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7 hours ago, Longhornstampede said:

This thread entertains....

 

It does.  I bet a lot of the posters who don't like The Doors probably think Alice in chains is a good band.  

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1 hour ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

It does.  I bet a lot of the posters who don't like The Doors probably think Alice in chains is a good band.  

Personal preferences and all, but not liking the doors is like taking an IQ test.  When you answer certain questions correctly you jump ahead one or two questions. Answer it wrong and it's what's 2 + 2 or whats your favorite color type questions from there on out.

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On 6/13/2020 at 6:23 PM, PRONG HORN said:

 

It does.  I bet a lot of the posters who don't like The Doors probably think Alice in chains is a good band.  

Is this supposed to offend somebody? Like I need to reevaluate my choices in music because I pick Alice in Chains over the Doors?

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I haven't read a single reply to this thread, so take that into account.

I view the Doors as a band that is greater than the sum of their individual parts.  I think people often get too hung up on how proficient musicians are and forget to listen to them as a whole, as a feeling.  I think the Doors are a good band when viewed that way.  Not great, but good...and certainly on the forefront of what was too come.  I mean, listen to The End and there isn't many of their peers producing music like that.  Not many would until 10 years later.  Yeah, the guitar work was pretty week, and yeah the vocals and lyrics could have been better or less self absorbed, but taken as a whole, they were unique and important in the history of rock music. 

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If I had to choose one hundred tracks as a general proposition, the Doors wouldn't be among them.  If you add the variable "to accompany a beach weekend with a nubile young lady who's horny for you and vice versa," Doors music would be there in the top 50 a couple of times at least.

It's about what mood you're in and the occasion, and your age when first introduced to their music.  I'm 68.  That's why Baskin-Robbins has 32 flavors.  

Some Doors lyrics are right on the money: "Don't you love her as she's walking out the door?"

 

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17 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

The Doors are like Ayn Rand:  being really into them after you turn 22 makes you deeply suspect.

Nah, nope, Nyet, nein, get the hell outta here with that shit.

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On 6/14/2020 at 8:01 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Yeah, the guitar work was pretty week . . . but taken as a whole, they were unique and important in the history of rock music. 

I always thought Krieger didn't get enough credit myself.  He was no virtuoso, but his playing fit that band & their songs.

I agree with your last sentence.   I don't love the Doors, but I like them.  Quite a few good songs.  The first album is a classic, as is LA Woman, and Strange Days is an underrated second album.  I can overlook Morrison's pretentious leanings toward poetry.  Some can't, and that's okay, too.

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OK watching “The Doors” movie, and as stated previously I am a huge Doors fan.  What I love about the Doors is like Floyd.  They are uniquely themselves.  And the music worked for me.  Not everyone, I get that, but I love it. And I think Jim was a fucking genius.  He just shot his arrow straight into the sun.  

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23 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

OK watching “The Doors” movie, and as stated previously I am a huge Doors fan.  What I love about the Doors is like Floyd.  They are uniquely themselves.  And the music worked for me.  Not everyone, I get that, but I love it. And I think Jim was a fucking genius.  He just shot his arrow straight into the sun.  

Comparing the Doors to Floyd is almost neg-worthy but I'm a big fan of you as a poster so I will stay my hand. 

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11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Comparing the Doors to Floyd is almost neg-worthy but I'm a big fan of you as a poster so I will stay my hand. 

It is comparing The uniqueness of each band.  You hear Floyd and you know it’s Floyd.  And you hear The Doors and you know, its The Doors.  And I put Floyd well ahead of the Doors.  But the Doors are way better than most think.  I love The Doors. And I know most on here don’t.

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On 7/18/2020 at 1:30 AM, Carl Spackler said:

I always thought Krieger didn't get enough credit myself.  He was no virtuoso, but his playing fit that band & their songs.

I agree with your last sentence.   I don't love the Doors, but I like them.  Quite a few good songs.  The first album is a classic, as is LA Woman, and Strange Days is an underrated second album.  I can overlook Morrison's pretentious leanings toward poetry.  Some can't, and that's okay, too.

the first album is absolutely a great iconic album.  I actually like Morrison Hotel 2nd at least as a full album.

The Doors are damn good band.  for the 4 years they were around they put out many classic songs.  and agree that while some dislike Morrison you can't deny his impact.

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12 hours ago, ztejas said:

Comparing the Doors to Floyd is almost neg-worthy but I'm a big fan of you as a poster so I will stay my hand. 

big brother pop GIF by Big Brother After Dark

 

I'm with @Sbbruin, The Doors and Pink Floyd, which apparently also sucks according to Surly, are two of my favorite bands, and it's a hill I'm willing to die on.  They both revolutionized rock music. 

Here's the Billboard Top 10 from 1967 ...one of them is not like the others.

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It's weird, I like The Doors a lot, but I have no idea how I got into them really.  I mean, I was exposed to all of the radio songs but then I heard this.....

 

It's hard for me to pick my favorite album, and as good as the first album is I believe that "Strange Days," is my favorite.

It just puts me in a certain mood and takes me back to just being young, chasing chics and reading poetry.

Such a good album.

 

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51 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

big brother pop GIF by Big Brother After Dark

 

I'm with @Sbbruin, The Doors and Pink Floyd, which apparently also sucks according to Surly, are two of my favorite bands, and it's a hill I'm willing to die on.  They both revolutionized rock music. 

Here's the Billboard Top 10 from 1967 ...one of them is not like the others.

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I appreciate The Doors place in rock history I just don't think they made very good music. 

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6 hours ago, dcar00 said:

the first album is absolutely a great iconic album.  I actually like Morrison Hotel 2nd at least as a full album.

The Doors are damn good band.  for the 4 years they were around they put out many classic songs.  and agree that while some dislike Morrison you can't deny his impact.

I like side one of Morrison Hotel quite a bit.  However, the second half of that album doesn't measure up, IMO, so I personally put it behind the debut, Strange Days, and L.A. Woman. 

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first and last albums were quite good - the crap in the middle should have been compressed into one album.....

but, as joe king carrasco* lamented it's all about 'dinero, dinero'.

* no relation to fred, as far as I know.

 

 

 

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22 hours ago, LFS said:

first and last albums were quite good - the crap in the middle should have been compressed into one album.....

but, as joe king carrasco* lamented it's all about 'dinero, dinero'.

* no relation to fred, as far as I know.

 

 

 

Have some rep for referencing the king of tex-mex party music.

(BTW, Carrasco isn't Joe's real last name, so, yeah, he's not related to the infamous El Senor.)

 

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On 2/28/2025 at 9:21 PM, Sbbruin said:

OK watching “The Doors” movie, and as stated previously I am a huge Doors fan.  What I love about the Doors is like Floyd.  They are uniquely themselves.  And the music worked for me.  Not everyone, I get that, but I love it. And I think Jim was a fucking genius.  He just shot his arrow straight into the sun.  

Floyd says go fuck yourself.  He doesn't want to be associated with that cunt Morrison.

 

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Yeah, hey, guess who's gonna be there?
Uh, who?
My favorite cover band, Crystal Shit
Wow
Yeah, they do a Doors show, you'd be really impressed, in fact, it goes a little like this
Love me two times, baby
Love me twice today
Love me two times, girl
'Cause I got AIDS
Love me two times, baby
Once for tomorrow
Once cause I got AIDS

 

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On 6/11/2020 at 12:40 PM, Herpa Derpa said:

Never said I didn't dig them.  I own the catalog.  But I also don't think they were quite as countercultural as you might give them credit for.  They were an LA glam version of the true San Fran counterculture.  Did they come up against the "establishment" because their stupefied lead singer resorted to elementary displays of "shocking" behavior in very public venues?  Yes, but not because they were saying anything of import to the times like many of their contemporaries.  They appeared on many a teen girls wall.  Here's a shot of an article from 16 Magazine from 1968 about a "Dream Day" with Jim.

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Again, just one person's opinion, but they were not as dark and disturbing as the legend would imply.  They were a proto-goth band that used bad poetry recited by an itinerant drunk over heavy grooves to sell records to the masses.  No harm in that.  But they are more Alice Cooper and Kiss than Slayer or Mayhem.  I suspect the only reason Jim didn't wear corpse paint on his face is because Rimbaud never did.

I don't even know what this means. LOL

 

On 6/11/2020 at 7:25 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said:

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The movie sucked, but the best song on this soundtrack by a fucking country mile is "Heroin" by the Velvet Underground which pretty much says it all. If your best songs are upstaged by another act in a secondary scene...you maybe weren't that good.

I'm 50 and grew up in the shadow of the Doors' "mystique." In the mid-80s the kids who were enraptured with Morrison/Doors were very similar (at Westwood High School, at least): burgeoning stoners who were looking for "deep" music. They were all toting 'No One Gets Out of Here Alive' and couldn't decide if he was murdered for being too controversial or still alive & planning to shock the world with his return.

My opinion (which is barely worth a cup of joe) is every once in a while Riders on the Storm or LA Woman sounds good & I want to turn it up loud. But Morrison was basically the guy you meet at a party for the first time & in the first 5 minutes he says something witty or thoughtful that catches your ear. Ten minutes later you discover he's a drunken boob & you would pay anything to get out of the room.

The movie is entertaining and Val Kilmer (RIP) did a great job IMO. "Heroin" is an all-time great song and the Velvet Underground was a far better band than the Doors. I loved the Doors in HS and I like them today. I hardly ever listen to them willingly on Spotify but it gives me a nice sense of nostalgia every time a Doors' song comes on.

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On 3/1/2025 at 6:51 PM, LFS said:

first and last albums were quite good - the crap in the middle should have been compressed into one album.....

but, as joe king carrasco* lamented it's all about 'dinero, dinero'.

* no relation to fred, as far as I know.

 

 

 

Joe King Carrasco was more of a poet than Jim Morrison. 

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2 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

Joe King Carrasco was more of a poet than Jim Morrison. 

harsh - too.....

JM was a pretty decent bard - the problem - he diluted his output w/ almost literal verbal diarrhea. esp. the late night hashish-influenced ramblings into a microphone, from wh/ we got:

 

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and to prove my point - the surviving band created this from the electronic rubble:

 

 

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On 5/20/2025 at 5:37 AM, Underdog said:

Floyd was the worst thing about TAGS even the colorization era. 

oh you can fuck right off. The punch-in-the-nose episode is one of the all-time greats.

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On 5/21/2025 at 10:47 PM, honolulu horn said:

Exactly!

Buena, Buena, Buena all the time

Buena, Buena, Buena on my mind

Damn, had almost forgotten Joe King back in the party days of spring break on south padre.  

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L.A. Times 1st Album Review

The Doors, a quartet who have been playing in the Los Angeles area for some time have come up with their first album, which is named after them.
This Elektra album has a strange, new sound, but it is not strange in the fascinating directions pursued by the Rolling Stones, Dylan, Donovan or the Beatles.
Jim Morrison, lead vocalist, has a voice similar to that of Eric Burdon, the Animals’ singer, but he is somewhat overmannered, murky, and dull.
The best example of his faults is “The End,” an 11 minute 35 second exploration of how bored he can sound as he recites singularly simple, over-elaborated psychedelic non sequiturs and fallacies.
Many of the numbers drag and there is an abundance of banal lyrics, but the Doors do sound fairly good on “Break on Through,” their current single, “Twentieth Century Fox” and “Alabama Song,” which has a good rhythm backing and passable harmony.

 

I forget the critic's name (It was before Robert Hilburn) but he would come to regret this review and he later renounced it and even wrote a rebuttal to his original review. 

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