I think it needed a perfect alignment of the planets to win - e.g. Riders On The Storm would've won if JF had voted, or if moka's email had got though; and I got another late ballot through last night that probably would also have given Riders the win (it was also unranked, so will remain a mystery). And while I haven't checked, I suspect Riders was leading for about 95% of the time voting was open. It was like nineteen Riders and one Crystal Ship, all playing pass-the-parcel.
I'm so happy The Crystal Ship won though, it's beautiful.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, I voted for it! just even when I was 13 it never stood out at the their best. still, it's a cool result, yay ILM
― Euler, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i figured 'riders' was the heavy fave and so when 'la woman' (it's strongest comp in my mind)(ie i voted it #1 lol) finished TOO LOW i thought 'riders' had a pretty clear path though 'crystal ship' had alot of stuff working for it - ubiquitous enough for everyone to know it/remember it but not so ubiquitous (like 'riders' thx to classic rock radio) for ppl to be a little tired of it and maybe underrate it or strategically vote in re: to it or whatever. i love both but i'm glad 'crystal ship' won and not just cuz i like it more than 'riders' but cuz anywhere else 'riders' would win a doors track poll (or if not 'riders' than 'light my fire' (never a real contender on ilx) or 'la woman' or maybe 'people are strange') but on ilx the winner is 'crystal ship'.
― balls, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Has David Bowie ever commented on the Doors?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
i can't think of any direct comments but between also doing 'alabama song' and 'jean genie' which ok is just 'i'm a man' but sounds very much like 'i'm a man' via 'roadhouse blues' to me (enough that i always sing some 'roadhouse blues' if i ever do 'jean genie' at karaoke) i can't imagine he's not a fan on some level or at least was at some point.
― balls, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
I've got Wild Is The Wind right next to Crystal Ship on a well-played old playlist.
― how's life, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
I was one of the #1's for Crystal Ship. It has always struck me as the Doors' one perfect song: ethereal and anthemic, docile to the point of saccharine AM fodder, but with the powerful undertow of the first (perfect) line, Morrison's visions manifesting themselves in the tawdry hedonism of "a thousand girls, a thousand thrills" while Manzarek's super-cheesy piano solo definitively establishes Jim as the lounge singer on the cruise ship towards oblivion, perhaps his most enduring persona, certainly moreso than the Lizard King or Mojo Risin or even Oedipus Rex
I still have lots of love for the Doors, and I always kind of wince whenever I see someone take an easy pot shot at them, always silently applaud whenever anybody sticks up for them. As a band they were certainly more fascinating than great, and every album after the first two are imo a hot mess, but they were huge for me for quite a while when I was younger. They absolutely helped to invent psychedelia, for better or for worse, and for all of their gauche elements, there really is a startling originality there that has not really faded that much after almost fifty years...
The Crystal ShipLight My FirePeace FrogSoul KitchenTouch MeWaiting for the SunThe EndThe Soft ParadeHyacinth HouseYes, the River KnowsYou're Lost Little GirlHorse LatitiudesRiders on the StormBreak on ThroughStrange DaysIndian SummerAlabama SongMy Wild LoveL'AmericaWintertime Love
― Drugs A. Money, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 07:31 (eleven years ago) link
(also: lol @ me being the only one to vote for "Horse Latitudes" which really isn't that bad as a poem. One of the main reasons I connected so much with Jim was because around the same time I was also obsessed with Faulkner, and both of them were influenced by many of the same poets in their early-20s, ie the French Symbolists. I wd say that a phrase like 'mute nostril agony' probably would not at all be out of place in "Carcassone" or even Flags in the Dust)
― Drugs A. Money, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 07:36 (eleven years ago) link
"Not to touch the earth" is their actual #1 shit though, it's ok if you guys were on crack when you votedhttp://collections.museumca.org/?q=system/files/imagecache/collection_image2/z0004249.jpg
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 07:39 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Drugs A. Money, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
happy to see someone else voted for "My Wild Love," that's such a cool-sounding track
― some dude, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
"Not to touch the earth" is their actual #1 shit though, it's ok if you guys were on crack when you voted
I am proud to have carried the banner for Celebration of the Lizard...was I the only one to vote for it?
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
Has the passing of Manzarek and his constant shilling made it safe to like the Doors again?
― SongOfSam, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
If there is one thing I have discovered by watching Doors videos since Ray died, Robby Krieger and his wardrobe are much more embarrassing than Ray ever was. The baggy (pleated?) leather pants at the RnR Hall of Fame induction are particularly indefensible.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Is that the one with Eddie Vedder singing and Krieger duckwalking? It is heartbreaking.
Two votes for Lizard - iirc balls is your soulmate.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, looking at Google Images, it appears that Krieger just gave up at some point and started wearing novelty pants always.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
And Ray playing a blue-light special Casio. :(
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Best thing they ever did? lol at Eddie not knowing what to do with himself during the solos.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I voted for celebration of the lizard also
― balls, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
Everybody loves my baby.
― how's life, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
biggest lizard named after Doors frontman
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 11:24 (eleven years ago) link
SHE GET HIGH BWYEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
i was going to vote in the poll and then I got distracted and now that I've visited with the rollout I feel bad
I'm listening to the Doors now as penance
sorry ismael hope we r still cool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
wuhladeegodibbledownabout an hour ago!
― how's life, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
actually I have a legit question -- how do ilxors rate their albums? I'll admit to really only ever listening to The Very Best Of, a lot a lot alot
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
xpost loool
Of course we're cool, silly! I'm actually just as grateful to everyone who didn't vote - I feel like we achieved perfection here, a single ballot more and somehow it would've turned into a boring Light My Fire landslide.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
ohhh so it was perfect without me?
hmph
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
:)
I think the first 3 are all great, but Strange Days is a total classic imo.
― wk, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
and probably has more killer songs that aren't on the greatest hits collections than any of the other albums
― wk, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
TELEVISION SKIES! TELEVISION SKIES! TELEVISION SKIES!
― how's life, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
i still really hate one of the organ breaks in Break On Through
the one where it goes DOOT DOOT DOOTDOOT DOOTDOOT DA DOOTDOOT ... DA DOOTDOOT DOOOTDOOT
the short sharp bursts annoy me, it reminds me of car horns playing la cucaracha but not in the good awesome way
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
it's trying to break on through maaaan
― wk, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
stop playing like a toddler maaaaan
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
I like all of them! Seriously, that's like six albums in a row with only a few dud tracks here and there, pretty consistent if you ask me, having said that I don't think any of their albums are genuinely great.
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 June 2013 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
Strange Days, definitely. Less organ and more piano, less blues and more psychedelia.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Less blues is always a good sign with the Doors.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 June 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
otm
BADEEPACHONKA EEESONGHONG YEEAAAAHH RRRIIIIGGGHT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
brb, going over to the "Posts you had second thoughts about" thread to enter the "Cambodian grocer" joke I was about to make in re: BADEEPACHONKA EEESONGHONG
― hashtag sizzler (Phil D.), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
lol that's terrible
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmmm, not always
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
HYYYEAAAHHHURRRRIGGGHT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
welliwokeupdeezmaownin'
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
wellthecuawshissssbahmahwindowowowww
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
it's the funnest way to sing, cards on the table here
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
i love it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i've done doors karaoke where i didn't sing a single word except the occasional 'well ALRIGHT NOW' as punctuation, ppl "loved" it
― balls, Thursday, 6 June 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
Ugh. “Crystal Ship”? Really? “BEEE FORE YOU… listen to the first-class pop tune 20th Century Fox I’d like to bore you for two minutes and thirty seconds.” Lovely piano solo though.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 17 November 2022 09:18 (one year ago) link