doors were very beloved among our scene of suburban teen potheads, mainly because the most charismatic, older-than-his-years kid at the center of our social circle was a huge believer in the cult of jim. starting at age 10 or 11 he turned us all on
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
Jim is alive
Looking at that photo, I'm not entirely sure that Krieger is.
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
Goofy Thought On A Lazy Friday Afternoon: "Roadhouse Blues" Kind Of Invented Aerosmith.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 21 June 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
Aerosmith did do quite a few mid tempo blues shuffle feels/songs like "Roadhouse Blues" like "Uncle Salty", "Same Old Song & Dance", etc...
The band you will see Tyler, Perry and Whitford all talk about in interviews was seeing the Yardbirds live in Boston. Many of those hard rock bands that came out of Detroit also point to seeing Yardbirds live as a big eye opener too.
― earlnash, Saturday, 22 June 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
Yeah, their Yardbirds love runs deep. But I was listening to Morrison Hotel today, and it struck me how RB sets a template for the Aerosmith Blooz numbers you mention, down to Jimbo's scatting.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 June 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
really feeling "Indian Summer" rn, so dreamy and introspective, is that Krieger on bass?
― sleeve, Monday, 28 September 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
That track was left over from the recording sessions for their 1st album and I think it's just Manzarek playing bass on a Fender Rhodes
― Josefa, Monday, 28 September 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
This is...sort of interesting: Apparently WMG (or whoever) released a "stripped" (no strings, no horns) version of The Soft Parade for Record Store Day.
Not much info here, but this is now a thing which exists.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 4 October 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
It came out last year as bonus tracks of the 50th Anniversary edition, though it was called "Doors only mix" and I think there were new overdubs too, I haven't heard it but I guess they are really grasping at straws w/r/t to "unreleased" material
― chr1sb3singer, Sunday, 4 October 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
No strings no horns sounds just about right ?
― calstars, Sunday, 4 October 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
Interesting to check out like all these leftovers for a deep listener, but rare to have it be a real nugget I would figure at this point.
I kind of like listening to that American Prayer record or the two without Jimbo sometimes, as there is some really good 'music' there that might have taken step to the other side if liz' king would have still been around. Fatboy Slim found one hook in the debris.
― earlnash, Monday, 5 October 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
the rework of Waiting For The Sun that whitehallunity made is soooooo good
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 17 October 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
Gave the 'Other Voices/Full Circle' another listen this morning in a mix. Casually listening to it, it hit me on how some tunes got a similar sound to "Loaded" VU. I had some old Flaming Lips, Grifters, Gallon Drunk in the same mix and the tunes fit better than you would think. The Lizard King-less Doors do kinda have sound that would fit with some 90s UK indie rock, especially hearing it side by side with an Inspiral Carpets track.
― earlnash, Sunday, 31 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
my favorite sound is the guitar tone during krieger's big solo in "when the music's over"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link
cancel my subscription to the resurrection > the west is the best
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:23 (three years ago) link
I think "When the Music's Over" is in every way an improvement over "The End", even though it may be the weakest song on Strange Days.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 24 May 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
Never liked it tbh.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
I like it but I prefer 'The End'.
― pomenitul, Monday, 24 May 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
It just kind of chugs along for 11 minutes, at least "The End" has highs and lows.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
uh may i refer again to krieger's solo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:22 (three years ago) link
Here's my ranking of Doors epics (original studio albums only, 5 minutes plus):
The Soft ParadeL. A WomanWhen the Music's OverRiders on the StormLight My FireThe End
I like or love the top three and am ambivalent about the bottom three.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zzzt_r6wj8
― brimstead, Monday, 24 May 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
All I can stand.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
I like a lot of your picks but "LA Woman" and maybe "Riders on the Storm" are Top 10 for me
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
Also, "Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song)"--or is it vice-versa---I was in Alabama, wanted to get into whiskey, also bars, and it did get me into Brecht and Weill, also marxophones.
― dow, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link
Five To One
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
Roadhouse Blues
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:36 (two years ago) link
Not To Touch The Earth is easily my #1
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 05:22 (two years ago) link
Love Me Two Times. When the Music's Over!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 08:15 (two years ago) link
Nice to see their Forever Changes tribute "Wishful Sinful" get recognized."The Unknown Soldier" is also good, and reminds me of Simon and Garfunkel's "Fakin' It": both late 60s singles with a theatrical/dramatic interlude.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
la woman brings me so much joy i can't stand it. immediate mood lift
― marcos, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
off the top of my head the best doors songs are
la womanfive to onewhen the musics overriders on the stormbreak on through
i feel like there are more but maybe not? of the bands that are not very good they are truly one of the best
― marcos, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
is it bad that i like Peace Frog? i like Peace Frog
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
I thought everybody liked Peace Frog?
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
top 5 musical frog imo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Crazy doesn't get a look in.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Frog Chorus in the wings, croaking in vain.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
mashup idea:
"(Peace) Froggy Went A-Courtin'"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
LMAO
I like "Peace Frog" too. Even though there's only a few cuts from Morrison Hotel that I kept in my library ("Peace Frog" being one), it's actually an okay album. Not a great one, but mostly listenable.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Love Indian Summer and The Spy off Morrison Hotel.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
I Can't See Your Face In My Mind
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
“The Soft Parade” is the first disco song ever, specifically the “Peppermint miniskirts” bit. Loop that over and over again and you’ll be disco-dancing fool. CHANGE MY MIND.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
my issues with this band are widely documented on ILM, but i'm really enjoying listening to Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine, which i guess was a comp intended to speak to their jammier/proto-proggier side or something? like it has some of their big hits, but not their earlier, poppier hits besides, significantly, "Break On Through." and a lot more extended droney, arguably monotonous jams. so i think it paints a picture of the band that i can be on the same wavelength of. although lugubrious in places, and stops dead in its tracks for "You Need Meat" imho, it works better than their Greatest Hits that i dug out of my parents' collection as a teenager, which had those other songs like "Light My Fire" and "Love Me Two Times" and "People Are Strange." (i don't dislike them because they're poppier, to be clear, i've just never found them very exciting as 60s pop-rock songs!) "Hello I Love You" i think i like in my head, but it's really "Crush With Eyeliner" my brain is conjuring, mostly.
really was tempted to do another Honkin' on Bobo display name, with "Mister Mojo Risin'" ...but that's gotten so firmly attached to "Mister JoJo Rabbit" after seeing the posters for that movie at the subway entrance for six months.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 10 January 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
"Weird Scenes" is a great comp and yeah it was specifically meant to highlight their more out/weirder stuff vs the stuff that was on "13".
You Need Meat is insanely bad, I'm pretty sure the only person who thought Ray should sing a song was Ray
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
"Who Scared You" is a great b-side on that record, and would have been better than a lot of the songs that made it onto Soft Parade.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
oh wow this comp hits the spot
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 04:04 (two years ago) link
I started wondering last night: what songs from the original six Doors albums have never been extracted for a compilation? By my count, there are only eight:
I Looked At YouMy Wild LoveYes The River KnowsThe Soft ParadeIndian SummerBeen Down So LongL'AmericaCrawling King Snake
Two or three good ones!
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:01 (two years ago) link