Members Ferdinandstrat Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Touch me! No thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brentrocks Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 la woman the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Don't hear too much about them these days... You didn't hear too much about them in those days, either. I was amazed to see an article about them in "Hit Parader". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inspector 71 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Spanish Caravan. that song goes all over the place 2nd would be LA Woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TESmith Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Texas Radio & The Big Beat Break on throughRoadhouse BluesGloriaI agree in the feeling they are a strange mix, really love many of their songs, really do not love the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Texas Radio & The Big Beat Break on throughRoadhouse BluesGloriaI agree in the feeling they are a strange mix, really love many of their songs, really do not love the others Gloria is good cover. IIRC, Jim met Van Morrison and they drank together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Picker Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Lots of great tunes, but since it is one of my favorites and has not been mentioned yet.... . . . . Moonlight Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Definitely "Break on Through" for me followed by "Twentieth Century Fox" and "When the Music's over". Over the weekend I picked up a Doors DVD about the making of "The Doors",the first Doors album which for me was their best work. New release (2008) which features old footage and Morrison quips along with commentary from Densmore, Manzarak and Krieger as well as others such as Michael Mclure, Perry Ferrell, Henry Rollins and Bruce Botnik (original sound engineer) among others. Really shows the hard work, loyalty and commitment necessary to produce that kind of art. When the band got the deal with Electra they had been together for two years and had thirty solid originals (The Doors and Strange Days). After I watched it, I ran out and bought the remastered Rhino re-release which sounds phenomenal and contains three additional tracks. Some stuff that was originally censored or mixed down is now present. She gets... she gets... from Break on through becomes "she gets high" and Morrison uses the word {censored} as a percussion effect towards the end of "The end" culminating with {censored} me baby. After seeing the video, I was also struck by what a phenomenal drummer Densmore was and is. Huge jazz fan that used to follow the Miles Davis band on tour before joining the Doors. Really too bad that he suffers from tinnitus, because he is much better IMO than what "Riders on the Storm" is currently using. The use of a bossa nova beat and technique to start "Break on through" was a brilliant marriage I believe. Also interesting: Krieger had only played guitar for a little over two years when he was invited to join the band (two years on classical, six months on electric). But he also apparently studied with Ravi Shankar for a short time. Manzarak must come from money because he was from Chicago but the band used his parents beach front home at Venice Beach to rehearse. Morrison couldn't play a chord on any instrument and yet had words and melodies to several songs which the band had to then try to decipher the musical formulas to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 People are strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 After seeing the video, I was also struck by what a phenomenal drummer Densmore was and is. Huge jazz fan that used to follow the Miles Davis band on tour before joining the Doors. He was a good drummer, indeed, but I think his greatest contribution to music was having the incredible willpower to manage to restrain himself from driving his drumsticks through Jim Morrison's skull. Similar situation for Ringo Starr - John Lennon/Paul McCartney, and Charlie Watts - Mick Jagger/Keith Richards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 My favorite band. Best song is LA Woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 I do believe Robby Krieger is playing though an old Acoustic Control Corporation amp. For a while, Robby did play through Acoustic amps. But, sometime in 1968, their roadie Vince Treanor built amps especially for Robby and modeled their appearance after the old Acoustic Amps that Robby played before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 He was a good drummer, indeed, but I think his greatest contribution to music was having the incredible willpower to manage to restrain himself from driving his drumsticks through Jim Morrison's skull.Similar situation for Ringo Starr - John Lennon/Paul McCartney, and Charlie Watts - Mick Jagger/Keith Richards. Yeah it was kinda funny watching Krieger dance around that. "Yeah dude, you're a good singer and songwriter, but why can't you just be more of a regular guy." (paraphrased) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wats Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 Too many good ones to choose! I would have to say Break on Through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerF Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 way too many great Doors toons to pick a favorite, but this one is really outstanding: Moonlight Drive - The Doors - Live Hollywood Bowl 1968 [YOUTUBE]kstjHqhaT7g[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 I couldnt stand Jim Morrison, too much drama, so that pretty much ruined everything they did, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paul44 Posted June 4, 2008 Members Share Posted June 4, 2008 When I lsten to the Doors I get angry....angry at just how {censored} rock music has become today.First 2 albums are pure gold.I love this video,they may just be miming! [YOUTUBE]x34wa2jehek[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dacat Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Lovestreet is a fav of mine, partly cause I did not hear it played too much on radio. Major fan back when I was teen and 20's, now...not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 For a while, Robby did play through Acoustic amps. But, sometime in 1968, their roadie Vince Treanor built amps especially for Robby and modeled their appearance after the old Acoustic Amps that Robby played before. I'll be goda hell. I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seven58 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Break on Through and everything live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dom1412 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hyacinth House tied with LA Woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicmaker '55 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 There was an album of live songs taken from shows dating from the late, late 60's; ALIVE SHE CRIED. It came out around the late 70's. I think it's been out of print for a lonnng time. There is a rockin' 7+ minute version of Gloria (okay, not one of their songs, but a great version) with Jim adding a spoken line or two from another doors song towards the end. They do the beginning of Texas Radio and the Big Beat very slow and Bluesy with Jim doing the spoken word intro. Then, right into Roadhouse Blues. Good stuff if you're a Doors fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brendan Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I got into them in high school, but still appreciate them today. That's one of the few bands that I still keep the full catalog of CDs. I may not listen to them for a few years, but I dust them off once in a while and have a few months of enjoyment. For me, 1968 was their peak. Morrison was coming off the psychedelics and not fully pickled in alcohol yet. My favorite live recording was from Denmark...recorded in the early AM in a television studio as cold as a meat locker ( according to Robbie).[YOUTUBE]m0WB9NPsRGU[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Just shows that you don't need a football field's worth of pedals or towering racks to rock out. That SG Classic sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brendan Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Another from the same:[YOUTUBE]slvPMU-7OyI[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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