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25 March 2011

If you were a music star, who would you be? →[More:] Inspired my my story in the Friday Night question thread below, I must say I have always strangely identified with Michael Stipe. I'm not saying he's the best, or my all time favorite by any means, it's just, that's who I'd be.

post by: rainbaby at: 20:30 | 26 comments

Nanci Griffith, or Emmylou Harris. It's Emmylou's career I would want more, though - she's sung with everybody.

posted by Miko 25 March | 20:35

Part of ABBA. No contest.

posted by JanetLand 25 March | 20:42

Karen O. I can only aspire to be that cool.

posted by quiet coyote 25 March | 20:48

Brian Eno. Harold Budd. Loscil. Cousin Silas. Aphex Twin. Somebody like that- a geek who builds droning soundscapes that last twenty minutes and hang on every little shift of texture. And very few people know what he looks like.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 March | 20:52

Also, JanetLand: I heart you.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 March | 20:53

Aretha Franklin or Stevie Wonder is who I would want to be.

posted by msali 25 March | 21:10

Well, I just finished watching "Some Kind of Monster" so i think I'd like to be Lars Ulrich so I could ponce around being an egotistical sanctimonious little prick all day. And be very rich doing it.

posted by gaspode 25 March | 21:37

As a teenager in the early 70s, I did want to be Elton John, even though his sexuality was in question back then (but so was mine). Even now, he'd be on my list.

But my #1 choice? Weird Al. Obviously.

If I had a chance to be a rock star so I could help him/her live their life differently: Gerry Rafferty. No changes until about 1980, but after that, lots.

posted by oneswellfoop 25 March | 21:59

One guess.

posted by mudpuppie 25 March | 23:38

Big Bill Broonzy

posted by Hugh Janus 25 March | 23:53

Who am I most like, or who do I want to be?

Most like? Probably someone witty and a bit cynical, funny and serious in the same breath. So maybe Sean Nelson from Harvey Danger? Though I don't know if I'm that scornful, so maybe Chris Ballew from PUSA (aka Caspar Babypants). Or someone in that vein (I could even see Thomas Dolby; I can identify with someone who could do both Hyperactive and Europa and the Pirate Twins).

Want to be? No one, really. Prince without the crazy is not Prince. Neil Young without the hardships is not Neil Young. But they're both pretty steadily awesome rockers with some integrity; been making music the way they want to for some time now. I mean, that's what I'd like in my life—the ability to follow my muse and entertain people in my own way. I don't need to be the biggest or the best, just need to do what I love.

Also, JanetLand: I heart you.

Hey, there's a line here, buddy!

posted by Eideteker 26 March | 00:11

Tonight, I'll go with John Doe. He got to live the life and make great music with X and has mellowed out but is still recording good stuff and seems really grateful to be doing so as his older self. Not a bad run there.

posted by ufez 26 March | 00:26

A member of the Star Wars Cantina band.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 26 March | 01:23

Well shit, Hugh's Big Bill Broonzy now.

I think if I woke up a music star tomorrow, I'd probably be Black Francis, but Jenny Toomey is my soul sister.

posted by fleacircus 26 March | 02:39

David Byrne but with Robert Plant's sex life

posted by DarkForest 26 March | 06:51

In my fantasies I'm a star pianist, for some reason. Like Paul Lewis.

posted by altolinguistic 26 March | 07:26

Or Oscar Peterson.

posted by altolinguistic 26 March | 07:28

Part of ABBA. No contest.

Geez, that sounds like SO MUCH FUN. But only if I were doing it with a friend. Can I join you, JanetLand?

On my own? ... maybe Elvis Costello.

posted by Elsa 26 March | 12:27

Bonnie Raitt.

Clearly an ABBA tribute karaoke meetup is in order.

posted by theora55 26 March | 13:35

Lemmy.

Duh.

posted by BitterOldPunk 26 March | 14:57

Chrissie Hynde.

posted by initapplette 26 March | 17:06

Leonard Cohen

I would like to be able to say I had written Famous Blue Raincoat, and to say that I'd been to bed with Janis Joplin, amongst others. But mostly for the songs.

posted by danf 26 March | 20:04

Ke$ha (minus the nude photos).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 March | 20:12

Kinky Friedman. I just couldn't take the whole thing that seriously.

posted by arse_hat 27 March | 12:36

When I was last in a band, I modeled myself on Toni Halliday, but I always got compared to Debbie Harry by audience members.

posted by crush-onastick 27 March | 20:04

Joey Ramone.

posted by jonmc 27 March | 22:03

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