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Posted: April 14 2011 at 02:01
BaldFriede wrote:
richardh wrote:
One band that has me scurrying to the off switch on the radio is The Doors. Them and Iggy Pop.
Deep Purple get my vote although anything (other than Iggy Pop) versus The Doors would get my vote.
Well, I knew our tastes are different, but switching off whenever the Doors appear on the radio? They made some truly brilliant songs, and I actually like their short ones too, not only those that have prog length. Your taste really is weird.
I suspect the opposite is true and that my taste is rather boring and safe. Never really got The Doors and part of the problem is that there are only about 4 songs of theirs that I'm familiar with:
Light My Fire
Riders On The Storm
City At Night
People Are Strange
Light My Fire is okay I admit. I probably would keep the radio on for that one. Riders gets loads of praise yet Morrison's voice just sounds 'shot' to me and most of the song is Manzarek tinkling away on a piano and the sound of rain in the background.
City At Night gets load of play on Planet Rock but I find it just very dull.
People Are Strange - well that sums me up I guess
I just find The Doors very underwelming in general and because I only ever hear the same 4 songs on the radio ,makes me wonder why that are considered to be so great in the grand scheme of things.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 16:11
richardh wrote:
One band that has me scurrying to the off switch on the radio is The Doors. Them and Iggy Pop.
Deep Purple get my vote although anything (other than Iggy Pop) versus The Doors would get my vote.
Well, I knew our tastes are different, but switching off whenever the Doors appear on the radio? They made some truly brilliant songs, and I actually like their short ones too, not only those that have prog length. Your taste really is weird.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 14:02
The Dark Elf wrote:
Deep Purple were far better instrumentally, and I certainly loved them when I saw them in the 70s (one of the loudest damn concerts I've ever been too), but from a compositional and lyrical point of view, they don't hold a candle to The Doors. No single person best represents the music of the 60s than Jim Morrison.
I pretty much agree with all of this. never saw purple in Concert though :)
but I can't vote against either because there are so many songs I absolutely love
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:20
Deep Purple is complete band. The Doors always lacked any bassist (and 40 years actually their frontman too).
The Doors always sounds too elderly, mainly due to using vintage organs like Vox Continental, Wurlitzer, Gibson. On the other hand I like Hammond sound and Lord is its master, undoubtledly.
Gillan is an excellent singer with a wide range, concededly. Morrison was quite good singer, rather baritone with a expressive blues feeling. His lyrics and his stage presentation are invincible, on the other hand.
Ian Paice is better drummer than John Densmore, Ritchie Blackmore is one of Top Rock guitarists, thus I think surely better than Robby Krieger. Comparing of Glover or Hughes bass skills with Manzarek´s left hand on Fender Rhodes Bass Piano is useless, I mean.
Somebody told above that Doors are more progressive than Purples. OK in entirety, but their eponymous album (and the epic "April" especially) is probably more Prog than the whole Doors´ work.
Conclusion: Deep Purple is my choice!
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 05:58
Deep Purple. The Doors were terrific, but I never got into them as much as Deep Purple. Really liked the riffs that Blackmore and Lord played and Gillian's wild vocals.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 05:54
I would not say that Deep Purple had better instrumentalists; they only played flashier. I like both, and for me both are full progressive rock bands.Songs like "Riders on the Storm" or "When the Music's Over" are real gems of progressive rock.
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BaldFriede wrote:
) versus The Doors would get my vote.
