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Topic: The Doors, should they be included ???
Posted: March 22 2006 at 00:48

The Doors ...Hmmm well they had a singer that was a poet, and they did feature a very accomplished organ player, and lets face it recently certain bands with weaker musicality have been added to this site, so I see it as just a matter of time when the topic will come up (like now)

Should The Doors be included in Prog archives.com list of bands ?

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 00:54

BTW I voted NO

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 01:00

I don't know

Maybe. Maybe not.

The line of prog is now so blurry that I can't even tell if it is prog just by hearing it.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 01:02

chamberry wrote:

I don't know

Maybe. Maybe not.

The line of prog is now so blurry that I can't even tell if it is prog just by hearing it.

I know , but there is a line and I can sense that many of us are wondering whats going on ???

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 01:08

That's funny, I was just thinking this about a week or so ago. But I am far too conservative to just silently let this site become full of non-progressive bands. So no, just keep the progginess alive, not all the other stuff.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:05

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BTW I voted NO

Can you give me one good reason (in compliance with the logic of this site with regards to "prog-related" or "proto-prog" bands) why the hell not???

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:23

eugene wrote:

White Feather wrote:

BTW I voted NO

Can you give me one good reason (in compliance with the logic of this site with regards to "prog-related" or "proto-prog" bands) why the hell not???

They didn't make an album that could be considered to be prog?

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:25

Can somebody ask me why if there is a genre called Psychedelia, only British Psychedelia bands are included????

The Doors, Santana (Who I just seen a few minutes ago ) are part of the Psychedelic movement, For God's sake they are the pioneers in USA and in the whole world, why aren't they included as Psyche bands?

I believe it's contradictory to add bands as Iron Butterfly and leave away The Doors and Santana, even The Doors lyrics have great artistic value.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 03:17

Yes. If we have here The Beatles,ELO, Iron Butterfly it's hard to say a proper argument against the inclusion of this great band.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 03:42

ivan_2068 wrote:

Can somebody ask me why if there is a genre called Psychedelia, only British Psychedelia bands are included????

I believe it's contradictory to add bands as Iron Butterfly and leave away The Doors and Santana, even The Doors lyrics have great artistic value.

Iván

I couldn't agree more, Ivàn!!

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 03:50

Andrea Cortese wrote:

ivan_2068 wrote:

Can somebody ask me why if there is a genre called Psychedelia, only British Psychedelia bands are included????

I believe it's contradictory to add bands as Iron Butterfly and leave away The Doors and Santana, even The Doors lyrics have great artistic value.

Iván

I couldn't agree more, Ivàn!!

I concur too.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 03:54

Tuzvihar wrote:

Andrea Cortese wrote:

ivan_2068 wrote:

Can somebody ask me why if there is a genre called Psychedelia, only British Psychedelia bands are included????

I believe it's contradictory to add bands as Iron Butterfly and leave away The Doors and Santana, even The Doors lyrics have great artistic value.

Iván

I couldn't agree more, Ivàn!!

I concur too.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 04:07

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

eugene wrote:

White Feather wrote:

BTW I voted NO

Can you give me one good reason (in compliance with the logic of this site with regards to "prog-related" or "proto-prog" bands) why the hell not???

They didn't make an album that could be considered to be prog?

I could reply: "Neither did ELO, Iron butterfly, Beatles, even my beloved Deep Purple, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc", and it would start endless arguments, in which no truth can ever be born. But we would not do it, would we?

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 04:10

I quite agree with what ivan_2068 wrote above.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 04:24

Yes they could psych rock or proto-prog...i vote yes....(even because in prog archives there are Beatles, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple...etc...)

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 09:20

eugene wrote:

White Feather wrote:

BTW I voted NO

Can you give me one good reason (in compliance with the logic of this site with regards to "prog-related" or "proto-prog" bands) why the hell not???

I understand prog to be a different thing to The Doors my values regarding prog are very traditional , I look for certain things classic prog bands offer.

I feel in a way threatened that prog is starting to lose grip of its own sense of identity these days. I`m all for progressing but I am starting to see a reduction in genre value. I do believe that The Doors lyrics are very interesting and their music is tight and I do agree that if Iron Butterfly, The Beatles and ELO are featured here then The Doors probably should be , but I dont actually believe those bands should be in prog archives but thats another argument.

BTW I do acknowledge The Doors as being very significant to the music world, just not to the prog world

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 11:17

The Soft Parade was not far from being prog at times. Some bars were included in Sweet Smoke's first album.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 11:26

White Feather wrote:

Should The Doors be included in Prog archives.com list of bands ?

Why do people keep suggesting these sort of bands be added?

Of course they shouldn't be added, they are a blues/rock band, not prog at all. Musical competency has nothing to do with whether or not it is prog.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 11:49

well, i have the same feel as with Ivan too!!!

but i dont think they should be included...

i love them btw

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 12:21

"The times they are a changing", especially on Prog Archives! Many months ago I was of the few on threads about a The Doors addition who was positive, incredible how many progheads were very cynical abd sarcastic and blamed The Doors for beiing just another blues/rock band. Now I notice way more progheads who are positive about a The Doors addition on this site. Perhaps the additions of bands like Iron Butterfly and ELO has to do with this? Anyway, to me The Doors sound (due to their different musical backgrounds) as a captivating, very progressive blend of rock, blues, psychedelia, classic and even some flamenco !!

ADDITION PLEASE AND THEN SANTANA, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, LED ZEPPELIN .... !

Poll Question: Should The Doors be included in prog archives ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	42	[38.18%]
No	68	[61.82%]
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