Love them?
Hate them?
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Discuss!

They are one of my favorite bands going all the way back to my teen angst in high school... even now, some twenty plus years since first hearing "The End", it still gives me chills.

They are awesome, kind of sick of them right now because I only have disk 1 of 2 for greatest hits... need to find the second disk.

Stores around here have the recent Elektra remasters on sale for a ridiculous $5.99 each, so I snapped them up. plenty of bonus tracks too. Sweet!

for a long time, I was a Doors freak. I would have at least one or two Doors tapes in my car, was reading "No One Here Gets Out Alive" almost once a week... I don't know what it is about the music, but it just stirs the imagination. Most of my first novel was written while listening to "The Soft Parade" and "LA Woman".

By the way, I don't care if you laugh, but I really liked the Billy Idol cover of LA Woman.

Ah,Jim Morrison...because I have listened to The Doors a bajillion+ times,I haven't heard them for a while now. You have now inspired me Samurai,I'll be setting up a playlist after this post.

I have a memory of listening to The Doors on my old Walkman when I was about thirteen while wandering around a neighbourhood near my house. An environmental company had bought out the entire area,and houses and businesses sat empty and neglected. It was pretty surreal walking through that wasteland while listening to The Crystal Ships,The End and People Are Strange. Good times!




RIP,Jimmy.

Don't like the Doors. Never did, never will. Overblown, pretentious art rock. Bah! Look at me, I'm a tortured genius! The only thing that idiot dope freak Morrision ever said that makes sense is No One Gets Out Of Here Alive.

Sorry Samurai, but I really wish Jim had died before they got famous, then I wouldn't have been subjected to 30 years of them.

Pffft...

I love his voice,the surreal nature and sixties feel of alot of their tunes and lyrics,and he wasn't hard on the eyes,either!

I dunno,like I said I associate The Doors alot to memories of me faded ole youth,brings back many memories.

Playing Light My Fire as I write.

Posted by Jonsered Don't like the Doors. Never did, never will. Overblown, pretentious art rock. Bah! Look at me, I'm a tortured genius! The only thing that idiot dope freak Morrision ever said that makes sense is No One Gets Out Of Here Alive. Sorry Samurai, but I really wish Jim had died before they got famous, then I wouldn't have been subjected to 30 years of them.

i like The Doors because, in a way, they counterpoint the Sixties which suits me fine. Think back to the music that was on the scene during the mid/late 60's, all this peace and love shit, flower power... Bah! The stuff that the Doors were singing about were right out of the subconscious, dark things that really were out of place for the time. But, they were attractive, they were a flavor that the Sixties should've gone in. I mean you've probably heard it a thousand times, but the message behind The Unknown Soldier and Five To One were a rallying call for a generation to stop demonstrating, pick up a weapon and take their country by force if need be- instead of bitching, act.

On a personal level, Morrison was a wreck, sure. His poetry is either you get it or you don't and sure, the musical skills of the Doors were in question, but when you combined all four, Morrison-Densmore-Krieger and Manzarek, you got something with substance.

Of course, this all opinion, but not everyone is going to like what I like.

Guilty pleasure for me. I love W.A.S.P and LA Woman; really they had a vibe that kinda put the city in the sixties which other bands didn't. If they would have been up front about being corporate whores I would love them even more. Seriously, though, good pop music.

love them... always have always will... lyrics are genius.

Posted by Samurai for a long time, I was a Doors freak. I would have at least one or two Doors tapes in my car, was reading "No One Here Gets Out Alive" almost once a week... I don't know what it is about the music, but it just stirs the imagination. Most of my first novel was written while listening to "The Soft Parade" and "LA Woman". By the way, I don't care if you laugh, but I really liked the Billy Idol cover of LA Woman.

I agree.. the Billy Idol cover is pretty awesome... so much better live than on his greatest hits cd...

I didn't grow up in the 60's and I only began listening to the Doors when I was maybe about 12 years old, but I enjoy them so much. Listening to the Doors kind of puts you in the middle of some crazy acid trip without actually having to be on one... I've had so many creative ideas come from listening to the Doors..

I could never trust a rock band without a bass player...and Jim Morrison is basically a glorified stripper.

I enjoyed reading No One Here Gets Out Alive, though.

But what a glorious glorified stripper,thin men usually aren't my cup of tea but he was sweeeeet....

I find he looks a lil stunned and, uh, special.

If we're talkin hunky thin front men, I'd like to mention Richard Hell...yum.

Speaking of The Doors, what do you guys think of The Cult? Ian Astbury of The Cult was a brief member of The Doors for those reunion tours. The Cult are still going strong with 2007's Born Into This. But I still much rather love the Love / Electric / Sonic Temple era best.

Ian Astbury went to high school here,I believe it was Glendale Secondary. Alot of people remember him from that time,but I was too young to remember.
I haven't heard anything recent that he's done,but I love alot of his early songs,especially Wild Flower.

When the film "The Doors" came out, everyone was amazed at the character that Val Kilmer portrayed. It was as if he was channeling Morrison (lol)... but then Ian Astbury comes along and not only does he LOOK like Morrison, he can fucking sing like him too!
(minor note- I wore out two copies of Sonic Temple... I thought it was an outstanding album!)

Love the Doors, the end is amazing.

Honestly if I could only listen to oone band for the rest of my life it would be the doors.