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Zotz
I saw The Doors at the San Diego Sports Arena (1968), only remember one song "When the Music's Over", Jim scared the shit out of me with this song, he started singing/talking in the middle part of the song in a southerner preacher's voice about "fire and brimstone", the music, voice and subject matter triggered a panic attack on me. I was only 16 and the year before I had gone with my parents to see Billy Graham so I was pretty familiar with line of thought. "the end is near",it was a very scary concert.
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Zotz
I saw The Doors at the San Diego Sports Arena (1968), only remember one song "When the Music's Over", Jim scared the shit out of me with this song, he started singing/talking in the middle part of the song in a southerner preacher's voice about "fire and brimstone", the music, voice and subject matter triggered a panic attack on me. I was only 16 and the year before I had gone with my parents to see Billy Graham so I was pretty familiar with line of thought. "the end is near",it was a very scary concert.
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Paddy
@ RisingStone, this is one of the best doors live shows I’ve heard. They were on this night that’s for sure...
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mrjones
Hey anybody here ever seen them in Stockholm,Denmark,Amsterdam,Frankfurt,London,Canada? Oh thats right probably not-they were only popular in California right? oh brother.
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mrjones
Hey anybody here ever seen them in Stockholm,Denmark,Amsterdam,Frankfurt,London,Canada? Oh thats right probably not-they were only popular in California right? oh brother.
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Hey anybody here ever seen them in Stockholm,Denmark,Amsterdam,Frankfurt,London,Canada? Oh thats right probably not-they were only popular in California right? oh brother.
No, The Doors were most definitely not only popular in California; or the United States as a whole, in fact. Whilst they certainly weren’t huge here, in the U.K., at the time, the following they had amongst younger Britons propelled them above ‘underground’ levels of popularity. They even appeared on Top of The Pops in 1968, miming along to their top-20 hit, Hello, I Love You. If it were not for Morrison’s issues, perhaps they’d have eventually performed more than the three concerts they managed in the U.K. during his lifetime: two at The Roundhouse, London, and 1970’s Isle of Wight Festival.
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noughties
There were no Doors book on the marked when I discovered the band in 1975, and when my interest for this band peaked.
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RisingStone
One of the reasons that have made The Doors so mythical — especially in the countries outside the USA — is, in my opinion, the scarcity of the shows they played abroad.
They did a proper European tour only once in September 1968, and visited very limited locations at that, i.e. London (two nights), Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Stockholm, playing two shows each day, that’s all. Furthermore, like runaway wrote in his (or her) post, in Amsterdam Jim Morrison did not attend both sets as he was rushed to hospital due to drug over-intake. Following their appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, the group was to commence what would be their second European tour, but it was cancelled at the last minute for Morrison was summoned to appear in court for the infamous Miami trial. That the original Doors never played in Paris, or France for that matter, is particularly surprising considering Morrison’s devotion to French culture in general, the literature that influenced him among them — and that eventually he died in Paris.
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RisingStone
Following their appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, the group was to commence what would be their second European tour, but it was cancelled at the last minute for Morrison was summoned to appear in court for the infamous Miami trial.
Interesting. Do you know the tour dates?
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noughties
There were no Doors book on the marked when I discovered the band in 1975, and when my interest for this band peaked.
Yknow this might have been the best thing in a way. Pretty much everything that has been written is made up garbage that never happened, myth making, and pontificating. The music they made is so unique it outweighs all the BS that ha been written.
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noughties
The Doors has always been a studio band to me, -wouldn`t have wanted to see them live. -Long versions and no bass player, to say the least. You can guess the rest.
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Elmo Lewis
While I am by no means a Doors expert, I like lots of their stuff. I personally think "Light My Fire" (long version) is one of the best songs of the rock era. The first album is really good (mostly).
They could really put out some crap too. Jim is certainly way overrated as a "poet" - almost every song mentions death (John Lennon songs do too) and some of the rhymes are stretches ("funeral bier" and "squirming like a toad" come to mind.
All in all, a good 15 song playlist by the Doors is awesome.
Oh yeah, he was a good looking dude.
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noughties
The Doors has always been a studio band to me, -wouldn`t have wanted to see them live. -Long versions and no bass player, to say the least. You can guess the rest.
Actually they were a GREAT live band. They finally released many live recording, take a listen an you'll see.
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cimaz
The Doors live in Detroit (https://www.rhino.com/product/live-in-detroit) is the bandat its best performancewise.
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noughties
There were no Doors book on the marked when I discovered the band in 1975, and when my interest for this band peaked.
Yknow this might have been the best thing in a way. Pretty much everything that has been written is made up garbage that never happened, myth making, and pontificating. The music they made is so unique it outweighs all the BS that ha been written.
I thought 'No One Here Gets Out Alive' by Jerry Hopkins was interesting, along with the information provided by Danny Sugerman, one of their former managers, was insightful.
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filstan
As a Doors fan from the early years on I was so excited to see them play at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago Feb of 1970. This was on the heels of seeing the Stones in November for the first time which was for me at 16 the pinnacle of all concerts I had been able to go to. The Doors were touring off the Morrison Hotel album I recall, and the setlist had some great songs off that record. Keep in mind the Auditorium has wonderful acoustics so any quality band that played there was a real special treat for the fans. The Doors live sound was actually better than I had expected. They were that evening a really tight outfit to my ears. Densmore and Krieger in particular really stood out. Not to take anything away from Ray who could lay down keyboards and a bass line that never missed a beat. As the concert progressed Jim worked steadily on draining tallboy Bud cans that began to accumulate on the amps behind the band. Sure made me think about that line "I woke up this morning and got myself a beer" in Roadhouse Blues. The Doors rocked the house and that show stood right behind the Stones as the best live band I had heard up to that point.
There were so many great bands coming through Chicago in those years. Back in Oct of 1969 I saw The Who backed by yes, THE KINKS at the Kinetic Playground. What a night that was with The Who playing Tommy and The Kinks making their first return to the States after being banned for years. The Kinks were fantastic and made everyone remember what a catalogue they had accumulated. Great years for this music fan. That Who/Kinks show was the first of what would be many for me with both bands.