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Posted: May 29 2013 at 08:05
I can't really handle the majority of their music but my God The Doors had some incredible moments didn't they. Most of them are found in the selection above too .
I absolutely loved Manzarek's organ work.
As to the vote, too many to choose from. An impossible choice
For me the Celebration of the Lizard certainly sends an echo that many Prog giants possibly caught (albeit unwittingly) re the segueing of several short discrete musical sections into a thematically linked whole e.g. Suppers Ready, Thick as a Brick, Tarkus et al However, the danger here is that we start judging the Doors by criteria that are completely alien to their art i.e. they never aspired to being a Prog Rock band and apart from some frankly wretched poetry, they have precious little in common with the bands fronted by the likes of Gabriel, Sinfield, Lake and Anderson
Disclaimer: I adore the Doors, own all their albums but find very little justification for their proto prog inclusion on PA. I've always considered them a far greater influence on Post Punk than Progressive Rock. You can trace their lineage in Joy Division, Patti Smith, Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen but precisely squat in Yes, Genesis, ELP or Crimson.
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 15:53
HolyMoly wrote:
Catacombs, nursery bones Winter women throwing stones Carrying babies to the river Streets and shoes, avenues Leather writers selling news The Monk bought lunch
'nursery bones' - I always thought of it as nursery poems.......but it sounds more 'bones' than 'poems' and TSP is my least favourite Doors album...........
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 12:10
Catacombs, nursery bones Winter women throwing stones Carrying babies to the river Streets and shoes, avenues Leather writers selling news The Monk bought lunch
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Posted: May 21 2013 at 11:52
Went with...
The Crystal Ship (the opening line "And as you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss" always reminds me of something Peter Hammill would later write)
The End (a Greek tragedy based 12 minute song in 1967...that's prog )
When the Music's Over (another multi-part extended song..."We want the world and we want it...now")
Celebration of the Lizard (this is an amazing 14+ minute live performance piece combining poetry and some real out-of-the-box music)
Hyacinth House (a great mournful chord progression in the verses)
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Posted: May 20 2013 at 23:32
There is another list asking what the Proggiest Doors songs are......I always will love 'Ships w/Sails' - maybe a re-hash of 'Riders On The Storm', but I love Ray's voice and the groove of that song cooks. I'll be spinning 'The Golden Scarab' this eve in memory of Ray. I've always admired Ray - interviews with the man show him to be a loving, caring, intelligent down-to-Earth human being. The world is a marginally lesser place without him.
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