Friday, July 25, 2008

What if...

Often, when K and I are driving places, I start asking what if questions. For example, what if you were stranded on a desert island and only one food grew on that island. What would you want that food to be? Or, what if you had to choose between Sadie and Lily, who would you choose? Or, If you were exiled from the U.S. and had to move to another country, where would it be? I think you get the drift.


Today, while running errands, I think I came up with the toughest question I have ever asked(yes, even tougher than choosing between Elvis or the Beatles).
The question is: if you could put together the greatest rock band ever, who would be in it?

You must choose,
1. A lead singer
2. A guitar player
3. A bass player
4. A drummer
5. if you want, you can also choose a keyboard player.

BUT, you can only choose one member from an existing band. For example, I could not choose Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen because they are in the same band. However, you can choose a former member of a band if that person is no longer with the band. For example, I could choose Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar because Sammy is currently not in the band. But I could not choose David Lee Roth and Eddie because Roth is now touring with Van Halen.
Hopefully the rules are not to confusing.

Currently, my lineup is as follows

1. Drummer- Alex van Halen (Van Halen),
2. Bass- John Paul Jones (Led Zepplin) or Living I would choose Sting
3. Guitar- Jimi Hendrix, Living I would choose Eric Clapton(since I can't pick Eddie)
4. Lead Singer- Mick Jagger(The Rolling Stones)
5. Keyboards- Billy Preston( the 5th Beatle) or living I would choose Art Neville

Who Would you choose?

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow.

well, 1st off, the greatest "rock band" ever would not field a keyboard player. That position just get's in the way and you would end up having to spread the groupies around.

The question is tough because what makes a rock band great is the personalities involved in the "band". putting some of the all time great rockers in the same band would probably end up with too many alpha males in one family. Know what I mean? Plus, the band would end up sounding like Yes or toto

With that said, here is my line up, which might really stink when together, or would really melt yer face off!!

Lead Singer-- Ozzy

Bass-- Gene Simmons

Lead guitar--- Jimmy Page

Drums- Tommy Lee


I think they would truly "rock"...

or at least be alot of fun to party with!!!

SSW

Anonymous said...

on 2nd thought, i need a double switch(baseball terminology) so that i keep with your insane rule of only 1 bandmember of any 1 band...

lead singer --- Robert Plant (young Plant was a Rock god... Young, lean, blonde...

Lead Guitar--- Randy Rhodes... died much too young and was well on his way to his... pardon me ricky van sheldon and dolly parton... "rockin' years"

randy played with ozzy and plant and page were half of LZ.....

but you probably knew that.

ssw

Anonymous said...

Alright, here is what I am going to pick...

Lead Singer - Ricky Martin from Menudo

Lead Guitar - Sting

Bass - Michael Anthony

Drums - Peter Chris

That's for what it is worth...which is not much!!

MBW

Scott said...

MBW,
Overall, not bad. But, Sting is a bass player. I'm sure he can play the guitar as well, but, I'm not sure how good he is.

I give you mad props on Michael Anthony(Van-Halen) and Peter Criss(Kiss).

SSW,
I definitely think you made a better band with the additions of Plant and Randy Rhodes.

melancholic smirk said...

Alright. Let's settle this once and for all. . .


Lead Singer: David Bowie/ the lead singer from Ah-Ha/River Cuomo from Weezer

Drums: The one-armed guy from Def Leppard

Lead Guitar: Prince (you don't have to watch Dynasty to have an attitude)

Second Guitar: John Taylor from Duran Druan (for fineness)

Third Guitar: One of the guys from A Flock of Seagulls (for randomness)

Bass Guitar: That guy from REM with the glasses (I <3 nerds!)

Keyboard/Synth: Oats from Hall and Oats OR the guy from Depeche Mode

NOW! Beat that, beyotches!

melancholic smirk said...

Oh, and if I had a steel guitar, I'd hire Vince Gill.

Anonymous said...

Well, you guy are showing your ages!
Here is an "old guy" list:
Lead Singer-- Elvis
Bass--------- Duck Dunn
Lead Guitar-- Chuck Berry
Drums-------- Sandy Nelson
Keyboard----- Dr. John
You should have a rythum guitar also,I would have Eric Clapton. He can play any style music.
The "Old Guy"

curia_regis said...

This is not an easy assigment.

Drummer - Lars Ulrich (Metallica) - just in case anyone wanted to infringe on our rights or pirate our music we need someone who's experienced in the legal arm of the music industry. Plus, he's Danish!

Lead Guitar - Slash (Velvet Revolver) - because we need a "stable" guy in the group. He's been around more drugs & conflict than anyone in music and yet he's never o.d.'d and he's still kickin' enough to be featured on Guitar Hero. He's marketable - we need that in this band. Plus, he's Jewish! and He's British! and He's 1/2 black!

Bass - Geddy Lee (Rush) because we need someone who will choose free will, period. Picking someone who chooses not to decide will still be making a choice...and an unacceptable one at that! Plus he's Canadian!

Keyboard - John Lennon (Beatles) - "Imagine" the possibilites...if we had a war that needed protesting, or a cause that needed to be championed, he'd be right there. Plus, he's British!

Lead Singer - Buddy Holley (Buddy Holley & the Crickets) - That'll be the day...because you have to have at least 1 person in your band that died in a plane crash. Let's say that Holley was thought to be to "stiff" for this type of band, I'd allow a substitue of Jim Croce, so long as he was allowed to say "I love you" in a song...

Scott said...

Nice work JB, I give you many kudos for your band. However, I will have to deduct a few points for using a Canadian. But if you need a Canadian, Geddy would be a good one.

I am somewhat concerned about your Keyboard and Lead singer choices. Probably not the most "rockin'" of lead singers. You could have picked Ronnie Van Zandt(Lynyrd Skynyrd) as he too did in a plane crash.

On a local note, Jim Croce's plane actually crashed in Natchitoches, La. There should be a festival to honor him ever year, sadly there is not.

melancholic smirk said...

Dude, I tagged you.

Scott said...

circle circle dot dot now I have my cootie shot, I am untagable.

melancholic smirk said...

What a baby.

Anonymous said...

Lead Singer, Brett Michaels
Guitar, Slash
Bass, Gene Simmons
Drums, Alvin Prewitt - C-High 1993

Keeping it real in the F Horn Section.

Anonymous said...

Hey Scott! I was actually listening to the radio one morning on my way to work and they were talking about this exact same thing which got me thinking. If I had to pick...

Lead Singer- Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) Would have picked Jagger but didn't want to bum a lead singer off of you...

Bass-Joe Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult)

Lead Guitar- Prince

Drums- Fred Leblanc (Cowboy Mouth)

Scott said...

Kimberly, your choice of prince on lead guitar is absolute genius. He's a hell of a guitar player, a great song writer, can sing, and is a dancing machine.

Anonymous said...

What if we change this dicussion up a little?
Let's create the perfect band.
Singer (male): Ed Kowalczyk (lead singer of Live--yes, he sings more than "Lightening Crashes" and "I Alone")and Michael Stipe
Singer (female): Andrea Corr (from the Corrs)and Tori Amos
Songwriters: Michael Stipe and Fiona Apple
Piano (hey, it can be an important rock insrument!): Tori Amos
Irish tin whistle: Andrea Corr
Guitar: Bono
Drums: TBA
Bass: TBA