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    Posted: August 20 2007 at 01:12
Originally posted by Paradox Paradox wrote:

I don't much like the Doors either. As many here would say, I find them "Overrated".

Admittedly I haven't listened to many of their songs, but thats because I thought the ones I HAD heard were mainly very poor.

 
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Er, sorry, I mean, what qualities of the band do you find overrated? Poor melodies? Poor style? Poor...diet? Jimmy DID put on some weight later on...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 09:52

I don't much like the Doors either. As many here would say, I find them "Overrated".

Admittedly I haven't listened to many of their songs, but thats because I thought the ones I HAD heard were mainly very poor.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 08:13
The Doors, no musicianship?

Well...


F*** me!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 04:24
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Who gives a ... about musicianship as long it rock's n roll's? The Stones didenth have the best "musicianship" ither but they still managed to become the greatest rock band ever. And you probobly never heard a doors album anyway.. they made 6 great albums and yes a cuple of hits too, one of the best rock bands americas ever hade imo.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 01:46
I cant stand the doors at all, just another buch of druggies that made a couple hits.
 
No musicianship
 
The songwriting is very bad, as to where people say it's some of the best!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 00:24
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really...I thought he was from LA...
 
Ah yes, local boys. That always raises 'em a point in my book. Whydja think I like Carmen so much?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 22:58
Originally posted by #1floydfan #1floydfan wrote:

great band but jim morrison stole all the glory does any one even know any one else who was in the band!!!

Ray Manzarek - organ, Robby Krieger -guitar and John Densmore - drums. of course I know them all


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 17:07
As for The Doors as the band -- it is one of my all-time favourite bands, already for 18 years. I like all their albums, and some of their songs are simply precious for me. It'll take too long to name all these songs...
 
And, despite the fact that Morrison was a real leader of the group, I always perceived them as a group, not as Morrison & Co.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 17:02
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

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I never pronounced his surname as MAnzarek, only ManzArek. All the words in Polish have a penultimate stress...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 15:31
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

BTW, does anybody know that Ray Manzarek is Polish? Approve


really...I thought he was from LA...


He's a son of Polish emigrants from Chicago.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 15:27
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

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really...I thought he was from LA...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 15:20
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 15:19
Originally posted by #1floydfan #1floydfan wrote:

great band but jim morrison stole all the glory does any one even know any one else who was in the band!!!


Maybe he did but he never wanted to do it! And of course I know all members of the Doors: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore. All of them were great!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 14:53
Ray Manzarek. (And Ian Astbury from the Cult, but that is most obviously post-Morrison).
 
They had a 2-CD Best of the Doors set which is pretty good.  Like with any "Best of" it doesn't have all of the best of the Doors (Peace Frog comes to mind), but it does have a good many of them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2007 at 12:47
great band but jim morrison stole all the glory does any one even know any one else who was in the band!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2007 at 12:31
the debut and Strange days are the 2 best albums especialy if you like the "mediavel keyboardist" but all the 6 albums they made are realy good and shuld be in every music collection. Great band! Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2007 at 03:40
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

http://connollyco.com/discography/doors/absolutely_hi.jpg

^ Absolutely great live album! With The Celebration of the Lizard - Jim Morison's magnum opus never recorded in the studio as a whole!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2007 at 12:21
The Doors is one of my all time favorite bands, it is probably the only band i caught from my fatherīs tastes.
 
I like all their albums, even The Soft Parade, which obviously is far from being their best, but i do not find it that bad, the title track is a fantastic song.
 
Strange Days is my favorite album, and When the Musicīs Over the song i complete love and drives me crazy everytime i listen to it.
 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2007 at 01:47
L.A Woman is probably best to follow up with after hearing Morrison Hotel.  Those two and Soft Parade are my favs.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2007 at 01:15
Originally posted by Ely78 Ely78 wrote:

I love Jim Morrison. But for my standards Bryan Ferry is more sexyEmbarrassedLOLEmbarrassed
 
In every case The Doors is my preferred American Proto Prog band with Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly!!!
 
Yeah, them Butterflies rock. Almost pointlessly so.
 
Sounds like I'm hearing a lot about their debut, I reckon I'll look for that.
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