Favourite song by the Doors?

[mysensiherb]

People are strange is one of my favorites at the moment. That song can mean so many things (like all the doors songs)

[overgrowthegovt]

A few of my favorites:
Not to touch the earth
5 to 1
My Wild Love
Crawling King Snake

Anyone looking for a good read should check out the Morrison biography "No One Here Gets Out Alive" by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman. I took that book with me with me when I went backpacking in Europe and I lost track of how many times I've read it.

Funny, that book disturbed me because of how strikingly similar my behaviour was to Jim's when I was a little kid....outrageously flippant, burned through arcane literature, would wear the same shirt for a week, etc. Nowadays I'm an aspiring poet/actor who doesn't think much of the status quo..hope I don't die at 27.

[Dutch Pimp]

I like ..."Twentieth Century Fox"-Doors

[Lit Up]

Oh them Doors, the memories, the memories.

[jdez87]

light my fire

[boaz]

:smokin: to see things how they truly are . . . infinite. :stoned: :jointsmile:

the second Doors song that i ever heard as young kid was Crystal Ship, it was the flip side of Light My Fire that I somehow ended up with, prolly from my really cool uncle . . :stoned: i dug it even back then. tuff to choose just one, love all the ones mentioned so far. Peace Frog and 20th Century Fox is cool for a funky little keyboard rhythm to get you going, When The Musics Over or The End for a long slow burn. :stoned: :stoned: :smokin:

[jimmy8778]

i actually just bought the compilation "13" on vinyl. it sounds pretty sweet. the doors really knew how to make some good music.

[overgrowthegovt]

i actually just bought the compilation "13" on vinyl. it sounds pretty sweet. the doors really knew how to make some good music.

They were such a creative and original band...I mean, who sounds like them?

[RamblerGambler]

Their music stretches beyond the mundane and commonplace. "When the music was over, there was a stillness, a serenity in connection with life and a confirmation of existence. In showing us Hell, the Doors took us to Heaven. In evoking death, they made us feel alive. By confronting us with horror, we were free to celebrate with them joy. By confirming our sense of hopelessness and sorrow they led us to freedom. Or at least they tried." (No One Here Gets Out Alive)

This could have something to do with Morrison as poet rather then rockstar. He lived more life then many of us could imagine. "Not to touch the Earth, not to touch the Sun, all that's left to do is run run run." 27 years before his body could take no more.

This leaves me wondering, could he make it in todays world of soulless corporate rock? Granted, radio rock has always been about money over content, but does anyone doubt that the quality of rock has slowly deteriorated over the years (See helpful graph)

And as a side rant, damn so called "emo" music. Bands like the Doors put more more emotion, more anguish in a single song then these bands will experience in a lifetime. Your girlfriend left you? Boo-fucking-hoo. Channel those feelings, don't just whine about it over and over on album after album.

*This is in no way indicative of the alternative music scene

[overgrowthegovt]

Their music stretches beyond the mundane and commonplace. "When the music was over, there was a stillness, a serenity in connection with life and a confirmation of existence. In showing us Hell, the Doors took us to Heaven. In evoking death, they made us feel alive. By confronting us with horror, we were free to celebrate with them joy. By confirming our sense of hopelessness and sorrow they led us to freedom. Or at least they tried." (No One Here Gets Out Alive)

This could have something to do with Morrison as poet rather then rockstar. He lived more life then many of us could imagine. "Not to touch the Earth, not to touch the Sun, all that's left to do is run run run." 27 years before his body could take no more.

This leaves me wondering, could he make it in todays world of soulless corporate rock? Granted, radio rock has always been about money over content, but does anyone doubt that the quality of rock has slowly deteriorated over the years (See helpful graph)

And as a side rant, damn so called "emo" music. Bands like the Doors put more more emotion, more anguish in a single song then these bands will experience in a lifetime. Your girlfriend left you? Boo-fucking-hoo. Channel those feelings, don't just whine about it over and over on album after album.

*This is in no way indicative of the alternative music scene

Yeah, I really think if the Doors were formed in 2005 instead of 1965, they'd never have made it...they're not formulaic and easy to categorize, and their music is thought-provoking, something modern mass entertainment consciously tries to avoid. In 1968 the music that the people heard was ABOUT something...nowadays if you want to hear stuff with passion or meaning, you have to go underground, and no 16-year-old dipshit is going to bother doing that when he can listen to the assembly line trash his friends think is cool. The Doors didn't make "sick beats", so they're out.