the doors

VEDHEAD27 · May 2007

cutback wrote:

the doors are the reason i got into pj........:o

Aw! For real?

Hey excellent song choices catefrances. PEACE FROG is hands down one of the greatest songs I've ever heard...by anyone! OOoooh and BEEN DOWN SO LONG! God that song gets my blood boiling. Love it!

It's seriously like every single song is a classic with this band. Unbelievable! I will forever be in awe of their genius.

So extraordinarily inventive and unique. Everything about them is impossible to compare to anything else. They are in a musical universe all their own. Untouchable.

jamie uk · May 2007

cutback wrote:

the doors are the reason i got into pj........:o

Funny that. It was the opposite for me,I got a bootleg vhs of the 'Eddie sings the Doors' soon after the gig, and thought maybe I should check out their stuff. Until then they had been nothing more than a name to me.

FinsburyParkCarrots · May 2007

catefrances wrote:

and who would you consider to be?

and to stay on topic i love peace frog, cars hiss by my window and been down so long.

Jimi. He's a whole universe, or two.

Um, I think The Doors and Strange Days (comprising material composed mainly over the same period), if conflated without the filler, would have made a prime contender for the greatest album ever.

ski4 · May 2007

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Jimi. He's a whole universe, or two.

Um, I think The Doors and Strange Days (comprising material composed mainly over the same period), if conflated without the filler, would have made a prime contender for the greatest album ever.

agree

BetterManningNYG · May 2007

cutback wrote:

the doors are the reason i got into pj........:o

PJ is the reason i got into the doors...

seriously, when i was a kid my parents heard me listening to PJ and told me i'd probably like the doors...

to this day, my dad tries to tell me that ed is a jim morrison clone... he doesn't get it...

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

PEACE FROG is hands down one of the greatest songs I've ever heard...by anyone!

the transition into blue sunday... that's the best part of the trip, right there...

VEDHEAD27 · May 2007

This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip
the best part

I agree BetterManningNYG. The way they transition into each other is straight up perfection. And I know I already said it here before but Blue Sunday is SO unbelievably gorgeous.

Soothes my soul.
I can't believe Riders On The Storm have been playing it. :eek: When I saw it on a recent setlist my jaw literally dropped.

Aww I love the whole PJ getting people into The Doors and vice versa. So beautiful.

Being raised by hippies, I was actually brought up with this music in the background of my entire upbringing. Something I cant praise my parents enough for.

BetterManningNYG · May 2007

yeah... that's an amazing part of the show... i can't even describe it... you'll find out soon enough...

i'll put on the soft parade after morrison hotel finishes up over here (that's what i'm listening to right now)... we'll see what the best part of the trip is...

i dunno if i'm gonna last that long though... it's damn near 5 am and i'm about as sober as jim in miami...

VEDHEAD27 · May 2007

Man! I can't even process the thought of experiencing this! Your review really has me even more pumped up.

I'm STILL trippin off Ray jammin with his fuckin FOOT too! What the fuck!? The man is out of control...and thank god for it.

The Soft Parade sounds very nice right about now. Seems to be one of the less talked about albums. I don't get that myself. Then again, they never put out a single album I didn't worship, ya know?

haha. This one is no different. Adore it from start to finish. And what finish that is! My goodness. The Soft Parade (the actual song) is one of my most listened to. It's all OVER the place. Blows my mind. It really takes you on one wild, chaotic ride.

Ok that's it. Must listen now before bed.

BetterManningNYG wrote:

i dunno if i'm gonna last that long though... it's damn near 5 am and i'm about as sober as jim in miami...

:eek:
ha!

Handsome Devil · May 2007

I love The Doors, I grew up with their Music, My Mom and Dads favortite Band....

BetterManningNYG · May 2007

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

The Soft Parade sounds very nice right about now. Seems to be one of the less talked about albums. I don't get that myself. Then again, they never put out a single album I didn't worship, ya know? haha. This one is no different. Adore it from start to finish. And what finish that is! My goodness. The Soft Parade (the actual song) is one of my most listened to. It's all OVER the place. Blows my mind. It really takes you on one wild, chaotic ride.

the critics ripped it apart when it first came out, which seems absolutely crazy to me. it might be my favorite doors album.

it was obviously much more experimental and conceptual than their mainstream fans were used to, and it represented a significant departure from their more familiar writing style.

and whenever this happens, there's always a negative reaction to it. the critics and bandwagon fans never want a band to change their sound. they would rather see them grow stale over time by repeatedly re-releasing the same material in a desperate attempt to retain their mainstream relevance.

it was the same way with no code. no code was pearl jam's soft parade. who's gonna argue against that album now?

both bands developed their new writing styles even further with their next albums: morrison hotel and yield. sometimes things just work out perfectly...

VEDHEAD27 · May 2007

Right on Handsome Devil! Welcome to the Love Fest.:D

Yeah I hear ya BetterManningNYG, it does seem totally crazy to me as well. I think they were even accused of selling out. ha! It was "too poppy" and "experimental" and came as a huge shock to critics and mainstream fans alike. It wasn't The Doors sound everyone was use to. :rolleyes: That's what I really love and appreciate it about it. They completely proved that they refuse to limit themselves to any one particular sound or style. And yes, just like you said that only continued to blossom. In Ray's book he talks about how they not only were the first Rock N Roll band to incorporate a keyboard in as a main instrument, but with Soft Parade how they were also the first to introduce brass, strings and even a full orchestra. Wether or not everyone understood it, they certainly felt the album to be one of their greatest accomplishments. That's another thing that I really respect about this band. These were truly musicians that were in it for the sake of making music and always stood proudly behind their accomplishments 110%. If the fans happened to dig it, cool. If not...oh well.

hehe. I like the album comparisons. Very true! It is the No Code!

There are very few bands that I can compare PJ too in this sense, and The Doors is one of them in that every single album really does offer something all it's own. That's why it's so impossible for me to pick a fav. I will say that I am constantly amazed by their debut. I mean that is hands down one of the greatest debuts of ALL TIME! And also, their last. L.A. Woman! Are you kidding me!?! Talk about going out on top!! :eek:

Once again, I remain forever in awe.

robis726 · May 2007

love em love em love em...one of my favorite rarities:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=D2BAA608463AAA12

Evacuation Rules · May 2007

Anybody here check out the Doors bootleg series? They released a bunch of shows from 1970 and they're about to release another one from Boston, with a very drunk and wild Jim. You guys should check it out.

Loujoe · September 2022

Changeling = Funkytown riffs.

Never connected that til my friend (first time hearing changling) made the connection. Gonna have to spin them side by side.

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