The Doors vs. Deep Purple

Deep Purple for me, not really a big fan of Doors though I like a few songs. By the way, Deep Purple were one of the most important influences on metal music and hard rock and that they shared the same era as Led Zep, The Who and Sabbath should not, as it unjustly does, lead to their being underestimated.  I don't know when or rather whether In Rock will earn its rightful place among pioneering metal albums.

With that said, I do have a gripe that a band of their talent and firepower became rather AC DC like. They could and ought to have done so much more. In all seriousness, if you have heard a couple or more of the important DP albums, you've heard all you need to know about their style and the rest is for the fans. 

If we compare the initial albums, which I did, well then The Doors win.  There's  nothing after LA Woman to even consider.  It's all garbage.  DP on the other hand kept on Space Truckin all night long. 

jaybird77 wrote: BaldFriede wrote: 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. You wouldn't say that Deep Purple had better instrumentalists......Really? As far as better instrumentalists are you talking about technical ability, groove, taste, sense of time- what exactly? The Doors were excellent song writers, but to put them in the same league as Deep Purple is debatable. Becuase what you consider being flashy, I consider to be musicians who know there instruments very well and Deep Purple are and still solid musicians over The Doors.

jaybird77 wrote: BaldFriede wrote: 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. You wouldn't say that Deep Purple had better instrumentalists......Really? As far as better instrumentalists are you talking about technical ability, groove, taste, sense of time- what exactly? The Doors were excellent song writers, but to put them in the same league as Deep Purple is debatable. Becuase what you consider being flashy, I consider to be musicians who know there instruments very well and Deep Purple are and still solid musicians over The Doors.

I much prefer the Doors, both as a unit, and in originality. But I would have to concede that in pure technical terms, the musicians in Deep Purple are superior as far as the drums and guitar are concerned. I wouldn't like to rate Manzarek ahead of Lord, but he certainly is at least his equal, and does a far more difficult job than Lord ever had to do, so that one's open to question.

Gandalff wrote: aginor wrote: Deep Purple had more line-up changes then Zeppelin and Sabbath combined... Well, what about it?

It's hard to see past The Doors, one of most important and influential bands in rock. Deep Purple were more followers than leaders, but were among the best musicians of their time. But at the end of the day, it's the concept that counts the most. Actors are important, but never as important as the play.

Snow Dog wrote: rogerthat wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Gandalff wrote: aginor wrote: Deep Purple had more line-up changes then Zeppelin and Sabbath combined... Well, what about it? Zeppelin didn't have lineup changes so you might as well just say sabbath. Actually, Sabbath had plenty of line up changes  I ain't denying it.

The Doors.  The Doors have to be highest on my chart of frequency of vocals vs amount that I enjoy.  I never listen to them anymore but back in high-school a day didn't go by without them.  S/T and Morrison Hotel are fantastic (as are all their albums).  In fact their consistency vs how much average work of Deep Purple's you have to sift through is the reason I voted for the Doors.  However, DP's live improvs would likely win.

Edited by himtroy - April 17 2011 at 13:32

Purple,(man).

Not comparing like for like, so difficult other than personal taste being the arbiter. No question though that the historically-important band is The Doors.