAAAAAY too soon! Her voice... dear Lord! Were/are mere mortals like us even WORTHY of hearing it? She was sent from Heaven for sure. Rest in eternal peace Karen. February 4th will always be the saddest day of the year - the anniversary of when you were sent home. Michael Jackson - Like I said on a post on another thread, he was crafted from the foulest body areas and odours of Satan himself. A pathetic pretty-boy dancer with a high-pitched girly voice. The root of X Factor if you ask me. King of Pop? King of Slop, if he's king of anything (which I doubt he is). How he can be put in the same list as Freddie and Karen, I'm really not sure. Beyond comprehension. ================================= About John Lennon: Listen to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. It's better than any other albums from his career, and almost as great as Sgt. Pepper and The White Album. Lennon had his weak points, just like any musician, but he made up for them on his next album. For example, Some Time In New York City was a flop, Mind Games got better, and then Walls and Bridges came. It was a great successor to Mind Games. Then, Rock'n'Roll happened, which brought him down a bit, but then in 1980 with Double Fantasy, and in 1984 with Milk and Honey, he surpassed all levels of perfection, just like Freddie. About Michael Jackson: Agreed. :D |
| queenside 17.07.2011 04:53 |
freddie (vocals and piano) rory gallagher (guitar) cozy powell (drums) phil lynott (bass) |