The Doors

The Doors ...  Should they be here at Prog Archives or not  ? I raised this question awhile ago before they were here. I`m still not sure progs "door" should be opened so wide,  what do you think ?  

Edited by Masque - January 01 2007 at 17:26

The Doors!

I think we should re-define prog .... If we don't we will soon see a lot of other "simply rock" band in here...

GREAT MUSIC isn't prog... great music is great music , prog is prog, (prog can be great, and great music can be non-prog)

Since I joined Prog Archives in early 2004 I have said constantly that it is better to rename Prog Archives in Prog Music Archives because many bands on this site have nothing to do with rock but they make progressive music (like lots of electronic, space and avant-garde bands). I am glad that The Doors are added but of course Jimi Hendrix should also be here, if it was only because of his mindblowing 2-LP Electric Ladyland  And today I watched Classic Albums with The Who and their album Who's Next, way more progressive than Iron Maiden, Osibisa, Magnum, Triumph, etc....

I think that moving this thread is just a diversion , a smoke screen  ... but this same thread will be posted by others  you will see      I mean all over the home page people are submitting reviews of The Doors CD`s  so it is OK  for that to happen yet we wouldn`t want to confuse Th Doors with Bona fide  Prog that this topic was first posted in  ? seems to be a contradiction ... how can we use this site as a vehicle to promote itself and prog using such artists as the doors then turn around and say oh their not really prog only prog related ?     I`m not that desperate to add more quantity I`d prefer high quality   .. don`t get me wrong I enjoy the Doors they are one of the better radio friendly bands around,  but I can`t accept whats happening here calling the Doors a prog archive band is simply a cheap ploy    ... are we really that desperate for artsists  ?


Edited by Masque - January 01 2007 at 18:20

Easy Livin wrote: Indeed, we would expect a full debate!   Bear in mind that they have been added as proto prog (so the thread has been moved to that section) which means they are not classified as prog as such.

But is not Proto Prog a prog of sorts? A kind of Prog in embryo maybe?

samhob wrote: I think we should re-define prog .... If we don't we will soon see a lot of other "simply rock" band in here... GREAT MUSIC isn't prog... great music is great music , prog is prog, (prog can be great, and great music can be non-prog)

I've just had some major déja vu... have you said this before in another thread?

Ansen: I think you'll find The Doors are pretty influential, perhaps more so than Hendrix.   You've also only heard on Doors album, so you cannot really say you dislike them.  By the way, Hendrix and Jim Morrison were friends of each other (not that has anything to do with it).


Mandrakeroot: have you got a new translator?


Edited by Geck0 - January 01 2007 at 18:01

Masque, see the forum guidliens on where to place threads.

I heard their Strange Days album a few years back. Not prog in any shape or form to me. They might been influetial to some bands, but honestly; is that reason enough to let them be included on a prog-rock site?

GeckO, where did you get the information that Morrison and Hendrix were friends? I am very curious to that because Jim had no friends  Once he joined Jimi on stage very drunk and faked fellatio with him between his legs, before he had also been very rude towards Janis Joplin and David Crosby, only determined to get in conflict with them, he was a notorious troublemaker and I cannot imagine that the very friendly Jimi was on speaking terms with the sociopatic Jim ...

Edited by erik neuteboom - January 01 2007 at 18:11