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Melomaniac
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Topic: Favorite Doors album Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:42 |
I know this will be moved to the proto-prog and prog-related lounge, but we STILL CANNOT post polls in there (can someone take care of this, please ?).
Speak your mind !
Edit : I'll vote later as I still have to listen to Morisson Hotel.
Edited by Melomaniac - June 12 2007 at 17:44
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Odyssey
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 18:09 |
I'll go for Strange days
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febus
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 18:09 |
the first album has it all! freshness, energy, great songwriting, great pop songs, great weird long song,the whiskey bar , some psychedelism and Morrison not yet tired!!
How can you do anything better than ''the crystal ship'' anyway?
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andu
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 18:17 |
I haven't listened to any in ages, but since "The Doors" is the one vividly populating my mind&soul when I think of them, while for some other albums I can barely remember the basic tunes, there goes my vote.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 21:38 |
Their self titled debut is my favourite."Light My Fire" still amazes me.
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The T
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 22:13 |
As I say in my detailed series of reviews of the 2007 remixes, ( cheap advertisement) , my absolute favorite is STRANGE DAYS, which combines the best elements of THE DOORS with the psychedelia and darkness and Morrison's voice and writing at their peak.
By the way, if anybody votes for THE SOFT PARADE, I demand you to wait till I get my psychology degree in a couple of years, and then come visit me as my first patient.
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memowakeman
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 22:49 |
Strange Days is also my favorite!!
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Melomaniac
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 10:22 |
Just finished listening to The Soft Parade, and it is DEFINITELY not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Not my favorite, but good nonetheless.
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Samir
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 11:42 |
My favorite its L.A. Woman, though i have not heard Waiting for the Sun and The Soft Parade
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BroSpence
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 12:15 |
I don't think their debut is very impressive. I tend to get bored with it, but The mid-later albums are awesome. L.A. Woman, Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel.
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Philip
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 13:32 |
"The Doors" and "Morrison Hotel" are the best ones.
From the first one, we can take legendary doors' songs, songs that "people" associate with the band, and that are "known" in the popular culture, like "break on through" or "light my fire", but we have also "the end ".
"Morrison Hotel" is a different album, and which works better for a continuous listening, and this is why i prefer it.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 14:31 |
I have narrowed it down to the first three, still cannot vote though, be back later.
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glass house
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:47 |
With amazing songs like The Changeling, LA Woman, L 'America, The Wasp and Riders on the Storm who could deny an album like that. I could mention all of the tracks. Not a single weak one!!
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Ricochet
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:50 |
The eponymous album simply blew me off, it's half of the music I totally love from the Doors (yes, I've become a fan after listening, so typical of me...).
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bluetailfly
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:51 |
I'll go with the first, but LA Woman is an extremely close second
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chamberry
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:51 |
I still haven't heard Strange Days.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:53 |
Waiting for the Sun. Spanish Caravan is amazing.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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glass house
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 15:59 |
Man Erg wrote:
Waiting for the Sun. Spanish Caravan is amazing. |
Carry me Caravan take me away......
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 16:11 |
While writing the The Doors biography for this site, I decided to give all The Doors albums an intense listening session. My personal experience is that their first sounds the most captivating and unique (on the level of albums like The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd and Santana their first) and then gradually all following albums sound a bit less interesting with Wating For The Sun and The Soft Parade as their lowest artistic effort. Then their final album LA Woman sounds fresh and inspired, like a new band , more blues oriented.
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Jeremy Bender
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 16:26 |
LA Woman, their most mature album. Tight bandplaying and pretty down-to-earth lyrics from Mr. Mojo Rising.
First album contains a bit too much filler imo.
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