Twenty-Five to One: THE DOORS RESULTS THREAD

Can't get enough of that live version

guh i knew there'd be some stuff i'd forget to put on my ballot due to not listening to this stuff in awhile but boy 'waiting for the sun' is a big regret right now.

out in back of the roadhouse they got some bungalows

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3246/whenyourestrangemovieim.jpg

http://youtu.be/M_yWyBjDEaU

6. Light My Fire
The Doors (1967)
490 points, nineteen votes, one no.1

Well then my ballot got lost :( Peace Frog deserved better.

You love it, I love it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAv6_ZebiN0

5. Touch Me
The Soft Parade (1969)
507 points, nineteen votes, three no.1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOecSnD1qdY

very nearly my #1, such a jam

So many great moments in that clip, but I love that sax jam the best

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/695/barpt.jpg

http://youtu.be/b-wgIht3roA

4. LA Woman
LA Woman (1971)
526 points, twenty-one votes, two no.1s

Just checking this thread out now.

Too Low:
Moonlight Drive, Peace Frog, Light My Fire, LA Woman (my #1)

Too High:
Touch Me, Love Me Two Times, Alabama Song

Can guess 1 of the top 3 fer sure. The other 2 are a little tricker, depending on how many of you go for Doors ballads.

aw man too low on la woman (listening to it right now lol), thought it had a very real shot at #1

rooting for 'crystal ship' to pull it out (EH?) over 'riders on the storm'. ecstatic if 'the wasp' takes it.

And allow me to preemptively say that Maggie M'Gill wuz robbed!

ROTS, BOT and ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGxwE-wBZc

Yes, that's it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpQjD-rX0g

3. Break On Through
The Doors (1967)
582 points, twenty-one votes, three no.1s

She get high (in this poll)

wow

o duh

lol 'the wasp' was #16 i'm an idiot

If there's one song that's completely wack, that really ought to be no higher. A song I always skip in fact, someone should throw it in a fire. Peace Frog is just fucking dire.

had to be done

Break On Through was my #1, without having to think about it for more than a second. How many cheap plastic radios must that have melted in 01/67.

always so weird to me that 'break on through' flopped on initial release (enough so that it apparently nearly threatened the future of the band), always wondered if it got revisited by radio and became a hit after 'light my fire' was so huge (the same way 'welcome to the jungle' was a small hit on first release but became a huge megasmash when rereleased after 'sweet child o mine' was a huge hit) or if it became a hit thru fm radio a la 'roadhouse blues' and 'la woman'.

here we go

http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/media/the-doors-650-430.jpg

http://youtu.be/rYE1S6r3bkg

2. Riders On The Storm
LA Woman (1971)
595 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1s

should've known all the durannies on ilx would push 'crystal ship' to #1

first track on first album at 3, last track on last album at 2

Amazing, no? There can't be another band could do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VN8JFPSmZs

1. The Crystal Ship
The Doors (1967)
611 points, twenty-four votes, three no.1s

"Changeling" TOO LOW!

no "L'America"? more like LAMErica ilx!

my ballot

1. l.a. woman
2. the soft parade
3. the wasp (texas radio and the big beat)
4. five to one
5. crystal ship
6. twentieth century fox
7. moonlight drive
8. love her madly
9. love street
10. light my fire
11. celebration of the lizard
12. when the music's over
13. touch me
14. break on through (to the other side)
15. wild child
16. the unknown soldier
17. soul kitchen
18. riders on the storm
19. peace frog
20. the end

man 'twentieth century fox' not placing kinda bumming me out. i remember when i lived in italy there was this tiny movie theatre that would screen american movies actually in english and they'd always play 'twentieth century fox' immediately before the show started, always made me feel weirdly patriotic.

1. L'America
2. Soul Kitchen
3. Waiting For The Sun
4. The Crystal Ship
5. 20th Century Fox
6. Light My Fire
7. My Eyes Have Seen You
8. Love Street
9. Alabama Song
10. You're Lost Little Girl
11. The End
12. The Soft Parade
13. The WASP
14. Unhappy Girl
15. Take It As It Comes
16. Hyacinth House
17. Summer's Almost Gone
18. LA Woman
19. Peace Frog
20. When The Music's Over

Here's the full 69. You could throw a handkerchief over the top three - in fact it was a tie before the last ballot gave The Crystal Ship 16 points and Riders zero.

611 The Crystal Ship
595 Riders on the Storm
582 Break On Through (To the Other Side)
526 LA Woman
507 Touch Me
490 Light My Fire
371 Waiting for the Sun
371 Roadhouse Blues
367 Love Me Two Times
359 Soul Kitchen
359 Peace Frog

336 The End
334 Five to One
321 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
307 Strange Days
292 The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
290 Moonlight Drive
289 The Soft Parade
274 People Are Strange
267 Love Her Madly

264 When the Music's Over
260 You're Lost Little Girl
258 Hello, I Love You
238 Hyacinth House
217 Love Street
194 Yes, the River Knows
149 Take It as It Comes
148 My Eyes Have Seen You
147 The Changeling
145 Twentieth Century Fox

139 Not to Touch the Earth
129 Spanish Caravan
129 L'America
125 The Unknown Soldier
113 Cars Hiss by My Window
111 End of the Night
102 Back Door Man
099 Indian Summer
098 Tell All the People
086 Maggie M'Gill

086 Blue Sunday
085 Wild Child
076 Unhappy Girl
074 The Spy
055 Wintertime Love
053 Wishful Sinful
051 My Wild Love
043 Celebration of the Lizard
041 I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
038 Crawling King Snake

036 We Could Be So Good Together
035 Summer's Almost Gone
035 Shaman's Blues
031 Land Ho!
028 Who Do You Love?
027 I Looked at You
027 Gloria
026 Runnin' Blue
025 Do It
023 Been Down So Long

020 Talking Blues
020 Horse Latitudes
019 Ship of Fools
018 Easy Ride
018 Close To You
017 Orange County Suite
014 Queen of the Highway
012 Graveyard Poem
012 The Mosquito

I couldn't believe the winner when I counted the votes - seeing them come in, I was sure Riders had taken it comfortably. I've rechecked several times and it's still correct. I think they're an excellent top three for showing just how important Ray was to the band.

Now watch moka post her ballot and ruin it all!

If I'd voted, Riders would've won because I wouldn't have given Crystal Ship any points at all while Riders would probably have been my #1. I COULD'VE MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE!

027 Gloria

A few years ago I was running a booth in the swap meet of an indoor 4-day car show, and the guy next to me was selling reconditioned jukeboxes. He had a demo model running at all times, playing through the 30 or so singles he'd stocked it with. Due to the noise of our environment, I didn't hear most of these songs, but for some reason I did manage to catch this one (single from Alive, She Cried?) through the din at least thirty times during the event.

Now, I love me some Them w/Van, and Van by himself, and Patti Smith too, but I'll be happy to never hear Jimbo & the gang's version again.

Riders On The Storm was my number one, to me it's their Gimme Shelter.

wtffff "crystal ship," never would've dreamed it'd even be top 10

literally the only value that song has to me is the gag in The Dead Milkmen's "Bitchin' Camaro" where the Doors cover band is called Crystal Shit

You and three others; otherwise ilm <3s it.

Thank you, Ismael! Here are mine:

1. The End
2. Roadhouse Blues (Live)
3. Soul Kitchen
4. Moonlight Drive
5. Love Me Two Times
6. Yes, the River Knows
7. The Crystal Ship
8. Touch Me
9. You’re Lost Little Girl
10. Celebration of the Lizard
11. Light My Fire
12. Take It As It Comes
13. Waiting for the Sun
14. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
15. Orange County Suite
16. The Unknown Soldier
17. End of the Night
18. Hyacinth House
19. Blue Sunday
20. The Spy

My totals by album:
The Doors 7
Waiting for the Sun 3
Morrison Hotel 3
L.A. Woman 3
Strange Days 2
The Soft Parade 1
American Prayer 1

Very pleasantly surprised at Crystal Ship winning

Crystal Ship and Hyacinth House have a mystery about them that has lasted the decades well