Nah - it's the destiny of rockers and musicians to leave us too soon.
Deep.
I dislike the thought of this, but you have me really thinking this is what makes it painful and thus more impactful to "feel robbed"
Perhaps a counter question is "would we feel the same way about the musician/music had they kept going and eventually faded on their own before passing away?"
The fact they passed makes their peaking early and their music more rare, and the questions remain "what more could they have done?" and thus more painful?
Chris Cornell was amazing, wish I could have seen him with Temple of the Dog. You could say he peaked with either Sound Garden or Audio Slave under your revised analysis. .
Some would say Bowie and Prince went leaving us without their future genius.
Of course hopefully it goes without saying my thread question is incredibly subjective to the listener.
I'm not a fan of Prince, did like Bowie, but I think Cornell wins on talent. Check out the Soundbook if you haven't already. It brings so much of Temple, Sound Garden, and Audio Slave together.
Jim Croce
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Selling the three "J's" pretty short if you think they peaked after just a few years....
I got to say Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix were multi-generational talents and innovators, with Jimi far from peaking. I’d put Stevie Ray Vaughn and Randy Rhodes on the list right below that and the music world was robbed of what they may have done but for their untimely deaths.
Good counterpoints. And good additions. Of those, I'm most disappointed in myself for not considering Mercury at all until now.
I'm probably not making friends here am I.
There are too many to name.
Agree. In the short amount of time we've discussed, I'll continue with my subjective emotional appeal that Cornell is the biggest robbery, but I am persuaded this can easily be broken down by year of fame and/or genre.
1950's - Valens, Bopper, Holly - a huge, early and unnecessary loss of talent. As a kid, my dad regularly talked about this. Up until right now, it never hit me that those guys to my dad, were Chris Cornell to me.
1960's/70's - pretty much everyone you all mentioned above; however if I have to anchor on it I'd go Mercury then Morrison because subjectively didn't appreciate Hendrix.
1980's - Prince I suppose, but I'm personally favoring Van Halen however I don't think Van Halen was really going to produce much more.
1990's Rock - Cornell (possibly some could say Cobain, but I would be suprised. not a fan of his don't think he's as talented by a long shot)
1990's Hip Hop - 2Pac/Poppa. That would be a tough debate on the greater talent loss.
2000 - at this point of the discussion, MCA, but he was retired.
I'm not current on 2010+
