The Doors: Classic or Dud?

Ext.Desert. David Crosby stands in the middle of huge salt flat, blood pouring from his nose, it is clear he's been beaten up. Morrison stands about 20 feet away aiming a pistol at Crosby

Crosby [low grow]: You don't get Morrison! You were always a poser! You don't understand peace and love man! I'm friends with Joni man, real artists, you were just in some sleazy cocktail band! Those girls love me man! I'm a prophet man!

Morrison [low grow]: David...the music is...over[fires a round directly in Crosby's head, his body crumples. Graham Nash runs in from off-screen shouting]

Nash: You didn't have to do it! You didn't have to do it!

Morrison [turning to Manzarek, in a low-growl: C'mon...let's get a burger.

END

tacos... Morrison would get tacos

We'll fix it in post

i love this band

it has been so fun to get back in to the doors man

sparking a little doors revival too. two nights hanging out in the past few weeks i have said "hey let's put on the doors" and everything loves it

*everyone

this is a stunning fan video and it drew in everyone in the room the other night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskztPPSJwY

the doors are so great

also reposting this but at the end of the day my alex jones/doors mashup is the only thing of real quality i've done in my whole life

https://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/mojowars-feat-al3x-j0n3s-the-d00rs

haha that is great

deeganegadoaboutanowahago

If you don't like the Doors you don't having sex or living life

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― Οὖτις, Monday, March 13, 2017 11:54 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

dang this is pretty awesome.

Our local art gallery (Art Gallery of Ontario) has a few handwritten Doors lyrics on display — part of an eye-poppingly great exhibit of psychedelic rock posters. I was surprised to find Jim's handwriting cursive, neat and regular. Louche rock icon or whatever, he was still the product of a 1950s education when schools still took handwriting seriously

THE DOORS

isle of wight 1970! when the music's over is blistering

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/74/9a/86/749a869979ae0f09b36c064be678838b--isle-of-wight-krieger.jpg

i wish densmore could swing a little sometimes though

krieger can be really fun and badass

i wish densmore could swing a little sometimes though

I sometimes don't know what people are referring to when they talk about "swinging," but "Love Me Two Times" certainly has a swing beat. I'll try to think of some others.

"People Are Strange"

he can do it for sure. sometimes during this live set though there are times when he really should be and he's not

"Love Street"

"Roadhouse Blues"

I was listening to Mazzy Star last night and thought about The Doors. They get into a sweet kind of "The End" zone occasionally.

Also as far as denmore swinging, I wanna tell you about Texas radio and the big beat

i was talking to a friend the other day about how i like doors knockoffs better than i like the doors themselves. your faves?

There's a song I remember from an old psych comp called "The Black Door" by the Loose Enz that's a really obvious Doors knockoff, but I don't know. Mostly, the Doors strike me as being pretty singular.

Alice Cooper, "Blue Turk"

xp re: Mazzy, 'Ghost Highway' feel like a Doors homage to me.

Stranglers, "Walk On By", duh.

that mazzy star song sounds more like "idiot joy showland" than the doors!

I can't stand these fuckers.

That’s like the one Doors song I like!

Doors rule
Ride the snake
The West is the best

i like the Doors generally but I dont like Touch Me

it feels too slobbery

Father
“Yes son?”
I’ve left you two comp tickets at the Whisky, tell the door guy you’re on “Jim’s list”; feel free to bring mom

"Touch Me" is awesome, great vocal, Alfred is full of it.

I first heard this song when a girl put it on a mixtape for me in high school. I eventually got the message she was sending, but the young ilxor in me couldn't get over how contemptibly cheesy it was. What was this Butt Bacharach shit?

Now, as a mature ILXor, you accept cheese.

ricotta, Stilton, sure

Morrison, Krieger...

oh ffs, "butt Bacharach" was autocorrect.

Beyond the great vocal, “Touch Me” has a genuinely groovy instrumental breakdown...

Peace Frog grooves

This is funny and accurate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRYsAfchkY

^^^ I hadn't seen that before! Spot on, even looks like Manzarek back there.

i was talking to a friend the other day about how i like doors knockoffs better than i like the doors themselves. your faves?

― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Saturday, April 21, 2018 1:34 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Do you know Phantom's Divine Comedy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0wijDxY3rk

touch me feels like jim projecting into the future envisioning vegas elvis

so yeah pretty awesome