Imagine if John Lydon had died in 1980 and Ian Curtis was making adverts for Country Life butter

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He'd say exactly the same thing to a male TV interviewer.

Mark G, Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:41 (eleven years ago) link

(not watched the vid, just read the (short) story.

Mark G, Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:42 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah um he called himself a master of the universe in that clip

que sera sriracha (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link

What if Tupac and Biggie had been reincarnated in South and North Korea, respectively?

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link

*mind blown*

que sera sriracha (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 11 April 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link

What if there was a mountain high enough, a valley low enough and a river wide enough to keep steen from getting to HOOS?

What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 April 2013 05:16 (eleven years ago) link

What if George Clinton had given up Funk for Food??

m0stlyClean, Friday, 12 April 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link

what if george clinton had gone into the roofing business

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 12 April 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link

what if funk moves but it cannot remove?

What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 April 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link

what if I can't turn the greyest sky blue
I can't make it rain whenever I want it to
I can't make a castle from a single grain of sand
I can't make a ship sail on dry land

What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 April 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link

what if charlene had been to herself

ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 13 April 2013 11:26 (eleven years ago) link

What if it had snowed somewhere in Africa that Christmas

ok let's all fuck our pants to something new (wins), Saturday, 13 April 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link

^^^ can be sung to the tune of Toto's Africa fyi

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 April 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link

What if Johnny Cash died in a Cadillac in the 50s and Rick Rubin had to make Hank Williams do Danzig covers?

I want my alternate universe Hank Williams Danzig cover.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 April 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link

Not if it means a Boceaphus version of "Seven Year Ache".

pplains, Sunday, 14 April 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link

What if Cliff Richard had never invented funk?

OutdoorFish, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago) link

what if the beatles had never existed, and mojo had to put something else on all its covers in the 21st century

ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link

i love u guys

purp (roxymuzak), Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:19 (eleven years ago) link

xp Choking on my tea

doug watson, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:04 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

haha this thread

Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 July 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link

what if Ice Cube had died in 1996 and Tupac was starring in family-friendly flicks.

Neanderthal, Friday, 19 July 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link

ha I was going to do one about Jay-z being shot in 97 and Biggie owning a piece of a world-class tennis stadium in brownsville.

Cap'n Conserv-a-pedia (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 July 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link

What if Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass survived and formed a duo?

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 19 July 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link

Duo dissolved following cass' devouring karen in drug-induced haze

the Spanish Porky's (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 July 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link

what if will.i.am were called dennis

Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 20 July 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link

what if cory monteith were born 40 years earlier and kidnapped neil young and went on to form crosby stills nash'n monteith

Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 20 July 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link

I reckon it'd be pretty cool if Freddie Mercury was trying to save the badgers tbh

Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 20 July 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link

what if Freddie Mercury's biggest secret was that he WAS a badger irl and that's why Brian May has dedicated his life to saving them

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link

what if Chris Brown is /was a member of The Residents?

I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Saturday, 20 July 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link

What if Michael Stipe's name was really Michael Stope?

kornrulez6969, Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link

and what if they kept it instead of giving it away

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link

what if he found his religion but lost his orange crush

Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:38 (ten years ago) link

what if Vince Neil died instead of the guy from Hanoi Rocks and as a result of the butterfly effect we lived in a utopian society cuz FUCK VINCE NEIL

Neanderthal, Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link

What if an accident of birth had placed Obama in Cuba?

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 21 July 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link

one of the funniest thread titles OOT imo

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 July 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link

Imagine if Ian Curtis had died in 1975 and the band found a front man who could actually sing.

wk, Monday, 22 July 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link

after he died they went with Barney. this is clearly a group of musicians with a strong preference for frontmen who can't sing.

tight in the runs (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 22 July 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link

what if they had went with morrissey

Autumn Almanac, Monday, 22 July 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link

xp wk,

"whoa whoa whoa"

Treeship, Monday, 22 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link

these young men you fancifully fry
with those weights on their shoulders so high

tight in the runs (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 22 July 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link

I keep reading the title of this thread as 'Imagine if John Lennon had died in 1980... '

hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Monday, 22 July 2013 10:52 (ten years ago) link

me too actually!

OutdoorFish, Monday, 22 July 2013 11:21 (ten years ago) link

it's easy if you try.

pplains, Monday, 22 July 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link

steven was the good singer but he couldnt sing and play at the same time iirc

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 July 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link

that said i love bernard's voice despite its imperfection. i named my cat after him! he has a good voice too.

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 July 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link

I enjoy hooky's vocals on dreams never end and doubts even here. only ever heard one revenge song though.

OutdoorFish, Monday, 22 July 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link

five months pass...

^^^worse than a thousand liveblogs of 'carry on dick'

ferret is followed! (soref), Friday, 27 December 2013 07:25 (ten years ago) link

four months pass...

What if Dr. Dre had died in 1996 and Tupac Shakur was a soon-to-be Apple exec hawking overpriced headphones?

Lee626, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link

What if Igor Stravinsky shocked the crowd at the 1913 Newport Folk Festival with his electrified version of "Le Sacre du Printemps"?

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link


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