OldUSAFSniper
Conservative
I was in my 'tweens when the doors were big. God, I hated them then. The revival of their music was like fingernails on a chalk board. IMHO no big loss there.
Sorry for the loss of :
Frank Sinatra (Only God can give such talent)
Dean Martin (See above)
Jimmy Ray Vaughn (Was he born with that guitar in his hands?)
BIlly Preston
Elvis Presley (So much talent - Such a tortured life, partly of his own making)
Michael Jackson (Refer above)
Louis Armstrong (Sachmo)
Count Basie (Defines American Jazz)
Glenn Miller (I wasn't even alive when he was, but I love his music)
Yes, I know that some of those I mentioned were 'natural' deaths, but there will NEVER be another Frank Sinatra. His voice was the definition of contemporary American music. Because of what he experienced, when he experienced it (vaudeville) in making him who he was there could NEVER be another. Same goes for Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Both incredibly stupid and partly to blame for their tortured lives, but each was the definition of their type of music.
Not sorry for:
Any rapper that goes as a result of violence or drug use
Jimmy Hendrixs (stupid - such a waste of talent)
Janis Joplin (Very Stupid - another waste of talent)
Jim Morrison (Defines Stupid AND no talent)
Whitney Houston (Doing drugs with Bobby Brown! And the results surprise people? Really??)
Kurt Cobain
Sorry for the loss of :
Frank Sinatra (Only God can give such talent)
Dean Martin (See above)
Jimmy Ray Vaughn (Was he born with that guitar in his hands?)
BIlly Preston
Elvis Presley (So much talent - Such a tortured life, partly of his own making)
Michael Jackson (Refer above)
Louis Armstrong (Sachmo)
Count Basie (Defines American Jazz)
Glenn Miller (I wasn't even alive when he was, but I love his music)
Yes, I know that some of those I mentioned were 'natural' deaths, but there will NEVER be another Frank Sinatra. His voice was the definition of contemporary American music. Because of what he experienced, when he experienced it (vaudeville) in making him who he was there could NEVER be another. Same goes for Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Both incredibly stupid and partly to blame for their tortured lives, but each was the definition of their type of music.
Not sorry for:
Any rapper that goes as a result of violence or drug use
Jimmy Hendrixs (stupid - such a waste of talent)
Janis Joplin (Very Stupid - another waste of talent)
Jim Morrison (Defines Stupid AND no talent)
Whitney Houston (Doing drugs with Bobby Brown! And the results surprise people? Really??)
Kurt Cobain