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Title: The Doors
Post by: number14 on June 10, 2005, 02:51:22 AM
They are good, anyone like them?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Crazy Diamond on June 10, 2005, 12:10:52 PM
They have some amazing songs, but most of their stuff blows.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Rowdy on June 10, 2005, 12:34:01 PM
I like all six of the albums........I could've sworn we had another thread about this earlier as I remember typing something about 'The Soft Parade'.........but yeah, one of the best catalogs of all time.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on June 10, 2005, 09:54:50 PM
number14 starts threads like none other.

the doors rock, but some stuff from their middle period is kinda sh*tty.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on June 11, 2005, 01:06:30 PM
I really like them, except for the really bluesy songs. I don't like blues.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Rowdy on June 11, 2005, 03:10:37 PM
Quote from: Herecomesyoursun
the doors rock, but some stuff from their middle period is kinda sh*tty.

"Waiting for the Sun" wasn't a great album, but it wasn't "sh*tty" imo......and the other five are holy classics of awesomeness.
 ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Crazy Diamond on June 11, 2005, 03:20:28 PM
Waiting for the Sun is their best album.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: adamzero on June 11, 2005, 08:10:10 PM
The first album is great.  Then my favorite songs on the other albums include "LA Woman," "Roadhouse Blues," and "Peace Frog."  

You have to admire Ray M. for playing those bass lines on his organ on some of their stuff, but I think they were a better band when they used real bass.  
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on June 11, 2005, 08:55:49 PM
Quote from: adamzero
You have to admire Ray M. for playing those bass lines on his organ on some of their stuff, but I think they were a better band when they used real bass.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on June 11, 2005, 08:56:37 PM
What do you all think of the Soft Parade album? I read a lot of bad reviews for it, but I think it's a pretty good album.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: apple sauce on June 12, 2005, 12:24:54 AM
Here's a rundown of the "Door's Career" short form! Ray meets Jimmy on a beach in Sothern Calif they talk and form the Doors! First Lp stunning "Light My Fire" all time classic song. The rest of the LP great also! "People Are Strange" LP a liitle more out there lyrically and musically! Outstanding songs People Are Strange, Moonlight Mile. Next up "Waiting For The Sun" another stunning song which gets little recognition "Unknown Soldier" (Government didn't like it) War protest song! Morrison's Hotel incredible song called "Roadhouse Blues" great rock/blusey song! Suddenly the establishment has a "H-ON" for Jim and the Doors can't get gigs anywhere? LA Woman LP gives us "Riders On The Storm!!!" another awesome song!!! Live LP in there also double captures Doors sound and is good! AS a band they allways had that 1 hit off each LP which kept their name going!! Big AM hits  Light MY Fire, Hello I Love You, Tell All The People, and Riders On The Storm! They leave their mark on the music scene with a style never duplicated! Didn't hurt that their singer had the most carismatic stage presence of any guy just short of "Elvis!"
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Rowdy on June 12, 2005, 04:51:12 AM
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What do you all think of the Soft Parade album? I read a lot of bad reviews for it, but I think it's a pretty good album.

Same here, great album. I like it more than "Waiting For The Sun" and "Morrison Hotel"...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: adamzero on June 12, 2005, 02:21:29 PM
I used to like "Riders on the Storm" but one time in college I caught a ride from Chapel Hill to Nashville with this guy--they're were six of us in the car--and he insisted on listening to the "LA Woman" album over and over again.  It was his car.  

Somehow hearing "Riders" about fifty times over the course of 10 hours was just too much for me.  It's a great song, but I have to change the radio channels when I hear that thunder clap at the beginning.

Luckily I never got tired of "LA Woman."
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: number14 on June 12, 2005, 05:04:49 PM
Quote from: Herecomesyoursun
number14 starts threads like none other.


thanks herecomesyoursun!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: number14 on June 12, 2005, 05:05:08 PM
was the song the end their last song?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on June 12, 2005, 06:29:19 PM
haha no.  one of their first actually.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on June 12, 2005, 07:07:07 PM
jim was rather funny.........you can't disregard the effect the doors had on the music industry.jim was larger than life.read the book noone here gets out alive by danny sugarman.....i use to love the doors music but as time wore on it started to sound dirgey.it was kinda eerie.do you know who played bass for them?he use to hide behind a screen.funeral music....just don't rock....jim caused riots...i think his poems are good but not great.horse latitudes and the lizard are faves.if he would have wrote a book,it would have been a million seller.he did more drugs than they made i think....lol to call him a reluctant star seems right but wronmg too...i think the should have called themselves "how big an ass will jim be today"....he was a moody guy.lost in the world of no direction.they rocked....
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on June 12, 2005, 09:03:27 PM
I think his drug use is exaggerated. He was a just another drunking Irishman really. At least that's what they implied in that book of which you speak.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mushmouth on June 20, 2005, 07:32:40 PM
Sucks how they didn't have a bass player and just used bass pedals on the keyboard, that's pretty degrading to bass players.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on June 26, 2008, 08:20:42 PM
Anybody like them? I think they are great and Morrison was a genius.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on June 26, 2008, 09:40:37 PM
I love The Doors. But mostly their pop side and not so much their blues side. My favorite Doors album is hands down The Soft Parade, which pretty much everyone else seems to think is one of their weakest.

I think Jim Morrison wasn't the only genius in The Doors. Ray Manzarek is a criminally underrated musician. Sure, Robby Krieger was (is) an amazing musician as well, but to me, the typical Doors sound was 45% Jim's voice and 45% Ray's keyboards. "Light My Fire" is a mediocre song without the organ part.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on June 26, 2008, 11:59:39 PM
Light My Fire, Riders on the Storm, Break on Through are some of my favorite songs! It is a shame Jim died so young!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on June 27, 2008, 12:23:23 AM
I like the Doors, but I tend to have mixed reactions to them.  I don't look at Jim Morrison as the mystical genius that his big fans do, but the guy did have talent and charisma.  

Best songs -- People are Strange, Spanish Caravan, Love Her Madly, The Crystal Ship, Whisky Bar, Love Street, Roadhouse Blues, Riders on the Storm, When the Music's Over, Light My Fire (though I've heard it way too much).  I can take or leave The End -- it doesn't do anything for me.

When the movie The Doors came out in '91, I saw it about 4 times in the first month it was out.  My buddies and I would smoke a joint and trip out during it.  Then I saw it a few years later and thought it was sort of cotton-candyish, a tasty treat but without much substance.  I think that's more the fault of Oliver Stone than anything -- all his movies (except maybe Platoon and Wall Street) seem to lack any kind of weighty substance.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: alexis on June 27, 2008, 05:23:44 AM
I like all those Doors songs too!

But maybe my favorite is one that isn't talked about much, I love it mainly because of the INCREDIBLY DISTORTED GUITARS at the end - "20th Century Fox". I love the chutzpah/moxie/cojones/your noun here of any group that basically decides "You know, what this song really needs here is white noise .... lots of it! ". Rivals John in "She's So Heavy", maybe even (gasp!) better!

"She's fashionably lean ..."  :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on June 27, 2008, 05:37:25 AM
Really....?  Maybe I should listen to 20th Century Fox again!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: alexis on June 27, 2008, 05:45:29 AM
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Really....?  Maybe I should listen to 20th Century Fox again!

I'm going to also!! (If I can find it...)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on June 28, 2008, 02:34:03 AM
I'm reading Ray's biography about his life with the Doors and it's hilarious so far =D He's such a smart ass
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on June 28, 2008, 04:21:38 AM
They were definitely a influential and memorable band from the 60's...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: tkitna on June 28, 2008, 09:26:16 AM
I like the Doors a bunch too, but a small amount can last a long time.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BlueMeanie on June 28, 2008, 09:32:01 AM
Quote from: 1333
I like the Doors, but I tend to have mixed reactions to them.  I don't look at Jim Morrison as the mystical genius that his big fans do, but the guy did have talent and charisma.  

Best songs -- People are Strange, Spanish Caravan, Love Her Madly, The Crystal Ship, Whisky Bar, Love Street, Roadhouse Blues, Riders on the Storm, When the Music's Over, Light My Fire (though I've heard it way too much).  I can take or leave The End -- it doesn't do anything for me.

What he said!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Geoff on June 28, 2008, 02:44:42 PM
Not my sort of thing, but "LA Woman," Light My Fire," and "Roadhouse Blues" are decent enough. Haven't heard The Doors in ages, actually.  :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: alexis on June 28, 2008, 04:12:01 PM
OK, like I said, I love The Doors. But that didn't keep me from FUBARing ... the song with the distortion from hell wasn't "20th Century Fox", it was "Hello I Love You".

Here is a REALLY cool clip of them playing live in a street, superimposed on the real song. Like John said about "Cold Turkey" - play this [size=14]LOUD[/size][/b]!!!  (the bass way up too!)

"Hello I Love You":    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34wa2jehek


BTW, "20th Century Fox" is pretty excellent too!!  ...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnnWdI74bAQ
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on June 28, 2008, 05:55:17 PM
Oh yes and Love Her Madly and & Hello I love You... I love those ones too!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: blackmath on June 28, 2008, 05:59:39 PM
oh, i love the doors. jim has the coolest voice ever and the organs are amazing.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on June 28, 2008, 10:27:55 PM
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They were definitely a influential and memorable band from the 60's...

Memorable, absolutely.  Influential?  That's a tougher call for me.  What bands/performers that followed afterwards would you look at and think, "Obviously heavily influenced by Morrison/the Doors."

I have heard comparisons of Patti Smith to Jim Morrison.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on June 28, 2008, 11:44:50 PM
Maybe influenced was a wrong choice of word... But I think that many people when asked to name some of the greatest bands from the 60's,  many would name The Doors as one of them.  And I think because they were so big, that many up and coming artists probably fed off of that.  Off the top of my head, your right, I can't really think of a band that sounds similiar to them.  But I am sure that they must have influenced many bands.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on June 29, 2008, 10:39:16 AM
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Memorable, absolutely.  Influential?  That's a tougher call for me.  What bands/performers that followed afterwards would you look at and think, "Obviously heavily influenced by Morrison/the Doors."

Musically they weren't that influencial. But Jim's stage attitude could've been inspirational for a lot of punk bands.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on June 29, 2008, 11:16:46 AM
Uh, have you ever seen Scott Weiland? I think he actually thinks he IS Jim Morrison. Well, sometimes he thinks he Mick Jagger, but it's mostly Jim.  I think you all are underestimating the power of the Doors.

Here's a start anyway.
From Wiki:

Morrison remains one of the most popular and influential singers/writers in rock history, as The Doors' catalog has become a staple of classic rock radio stations. To this day, he is widely regarded as the prototypical rock star: surly, sexy, scandalous and mysterious. The leather pants he was fond of wearing both onstage and off have since become stereotyped as rock star apparel.

Seminal punk rock band Iggy and the Stooges are said to have formed after lead singer Iggy Pop was inspired by Morrison while attending a Doors concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[39] One of Iggy Pop's most popular songs, "The Passenger", is said to be based on one of Morrison's poems.[40] After Morrison's death, Iggy was considered as a replacement for Morrison; the surviving Doors gave Iggy some of Morrison's belongings, and hired him as a vocalist for a series of shows.

Wallace Fowlie, professor emeritus of French literature at Duke University, wrote Rimbaud and Jim Morrison, subtitled "The Rebel as Poet
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: madman on July 01, 2008, 02:16:15 PM
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I love The Doors. But mostly their pop side and not so much their blues side. My favorite Doors album is hands down The Soft Parade, which pretty much everyone else seems to think is one of their weakest.I think Jim Morrison wasn't the only genius in The Doors. Ray Manzarek is a criminally underrated musician. Sure, Robby Krieger was (is) an amazing musician as well, but to me, the typical Doors sound was 45% Jim's voice and 45% Ray's keyboards. "Light My Fire" is a mediocre song without the organ part.

I love the Doors too, but I think The Soft Parade is one of the worst albums ever made, period.  Just all around weak aongs and production.  I knew a girl who loved that album and she used to play it every time I saw her, just to annoy me!

I think their first album is their overall best, although the others have their highlights ("When The Music's Over", "Not To Touch The Earth", and "Peace Frog", among others).
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 01, 2008, 02:29:48 PM
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I love the Doors too, but I think The Soft Parade is one of the worst albums ever made, period.  Just all around weak aongs and production.

I like every single song on that album.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Jane on July 02, 2008, 06:23:08 PM
I like the Doors and consider them to be great, a unique contribution to rock. And besides Jim Morrison is a rock-icon, isn`t he? I haven`t heard all their songs but a lot. And some are outstanding. Could you remind me what he died of, it was heartattack, wasn`t it?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 02, 2008, 06:46:35 PM
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I like the Doors and consider them to be great, a unique contribution to rock. And besides Jim Morrison is a rock-icon, isn`t he? I haven`t heard all their songs but a lot. And some are outstanding. Could you remind me what he died of, it was heartattack, wasn`t it?

That's what in his death certificate, yeah. But since there was no autopsy we'll never know for sure. It has been reported that Jim and his girlfriend used heroin that night, so it could've been an overdose.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 02, 2008, 06:50:21 PM
A funny thing that I read in a book about Jim Morrison:

The Doors' drummer John Densmore got some sort of rash on his upper legs shortly after he joined the band. He went to a doctor who told him that it was caused by stress. The rash didn't dissapear until a week after Morrison's death and never returned since. So it's probably safe to say that Jim could really be a pain in the ass...  ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on July 04, 2008, 11:57:25 PM
Scott Stapp?  Scott Weiland?  Blowhards.

Morrison's poetry?  Overrated.

The Stones?  Aftermath came out in 1966 -- the Doors were unknowns then.  I don't think the Doors had much impact on the Stones.  It could have been the other way around.

However, I am actually a Doors fan, despite those statements.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 05, 2008, 12:29:20 AM
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That's what in his death certificate, yeah. But since there was no autopsy we'll never know for sure. It has been reported that Jim and his girlfriend used heroin that night, so it could've been an overdose.

Recently it's been reported that Jim overdosed at a popular club in Paris. Marianne Faithfull was there that night but won't talk. That girl has a lot of stories in her. I wish she'd write a tell all book! Although she'd come out looking horrible so I guess that's not gonna happen.

Here's the story:
Club manager tells his version of Jim Morrison's death

By Angela Doland

The Associated Press

Former Paris nightclub manager Sam Bernett describes Doors singer Jim Morrison's death. No autopsy was ever performed.

PARIS
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 05, 2008, 12:32:30 AM
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Scott Stapp?  Scott Weiland?  Blowhards.

Morrison's poetry?  Overrated.

The Stones?  Aftermath came out in 1966 -- the Doors were unknowns then.  I don't think the Doors had much impact on the Stones.  It could have been the other way around.

However, I am actually a Doors fan, despite those statements.

Stapp and Weiland are blow hards, but there were plenty that weren't, the poetry thing is subjective, but you do make a good point about the Stones.  :)

No, the Doors don't appear to be hugely influential, but you really couldn't say their influence was minuscule. It's hard to tell with a band like them. Their influence is not the type than can be easily heard. It's not as obvious. Artists take different things from different bands. But there is no doubt in my mind that there are many bands influenced by them. Or by Jim. Not on Beatles level of course, but then who is?? But again, emulating another bands sound isn't the only type of influence. Now that I think of it, I don't think there's another band that sounds like the Doors. They are very unique. That says something for them I think. Not sure what though!  ;)

Also, I don't know how the music scene was back then, but I think bands were aware of other bands before the rest of us. Didn't one of the Stones' girlfriends find Hendrix in a NY club before anyone knew who he was? I'm sure they all hung out at clubs where it was happening. The Whiskey being one of them. These bands most certainly frequented the Sunset Strip where the Doors were staples. The Doors started in 1965 so who knows. But the reviewer wasn't saying it as fact anyway. Just speculating. So probably you're correct.

I was hearing a lot of Doors music on the radio the last few days. I forgot, it was the anniversary of his death. Weird that his birthday is on the date Lennon was killed. I always forget that too.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on July 05, 2008, 07:39:30 AM
Yeah, I posed the question "How influential is Jim Morrison/the Doors REALLY?" to see what response would come.  As much as I respect their music, I think the Doors are more influential due to the persona of Jim Morrison.  He was a bigger-than-life character and certainly many frontmen of up-and-coming rock bands looked to him as the ideal.

He was truly a great figure in rock and roll.  But I also think that his death saved his reputation -- had he not died in '71, where would he have been in '73, or '75?  I think he'd have been forgotten, like Sly Stone is.

Jim Morrison has the same birthday as John Lennon?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 05, 2008, 07:40:17 AM
Sandra, the nightclub theory you mentioned was also mentioned in the "Final 24" episode about Jim Morrison on Discovery Channel. So who knows... Despite his extremely unhealthy lifestyle and despite the fact that even 27 years olds can drop dead all of a sudden for no apparent reason, I always found it hard to believe that he just had a heart attack in his bath tub... Something about the story just doesn't seem right.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 05, 2008, 08:30:09 AM
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Jim Morrison has the same birthday as John Lennon?

Oops. I meant born on the same date that Lennon died. December 8th.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 05, 2008, 08:34:01 AM
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Sandra, the nightclub theory you mentioned was also mentioned in the "Final 24" episode about Jim Morrison on Discovery Channel. So who knows... Despite his extremely unhealthy lifestyle and despite the fact that even 27 years olds can drop dead all of a sudden for no apparent reason, I always found it hard to believe that he just had a heart attack in his bath tub... Something about the story just doesn't seem right.

I don't believe the heart attack story for a minute. Unless the heart attack was brought on by drugs. It's just way too suspicious. No one to confirm anything, everyone present at the time is dead. Just too weird. The night club story however sounds very plausible. And why won't Marianne Faithfull comment on it? She won't say a word. That in itself is suspect. God only knows what goes on in their world. We have no idea really.

BTW, him being found in a bathtub is enough of a sign being a means of reviving those who have had a drug overdose.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: An Apple Beatle on July 05, 2008, 08:36:27 AM
No Doors, No INXS.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on July 05, 2008, 11:16:45 PM
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No Doors, No INXS.

I don't think the absence of INXS in the world would have been a huge loss.

Sorry Hutchence fans.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Jane on July 06, 2008, 07:44:08 PM
Morrison`s heartattack seems to have been brought on by alcohol. He drank like no other man.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 06, 2008, 07:56:14 PM
and dropped acid like jimi......he drank like janice.......and weeded like marley.... ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on July 06, 2008, 09:50:25 PM
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and dropped acid like jimi......he drank like janice.......and weeded like marley.... ;D

Your just asking for it now!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 06, 2008, 10:53:42 PM
give till it hurts!!!!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 06, 2008, 10:57:43 PM
ok where as he was a great imagery poet he was a lousy human being....and i can assure you no american indian shaman posessed mr mojo that day long ago...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: An Apple Beatle on July 06, 2008, 11:21:18 PM
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I don't think the absence of INXS in the world would have been a huge loss.

Sorry Hutchence fans.

I agree but Hutchence got it all from somewhere and he was pretty hot property himself whether you dig him or not....I actually thought Kick was not a bad album (Huge at the time) but I did'nt get into much else from them.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Geoff on July 07, 2008, 01:08:01 AM
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I don't believe the heart attack story for a minute. Unless the heart attack was brought on by drugs. It's just way too suspicious.

I can't prove anything either, but the OD theory sounds more plausible to me than the heart attack story: he was only 27. But that's only a guess on my part, based on nothing.

Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: alexis on July 07, 2008, 01:27:12 AM
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I can't prove anything either, but the OD theory sounds more plausible to me than the heart attack story: he was only 27. But that's only a guess on my part, based on nothing.


Too many drugs ... Heart stops ... heart failure ... heart attack. It's all the same, whether from cholesterol-clogged arteries at 65 years old, or coronary artery spasm or narcotic myocardial suppression at 27. Drugs can kill, and they often do.


John Belushi, John Entwhistle, Brian Jones, Keith Moon (yes, alcohol is a drug!), Janis Joplin, Mama Cass, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richard*, the list goes on. How much more great music would there have been ...   :'(

* Yes, folks, it's well known among the cognoscenti, he actually died long ago. His appearances now are entirely faked, like a high tech "Weekend at Bernie's" sort of thing.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on July 07, 2008, 01:39:18 AM
Thanks for clearing that up for us! I was wondering how the hell Keith could still be going  ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: adamzero on July 07, 2008, 01:45:25 AM
Keith is simply undead.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: alexis on July 07, 2008, 02:02:40 AM
"Common, you know he's a hottie"!

http://www.mikemacleod.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/keith-richards-35000.jpg

http://www.perfectduluthday.com/http:/news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080304/en_afp/lifestylefashionmusic/Keith-Richards-Might-Do-Pirates-After-All-2.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://indieblogheaven.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/01/keith_richards_ny.jpg&imgrefurl=http://indieblogheaven.typepad.com/indieblogheaven/2008/05/list-the-uglies.html&h=675&w=450&sz=130&hl=en&start=229&um=1&tbnid=8W5dld0fuufKAM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgoogle%2Bimages%2Bkeith%2Brichard%26start%3D210%26ndsp%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-securid:IE-SearchBox%26sa%3DN


And here's some other "cute" musicians to give ol' Keith a run for the money!   http://www.gigwise.com/photos/42803/the-ugliest-people-in-music--part-2
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Geoff on July 07, 2008, 04:36:28 AM
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Keith Richard*

* Yes, folks, it's well known among the cognoscenti, he actually died long ago. His appearances now are entirely faked, like a high tech "Weekend at Bernie's" sort of thing.


Keith is alive and well and possibly sustained by the blood of others:  ;D

http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq62598blood.html



(wave2)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Mr. Mustard on July 07, 2008, 05:07:21 AM
Keith Moon didn't die from alcohol though.  He died from the antitode -- the prescription drug to keep him off booze, mixed with sleeping pills.  And Brian Jones drowned.  Although I'm sure he was on something when that happened.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 07, 2008, 08:50:20 AM
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and dropped acid like jimi......he drank like janice.......and weeded like marley.... ;D

Apparently Jim Morrison didn't actually do that much drugs. He just drank a whole lot. By most accounts, the night before he died was one of the few times he did heroin.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 07, 2008, 09:54:00 AM
he was mostly a drinker and smoked pot you are correct joost he was kind of sort of a health nut...even tho he often skipped meals...he was not a pill popper or coke user not lsd  but peyote was how he tripped.....but in the end he was getting fat....
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 07, 2008, 09:54:59 AM
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Keith Moon didn't die from alcohol though.  He died from the antitode -- the prescription drug to keep him off booze, mixed with sleeping pills.  And Brian Jones drowned.  Although I'm sure he was on something when that happened.
brians death certificate says death by misadventure.....i still believe he was murdered....
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 07, 2008, 10:00:10 AM
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but in the end he was getting fat....

Actually that's not true either. He indeed got very heavy at one point (on purpose, because he didn't want to be a sex symbol), but he'd lost a lot of weight again before he died.

Another interesting fact about Jim Morrison: he was a chubby kid for almost his whole youth.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 07, 2008, 10:02:03 AM
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brians death certificate says death by misadventure.....i still believe he was murdered....

Didn't some guy who was working on his house confess on his deathbed that he killed Brian Jones? Of course you can't be sure he was telling the truth... Some people would rather go down in history as a murderer than be forgotten...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 10, 2008, 02:43:03 AM
(http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/images/biographies/main/1930_bio_homepage_main.jpg)

Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2008, 06:14:08 PM
When people drink a lot and don`t eat they get fat. Then when they suddenly stop drinking they get thin (because they didn`t eat) and the heart fails. According to your words that`s what Jim did before his heartattack.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on July 10, 2008, 06:33:24 PM
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When people drink a lot and don`t eat they get fat. Then when they suddenly stop drinking they get thin (because they didn`t eat) and the heart fails.

Where did you get that from? I've never heard of that before... I know there are a lot of calories in beer, but I doubt that you can get as fat as Jim was (at his heaviest) just from drinking if you don't eat... Especially because people who were close to him say that Jim got fat on purpose... He wanted to get rid of his sex symbol/rock star image because he wanted to be taken seriously as a poet, more than anything else... That's also why he got the beard...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on July 10, 2008, 06:55:38 PM
Alcohol can make you put on a lot of weight. Look at Keith Moon! It's something to do with all the carbs, protein, and fat in your body not being burned up properly or something like that. I don't know about the not eating part. I suppose he was eating enough to get by anyway. But personally, I don't think Jim ever looked THAT fat and yeah, I've always read that it was in some part intentional. That's why he grew that horrible beard. Yet he somehow still looked beautiful! But I do think that gut was the result of all the beer and various other libations.
(http://www.starspage.com/celebs/jim_morrison/Images/jim_morrison013.jpg)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Jane on July 10, 2008, 08:31:13 PM
He may have got the beard because he got fat. To conceal his second chin, some fatty guys do it to look better. Remember he suddenly shaved it off when he slimmed. Why did he do it? What about his caring for his image of a serious poet? No need for beard, he is himself again. This may have been the reason in fact.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on July 10, 2008, 11:53:00 PM
I for one will vouch that drinking beer makes you chubby.  I am living proof  ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Jane on July 11, 2008, 01:52:43 PM
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I for one will vouch that drinking beer makes you chubby.  I am living proof  ;D

I like your humour very much!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeatherBoo on July 12, 2008, 12:17:13 AM
 ;D thanks

I was only telling the truth, whenever I stop drinking beer I lose weight quick! And I don't even drink that much only a few on the weekends with friends.  But there is so many calories in just one beer and they are all empty calories... But it tastes sooooo good!!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on July 12, 2008, 04:08:02 AM
Quote from: 56

Didn't some guy who was working on his house confess on his deathbed that he killed Brian Jones? Of course you can't be sure he was telling the truth... Some people would rather go down in history as a murderer than be forgotten...
yeah he confessed to a few friends but died before it went further i think...there maybe a book....
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: legthi on July 17, 2008, 11:20:37 PM
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there maybe a book....

you can guarrantie that. there's money to be made here - and in this case a film. check out 'stoned'...dodgy old frank.

btw, i think the doors were f***ing great for most of the time, even when they winded down in the early 70's. I used to be obsessed, but now i just see them as a cool rock band.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Oh Pineapple on July 17, 2008, 11:48:11 PM
"Peace Frog" is nice.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Oh Pineapple on July 19, 2008, 05:21:04 AM
The Doors are a pretty sweet Band.
I like them, and I lovveee Jim Morrison!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: iamheandwearealltogether on August 27, 2008, 03:17:14 PM
i like them! they have great songs
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on August 28, 2008, 04:43:37 AM
old6xeBVIfw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=old6xeBVIfw)

People Are Strange is my favorite song of any band at the moment.  :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on December 09, 2008, 01:11:15 AM
I always forget that Jim Morrison's birthday is also on this day. Weird. Anyway, he'd be 65 today. Wonder what he'd look like.


(http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/00/05/20070711170709990001)(http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/ap_jim_morrison_070712_ms.jpg)
(http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fan/jim-morrison/jim-morrison-20060303-112963.jpg)(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z158/adelineandhazel/celebs/jim%20morrison/jim_Morrison_pamela_courson.jpg)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: HeyJude18 on December 09, 2008, 03:23:21 AM
^ Um, my guess is still smokin :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Joost on December 09, 2008, 10:59:49 AM
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^ Um, my guess is still smokin :)

Can't be too sure. After all, he was an alcoholic/had alcoholic tendencies and he struggled with weight problems for most of his life.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: on December 28, 2008, 04:11:11 PM
umm I was never into their music. strange really. probably because I'm not a woman. I do appreciate Morrison's voice, but I think, you know, he was handsome and very attractive and that's why many loved him. cause he was a beauty ?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on December 28, 2008, 06:59:24 PM
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umm I was never into their music. strange really. probably because I'm not a woman. I do appreciate Morrison's voice, but I think, you know, he was handsome and very attractive and that's why many loved him. cause he was a beauty ?

I've known lots of guys that were very into the Doors. Their music is pretty unique.

But yeah, him being beautiful didn't hurt. My room was wallpapered with his image for many years. But I did like the music too!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: on December 28, 2008, 07:20:19 PM
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I've known lots of guys that were very into the Doors. Their music is pretty unique.

But yeah, him being beautiful didn't hurt. My room was wallpapered with his image for many years. But I did like the music too!

The Doors are great, but isn't it just stupid when people are talking about The Doors when they are talking only about Jim Morrison. I mean how about other band members? they also were enoughly talented to compare with Morrison :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on December 28, 2008, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: 1458

The Doors are great, but isn't it just stupid when people are talking about The Doors when they are talking only about Jim Morrison. I mean how about other band members? they also were enoughly talented to compare with Morrison :)

For sure. Jim wouldn't have gotten very far without Ray, Robby, and John. I mean come on, Robby wrote their biggest hit! But they knew Jim's image was important. In fact, some of them even use it to this day in order to sell records. The other band members that is. It never bothered them that he was the big draw. Use what you can. They knew they had the talent to back it up.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 01, 2009, 05:22:25 AM
I saw a youtube comment today on a Doors video and it read, "I love The Doors! Who were all the different members?"

I just laughed and thought to myself wow....some "fan" you are.

Meanwhile, I've been on a Doors kick lately. I just bought a Jim Morrison biography called "Break On Through" and it's great so far.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 01, 2009, 05:35:27 AM
Quote from: 1464
"Peace Frog" is nice.

Peace Frog is my myspace song  :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 03:03:48 PM
who scared you by the doors Mpq_O02UXhg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpq_O02UXhg)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 18, 2009, 04:13:23 PM
I'm a big Doors fan, too!   I read "Break on Through."  That book and John Densmore's "Riders on the Storm" are my favorites.   I love all of their albums, but I know that not too many people like "Soft Parade."  I think "Wild Child", "Easy Ride" and the "Soft Parade" are great songs.  Jim wanted to be recognized as a poet, but he will always be remembered first and foremost as the front man for the Doors.  And a great one at that!  Speaking of Jim's poetry, here is great video of him doing "Celebration of the Lizard" during their European tour.  He sounds kinda scary!

R6EnwYKNAiA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6EnwYKNAiA)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 04:22:16 PM
jim was scary not kind of...i read danny sugarmans book but not robbies....is it good?robbie didn't care much for jim...so it could be slighted..
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 18, 2009, 04:44:54 PM
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jim was scary not kind of...i read danny sugarmans book but not robbies....is it good?robbie didn't care much for jim...so it could be slighted..

The book was written by John Densmore.  I think Robbie is the only one who hasn't written something about Jim.  John Densmore doesn't worship Jim like Ray Manzarek does.......and that's one the reasons I liked his book better than Ray's.  John says he understands & appreciates Jim a lot more now, but they didn't get along very well during the Doors years.  John was frustrated by Jim's drinking and unreliability.   When the Doors were playing at the London Fog in L.A. Pam Courson was in the audience.  John noticed her and made a beeline for her table between sets......but the minute Jim walked over and introduced himself it was all over for John.  That incident probably didn't help matters either.

Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 05:04:41 PM
i imagine not...jim did live an excessively dangerous life,taking chances when he didn't need to...living on the edge was his style tho...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 05:10:19 PM
81u6fMRM1IE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81u6fMRM1IE)K-pwTH9ubkE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-pwTH9ubkE)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 06:14:57 PM
the doors did 2 or 3 albums after jim died...strange that they never get played..
here is one from other voicesRkGxwE-wBZc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGxwE-wBZc)
and one from full circle 347QaRxMG7M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=347QaRxMG7M)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 06:20:31 PM
ok maybe just 2....
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 18, 2009, 06:28:06 PM
The video of Jim at the piano is hilarious!   He really did live his life in the danger zone.  He would jump out of speeding cars, & hang by his hands from the windows of tall buildings.   He also loved to go the roof of a tall building and dance around on the ledge.   Needless to say his antics frightened everyone else around him!
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: python on January 18, 2009, 06:33:55 PM
ive never really been into The Doors.Ive heard a few tracks over the years but would like to hear more.Any albums that people can recommend? Or perhaps,i might try You Tube.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 18, 2009, 06:41:43 PM
yeah bounce around youtube...thats best that way you get a variety...zKnnY6vdT6w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnnY6vdT6w)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: python on January 18, 2009, 06:48:47 PM
Will do,PC
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 19, 2009, 12:19:22 AM
A mystical Jim on the Jonathan Winters Show singing "Moonlight Drive", which he wrote while living alone on a rooftop:

g1vQt6y_2ik (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vQt6y_2ik)

In the studio working on "Wild Child":

1-gpTJALpMw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-gpTJALpMw)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 19, 2009, 12:34:59 AM
he did have a great way with words...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Sondra on January 19, 2009, 12:56:58 AM
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A mystical Jim on the Jonathan Winters Show singing "Moonlight Drive", which he wrote while living alone on a rooftop:

g1vQt6y_2ik ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vQt6y_2ik[/url])



I like the version of the video where they don't cut off the part of Jim falling off the stage at the end. On purpose of course. Wonder how many times I watched that as a teen. This video has the Moonlight Drive and Light My Fire performances without all the space crap. Jim gets himself tangled up in some ropes during Light My Fire. On purpose again. Of course. Awesome performer. To say the least.

gO6ENNAAqqg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6ENNAAqqg)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 19, 2009, 01:34:47 AM
Those are cool, Sandra!  I've never seen them before.  Jim really does go down with the words when he falls off the stage!   He had the looks & the smarts but he died so young......what a waste!  
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 19, 2009, 02:28:00 AM
2425hCZe7DQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2425hCZe7DQ)

Alabama Song/Backdoor Man/Five to One


My Doors video of the moment  :)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 19, 2009, 12:06:22 PM
What are everybody's thoughts on the whole Pam vs Patricia thing?
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 20, 2009, 01:01:53 AM
he was more warped with the witch....he deserved the witch in my opinion...karma.... ;D
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 20, 2009, 01:55:22 AM
I think Pam was the most significant woman in Jim's life and Patricia was more of a diversion......  Patricia was a writer as well as a witch and Jim was probably fascinated by her for a brief period of time.  The Doors movie made her look more important in his life than she actually was.  
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 20, 2009, 02:46:28 AM
You should see what she (Patricia) says about Pam fans on her myspace. She doesn't accept adds from any and I quote, "PATHETICALLY DELUSIONAL FLUFFYBUNNY PAMHEADS."  :-/

http://www.myspace.com/hermajestythelizardqueen
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 20, 2009, 03:30:16 AM
Wow, I didn't know Patricia had a MySpace page!   She's something else....and never seemed to move on with her life after Jim.  Jim was interested in magic and witchcraft and he probably went through the wiccan marriage ceremony more out of curiosity than anything else.   The Doors, and other people that knew Jim, said Patricia wasn't a big deal in his life.  Jim never totally settled down with anyone but he did make Pam the sole beneficiary in his will.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: JimmyMcCullochFan on January 20, 2009, 03:40:40 AM
Also he took Pam with him to Paris, not Patricia.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 21, 2009, 04:36:31 AM
listen to the clip...http://music.aol.com/song/the-alabama-song/5087089
release date 1964...
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: pc31 on January 21, 2009, 04:45:59 AM
roger mcquinn shown in this video reminded me the other day that the chad trio also did the alabama song....
Bj_Qpl0X9fA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_Qpl0X9fA)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Deb on January 21, 2009, 11:42:19 PM
Some of the critics aren't too thrilled with the new Doors documentary, but I would still like to check out the 'never been seen before' footage in the film:

Sundance Review: When You're Strange
Posted Jan 19th 2009 10:02AM by Scott Weinberg

The sad irony of the new Doors documentary When You're Strange is this: While it'll almost definitely appeal to old-school fans of the legendary band, it's that precise fan-base that'll probably finish with the flick and think ... yeah, but I knew all that stuff already. Informationally speaking, there's next to nothing here that a loyal Doors fan doesn't already know, which in a way makes When You're Strange come off as little more than a glorified DVD supplement.

The big selling point of the film is that When You're Strange contains a ton of archival video footage that's never been seen before. And if you're a serious fan of this excellent band, then of course you'll want to see the scratchy old clips of Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Kriger, and John Densmore as they ascend the ladder of rock stardom. So while this recently-unearthed material may prove to be a gold mine for the fans, the documentary is also saddled with a generally flat voice-over narrative that doesn't add much to the final product. If the selling point of this documentary is this previously-unseen video footage (and it is), then just lose the Cliff's Notes narration and simply chart the band's trajectory using only the videos and the music.

If anything, the endless voice-over nuggets just gave me more respect for the research that Oliver Stone did when he made his Doors movie back in 1991. In other words, I'm just a casual fan of The Doors, but even I knew most of the trivial tidbits that are offered within When You're Strange. Written and directed by Tom DiCillo (a fine filmmaker* who, in my opinion, should probably stick to the narrative projects), When You're Strange was clearly a labor of love for the filmmaker (and his team deserves high praise for tracking down all this old footage), but one can't help but wish he'd been a little more "experimental" on this project.

The scratchy old footage of The Doors playing gigs and hanging around backstage is pretty fascinating all by itself, but the images are often upstaged by DiCillo's over-reliance on lecture-style narration. The film is also completely lacking in the "retrospective" department, as you'll find not one "talking head" interview in When You're Strange. And really, I'd much rather hear anecdotes from Ray Manzarek or some journalists than from a disembodied voice that speaks over the top of some really solid rock songs. Sure, a bunch of interviews could be just as basic as a voice-over track, but at least you'd be getting some different shades from some pertinent people.

A relative disappointment but (yes) still recommended to the hardcore Doors fanatics, When You're Strange is jam-packed with cool video clips that you've never seen before -- and of course the documentary is knee-deep in great Doors tunes -- but the voice-over "Doors for Dummies" narration track sucks a whole lot of spontaneity out of the film. Frankly I think you could just yank the narration straight out of the movie, telling the story in only songs and pictures, and When You're Strange would be a much better film. Especially for those old-school Doors fans who don't really need a refresher course.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: rikki kesh on January 23, 2009, 01:59:00 AM
I've been reading quite a lot recently about Jim and Pam and it's more than obvious that he worshipped her.  She was the only woman who wasn't intimidated by him.  Despite their many transgressions they really were addicted to each other.   Jim had many demons which he was painfully excorcizing in public while he was alive.   He also confided his deepest darkest secrets to Pam and his long-time lawyer Max Fink whom he considerd "the only father I have ever known."

Check out Stephen Davis's exhaustive recent biography and Patricia Butler's "Angel Dance, Angels Die" from 1995.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Bobber on November 18, 2011, 03:46:24 PM
New Doors-song discovered:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-preview-newly-unearthed-doors-track-she-smells-so-nice-20111117 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-preview-newly-unearthed-doors-track-she-smells-so-nice-20111117)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on November 18, 2011, 11:59:22 PM
New Doors-song discovered:

[url]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-preview-newly-unearthed-doors-track-she-smells-so-nice-20111117[/url] ([url]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-preview-newly-unearthed-doors-track-she-smells-so-nice-20111117[/url])


I LOVE THE DOORS! I have been a DOORS fan for many years, I am looking forward to hearing the new unreleased track.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Ovi on December 23, 2011, 09:30:12 AM
I like The Doors. I've always liked 3 or 4 songs but it's never been more than that. As for albums, I've only listened to half of them : their debut, "Waiting For The Sun" and "L.A. Woman". I like them all, but I don't consider either of them to be a masterpiece. I often find Jim's lyrics to be simple and sometimes boring and uninspired, but his voice does impress me sometimes. Ray is the one that gave The Doors their specific sound and I think he's a great musician.

I like The Doors, but in reasonable doses and only if I'm in the right mood.
My favourite songs are the bluesy "L.A. Woman", the simple, yet charming "Love Street",  the piano-driven ballad "Yes, The River Knows" and "Break On Through" which is a great rocker to sing along to.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on December 23, 2011, 06:21:23 PM
I like The Doors. I've always liked 3 or 4 songs but it's never been more than that. As for albums, I've only listened to half of them : their debut, "Waiting For The Sun" and "L.A. Woman". I like them all, but I don't consider either of them to be a masterpiece. I often find Jim's lyrics to be simple and sometimes boring and uninspired, but his voice does impress me sometimes. Ray is the one that gave The Doors their specific sound and I think he's a great musician.

I like The Doors, but in reasonable doses and only if I'm in the right mood.
My favourite songs are the bluesy "L.A. Woman", the simple, yet charming "Love Street",  the piano-driven ballad "Yes, The River Knows" and "Break On Through" which is a great rocker to sing along to.

How's it going 5th Beatle? Have you heard songs such as "Roadhouse Blues," "Soul Kitchen," "Peace Frog," "Maggie M'Gill," "The Changeling," "Crawling King Snake" and "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" just to name a few? These songs are great. Take care.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on December 23, 2011, 06:28:56 PM
Here's one from THE DOORS!

Lost Doors Christmas Song? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PksvFHJKSU#)

Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on December 26, 2011, 02:22:00 AM
Here's another from THE DOORS!

The Doors - Maggie M'Gill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2YJG1zu_uw#)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on December 27, 2011, 04:26:00 AM
Here's another from THE DOORS!

The Doors Peace Frog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIU#)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Ovi on December 28, 2011, 08:44:04 PM
What's everybody's favourite album from them? My opinion may not be entitled since I've only heard half of them, however out of those I'd pick "Waiting For The Sun". I've always liked it's sound and "Love Street", "Yes, The River Knows" and "Spanish Caravan" are all wonderful songs in my book.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on December 28, 2011, 09:18:52 PM
What's everybody's favourite album from them? My opinion may not be entitled since I've only heard half of them, however out of those I'd pick "Waiting For The Sun". I've always liked it's sound and "Love Street", "Yes, The River Knows" and "Spanish Caravan" are all wonderful songs in my book.

How's it going 5th Beatle? I hope all is well with you. Your choice of album and songs by THE DOORS are excellent! THE DOORS have released nothing but great albums, but if I had to choose one or two it would be MORRISON HOTEL (Great album!) and L.A. WOMAN. Both of these albums are outstanding. MORRISON HOTEL is a great album because of the songs "Roadhouse Blues," "Waiting For The Sun," "Peace Frog" and "Maggie M'Gill" just to name a few. I would choose MORRISON HOTEL, this album KICKS!

L.A. WOMAN is a great album also, it contains the songs "The Changeling," "Love Her Madly," "L.A. Woman," "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" and "Riders Of The Storm" just to name a few. This is a great album also.

In my opinion, both MORRISON HOTEL and L.A. WOMAN would be my choices as my favorite albums by THE DOORS. If you haven't heard these albums, I highly recommend them. Take care.   
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: KelMar on January 02, 2012, 07:46:29 AM
January 1, 1967: The Doors made their first live television appearance lip-synching their first single ‘Break on Through’ on Shebang, KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles.

The Doors - Break On Through - SHE-BANG - first tv appearance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYO1PjxRtt4#)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: BeatlesForever on January 02, 2012, 07:51:53 AM
January 1, 1967: The Doors made their first live television appearance lip-synching their first single ‘Break on Through’ on Shebang, KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles.

The Doors - Break On Through - SHE-BANG - first tv appearance ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYO1PjxRtt4#[/url])


It still wasn't a bad performance despite lip-synching. JIM MORRISON looks like he was on acid!  ha2ha
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: KelMar on September 16, 2016, 11:40:25 PM
September 16, 1967

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2w3iux_the-doors-light-my-fire-hd_music (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2w3iux_the-doors-light-my-fire-hd_music)

http://youtu.be/9op57CqyDQE (http://youtu.be/9op57CqyDQE)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on September 17, 2016, 01:22:00 AM
Nice memories Kelley; but you should have waited one year for the 50th aniversary of that performance! :)

About the Doors, to me they have been a similar case to the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys: I didn't get them as fast as other favorite bands, but now I love them.

I really like every original album they recorded with Jim Morrison. If I had to rate them, it would be something like this:

The Doors (1967) ***** (excellent)
Strange Days (1967) ***** (excellent)
Waiting For The Sun (1968) **** (very good)
The Soft Parade (1969) *** (good)
Morrison Hotel (1970) **** (very good)
L.A. Woman (1971) **** (very good)

In my opinion they're one of the greatest American bands ever, along with the Byrds, the Beach Boys and Jefferson Airplane.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Hello Goodbye on September 17, 2016, 01:26:04 AM
http://youtu.be/61m_Dm44RHA?list=RD61m_Dm44RHA (http://youtu.be/61m_Dm44RHA?list=RD61m_Dm44RHA)


:)






Jonathan Winters didn't give a hoot...


http://youtu.be/VosTRfaCDfY (http://youtu.be/VosTRfaCDfY)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on September 17, 2016, 01:29:43 AM
"Break On Through" with lyrics in Spanish (using yellow submarine letters). ;)

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Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Hello Goodbye on September 17, 2016, 01:43:20 AM
http://youtu.be/etWIUoMYqJE (http://youtu.be/etWIUoMYqJE)


http://youtu.be/3-fni9oDjeY (http://youtu.be/3-fni9oDjeY)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: KelMar on September 17, 2016, 03:27:05 AM
Nice memories Kelley; but you should have waited one year for the 50th aniversary of that performance! :)

I had that exact thought Andrés but you know, it just felt right.  ;)
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Fab4Fan on September 19, 2016, 03:33:04 AM
Imho, the Doors first LP is one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll history.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Klang on September 19, 2016, 11:01:19 AM
Imho, the Doors first LP is one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll history.

Can't argue with that.

 :)

Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on September 19, 2016, 02:50:39 PM
Imho, the Doors first LP is one of the greatest debut albums in rock and roll history.

I agree. I'd also put Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) and Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) among the greatest debut albums.
Title: Re: The Doors
Post by: Fab4Fan on September 22, 2016, 03:54:51 AM
I agree. I'd also put Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) and Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) among the greatest debut albums.

Oh yes, absolutely!