i love the doors too.
LA Woman for me
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
it is like an immediate mood lifter for me
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
i was a huge doors fan as a teenager and eventually felt embarrassed by them but now i've come back around and i think they are a wonderful and fun band
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
^^ my experience exactly
― sleeve, Friday, 2 December 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
David Crosby sneered on twitter the other day that Jim was a "poser"...said the scion of the Van Rennselaers, one of the oldest and fanciest of New York's Dutch-era families [eye roll]
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 2 December 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
lol yeah Crosby's one to talk
No Doors, no Echo & the Bunnymen for sure. Among many others!
many many others! imo "Don't You Forget About Me" also trafficking in the same territory as many "Strange Days" tracks.
Morrison not taking himself seriously but also ironically taking himself seriously feels very postmodern and is one of the elements that surprises me every time i come back to the band.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 December 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
I hear Jim's phrasing in a lot of Ian Curtis lines
Feel like goth in general has roots in the Doors creepy haunted house organ vibez
Iggy Pop and Johnny Ramone (who in one of his last interviews said the Doors were the only good American band of the 60s) were both huge fans, and probably the 2 men most responsible for punk
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, December 2, 2016 12:24 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Morrison could rock a terrible lyric with the best of them but I think when people talk bout him being humorless or pompous or whatever I believe they are mistakenly critiquing Val Kilmer's performance in the "True Detective" prequel "The Doors"
Jim's in on the joke a lot more than people give him credit for
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Always thought Ian Curtis was doing Iggy doing Jimbo.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
though my tolerance for the doors themselves is about as low as ever, i do find myself with increasing appreciation for bands that are obviously trying to sound like the doors. i like one st. stephen, for instance. and children of the mushroom - their archival rehearsal tape release is particularly on a heavy doors trip, and it sounds good.
but jim's poetry is just so profoundly awful. i can't imagine anybody writing poetry that bad and _not_ being serious about it. i mean obviously he wasn't serious about _everything_, nobody is, but the poetry? pretty sure he was serious about that.
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, 2 December 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
structurally they are the most post-punk of all the name brand 60s bands....the chording and melodies are much more carried by the keyboards and bass and the guitar tends towards more textural or ornamental, clean tone single note picked lines
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Also, echoing what several have said here is the correct Doors fandom trajectory
13-14 "OMG GOD THIS IS AMAZING"15-16 "Fuck man the Doors really get me"17-35 "This is so awful, this music is so corny! The lyrics is so dumb! No bass player? LAME"36-37 "Eh this isn't so bad, the first record is pretty good"38 and beyond "OMG GOD THIS IS AMAZING"
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown)
if you don't consider the music machine "name brand", i guess. manzarek's playing gets a little too proggy to really fit in with post-punk imo
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, 2 December 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
― chr1sb3singer
and this is why logan's run had it right
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, 2 December 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Also Jim poetry outside of the band is an entirely different kettle of fish and "An American Prayer" is this close to being the worst record made by anyone ever.
Ride the snake tho
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, December 2, 2016 1:57 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i dunno, what about the damned or magazine? and i'm not talking about playing styles i said "structurally"....you've got a case of doorsphobia man, you need to break on thru and accept how awesome they are
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
look i love "tequila" as much as anybody else but changing the lyrics to a superficial gloss on huxley does not improve the song.
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Disagree
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
That's just like...your own mind man...you gotta...man...c'mon....hey be cool man.
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, December 2, 2016 2:08 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
see what you just described actually sounds like the best possible approach to rock music a.k.a. the doors
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Wait if they have no bass player then is that line in peacefrog guitar? Synth?
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
If getting loaded on whiskey and loudly pontificating on topics you are at best only dimly familiar with isn't rock'n'roll then I've got some serious explaining to do to myself circa age 20 until right now
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Very like the Seeds in fact. (I love both bands btw)
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
xxp there's bass on a lot of the doors' studio recordings. think it was one of the LA wrecking crew dudes?
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
They had bass players in the studio.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Scheff
― Devastatin' Dan the Suggest Ban Man (Dan Peterson), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
... and Lonnie Mack sometimes!
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Hey man bass is all like...in your mind man...think about it...you think bass is just like...a sound man? C'mon
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
me, i think the best art comes from those who share their personal experience with the world. and i can't possibly think of a better example of that than the lyrics to the champs' "tequila".
― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Also w/r/t bass
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cnz_c31WAAQDLEK.jpg
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
it's like he knew man
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
i want to start a morrison quotes thread, there are really good ones that are paired w/ photos like that
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
lol
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/da/89/7c/da897c13fc2e316de22509c354b7174a.jpg
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
http://inktank.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jim-Morrison-quotes1.jpg
right on, jim
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, December 2, 2016 2:19 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
bass is a concept not an instrument - jim morrison, the white bob marley
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
RIP https://img0.etsystatic.com/056/0/10451479/il_fullxfull.702847286_oss8.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
that bar has a lot of differnt types of beer glasses and mugs
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
winehouse is a waitress in rock n roll heaven
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
and zappa is just a picture on the wall
kurdt and lennon really getting put in the background for a couple of a-listers :/
or is the artist implying they are still misanthropes and wouldn't agree to pose w/everyone else?
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
also i'm dumb but why is gabriel byrne on the right?
oh lol it's supposed to be a last supper kinda thing
you can find in my painting Meir Ariel, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin , Bob Marley, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Kurt cobain, Elvis Presly (on the I phone), Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker (at the door), John Lennon, Bob Dylan (on the pin button), led zepplin symbols and more.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/216238475/the-last-supper-or-the-first-one-in
― tylerw, Friday, 2 December 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Meir Ariel, israeli songwriter, is the guy on the right, apparently
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, December 2, 2016 3:44 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea i also dont know who that is supposed to be
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
lol xp
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
Who's Meir Ariel? I thought that was Frankie Valli.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
damn the King has to be on the iPhone! harsh toke...
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
frankie valli is still alive!
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
I know, that was the flaw in my thinking.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Friday, 2 December 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link