Lorraine Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 :musicnote: Poor Otis dead and goneleft me here to sing this songPretty little girl with a red dress onPoor Otis dead and gone :musicnote: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 :musicnote: Poor Otis dead and goneleft me here to sing this songPretty little girl with a red dress onPoor Otis dead and gone :musicnote: I love these lyrics! Sounds so good! Great song... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) The music is remarkable. Add to that Jim's poetic musings and you end up with a tremendous, enduring artistic statement. You said it! Jim was very related with images from subconscious. He loved reading, writing and the bohemian life. He was an artist for nature, who saw the birth of rock 'n roll. All these elements were around him, who just arranged in musical form. The Doors have a hard earned respect with me. Didn't care for the Morrison Mythos right off the bat. Reading No One Here Gets Out Alive in high school before I knew much about their albums surely didn't help. Liked a few tunes. Riders On The Storm is mesmerizing. Fast forwarding a couple of decades, I marry someone who loves The Doors. My wife introduced me to all their albums. Hearing them at age 40 or so lends a different perspective. There's great stuff on every album, as well as some clinkers. Never liked the vaudeville type stuff. Its goofy. Davy Jones would try to wreck the Monkees albums with similar crap. I think there was a thread here long ago where someone thought The Doors could be considered early prog or pre-prog. I get it. The band is top notch and streets ahead of what was generally around in the '60's. Great guitar, great drums, and without Ray I think would have been lost. Ray was the glue that held that band together in more ways than one. When I want to listen to The Doors, I'll put on L.A.Woman, or maybe Morrison Hotel. Soft Parade? Wishful Sinful is an absolute killer. What a great way to know The Doors. :D The three songs that made me get into their music when I was a teenager were Riders on The Storm, Love Me Two Times and When The Music's Over. Edited November 22, 2015 by rhyv 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 So.... It's the summer 1967. I'm in 7th grade and my sister, who just got her drivers license, is driving us to the NJ shore in our parents Buick Skylark. It's a hot summer day and this song comes on the AM radio out of NYC. This song was all over the radio that summer. It's funny how you can relate moments in life to music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 To follow The Doors story, well my story. The summer of 1968 my parents sent me off to TENN to visit my cousins. I was there for the HOT months of July and August. My cousins were a few years older and I learned a lot about music that summer. They played the hell out of The Doors. If I can remember, we played:The Doors Strange Days Waiting for the Sun - It just came out over and over. It's was a good summer for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I had this album. Golden Scarab ( 1974 ) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) I had this album. Golden Scarab ( 1974 ) http://youtu.be/qsoLlpTX_q8This was great to hear! I speak so much about Jim, but yeah... Ray was an awesome musician and deserved to be recognized as well. :ebert: Edited November 22, 2015 by rhyv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I really love this song. In my top 5 Doors songs. Very moody. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Spanish Caravan is beauty. Asturias is one of the archetypal flamenco songs, and they play off of it brilliantly. Here's the great Andres Segovia doing Asturias, for reference... (just in case anyone's interested) (He makes it look so damn easy...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) I really love this song. In my top 5 Doors songs. Very moody. http://youtu.be/yKOSBlP58SYGreat playing by Robby on this one! Edited November 22, 2015 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Pre-cool Jim, in a promo video for FSU. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mbbzW5yeM Starts with the recording of Wild Child...and Jim hammered drunk. An interesting take on Jim's image starting to eclipse the music. Edited November 22, 2015 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Spanish Caravan is beauty. Asturias is one of the archetypal flamenco songs, and they play off of it brilliantly. Here's the great Andres Segovia doing Asturias, for reference... (just in case anyone's interested) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA (He makes it look so damn easy...)I'm interested. Never heard of him before.It's incredible what he does in guitar. :) I really love this song. In my top 5 Doors songs. Very moody. http://youtu.be/yKOSBlP58SYGreat playing by Robby on this one!You're Lost Little Girl is one of the songs I most appreciate singing. Edited November 22, 2015 by rhyv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Love them. 3 great players & Mr. Mystique himself. Their music has been with me for 30+ years now. Haven't played them in a while, think it's time for a Doorsathon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meMiC1g_kZI Pre-cool Jim, in a promo video for FSU. I didn't know about this little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mbbzW5yeM Starts with the recording of Wild Child...and Jim hammered drunk. An interesting take on Jim's image starting to eclipse the music.Natural child, terrible child. :spitwater: I love this song! Cool video, anyway... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I think William Shatner should record a cover of "Love Street". It would be fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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