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Elmo Lewis
Yes, The Doors are great summer music.
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The Sicilian
I have all the Doors records in vinyl.
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saltoftheearth
Musically, I wish I knew more about ....
the Mungo Jerry Blues Band,
a great overlooked band!
‘In The Summertime’ classic hit in the US.
My straight arrow, church going, math engineer Father’s fav song! Ha ha ha ha
They were an interesting-looking band, too.
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Chacho
The Doors are one of the few bands that exist or existed that fall into the same league as The Rolling Stones.
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Chacho
The Doors are one of the few bands that exist or existed that fall into the same league as The Rolling Stones.
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Yeah. By the time the Doors first album was released, the Stones were already legends.
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Chacho
The Doors are one of the few bands that exist or existed that fall into the same league as The Rolling Stones.
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Yeah. By the time the Doors first album was released, the Stones were already legends.
For me, the Doors first album was one of the great debut albums.....and it went slowly downhill from there
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Hairball
Their first and last albums w/Morrison are my personal favorites.
Some great tunes in between (along with some uneven stuff), but those two are the perfect bookends.
From Break on Through and Light My Fire to Riders on the Storm and L.A. Woman...greatness.
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Hairball
Their first and last albums w/Morrison are my personal favorites.
Some great tunes in between (along with some uneven stuff), but those two are the perfect bookends.
From Break on Through and Light My Fire to Riders on the Storm and L.A. Woman...greatness.
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Redhotcarpet
See everbody says that but I disagree. I like it but it’s not as good as the first or the last. Why do you guys prefer Strange days?
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stonehearted
The Animals are great.
Like the Stones, their first album is covers -- John Lee Hooker, Fats Domino, some Chuck Berry, etc.
They are of course primarily known for their mid-60s (classic) lineup, but did you know...
...that the 1968 incarnation of the band had Andy Summers on guitar, a decade before he joined the Police?
Their 1968 album Love Is is a masterpiece.
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2000 LYFH
Always loved the "Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine" Compilation
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Doxa
At the time - early 80's - I get to know The Doors they had a kind of cool image for certain hispsters of the day - the sort of a counter voice for or teh flip side of the happy, shining, over positive vibes of the mainstream at the time - the people dressed in black, going 'alternative' later and so on. The coolest chicks of the day would be found among those circles...
I recall reading in the leading magazine of that sort in Finland stating that 'of any big and revolutionary names of the 60's, the music of The Doors has survived the test of time best'. The coolness of The Velvet Underground was already noticed during the late 70's punk era, so by the 80's they started to be old news. I think the 1980 relaese of Hopkins/Sugarman biography NO ONE HERE GETS ALIVE (Finnish translation 1981) also had a huge role for positive Morrison reception at the time.
After that they were just another band from the classic era of rock - suitable nostalgia material for UNCUT and MOJO readers. I think The Doors have even strangely disappeared from the sight during the last two decades - or at least doesn't have any longer that special aura to stand-out from their contemporaries they once had. Probably the romantic image of Morrison of such a druggie genius poet hasn't actually dated so well, or being so 'cool' as it once was seen.
Me? I liked much the Doors back in the 80's, purchased all their records, but I need to admit: I have not listened to them much since then (so I guess I am one of those snobbish elitists of the 80's whose interest Oliver Stone and Val Kilmer killed haha... or, now to think of it, probably I haven't have a girl friend crazy for Jimbo since then who 'forces' me to listen them...)
- Doxa
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stonehearted
Fun fact:
Most of Strange Days consists of outtakes from the first album, that is, songs that were written around the same time.
Demos of My Eyes Have Seen You and Moonlight Drive date back to 1965 -- in that same recording session (September 2, 1965 at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, CA), they also demoed 2 songs that would be on their third album, Summer's Almost Gone and Hello I Love You, the latter of which would be a #1 national U.S. hit.
Two recordings exist of Moonlight Drive from the 1966 sessions for the first album.
So, Strange Days -- not bad for an album of mostly leftovers.
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stonehearted
Fun fact:
Most of Strange Days consists of outtakes from the first album, that is, songs that were written around the same time.
Demos of My Eyes Have Seen You and Moonlight Drive date back to 1965 -- in that same recording session (September 2, 1965 at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, CA), they also demoed 2 songs that would be on their third album, Summer's Almost Gone and Hello I Love You, the latter of which would be a #1 national U.S. hit.
Two recordings exist of Moonlight Drive from the 1966 sessions for the first album.
So, Strange Days -- not bad for an album of mostly leftovers.
Yup. But is it better ? Many fans think so.