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    Quote Originally Posted by Mythos View Post
    Given the opportunity, I would go for some historical figures:

    Alexander the Great
    George Washington
    Hernan Cortés
    I haven't heard their musical output, so can't comment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    I haven't heard their musical output, so can't comment.
    The interviewer could brief them on prog’s progress.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    I haven't heard their musical output, so can't comment.
    The Cortes albums are really killer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moecurlythanu View Post
    The Cortes albums are really killer.
    I think they were a local hit in Mexico.

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    George Martin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mythos View Post
    Given the opportunity, I would go for some historical figures:

    Alexander the Great
    George Washington
    Hernan Cortés
    That would be a fun dinner - two ruthless homicidal maniacs and a (small D) democrat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mythos View Post
    Given the opportunity, I would go for some historical figures:

    Alexander the Great
    George Washington
    Hernan Cortés
    I haven't heard their musical output, so can't comment.
    Henry VIII would be one ruler who contributed greatly to music. And he spoke English, so no interpreter would be required.
    "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama

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    Keith Emerson
    John Lennon
    Ricky Nelson
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    I'm not really sure but one for sure would be Peter Gabriel. Hell, the whole classic Genesis line-up would be a blast. I realize this is more than 3, oh well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by progmatist View Post
    Henry VIII would be one ruler who contributed greatly to music. And he spoke English, so no interpreter would be required.
    I wouldn't be so sure of that. The English we speak Stateside today is barely related to the English they actually speak in England (our alleged "butchery" of their language is a staple of British comedy), never mind the English they spoke 3 or 4 hundred years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mythos View Post
    Given the opportunity, I would go for some historical figures:

    Alexander the Great
    George Washington
    Hernan Cortés
    I was also more tempted to do the same but with:
    Napoleon Bonaparte
    Mahomet (to put a bullet through his face)
    Carolus Magnus

    ... and closer to us: Sophie Marceau (to see if I can get into her)

    on a musical front:
    Coltrane, Tyner McCoy and Le Grand Jacques

    Quote Originally Posted by Zappathustra View Post
    I think they were a local hit in Mexico.
    Pizarro was on a bigger scale: from Venezuela to Peru, passing through Colombia and Ecuador.
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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    Marylin Monroe
    Cleopatra
    Janis Joplin

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarGeek View Post
    I wouldn't be so sure of that. The English we speak Stateside today is barely related to the English they actually speak in England (our alleged "butchery" of their language is a staple of British comedy), never mind the English they spoke 3 or 4 hundred years ago.
    As a longtime viewer of British TV like Monty Python, the original Office, Fawlty Towers, Dr. Who, et cetera, et cetera, I'm quite familiar with actual English. Plus, anyone who can read and comprehend the King James version of The Bible, or the works of Shakespeare should be able to converse with Henry VIII.
    "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama

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    Quote Originally Posted by progmatist View Post
    As a longtime viewer of British TV like Monty Python, the original Office, Fawlty Towers, Dr. Who, et cetera, et cetera, I'm quite familiar with actual English. Plus, anyone who can read and comprehend the King James version of The Bible, or the works of Shakespeare should be able to converse with Henry VIII.

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    something in a given dialect, and understanding someone speaking authentically in said dialect aren't necessarily the same thing. When I was in high school, one of the English teachers recited a portion of The Canterbury Tales, as it would have been spoken at the time it was written, and my recollection was it was very different from the way we speak the words today.

    Mind you, Chaucer lived about a hundred years before Henry VIII, and a couple hundred years before Shakespeare and the arrival of the King James version of the Bible, so maybe that makes a difference.

    I find it hilarious that the British like to make fun of Americans for "mangling" their language, and yet, they do the exact same thing. You ever see the original UK version of Shameless?! You can't understand a damn word anyone says, because of the heavy accent.

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    maybe:

    Frank Zappa
    Stephen Hawking
    Andy Warhol

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    So many choices but, after reading this thread, here are my off-the-top-of-my-head picks:

    Syd Barrett
    William Shakespeare
    Gandhi
    I've got a bike you can ride it if you like

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    Quote Originally Posted by mozo-pg View Post
    I'm not really sure but one for sure would be Peter Gabriel. Hell, the whole classic Genesis line-up would be a blast. I realize this is more than 3, oh well.
    You can only choose 3, the rest you have to throw back, which one's?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Top Cat View Post
    You can only choose 3, the rest you have to throw back, which one's?
    Okay, you got me:

    Peter Gabriel
    Steve Hackett
    Tony Banks

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    Zappa
    Beefheart
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    OK since we jettisoned the musical requirement how 'bout:

    Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
    Julius Ceasar
    Issac Newton

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buddhabreath View Post
    OK since we jettisoned the musical requirement how 'bout:

    Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
    Julius Ceasar
    Issac Newton
    In that case my non-musical three would be:

    Bertrand Russell
    Vaclav Havel
    Stephen Fry

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    I would like to know what Caligula thinks of cookie monster vocals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moecurlythanu View Post
    I would like to know what Caligula thinks of cookie monster vocals.

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