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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. . It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. . It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
I disagree with this. "Love Her Madly" and the L.A. Woman album got tons of airplay, both on AM Top 40 Hit and FM Album Oriented Rock radio stations.
Perhaps there wasn't as much shock about Morrison's death--and maybe a little fatigue--after the one-two punch of losing Jimi and Janis. I recall some superstition as who the next "J" death would be--the obvious one being Jagger.
But the Doors were huge at the time, even though they became even more popular as the Morrison legend continued to grow in later years..
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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. . It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
I disagree with this. "Love Her Madly" and the L.A. Woman album got tons of airplay, both on AM Top 40 Hit and FM Album Oriented Rock radio stations.
Perhaps there wasn't as much shock about Morrison's death--and maybe a little fatigue--after the one-two punch of losing Jimi and Janis. I recall some superstition as who the next "J" death would be--the obvious one being Jagger.
But the Doors were huge at the time, even though they became even more popular as the Morrison legend continued to grow in later years..
you are right loog droog. There were countless Doors cover bands after The Doors stopped recording. Even Jim Mprrison made the cover of Rolling Stones mag in 1981. The movie was just a continuation of the Doors popularity at the time. It didnt revive anything. It was always there.
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Jim Morrison was my idol. I wanted always be like he was as a human. And I wanted also die with 27.
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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. . It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
I disagree with this. "Love Her Madly" and the L.A. Woman album got tons of airplay, both on AM Top 40 Hit and FM Album Oriented Rock radio stations.
Perhaps there wasn't as much shock about Morrison's death--and maybe a little fatigue--after the one-two punch of losing Jimi and Janis. I recall some superstition as who the next "J" death would be--the obvious one being Jagger.
But the Doors were huge at the time, even though they became even more popular as the Morrison legend continued to grow in later years..
you are right loog droog. There were countless Doors cover bands after The Doors stopped recording. Even Jim Mprrison made the cover of Rolling Stones mag in 1981. The movie was just a continuation of the Doors popularity at the time. It didnt revive anything. It was always there.
The Rolling Stone was the culmination of a Doors REVIVAL. No, they weren't always popular. After Morrison died, the band tried to continue but it didn't work. They were mostly forgotten until Apocalypse Now.
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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. . It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
I disagree with this. "Love Her Madly" and the L.A. Woman album got tons of airplay, both on AM Top 40 Hit and FM Album Oriented Rock radio stations.
Perhaps there wasn't as much shock about Morrison's death--and maybe a little fatigue--after the one-two punch of losing Jimi and Janis. I recall some superstition as who the next "J" death would be--the obvious one being Jagger.
But the Doors were huge at the time, even though they became even more popular as the Morrison legend continued to grow in later years..
you are right loog droog. There were countless Doors cover bands after The Doors stopped recording. Even Jim Mprrison made the cover of Rolling Stones mag in 1981. The movie was just a continuation of the Doors popularity at the time. It didnt revive anything. It was always there.
The Rolling Stone was the culmination of a Doors REVIVAL. No, they weren't always popular. After Morrison died, the band tried to continue but it didn't work. They were mostly forgotten until Apocalypse Now.
The revival was mostly the result of Jerry Hopkins's biography of Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive, which was published in 1980.
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It didn't seem a big deal. Looking back I guess the Doors just weren't that popular at the time. And there was always a little snark in the rock press, not taking them seriously, like they were an Alice Cooper gimmick type act. It would take years, and Francis Ford Coppola, for them, and Morrison, to achieve the exalted reputation they hold today.
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The Rolling Stone was the culmination of a Doors REVIVAL. No, they weren't always popular. After Morrison died, the band tried to continue but it didn't work. They were mostly forgotten until Apocalypse Now.
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Always luved the vinyls and Pére-Lachaise looked better in the 80s