And as many as you like about whom you agonised, and those whom you believe had no more to contribute.
I suppose if Kafka had lived he might have burnt his manuscripts (as he urged Max Brod to do) then we wouldn’t have had his writings. He was Jewish, living in Berlin and fairly passive and indecisive, so unlikely to have escaped what was waiting around the corner.
It just as well Kafka died young, then.
Again though, Cobain had clearly pissed his pintful by the time he died. The only talented musician in that band has, unsurprisingly, gone on to have a long and successful career.
Sorry, Foo Fighters are unremarkable meat and potatoes rock, whatever Dave Grohl's musical proficiency. Cobain/Nirvana were extraordinary and obvious candidate as he is, he really was a huge loss.
I mean, imagine Foo Fighters never having existed. <shrug> And then imagine Nirvana never having existed.
life would have gone on (well it did), they weren't that big, especially the not appreciated by the Labour Party Foo Fighters.
The road of excess does not always lead to the palace of wisdom.
I seem to remember Morrison mentioned, upthread.
I think Lennon would have done interesting things. He would have been an awful bastard, but every now and again he would do something amazing.
Although Bowie did a masterclass in dying in the public artistic eye, I think he had been slowly on the up this century, getting his ideas back.
'And then imagine Nirvana never having existed.'
I'm pretty sure some other kids with messy hair would have copped that Tony Iommi down-tune trick eventually.
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Oh yes! Also, Kirsty McColl.
Again though, Cobain had clearly pissed his pintful by the time he died. The only talented musician in that band has, unsurprisingly, gone on to have a long and successful career.
For someone usually on the money this is totally wrong
Sorry, Foo Fighters are unremarkable meat and potatoes rock
Absolutely no need to apologise. This is a perfect description of them.
The Foo Fighters are hardly my thing, but their longevity is because Dave Grohl is an actual, talented musician. Idiot savants like Cobain inevitably have a short shelf-life, even if they don't get into the self-destructive mode.
I think Cobain has a talent for surprisingly pretty Beatlesy melodies and had an offbeat lyrical talent.
The Foo Fighters just seem like dull blokey sludge. They’re never going to surprise you.