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    Posted: July 07 2005 at 17:34
I've always liked the doors, but i rarely hear them mentioned on this site.. i was wondering whats the average prog fan's thoughts about this band? I personally love the band, their self titled debut and Strange Days are both very good albums, and have quite a few progressive moments in my opinion.



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Another favorite band of mine.My wife is heavily into them,and we have a few books of Jim Morrison's poetry around here.I love JM's imagery in his lyrics,Densmore's jazzy drumming,Manzarek's excellent keyboard work and Robbie Kriegers fluid guitar playing.I am also surprised they aren't mentioned more on this forum,for I feel their music contains quite a few progressive elements.I also like their debut and Strange Days.Morisson Hotel is another favorite,with a great bluesy sound.


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The Doors were very good musicians, IMO. My favourite album from them is "Strange Days".But I don`t consider them as Prog Rock.
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They had proggy moves,escpecially live.They fall into the category of psych/proto prog bands.Most these bands were in existence before the term was coined;Spirit,Greatful Dead,Yardbirds,Procol Harum,It's a Beautiful Day,ect...
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One of the most overrated band in the history of rock music (with the beatles and the Rolling Stones). You say that nobody talk about them on this forum, right, but what do you think of Arthur Brown, The seventh son, Bobby Callendar, Zendik...? nobody talks about them (in any place) despite that their music is more innovative than the others
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one of my favorite bands.
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Strange days is one of my all time favourite albums. Good band.
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Thire debut is one of my all time favorite albums, simply awsome, Strange day is allso very good. The rest i have not heard yet, im planing to buy L.A. Woman since i heard thats one of this best. All in all a great band no doubt, but no way any prog.
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Great band, with one of the greatest vocalists that ever walked the earth, but I don't think there is too much genuine prog- the proggiest moment I've ever heard by them is 'Spanish Caravan', but I don't think songs like 'The End' or 'Light My Fire' are progressive just because they are long.

I suppose you could argue they were 'proto prog' in a sense, though- they were definitely one of the first pop/rock bands to utilise keyboards.
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Originally posted by philippe philippe wrote:

One of the most overrated band in the history of rock music (with the beatles and the Rolling Stones). You say that nobody talk about them on this forum, right, but what do you think of Arthur Brown, The seventh son, Bobby Callendar, Zendik...? nobody talks about them (in any place) despite that their music is more innovative than the others

The Beatles and The Stones are overrated??????


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Originally posted by philippe philippe wrote:

One of the most overrated band in the history of rock music (with the beatles and the Rolling Stones). You say that nobody talk about them on this forum, right, but what do you think of Arthur Brown, The seventh son, Bobby Callendar, Zendik...? nobody talks about them (in any place) despite that their music is more innovative than the others

I havent heard them mentioned on this site once since ive been here... no need to get pissy about it.
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I like doors, but it suffered a little inflation, as it was played so much during my youth. I was at highschool, when Oliver Stone's "The Doors" movie was released in Finland, and this movie made their music very popular among the youth.

I think that Doors wasn't so popular at Finland as it was elsewhere, when Morrison was still alive?
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The Doors are awesome. Some of my favourite music....
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Originally posted by philippe philippe wrote:

One of the most overrated band in the history of rock music (with the beatles and the Rolling Stones). You say that nobody talk about them on this forum, right, but what do you think of Arthur Brown, The seventh son, Bobby Callendar, Zendik...? nobody talks about them (in any place) despite that their music is more innovative than the others

I really can't understand why people say The Beatles are overrated- their contribution to music is undeniable, and still sounds great today, especially amongst assorted rip off merchants and dull indie bands of today...
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Originally posted by Eetu Pellonpää Eetu Pellonpää wrote:

I like doors, but it suffered a little inflation, as it was played so much during my youth. I was at highschool, when Oliver Stone's "The Doors" movie was released in Finland, and this movie made their music very popular among the youth.

I think that Doors wasn't so popular at Finland as it was elsewhere, when Morrison was still alive?

One of my older brothers was in his teenager years a very good fan of The Doors. So, between  1970 and 1975 I listened to their albums a lot, including the albums The Doors recorded as a trio (after Morrison`s death):"Other Voices" (1971) and "Full Circle" (1972) (both since a  long time ago out of print despite being good albums; it seems that they are available on CD in Russia, but they are  "unauthorized releases", bootlegs).
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by philippe philippe wrote:

One of the most overrated band in the history of rock music (with the beatles and the Rolling Stones). You say that nobody talk about them on this forum, right, but what do you think of Arthur Brown, The seventh son, Bobby Callendar, Zendik...? nobody talks about them (in any place) despite that their music is more innovative than the others

The Beatles and The Stones are overrated??????


The Stones definitely are overrated.


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If you like the Doors - try early Stranglers stuff .
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I love their music. Very skilled musicians. However, I wouldn't consider them Prog. Just good ol' rock n' roll.
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Not prog but a great band. Their debut hardly has a
duff track - I particularly love The Crystal Ship, Take it
Easy and Break on Through.

Waiting for the Sun might be their proggiest LP -
especially Spanish Caravan and The Unknown
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the doors is one of my favourite bands ever... i like them since i ´ve  8 years old... and im still like them...

my favourite song is when the music´s over and the best album IMO is strange days

 

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