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i mean to blow shit up bombs over baghdad style. send in these troops, dubya -

john reis - guitar/vox
rick frobeg - guitar/vox
j Sinclair - drums
gar wood - bass

― tk, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Beck
Busta Rhymes
Euroboy
William Orbit

― Millar (Millar), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

actually with that gang ixnay on the William Orbit and give me Mike Paradinas

― Millar (Millar), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

My Elite Team Of Resurrected Zombies!

Bon Scott - Vocals
Bob Stinson - Lead Guitar
Danny Whitten - Rhythm Guitar, background vocals
Peter Farndon - Bass
John Bonham - Drums

and My Elite Team Of Living People
Steven Tyler - Vocals
Karen O - Vocals
Neil Young - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Benji Madden - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Lemmy Kilmeister - Bass, Vocals
Clem Burke - Drums

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I just realized that the Elite Team Of Living People, with their five vocalists, can do a ripsnorting version of NKOTB's "Step By Step."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

me, backed by slumber party

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

who are the people in the original post? i guess they could be the covert death squad.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The drummer I'm not entirely sure about, but the rest are Hot Snakes. Who do indeed rock.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Millar, "Feel Good Time" was originally supposed to be a Beck/Orbit collab. That it turned out to be a P!nk song instead actually makes me less frustrated than I originally thought it would, seeing as how hearing his lyrics in a Top 40 pop context is a total coup on both sides of the fence: P!nk sings snarky weird lyrics, and Beck has a possible future as a part-time Brill Building beatnik. Everybody wins, except for pop fans who do not like Beck and Beck fans who do not like pop. But they don't matter.

My choices, separated into possible (aka all contemporaries) and impossible (aka key members are dead):

POSSIBLE: Indie-garage-psych All-Stars
Vocals/songwriters: Beck, Neko Case, Craig Finn
Guitar: Doug Martsch (lead), Nick Valensi (rhythm)
Bass: Bob Vennum (BellRays)
Drums: Steve Drozd
Organ: Sarah Stolfa (Delta 72)

IMPOSSIBLE: Maximum R&B
Vocals: Otis Redding
Guitar: Eddie Hazel (lead), Steve Cropper (rhythm)
Bass: John Entwistle
Drums: Keith Moon
Organ: Jimmy Smith
Horn section: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Hugh Masekela

And as far as hip-hop goes, hearing El-P, Ghostface and Jay-Z trade verses to an Adam F junglified remix of a Timbaland instrumental would be tighter than tight.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Caetano Veloso + Fennesz

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, ready for this one ?

John Bonham - Drums
Jimmy Page - Guitar
John Paul Jones - Bass
Robert Planct - Vocals

― LA75 (LA75), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)

or:

Ry Cooder - Lead Guitar
Keith Richards - Rhythm Guitar
Gram Parsons - Vocals and Guitar

― LA75 (LA75), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

or:

Joe Strummer - Guitar
Paul Simonon - Bass
Keith Moon - Drums
Liam Gallagher - Vocals

― LA75 (LA75), Thursday, 31 July 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Kylie - vocals
Steve Albini - guitar
Animal - drums

(no bassist necessary)

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 31 July 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Andy K just invented the Inverse White Stripes! (Black and Green = '69 Superbee > peppermints)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 31 July 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

John Bonham - Drums
David Byrne - Guitar, percussion, and backing vocals
guy from Sigur Ros - lead vocals, dressing in drag, dancing, Jimmy Page guitar

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 31 July 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)

dude I'm just picking the living and I'm gonna say I just want Jarvis Cocker and Barry Adamson cos motherfuck, "Set The Controls For The Heart of the Pelvis" is the best song I ever heard

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 31 July 2003 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

on vox: LL Cool J, Eminem, Axl Rose, Little Richard
on keys: Professor Longhair, Richard D. James
on guitar: Keith Richards, Carrie Brownstein, Johnny Ramone
on bass: Bootsy Collins (Bootsy's all the bass you need)
on drums: Mo Tucker, Keith Moon
on horns: Maceo Parker, Ornette Coleman
behind the boards: the Bomb Squad
secret break-glass-in-case-of-emergency weapon: Poly Styrene

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 31 July 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

If the music don't kill you then the egos will:
Vocals: Henry Rollins & Nick Cave
Git: Slash & Gregg Ginn
Bass - Lemmy
Drums - Anton Fier & Ginger Baker
And for horrific effect - GG Allin's rotted corpse

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Lead guitar: Nick McCabe
Second lead: Jimi Hendrix
Rhythm guitar & vocals: Arthur Lee
Vocals: Sandy Denny
Vocals: Bjork
Electric viola: John Cale
Bass: Chris Hillman alternating with Eric Avery
Drums: John Bonham
Additional drums, percussion & vocals: Levon Helm
Programming and effects: Andy Barlow
(all lyrics by Bob Dylan & Arthur Lee)

― Alex K (Alex K), Thursday, 31 July 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh crap. My previous entry about the indie-psych-garage allstars? Replace the BellRays guy with MIKE WATT. How did I miss THAT?

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 31 July 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

GG Allin - vocals
130 drunk chimpanzees - banging on stuff
Phil Spector - producer

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 August 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Mister Fantastic = Angelo Moore
Invisible Woman = Kim Gordon
The Thing = Keith Moon
The Human Torch = Eddie Hazel

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 August 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

Peter Brotzmann - Horns
Ronald Shannon Jackson - Drums
Bill Laswell - Bass
Sonny Sharrock - Guitar

― derek bloom, Wednesday, 19 May 2004 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to do this and then I realized it was just going to be Lightning Bolt/Wolf Eyes/Boredoms/Black Dice ha ha ha :(

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha ha! (sorry i don't know why i am laughing)

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

A Black Dice / Voredoms colaboration would be cool in a few years after they're both more established in escaping their old sounds.

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

you people are all just choosing supergroups you'd like to see - but we need actual SUPERHEROES here! Therefore only costumed weirdos allowed:

bass - Bootsy Collins
guitar - Fred "Sonic" Smith
keys - Sun Ra
vocals - Blowfly
drums - Ken Pustelnik

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

hmm, ok here's mine then:

keys, vocals - Sun Ra
vocals, electronics, horns - Nate Young
drums, vocals - Brian Chippendale
drums, trumpet, vocals, electronic percussion - Yoshimi P-We
vocals, electronics - Ralf Hutter
vocals, electronics, turntable - Eye Yamataka
vocals, electronics - Florian Schneider

This would sound like MUSIC FOR A SOUNDTRACK FOR A FANTASTIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE STARS IN AN AWESOME RAINBOW SPACESHIP.

― 24 hours with the King of Snake. (SNAKE!) (ex machina), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the polyphonic spree

― My Underwear Is Melting (My Underwear Is Melting), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought this thread was going to be about ACTUAL actual superheroes. You know, like:

The Flash - drums (for obvious reasons)
Madrox the Multiple Man - vocals (because he can harmonize with himself)
The Juggernaut - bass (he looks like a bass player)
Reed Richards - keys (he could have thirty keyboards like Rick Wakeman and actually reach them all)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Jordan wins!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 May 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

this is the first instance of blowfly that i've seen on ilm.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

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