Musical What Ifs...

[hrodbert696]

...BUT, Bruford is officially retired (his own words) and Tony Kaye is kind of an afterthought (for them)...

Oh, I know. There are no longer any original members in Yes. Chris Squire was the last. But Anderson isn't the only surviving original member, is all I'm saying...

 

[BoogerMan79]

What if Spinal Tap's amps only went up to 10??????

This!!!!

 

[tyohars]

What if Sid Vicious learn how to play bass?

 

[Misfit Wookiee]

Akin to the OP, what if Lars had died in that bus accident instead of Cliff?

And this is why I read through to the end before posting. My buddy made the joke that when Cliff died, they buried the wrong members. This was after Load and Reload, and Master Of Puppets was extremely important to us in high school.

 

[Eric Swaim]

What if every band had to tune to A 440?

What if the British won the Revolutionary War?

What if Kiss never wore make up, would they have made it?

 

[madbass6]

I'm a rehabilitated comic nerd and Marvel used to have a series called What if? It would take pivotal moments in Marvel history and extrapolate different outcomes based on one thing happening differently, like what if Doctor Doom became the Sorcerer Supreme instead of Doctor Strange or what if that spider had bitten someone other than Peter Parker.

Anyway, I always wondered what would have happened if Les Claypool had gotten the gig when he auditioned for Metallica after Cliff Burton's death? I can't imagine that And Justice For All sounds remotely the same, the Garage Days 2 probably wouldn't be that different though. Would we never have heard of Faith No More or Infectious Grooves as Metallica would have overshadowed those bands with a new sound that was similar to theirs? We would almost surely have been without Primus and then who knows how many fewer bass players there would be in the world today had that happened.

You folks have any that you've always pondered?

What if you never asked ? lol. actually its a Prety interesting pole! Here's one
What if MJ wasn't in the Jackson family wish of the brothers would of been him ? as making it to his level !

 

[2tonic]

Yes! Cat's in the cradle with the silver spoon.. little boy grew with the man in the moon..

I always thought the lyric was " little boy blue, and the man in the moon"!

 

[2tonic]

What if Nigel Tufnel knew " meant inches, not feet?
(Shouldn't he have been listing the measurements in meters, anyways? I mean, ya know, Brit and all!)

We could have been spared the breakup of the century!!
Of course, then we never would have heard the true genius contained in that masterpiece "Jazz Exploration"!!!

 

[2tonic]

What if Peter Gabriel had hired Happy the Man as his band when he left Genesis?

 

[gln1955]

What if Sir Paul hadn’t switched to bass?

What if Sir Paul hadn't died in 1966?

 

[basspraiser]

I will answer that first one for you. Here is the original version of "Louie Louie" with very understandable lyrics.

Very Cool...hmmm..

Questions:
1) Is Richard a relative of Chuck's?

2) Same back up group as Sam the Sham.... Maybe that was Richard as well?

I actually like it...turns out he wrote it...noyce!

 

[design]

I have actually spent time fantasising “What if Buddy Holly, and Hendrix hadn’t died?”... and what sort of music they would have made 5, 10, 20 years later (though not with each other). Also Clifford Brown! That guy was an incredible musician!

 

[basspraiser]

what if Steven Stills had passed the audition for the Monkeys ( The story goes that the producers didn't like his teeth, so they hired Mike Nesmith instead..)
Crosby, Nash and Young anyone?...

Crosby Nesmith Nash and Young?

 

[basspraiser]

Better than Crosby, Nesmith, Nash and Young.

Ohhh... You beat me to it!

 

[basspraiser]

What if Talkbass didn't exist????????????? I think many of us would have more time and money.

But many less GREAT basses...come on man! Priorities!

 

[Hahaha]

What if the older studio musicians in Los Angeles had been willing to play rock and roll before the Wrecking Crew was brought in?

 

[juancaminos]

What if Jim Croce, Otis Redding, [Edited], Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jaco had lived 25 years longer.

I've always wondered

 

[basscapes]

Oh, I know. There are no longer any original members in Yes. Chris Squire was the last. But Anderson isn't the only surviving original member, is all I'm saying...

It's all good. Glad they have such a wide (and widely re-issued) legacy for recordings to enjoy!

 

[Chrisk-K]

What if Jaco had tapped?

 

[juancaminos]

What if Eric had accepted George's position?