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Poll Question: Who is the better musician overall?
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Points: 131 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2007 at 19:17
True dat Notaproghead. Don´t forget John Densmore quality drumming also.   The Doors songs beat the Queen songs for me, they had some magic formula or mysticism for many of their songs and the key ingredient was Jim´s seducing voice, I also like their many inspirations like blues, hippie-counterculture, shamanism, poetry and books of the beatnicks, old-school arty films.
 
 But like I said Freddy is a bit too high-pitched for my taste, but what a talented  singer and what a range, I can compliment him on that. To bad that some Queen songs are a bit crappy like we will rock you and we are the champions. 


Edited by Hamfari - December 02 2007 at 19:20
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I prefer THE DOORS to QUEEN .
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Originally posted by sinkadotentree sinkadotentree wrote:

I prefer THE DOORS to QUEEN .


So do I, but I'd never call Jim Morrison a musician. 

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Morrison had some great innovations and energy, but I gotta give it to Fred.. he was the man







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Freddy's voice is unchallenged. Its unique and pure. and thats the way the cookie crumbles
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2007 at 20:09
Easiest poll ever!!!!! Mercury of course, how can you even put them together...??? jejejej this makes me laugh
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2007 at 22:04
Fred...I love how all the teens go around and just say Morrison when somebody mentions 'The Doors'. None of them can even recognize a track from them. Jim Morrison is becoming more of an icon like 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2007 at 02:00
As a musician, none ( but I appreciate The Doors and I don't care about Queen ).
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Freddie Mercury for me.
As for the bands I prefer early Queen over The Doors, but I like The Doors, too.
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Freddie, obviously - while the vocal quality may be a matter of taste, Freddie could also play the piano (pretty well - legend has it that he had a piano at the head of his bed, and taught himself how to play "upside down" so that if he had an idea late at night, he could just play it then and there) - and composed some of Queen's greatest music as a small aside.
 
Jim couldn't play or write a note - although he had an ear for a good melody, so it's a matter of fact that Freddie is the better musician, if you take "better" to mean more accomplished, more versatile, more able and more rounded. Not to mention less drunk in the studio.
 
Jim wasn't a musician - he was a poet who could sing with a great vocal tone in a limited register and provide a feeling of great drama and power.
 
Freddie had the drama, the power, a range of vocal tones, the gift of a great and fluent rock lyricist, and the enviable ability to write knockout melodies that expressed the core of his lyrics - and he could also sing other people's lyrics (Brian's and Roger's) and make them sound like he'd written them.
 
Really, even if we compare them simply as vocalists, Freddie wins - to be honest, I prefer Jim's vocal tone and lyrical content (on the early Doors albums, at least...) - although that has little to do with his abilities as a musician!
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Points: 5872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2007 at 09:29
Originally posted by NotAProghead NotAProghead wrote:

I wonder how easily you, guys, stick labels: mediocre band,  uninspired musicians with nothing to do. Angry


Because it's the easiest thing to do
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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2007 at 13:02
Of course it's freddie, I just wanted to see how many people voted for Jim Morrison as "musician" :P
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Points: 43718 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2007 at 14:00
   Freddie Mercury, no contest.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2007 at 14:23
Winning in a landslide...Freddie Mercury, undoubtedly one of the greatest vocalists in rock history.  I'm not a super Queen fan but his talent is undeniable.
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Well i like the Doors much much more then Queen so ofc i vote for ol uncle Jimbo. Smile
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Freddie is among the greatest personas in the history of rock..
-music is like pornography...

sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...



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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 18:07
Confused
 
Wacko
 
LOL


Edited by Peter - December 10 2007 at 18:09
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 18:10
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Morrison had some great innovations and energy, but I gotta give it to Fred.. he was the man



Was he really the man? Wink

Anyway, I agree with Peter post above.
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Anyway, neither one "is," as they both aren't. Stern%20Smile
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 18:45
I disagree. Jim is still alive somewhere. 
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