Om Sweet Nom Nom Nom...

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 8:58, 10 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Good morning...
...oh I feel tired. But not *quite* tired enough to go back to bed. Just tired enough to be non-functional. Damn.

Question then: out of all the "greats" who died early - Hendrix, etc. etc. - who would have made the most mark if they had have lived; whose death turned them into a legend which had they have lived, they would not have become ?

My answer:

- Buddy Holly had he have lived would probably have bought about the sort of transition the Beatles did - from basic rock to sampling, psychedelia and so on - well before they did.
- Kurt Cobain would not have been remembered as he is now. Nirvana would have split, and he would have faded into obscurity.
( I_Was_Mordred, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 9:23, Reply)

Morning IWM
The olny one I can think of at the moment is Antoni Gaudí, although he did live a long life and make a mark on Barcelona. Who knows what else he would have done had he not been run over by a tram.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 9:43, Reply)

morning you guys!
o think i gotta agree with you there mordy, buddy holly was a technical groundbreaker. i recently heard some very interesting stuff he recorded at 33 1/3rpm that was to be played at 45rpm. sounded a bit like the chipmunks or something but all the harmonies transposed correctly and everything.
and as for cobain, he just needed to get a grip. a bit of a one trick pony in my opinion. and this coming from someone who rates nevermind in the top 20 albums of all time.
but...let's not ever forget about the talent that was dustin gee.

so spakka, you oop north yet?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 8 Aug 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Greetings b69
Am still in West-London and have yet to finish ancrenne's birthdaycard. Are you heading there on your motorbike?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 10:03, Reply)

we most certainly am. picking wifey up from work at 2pm, then hitting the road.
we will be re-enacting the first motorbike trip we took together. oh, the romance of it all. from here to berwick-upon-tweed via hawick/st boswells, then lindisfarne and seahouses (for nomtastic fish&chips) before morpeth.
i'm fair looking forward to this here bash.
a card, must get out the card-making kit.
i guess you'll be letting the train take teh strain?
or p'raps teleportation?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 8 Aug 2009, 10:11, Reply)

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I wonder what part of the re-enactment the b3ta-bash will represent?

I'll be bus, tube and trainbound. Even though Morpeth is way oop north, faffing around in London will take up to 1/3rd of the journeytime.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 10:20, Reply)

it will be interesting...morpeth did indeed play a significant part in our blooming romance.
kasia and i have been to morpeth together once before. it was the occasion of my final divorce hearing and she accompanied me by way of offering support. a brave thing for her to do, i reckon.
so this will be the first time i've been back there since. i just hope i don't bump into any of my ex-in-laws, a couple of them are a bit feral.
i'm sure the b3taposse will protect me with fluff and stuff!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 8 Aug 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Hey, it's what we're there for :-)

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 10:50, Reply)

right, i'm off out. see you this evening.
;-)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 8 Aug 2009, 11:11, Reply)

Morning
I'm just about to make an early lunch then head off oop north. Woohoo!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 8 Aug 2009, 11:33, Reply)