Twenty-Five to One: THE DOORS RESULTS THREAD

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

1. "Hello, I Love You" (40)
2. "Soul Kitchen" (36)
3. "L.A. Woman" (33)
4. "Riders on the Storm" (30)
5. "Love Me Two Times" (28)
6. "Love Street" (26)
7. "The Crystal Ship" (25)
8. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (24)

"You're Lost Little Girl" slipped my mind, and, if I'd really tried, I'm sure I could have come up with a tenth. Surprised by "The Crystal Ship" winning. I kind of hate "Touch Me"--that and the Guess Who's "Undun" go together for me.

my ballot:

Five To One
Touch Me
L.A. Woman
Riders On The Storm
My Wild Love
When The Music’s Over
Do It
Break On Through
Waiting For The Sun
The Soft Parade
Roadhouse Blues
Alabama Song
Hello, I Love You
Land Ho!
Maggie M’Gill
The Changeling
Moonlight Drive
Not To Touch The Earth
Yes, The River Knows
The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)

My totals by album (which, now that i look at it, does make me feel not very centrist here):
Waiting for the Sun 5
Morrison Hotel 5
L.A. Woman 4
The Soft Parade 3
Strange Days 2
The Doors 1

'crystal ship' winning doesn't surprise me though 'riders on the storm' struck me as the heavy fave before this started. i'm guessing 'not to touch the earth' and 'celebration of the lizard' canceled each other out.

Even as a lapsed, part-time fan, I do think "The Crystal Ship" has one of the greatest opening lines ever.

am i crazy or would 60s sunset strip scene beat 60s san francisco scene in an ilx poll pretty easily?

Would that be Love and the Seeds and who else? Probably would, but I'd be an SF guy.

Spirit, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds,...Rhino has box sets devoted to this

kaleidosope too

The L.A. Nuggets box is amazing

Okay, the Byrds and Mothers, too...the Airplane/Dead/Charlatans/Moby Grape/Beau Brummels would still be tough to beat for me. It'd be a good poll, though.

am i crazy or would 60s sunset strip scene beat 60s san francisco scene in an ilx poll pretty easily?

Byrds threads seem to outnumber Dead threads by a wide margin

interesting poll idea

Very happy to see The Crystal Ship at number one it's great song and yeah I like the Duran version too.

My list,

1. Touch Me
2. Yes The River Knows
3. Hyacinth House
4. Strange Days
5. Love Me Madly
6. The Crystal Ship
7. Love Me Two Times
8. Love Street
9. Blue Sunday
10. Unhappy Girl
11. Waiting For The Sun
12. L.A. Woman
12. I Can't See Your Face in Mine
13. The Changeling
15. You're a Lost Little Girl
16. Indian Summer
17. Riders on the Storm
18. My Eyes Have Seen You
19. Light My Fire
20. Peace Frog

Riders On The Storm
Roadhouse Blues
The Soft Parade
Break On Through
Who Do You Love?
Cars Hiss By My Window
The Crystal Ship
Touch Me
The End
Love Me Two Times

Maggie M'Gill
Spanish Caravan
When The Music's Over
Yes, The River Knows
People Are Strange
LA Woman
Strange Days
The Wasp
Wild Child
Graveyard Poem

In the Forever Changes 33 1/3 they listed a 60s LA eccentric-genius canon: Zappa, Beefheart, Neil Young, Arthur Lee, Brian Wilson. Add the Byrds & the Doors, and maybe Kaleidoscope, snd I'd vote LA over SF in the blink of an eye

Parsons might have been in the genius canon as well...

My ballot:

1. The End
2. Roadhouse Blues
3. The Changeling
4. Love Her Madly
5. Five to One
6. People Are Strange
7. L.A. Woman
8. Break On Through (To the Other Side)
9. Peace Frog
10. Light My Fire
11. Riders on the Storm
12. Hello, I Love You
13. Touch Me
14. Love Me Two Times
15. When the Music’s Over
16. Waiting for the Sun
17. The Soft Parade
18. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
19. Land Ho!
20. Crawling King Snake

Thanks for running this one, Ismael!

1. Break On Through (To the Other Side)
2. Light My Fire
3. Riders on the Storm
4. The Crystal Ship
5. The End
6. Twentieth Century Fox
7. Roadhouse Blues
8. Hello, I Love You
9. Love Street
10. The Spy
11. L.A. Woman
12. Soul Kitchen
13. Love Me Two Times
14. Waiting for the Sun
15. Peace Frog
16. L’America
17. Hyacinth House
18. Take It as It Comes
19. Touch Me
20. Love Her Madly

Looking forward to Moka's ballot to see what changes in the final order.

1. Riders on the Storm
2. The End
3. Roadhouse Blues
4. Light My Fire
5. L'America
6. L.A. Woman
7. Cars Hiss by My Window
8. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
9. Break On Through (To the Other Side)
10. The Spy
11. Five to One
12. The Unknown Soldier
13. People Are Strange
14. Soul Kitchen
15. The Crystal Ship
16. Love Street
17. Peace Frog
18. Strange Days
19. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
20. Waiting for the Sun

nos. 1 and 2 in this poll are otm, though you could reverse them and i wouldn't mind

My ballot

01 Strange Days
02 The Crystal Ship
03 Alabama Song
04 People Are Strange
05 Touch Me
06 Spanish Caravan
07 Indian Summer
08 My Eyes Have Seen You
09 Tell All the People
10 Blue Sunday
11 Light My Fire
12 Riders on the Storm
13 L.A. Woman
14 The Soft Parade
15 End of the Night
16 You're Lost Little Girl
17 When the Music's Over
18 Five to One
19 Wishful Sinful
20 Peace Frog

YES YES YES Crystal Ship is amazing.

Doors get so much shit, it's one of those things that make me IA. But then I clicked on that "Touch Me" video link and before watching some hilarious rad 60s vegas clip I had to endure 40 sec of poetry and ambient noise, and I was like "oh yeah, I remember why they are hated". But still. So many great bands take themselves too seriously. So many music fans and critics take music too seriously. Why pick on the Doors? Is it some fallout from the almighty gospel of punk rock where pretension is hated unless you are singing about heroin or something?

Btw, there is a bit in "L.A. Woman" where Jim Morrison is rocking out and audibly almost falls on his ass but is the exact right level of intoxicated to just barely turn it into a badass rock n roll "Yeah!" instead. Every time I hear that song that part makes me LOL.

Oh hell yes it's at 6:10 in this version:

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

If my ballot had made ir Riders would have gotten the first place (it was my #2) and peace frog would have entered the top 10 (well, not sure about this one... It was my number one vote, not sure how many points that gets).

Fucking stupid ipad wifi mail ruined my ballot.

My ballot, it'd be totally different if I did it now, all of 5 days later:

1. Love Me Two Times
2. Break On Through
3. Light My Fire
4. Touch Me
5. Five to One
6. The Unknown Soldier
7. L.A. Woman
8. You're Lost Little Girl
9. Wild Child
10. Riders on the Storm
11. The Crystal Ship
12. Peace Frog
13. Wishful Sinful
14. The Soft Parade
15. Waiting for the Sun
16. Yes, the River Knows
17. Moonlight Drive
18. Tell All the People
19. Love Her Madly
20. Alabama Song

If there's a drunker vocal than "Five to One" in recorded music I'd like to hear it.

Alabama Song
Waiting for the Sun
Riders on the Storm
Five To One
LA Woman
Break On Through
People Are Strange
Roadhouse Blues
Love Her Madly
Back Door Man
The End
Indian Summer
The Crystal Ship
Touch Me
Hyacinth House
The Changeling
Strange Days
My Eyes Have Seen You
Love Me Two Times
When the Music's Over

"If there's a drunker vocal than "Five to One" in recorded music I'd like to hear it."

i think there might be a few other contenders that also happen to be sung by Jim.

the noodling towards the end of Five to One really does expose Krieger as a guitar novice. that's not to say that he couldn't be extremely effective at times.

You have a strange idea of what constitutes a guitar novice

ha...that's just what i was thinking

Many thanks to Mr. Klata (one of the few of you who appreciates Maggie M'Gill) for running this poll. It will always hold a special place in the Hyacinth House of my heart. Here is my ballot.

L.A. Woman
Light My Fire
Maggie M'Gill
Peace Frog
Moonlight Drive
Break On Through (To the Other Side)
The Crystal Ship
Wintertime Love
Riders on the Storm
Roadhouse Blues
Waiting for the Sun
Soul Kitchen
Love Street
Love Her Madly
The End
The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
Twentieth Century Fox
Take It as It Comes
Five to One
Not To Touch The Earth

how the hell did I manage to miss this

I mean, my 9 song ballot would have been semi meaningless but "Alabama Song" deserved better

"show me the way to the next little girl" <-- so he could sell a compilation album to them no doubt

weird that "The Crystal Ship" won; I guess it's a consensus point in a poll without much consensus