― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Friday, 14 January 2005 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link
good call on AC. "Black Juju" is so Doors it's not even funny.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 14 January 2005 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, what I was saying was close.
Man, they didn't even have a bass man, but that fucking organ just ruined everything because the guy simply didn't know when to fucking quit noodling and play a fucking song!
― martin m. (mushrush), Friday, 14 January 2005 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Hello, I Love YouLove me Two TimesLove her MadlyBreak on ThroughRoadhouse Blues
LA Woman just might be my least favorite album of all time...
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Friday, 14 January 2005 01:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Garibaldianne (Garibaldianne), Friday, 14 January 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 14 January 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 14 January 2005 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 14 January 2005 03:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Break On ThroughThe Crystal ShipStrange DaysPeace FrogHello I Love YouLove StreetRoadhouse BluesL.A. WomanSummer's Almost GoneCars Hiss By My Window
I could have picked 30, easy.
And, oh yeah, Robbie Krieger has to be one of the more underrated guitar players.
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 14 January 2005 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 14 January 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Dorian (though perhaps not strictly--they might have played some lines with minor sixths instead of major).
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 14 January 2005 03:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 14 January 2005 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Glad to see "Peace Frog" at the top of Alex's (aborted) list. I don't think that song gets enough appreciation.
I'm not gonna bother picking 10. Put "Touch Me" certainly would make the list for the weird yelp Jim does at the beginning.
― Edward Bax (EdBax), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Break On ThroughEnd Of The NightTake It As It ComesThe EndLove Me Two TimesPeople Are StrangeWhen The Music's OverLove StreetNot To Touch The EarthSpanish CaravanTouch MeBlue SundayThe SpyLove Her MadlyRiders On The Storm
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 January 2005 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 14 January 2005 11:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 14 January 2005 11:02 (nineteen years ago) link
... difficult to narrow it down to 10, very difficult
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 January 2005 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Just how much did Manzarek listen to the frickin' Zombies, by the way?
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Iggy, hard to believe.
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Desperado (life goes on and all that . . . )
"Steal a car . . . even if you own one . . . "
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:42 (nineteen years ago) link
The noodling organ playing is one of the best things about them, plus, yes, r krieger is very good and does not get the props he deserves.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I know. :(
Crystal ShipL.A. WomanPeople Are StrangeRiders On The StormLight My FireNot To Touch The EarthI Can't See Your Face In My MindThe SpyThe Unknown SoldierThe End
― Omar (Omar), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link
the much-praised morrison hotel is pretty rank
waiting on the sun is fairly patchy
the first one is hard to listen to despite being solid gold cos its contents are so overexposed
there's bass on the actual studio records, right? if there isn't, it's not exactly an audible lack -- the records smoke
1/ shaman's blues2/ the soft parade3/ peace frog4/ LA Woman5/ the celebration of the lizard6/ strange days7/ moonlight drive8/ horse latitudes9/ end of the night10/ people are strange
runners up: texas radio and the big beat; do it; wild child; all of An American Prayer; love street; crystal ship
― blissblogger, Friday, 14 January 2005 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 January 2005 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― jb, Friday, 14 January 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 14 January 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 14 January 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Snappy (sexyDancer), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― D.J. Anderson, Friday, 14 January 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
You're kidding, right Ken? At least with regards to Monk, he always had a bass player and never played the organ, I don't know about Prof Longhair.
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 14 January 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Only one track I can't abide - 'You Make Me Real'
― Edmundo (Edmundo), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edmundo (Edmundo), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chicago, Friday, 14 January 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 14 January 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
Oddly enough, my first awareness of this band was as a nine-year old baseball fan at Three Rivers Stadium; the organist would play "Light My Fire" whenever a Pirate infielder named Jim Morrison batted. "Riders" is my clear favorite; it's a great soundtrack for driving around Pittsburgh on a rainy day. I've always been unimpressed by their blusier side ("Roadhouse Blues," "Back Door Man, "The Wasp").
― John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 15 January 2005 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 15 January 2005 01:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Saturday, 15 January 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Sunday, 16 January 2005 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes.
No.
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 20 May 2005 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tremendoid A. Black, Friday, 20 May 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 20 May 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 26 May 2005 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 27 May 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Friday, 27 May 2005 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link
did they make a video for something off Alive, She Cried maybe? I can't remember.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 27 May 2005 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link
1.Break On Thru (To The Other Side)2.Peace Frog3.The Crystal Ship3.Light My Fire5.Love Me Two Times5.Soul Kitchen5.Moonlight Drive8.Waiting For The Sun8.Not To Touch The Earth10.The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
I can name 6-7 others that I think are as good as WASP, but the quality of their music dips sharply right after that. Haven't heard it in so long, I wish I could remember if the whole "Celebration Of The Lizard" extravaganza is good enough to make the ten.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 27 May 2005 08:02 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks!
― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Friday, 27 May 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
On the occasion of Ray Manzarek's passing, posting for some non-believers:
Break On Thru (To The Other Side)The Crystal ShipSoul KitchenMoonlight DriveThe WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)Riders On The StormRoadhouse BluesHyacinth HouseNot To Touch The EarthL.A. Woman
― juan_iota, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
no order:love me two timesla womanpeople are strangeyou're lost little girlunhappy girlmy eyes have seen youlove her madlyl'americalove streetwhen the music's over
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
i shold have put peace frog instead of when the music's over.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't "Love Her Madly" hated by Doors obsessives? I think there may even be a passing joke to that effect in the Kids in the Hall sketch...seems well liked enough by ILMers above.
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
Break On ThroughPeople Are StrangePeace FrogThe EndLA WomanRiders on the StormThe EndSoul KitchenUnknown SoldierTwentieth Century Fox
― President of the People's Republic of Antarctica, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
Well, if you become a Doors fan, Love Her Madly is the only song you won't like.
― sleepingsignal, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's more of a comment on the 'real fans hate the pop hit' cliche than any particular truism about Doors fans. i could see "Light My Fire" or "Touch Me" being the taboo song instead.
― my mans ray manzarek (some dude), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 04:57 (eleven years ago) link
why do so many people like peace frog? I seem to remember there was a whole thread on here for that track with several people saying they hate the doors but like peace frog. was it in some movie or something?
― wk, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
or maybe there wasn't a specific thread. more like on every doors thread there are a handful of people saying peace frog is the only one they like. wtf? Is it the one acceptable track for people who don't like the gothy mysterioso side of the doors? but how did they even hear it? it wasn't on any of the big greatest hits packages as far as I can tell.
― wk, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
they like the groove and that guitar sound
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 08:47 (eleven years ago) link
You can petition the DOORS TRACKS POLL with ballots! Ray Manzarek memorial ilm artist poll no.36a (voting closes 4am Sunday 26 May, LA time)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
(In No Order)
The Soft ParadeShaman's BluesFive To OneLove Me Two TimesPeople Are StrangeWhen The Musics OverMoonlight DriveBreak On ThroughSoul Kitchen20th Century FoxThe End
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
plus "Peace Frog"
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:23 (eleven years ago) link