― Tim DiGravina, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll go for "Moonlight Drive" now as well. For now.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Dieter, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― J Blount, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Saccharine Trust's version of 'Peace Frog' is v. good, tho'.
― Andrew L, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― francesco, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jordan, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Oliver Stone film is a joke, Danny Sugarman should have never written the book and Morrison's poetry isn't very good, that being said, I can still never understand why some will praise some complete minor 60s psych rock and then turn around and say The Doors were a horrible group. To each their own.
― earlnash, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― maryann, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
'peace frog'.
― piscesboy, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Noodles, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I like The Doors.
― sundar subramanian, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
thats where i'm at! autosalvage are so better than the Doors ! & i've never even heard them!
― , Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Joe, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Christine "Green Leafy" Indigo, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― cecilia, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have NEVER remotely understood why anyone likes the Doors, and the fact that writers as talented as Meltzer and Tosches have failed to convince me (I think Bangs comes closest to my own view of them; see his article in that big Rolling Stone book from the late seventies) of their genius indicates that I'm probably never going to figure it out.
...but "The End" is still pretty good. Sigh.
― Justyn Dillingham, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Todd Brandenburg, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― grimble, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vinnie, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Paul, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― o. nate, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― J Blount, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I would agree with this, except that I find Morrison at his best to be a very charismatic vocalist and though he was responsible for lots of overblown lyrical conceits and probably the worst excesses of the band, he also provided an imagery and sensibility which was central to the band's overall effect.
― Jeff W, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (i forgot my blog password), Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
That said, "LA Woman" makes my top ten list of great driving songs- and when the tune follows the Mojo jam by kicking right back into the initial melody, it is an exhilarating moment.
― Ryan, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
the doors became good when they stopped all the musical shaman-psychedelica horseshit and morphed into doing greasy bar-blooz.
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 12 June 2003 07:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tijn, Thursday, 12 June 2003 08:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 June 2003 08:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 12 June 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
for covers, X, "Soul Kitchen"
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Thursday, 12 June 2003 09:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 00:24 (twenty years ago) link
this is kinda cool, like the israeli serge gainsbourg or something?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orGAJiCzXTY
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/45/7c/33/457c33ccf9c72ebf86fc7386448fd085.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
wino's calf muscle is off the chain
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
for realkind of like the uncertain look jim and lou (?) are giving each other herehttp://s6.favim.com/orig/150908/amy-winehouse-bob-marley-cielo-freddie-mercury-Favim.com-3258186.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
anyway, i could do this all day haha. back to the DOORS. the only band.
Also, weird that these paintings are all of dead people include Jim cuz he isn't dead.
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jims_grave_2000.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/RrrML9LKH8A/hqdefault.jpghttp://www.theparanormalguide.com/uploads/1/7/3/8/17382059/6730738.jpg
#believe
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
no doubt about it, that's Marley's Ghost
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
"Touch Me" over "Running Blue," "Peace Frog," and "Hyacinth House."
― timellison, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
i agree that james dean and marilyn are cool enough to be considered honorary rock stars
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
vocals on "hyacinth house" sound like somebody doing a parody of jim morrison as an old man bitching across the table to his wife/bridge partner
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
"Strange Days"
so apocalyptic. so psychedelic and dark. almost has a Pornography-era Cure vibe to it. and Morrison's anguished "yeah!" sounds pretty cool.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
"not to touch the earth"
genuine dread as the ray's keybs and robby's guitar speed up and snake around each other
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
^^ yeah I gotta go with that one, just barely beating out "Hello, I Love You"
― sleeve, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
still "the crystal ship".
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
I have liked them a lot during my teenage years but nowadays the only track I enjoy from them is "LA woman". and it's great !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 09:22 (six years ago) link
I could prob do a PO5 for these guys, but if there's one I couldn't live without it's "Peace Frog," inexplicable Bridge included
― Many men scream death (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 11:56 (six years ago) link
The Crystal Ship
― calstars, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN6Ri5aw504
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
la woman
― marcos, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
then prob five to one
man i love the doors
"Touch Me"
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
what I like about "LA woman" is its motoric influence + it's pure fun, no psychedelia/poetic bullshit.actually, on the same album, the other track I still like is "riders on the storm".
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
Riders, always and forever
honorable mentions today: strange days, five to one
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
^^^^
'Not To Touch The Earth'
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
can categorically say I do not actually love the Doors but I can vibe out to Riders on the Storm and LA Woman
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
and Five to One. And Peace Frog.
So many greats but I'm with stirmonster
― wtev, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Or even 'The Celebration of the Lizard' (live, not studio)
(xxxpost)
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
La woman a close second
― wtev, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
pretty random: decided to watch road house AGAIN and of course roadhouse blues is in there, played by jeff healey and his roadhouse band, so after the movie was over i put on the first doors album (that originally belonged to my mom, and which i “borrowed” years ago), then realised i wanted to hear l.a. woman, so i fired up spotify and there’s this thing, released todayhttps://open.spotify.com/album/16MdQbBQqegRmEkwshz2Ev?si=IET3bQ-jRy6tilem92Cznw-a “remaster” of changeling (which i can’t really tell the difference on)- a demo version of riders on the storm which isn’t as good because it lacks a lot of the drawn out electric piano riffing and a lot of the atmospherics, but which DOES include that absolutely tremendous bassline, even higher in the mix. does it remind anybody else of “billie jean”?- an alternate take of l.a. woman which i think i might even prefer? it’s tighter, closer, jim’s lower in the mix
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
I can hear Billie Jean yeah and it’s a tremendous genius simple line that outlines the minor root and major IV really sneakily
― calstars, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
I tried going further with the Doors, and not a single one of their albums held up from start-to-finish. I only kept this reference comp I made from audiophile reissues - few tracks are faultless, but I still enjoy listening to the whole thing quite a bit:
1 Break On Through (To The Other Side) 02:292 The Crystal Ship 02:353 Twentieth Century Fox 02:344 Light My Fire 07:085 Back Door Man 03:346 The End 11:427 Love Me Two Times 03:188 Moonlight Drive 03:019 People Are Strange 02:1210 Hello, I Love You 02:1511 Touch Me 03:1812 Roadhouse Blues 04:0213 Peace Frog 02:5414 Land Ho! 04:0815 Love Her Madly 03:2216 L.A. Woman 07:5217 The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) 04:1618 Riders On The Storm 07:14
Most of it's already on the U.S. (i.e. single-CD) version of the 2001 compilation The Very Best of the Doors which Christgau graded as an A, the only Doors release to get that from him.
― birdistheword, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:55 (two years ago) link
Actually maybe there's only one single-CD version? Hard to say, there's way too many Doors compilations (which makes burning my own kind of funny, but I wanted audiophile sources for mine).
― birdistheword, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
anybody remember what that video was that stirmonster posted upthread?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
nope. it might have been some version of "the crystal ship".
― stirmonster, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
Growing your own comp might well be the best way to go---but then again, I did like several of their albums pretty much all the way through: the debut (personal revelation: "Alabama Song [Whiskey Bar], or vice versa, though I had heard tell of Brecht-Weill and Threepenny Opera, this led me to that and a lot more by those guys, sep and together---also, that marxophone, yow), Waiting For The Sun(Thee Eclectic Album which every aspiring and many a status-maintaining band had to make about then, and I played the HELL out of it man), also most of Morrison Hotel and LA Woman, which xgau did give an Aminus, o thank you Lord, and Absolutely Live, the only live Doors album I've heard, which is sensitive and caveman in just the right places.
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link
And OK, sometimes sensitive caveman at the same time, long before early Vedder etc.
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:52 (two years ago) link
And a few years before most of us heard Kristofferson.
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
Of course he's more of a singer than either, but can come across as an asshole, unlike them)
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 00:57 (two years ago) link
xgau on Morrison Hotel...Morrison's gliding vocal presence--arty and self-absorbed though it may be--provides focus. He's not the genius he makes himself out to be, so maybe his genius is that he doesn't let his pretensions cancel out his talent. But will he blow it on this verse, or the next? Keeps me on my toes, not too laidback.
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
"Sensitive Cavemen Take The Blue Bus Into The Goldmine..."
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 October 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
"Chowin' Down..." sorry I just watched original Night of the Living Dead on TCM. He'd like to be visionary caveman, but that's more John Garner, singer-drummer ov Sir Lord Baltimore, even before (waaay before) they returned w xtian lyrics.
― dow, Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link