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The Doors (1 Viewer)
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zoonation
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ComfortablyNumb
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How can one not like Touch Me or Light My Fire? Especially love the Light My Fire performance on the Ed Sullivan show (Google it if you must, kids) where Morrison refused to be censored. Ray Manzarek was brilliant and very underrated.
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The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel were released in the span of 37 months. LA Woman came 14 months later. And then it was over.
The lack of appreciation here is likely linked to (a) the godlike status that Morrison achieved driving a bifurcation between the cult following and mainstream culture and (b) Morrison's untimely demise which prevented a rise to the cultural icon status achieved by the Beatles and the Stones.
The first album and Morrison Hotel are iconic. Soft Parade (the song not the album) is a magnum opus.
Carry on.
The lack of appreciation here is likely linked to (a) the godlike status that Morrison achieved driving a bifurcation between the cult following and mainstream culture and (b) Morrison's untimely demise which prevented a rise to the cultural icon status achieved by the Beatles and the Stones.
The first album and Morrison Hotel are iconic. Soft Parade (the song not the album) is a magnum opus.
Carry on.
Otis
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Like GM, I went through a Doors phase in high school. Listened to the Live album a bajillion times. Even bought Morrison poetry books. Yes it can get tired, and Im not suggesting listening every day. But revisiting it after years? Man, it’s awesome. They were brilliant and different and it’s great stuff. I caught a documentary on acessTV or whatever that station is last night, about the LA woman album. Just great stuff. Funny seeing Ray today (he’s still totally put together and a genius), and Robby Krieger is still kind of a weirdo.
In any event, I maintain its great stuff.
In any event, I maintain its great stuff.
Wrigley
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Overrated.clap.clap,clap
listened to them high school/college, but my taste outgrew them
I don’t turn them off when I hear them, but I no longer go out of my way to listen to them
edit: the greatest intro music to any movie is “the end” in apocalypse now
listened to them high school/college, but my taste outgrew them
I don’t turn them off when I hear them, but I no longer go out of my way to listen to them
edit: the greatest intro music to any movie is “the end” in apocalypse now
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Jefferson the Caregiver
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Great band but hasn't aged well. Pretty much non existent among millennial playlists and if they know them at all, they are not appreciated.
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Otis
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As of the making of the documentary anyway. It’s obviously at least a few years old.
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Epic Problem
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rustycolts
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The General
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The organ can be a bit weird. But made some cool music.
Patrick Bateman
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Ode to a grasshopper.
Bull Dozier
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Jefferson the Caregiver
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flapgreen
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Otis
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Mr. Know-It-All
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What is 6.022 X 1023 was the question on a Chemistry exam in high school back in the day. One of the multiple choice answers for that question was the length in seconds of the unedited version of Light My Fire.
Eephus
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Ray Manzarek's producing and championing of X helped gain them credibility outside the LA Punk scene. X had enough talent to make it regardless but it sure didn't hurt their career.
Ray's solo career had a lot of hippie noodling but his 1974 song "Wake Up Screaming" from his album "The Whole Thing Started With Rock N Roll and Now It's Out of Control" is an inspired bit of lunacy including the first musical appearance of Patti Smith.
Ray's solo career had a lot of hippie noodling but his 1974 song "Wake Up Screaming" from his album "The Whole Thing Started With Rock N Roll and Now It's Out of Control" is an inspired bit of lunacy including the first musical appearance of Patti Smith.
General Malaise
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Or....peoole's tastes in music evolve and new discoveries change perspective. There are some songs I'll never tire of; The Doors became tiresome for me 25+ years ago. I don't think they suck, nor do I hate them, but I can't listen to their biggest hits anymore (LA Woman is an exception). I used to love Skittles too....it is okay to outgrow stuff. It is also okay to remain a fan of songs that are overplayed. I can't do it, but I don't think you suck for being simple.
Used to be a "fan" of The Doors, though not a huge fan. Had a bunch of albums that got a lot of play. For me, it hasn't aged well. I don't listen to them any more nor do I have a desire to really. Having said that, I don't think they suck by any means, they are an iconic band with a well deserved place in rock history.
I still listen to Stairway-the most overplayed song in rock history-but I don't listen to a single Doors song. That's the difference to me. Just find their music a bit boring decades later.
I still listen to Stairway-the most overplayed song in rock history-but I don't listen to a single Doors song. That's the difference to me. Just find their music a bit boring decades later.
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