| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 9/28/2007 9:22:58 AM | For those that don't understand Jim Morrison's appeal You had to see them live . He was magnetic. I can't think of to many rock stars that had that kind of effect on a live audi ance.. Maybe Sting or Bono. Morrison was darker then either. He had that bad boy sensitive artist thing going. He truly played up the Wild Child image.
I still like the Doors. I think in their time they made some good music. Yet I don't think they were amoung the greats the true legends that changed our ideas of rock music. Dylan, The Band, Jimmy Hendrix, John Lennon and others were far more influence on music then Morrison and the Doors. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 9/28/2007 4:24:15 PM | | I love the Doors also, always have I have alot of Doors videos and CDs, read a few book by them. I met his father once in san diego on the aircraft carrier bon homme richard. Jim knew Carlos Castaneda when he attended UCLA. Many of his poems are about Carlos's Books. Too bad not many know he is one of Americas most revered poets under an assumed name, Jim Brown I think. There was alot about the Doors most don't know, thats kind of sad. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/2/2007 1:58:44 PM | I was never a big fan of The Doors, but I had their 1st album and "The Soft Parade" on vinyl years ago. But recently I saw the 40th anniversary remasters for less than ten bucks each, so I bought all six. I agree with everyone who says that they sound great. According to the liner notes there are occasional vocals, keyboard parts and guitar parts that were previously unheard, but brought out in the new remixes.
Starting my Christmas shopping early, I bought the new "Very Best Of The Doors" 2 CD set for my best friend, figuring I had all those recordings anyway. Wrong. They included "Ghost Song" (from "American Prayer") and "Gloria" (from "Alive She Cried"). So I kept it for myself. A week later I saw the "Very Best Of The Doors" in a DVD sized package with 2 CDs and a DVD, so I bought that and figured I'd still be able to give my friend the regular 2 cd set of this. But the track list for this was also different. CD 1 is the same, but disc 2 has different tracks, including "Stoned Immaculate" and "Bird Of Prey". And "Gloria" and "Ghost Song" are gone. But with the DVD of highlights from "Live In Europe 1968", I decided to keep this one too. I guess I'll just buy him another copy. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 12/10/2008 7:12:32 PM | The problem with The Doors is the same as the Beach Boys. Every year there is a new Greatest Hits or Best Of, or VERY best of, or the Greatest of the Best of CD that comes out. Enough already! Same songs 40 years in a row. It's too much. Now, as far as some of the live stuff that out or coming out, that's pretty cool to hear. But, to hear the same damn FM radio hits over and over and constantly being re-packaged, it's just insane.
What I'd like to see are more cuts from the American Prayer sessions, when Morrison was recording himself for his birthday. Am told there are still a few cuts & takes that have not seen the light of day from those sessions. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 12/19/2008 4:33:52 PM | Next month's Sundance Film Festival will feature a new Doors documentary, "When You're Strange." It will cover the band from their start until the Lizard King's untimely demise and is supposed to contained unreleased footage.
Rhino Records will release the soundtrack this summer.
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 12/31/2008 11:29:03 AM | | I don't know if this is the boxset I bought. It's called Perception I think and came in a nice little set up. It was over 100 bucks but I wanted it badly. The Doors are one of my favorite bands. I love Jim's writing even down to his poetry. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 7/14/2009 1:04:11 AM | just listening to Strange Days..... what an awesome album... it still sounds so good....
and recently seeing the B/W doco from their tour of Europe.... I can see the guys playing now when I listen....
the scene where they played when the music 's over... was mesmerising... watching how all the guys jelled on stage... the drummer was so "in there". manzarek hunched over the keys, krieger casually adding the right bits ......it was as if no one was watching... as if they were jammin"... timeless... Jimmy sitting having a ciggy grooving to the tune in between lyrics.....
the guitar in "I can see your face" is sublime.... Gibbo SG..
the blues in "my eyes have seen you"... the call and response style... USA!!!!
the clear tones of Morrisons voice is so unique.... and the style... You know you are listening to a Doors song... and no other....
I want to hear the scream of the butterfly too, Jimmy.... | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/25/2009 9:04:52 PM | I really like the Doors ........
One day i was listening to Danzigs "Mother" and it reminded me of the Doors for some reason | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/26/2009 12:30:38 AM | The doors got me into blues and the growl in his voice was something hard to find in anyone else from the 60's. Period. LA women and The Doors are my favourites I have them on both CD and vinyl.
They were good stuff. That being said they do seem to release so many doors greatest hits.
I blame Manzerek. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/26/2009 8:59:39 PM | | The Doors never get old... I stole my dad's copy of the Soft Parade the other day. What a fantastic album. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/26/2009 10:09:10 PM | ..Strange Days have found us.....
...Land Ho!!!.. | |
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| The Doors turn 40...
Posted: 10/28/2009 4:39:17 PM | | like the beatles..the doors will be an inspiration to the young generation for many years to come..one of the greatest bands ever..and there will never be another like jim morrison.. | |
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