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rod65 
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 Posted: July 04 2010 at 22:18 |
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Gotta go with Riders on the Storm.
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 17 2010 at 07:28 |
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I thought Manzarek was the most important member of the Doors, in terms of the sound and atmosphere the band produced. Jon Densmore and the guitarist (name escapes me) could have been replaced by virtually anyone at the time. Morrison had a unique voice and approach to writing lyrics, I guess.
Fave Ray moments 'The End' and 'Riders on the storm'
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 13:42 |
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The Light My Fire opening. Really makes the song. What's really cool about Ray's work is that you don't miss the band not having a bass player.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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himtroy
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 12:02 |
The organ on Hyacinth House has such a beautiful tone. The awesome intro to Changeling. The piano in The Spy. The creepy organ in Not to Touch the Earth.
Theres many more, but I must go now.
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Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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AbrahamSapien
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 03:57 |
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Well, all of his work sounds pretty basic, but with my band we covered first Riders on the Storm and then Light My Fire. I can say that they're both more than just classics. Light My Fire has lots of progressivness and I love to improvise the solo in a little funky way, so LMF for me. Allthough
Albinoni's Adaggio and Spanish Caravan are brilliant tunes.
Anyone noticed that he always uses the same tricks in almost all of their blues-oriented songs.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: June 11 2010 at 03:51 |
 The Wrinkler wrote:
Riders of the Storm is smooth.
Soft Parade has it's progressive moments.
Light my Fire is classic.
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That would be also my top three
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: June 11 2010 at 02:30 |
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The great piano on The Crystal Ship and the organ runs on Spanish Caravan. Loads of other good stuff too.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub"
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 23:32 |
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Riders of the Storm is smooth.
Soft Parade has it's progressive moments.
Light my Fire is classic.
Everything on The Doors album has great keyboard work really
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 21:27 |
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I'll be the third to mention When The Music's Over
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"WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!"
-The Great Gig in the Sky
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jammun
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 19:27 |
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In a decade full of memorable organ riffs (Green Onions, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, 96 Tears, She's About A Mover), it's too bad that the most iconic -- Light My Fire -- and it's creator are largely forgotten, swept aside by the Emerson's and Wakeman's and Lord's that ensued. Not surprising however.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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clarke2001
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 18:51 |
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Albinoni's Adaggio, When The Music's Over, L'America, The Wasp.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 18:14 |
My favorite Manzarek moments is his gentle playing on Riders on the Storm and his fabulous organ work on When The Music's Over.
Though got to admit I'm neither a fan of The Doors nor of Ray.
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ProgressiveAttic
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 17:54 |
Ray Manzarek is, in my opinion, one of the best keyboardists in rock's history and the mastermind behind The Doors' fabulous music... but I perceive that he is often overlooked... 
So, lets talk about our favorite Ray Manzarek moments on The Doors' music 
Mine is the organ work in "Light my Fire" 
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Ray Manzarek: Favorite The Doors keyboard moment
