the doors

[constance]

my son is 18 and he loves the doors,the beatles all the older music i was born in 69 but i would of loved growing up then or lived my teen years then

[lover/young_peace]

oh god the doors is good music.... i was just listening to a double-disc set "Best of the Doors" woooooohoh its good. haha some songs are mediocore but others i feel like im in an entrancing daze... woo.

also the beates is great stuff. ive got the anthrology collection and the best album - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. John is my favorite beatle. I love "lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" because the lyrics create such a pretty picture in your head... good stuff.

mmm.. also great bands you need to get your son some Rolling Stones. good stuff.

ha speaking of great bands get him The Who. awesome band man nobody rocks better. they exude pure rock & roll.

oh now ya really got me goin', hmmmm so much music so little time.

ya itd be great to be there in the past. the energy that comes from a record by The Doors... ahhh just imagine being front row at one of their concerts. hmm.. that would be far out.

in the days of rock & roll the dream was alive. a performer played their heart out. Artist and audience longed to give themselves to eachother. They united under the music. The relationship between rocker and audience is one of indescribable magic. they dont do that anymore. go to a show to see a plastic blonde lip-sync half-naked with a snake around her neck while backups do funny dances behind her....no thanks. Long ago, gimmicks were not needed, all that was needed was this magical love between artist and audience. both dedicated to eachother and rock & roll...

oh im so sorry i didnt really make sense im in a dream state right now but it sounds beautiful to me and something id love to be able to be a part of...

[constance]

oh god the doors is good music.... i was just listening to a double-disc set "Best of the Doors" woooooohoh its good. haha some songs are mediocore but others i feel like im in an entrancing daze... woo.

also the beates is great stuff. ive got the anthrology collection and the best album - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. John is my favorite beatle. I love "lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" because the lyrics create such a pretty picture in your head... good stuff.

mmm.. also great bands you need to get your son some Rolling Stones. good stuff.

ha speaking of great bands get him The Who. awesome band man nobody rocks better. they exude pure rock & roll.

oh now ya really got me goin', hmmmm so much music so little time.

ya itd be great to be there in the past. the energy that comes from a record by The Doors... ahhh just imagine being front row at one of their concerts. hmm.. that would be far out.

in the days of rock & roll the dream was alive. a performer played their heart out. Artist and audience longed to give themselves to eachother. They united under the music. The relationship between rocker and audience is one of indescribable magic. they dont do that anymore. go to a show to see a plastic blonde lip-sync half-naked with a snake around her neck while backups do funny dances behind her....no thanks. Long ago, gimmicks were not needed, all that was needed was this magical love between artist and audience. both dedicated to eachother and rock & roll...

oh im so sorry i didnt really make sense im in a dream state right now but it sounds beautiful to me and something id love to be able to be a part of...i also have a son who will 13 and he likes guns and roses,tupac,and,doors yes it would have been something to be in the front roll of those bands man you sound so grown up for 13 lol

[REGGAE GIRL]

they're great . :sunglasse

[lover/young_peace]

i also have a son who will 13 and he likes guns and roses,tupac,and,doors yes it would have been something to be in the front roll of those bands man you sound so grown up for 13 lol
hahaha ... thanks. ya its a shame they dont make 'em like that anymore... but we need not worry. as long as their are a few youngins who believe the glory days will live on in all of us...:)

anyway, your sons sound like cool kids. and you sure sound like a hip mom.:)


~rock on~

[Claire]

Oh The Doors *swoon* http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ick6-D5aCPUJ:www.lester.co.uk/lester/doors.jpg

Love Learning and Freedom Clairexxx

[lover/young_peace]

Oh The Doors *swoon* http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ick6-D5aCPUJ:www.lester.co.uk/lester/doors.jpg

Love Learning and Freedom Clairexxx

tell me about it... Jim was one beautiful man wasn't he...:)

[sef]

yes he was.
thats one of the few men i would be able to have a relationship with that would truly work and be good.
but since he isnt around and i wasnt around then (or so i think) ill just stick to girls.

but jim was hot shit.

[sunflowershari]

I love The Doors! Jim was just so WILD! The music is so great and can really change your mood. I love singing to the doors! Carrryyy me caravan take me awayyy take me to portugal take me to spain! etc. I have a big poster of Jim on my door and he is such a dreamboat. I heard that one night Jim and Janis Joplin were partying together and by the end of the night she had hit him over the head with a Jack Daniels bottle! I believe it!

[avacado_salesman]

The Doors. WOW. How Hippie.

[lover/young_peace]

I love The Doors! Jim was just so WILD! The music is so great and can really change your mood. I love singing to the doors! Carrryyy me caravan take me awayyy take me to portugal take me to spain! etc. I have a big poster of Jim on my door and he is such a dreamboat. I heard that one night Jim and Janis Joplin were partying together and by the end of the night she had hit him over the head with a Jack Daniels bottle! I believe it!

hahaha ... that woulda be frikken great to see. ya he and jack daniels were good buddies. but really good music. ever hear that song "Five to One"? If any song could be called a musical orgasm, that would be the one! hahaha i saw this video of Jim being escorted on stage through the crowd by police and his fans are kissing him and touching him and he just has the most smug, stoned, funny look across his face. Then they threw him on stage and hes just "come on baby light my fire...". AHHHH it was freakin great. i was laughing but also sad ill never see him in concert.

[alice_d_millionaire]

all hail the lizard king!

[lover/young_peace]

i knew a young man who reminded me very much of jim morrison.... he got in trouble with the authorities and i think he is dead by now. shame i really liked him. very misunderstood guy....

oh anyway sorry....

jim rocks. and that be that.


http://www.americanlegends.com/morrison/images/jim.gif

rock on.

[HippieDude1967]

I'm reading a book on Jim Morrison and The Doors, its called "Break On Through". You guys should check it out.

[lover/young_peace]

i sawed taht in the bookstore yesterday but i passed it by cause ive got enuff to read as it is.... but its been buggerin me and i regret leaving it.

[TheDeadPhish]

Another good book about Jim is " No One Here Gets Out Alive." I've read that one a bunch of times.

Then again, I absolutly love Jim Morrison and everything that is the Doors :)

[staples420]

i sawed taht in the bookstore yesterday but i passed it by cause ive got enuff to read as it is.... but its been buggerin me and i regret leaving it.

haha same thing happened to me about a week ago..

[Claire]

The Doors. WOW. How Hippie.You think? I just thought there music was damn good! Is it important for you to be seen as hippy? Or do you have a thing for rebelling against all that is seen as hippy?

I just tend to get on with it mate:)

OOO have downloaded some great Doors stuff off Winmx:) (Ta Mike!)

Love Learning and Freedom Clairexxx

p.s. Thanks again Mr Avacado_Salesman for the tip on how to sort my PC problem out!!! You Rock!!!!

[Silverstar]

The Doors rule :cool: , no discussion about that! But personally, I think that Mr. Mojo Risin'spoetry isn't as good as his music, but that's my opinion of course. And let us not forget the other members. The Doors couldn't exist without them.

Love! :)

[Southernman]

For true Doors fans:
The DVD The Doors - Live at the Hollywood Bowl - it's the only complete concert ever filmed of the Doors on 5th of July 1968. Unlike other Doors material, this once-thought lost concert was captured by a four-camera crew with 16-track audio (mixed for the first time using digital technology). Released on video in 1987.

Only for Hardcore fans:
There is a Bootleg out there of a Jam-Session at Scene Club NY from 1968, featuring Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Buddy Miles. Don't know, whether they are only drunken, but from the musical point of view it's one of the worst records, I own.

[LarryL]

"I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Let it roll."
--Jim Morrison

[Celebrationoftheliza]

i love the doors has anyone heard celebration of the lizard? id say its one of the wierdest doors songs ever but its great 18 mins long DOWNLOAD IT NOW haha
speaking of doors light my fire was on at work tonight better than teh usuall crap they have on ::shakes fist at rap::

[Andy73]

I'm a huge Doors fan. I've been listening to the Doors since I was 12yrs old. Just recently bought the complete studio recordings. Always wanted to live in the same fashion as Jim Morrison lived his life, but I got interrupted and had to reconsider my life.

[Edward G.]

hahaha ... that woulda be frikken great to see. ya he and jack daniels were good buddies. but really good music. ever hear that song "Five to One"? If any song could be called a musical orgasm, that would be the one! hahaha i saw this video of Jim being escorted on stage through the crowd by police and his fans are kissing him and touching him and he just has the most smug, stoned, funny look across his face. Then they threw him on stage and hes just "come on baby light my fire...". AHHHH it was freakin great. i was laughing but also sad ill never see him in concert.

haha... that reminds me... do you know of that instance where Jim was drunk and flashed everyone, etc. etc. and eventually got arrested...? It was in Miami, anyway, my dad was there :D haha, I think that's so cool, but they never got to play.

[Lucifer Sam]

ya he and jack daniels were good buddies. but really good music. ever hear that song "Five to One"? If any song could be called a musical orgasm, that would be the one!
Ahh yes, "Five to One." Jim was so drunk during the recording of that song that you can actually hear him hiccuping, if you listen closely.


thats one of the few men i would be able to have a relationship with that would truly work and be good.
Eh, I don't know... you know he did one time lock his girlfriend in a closet and light it on fire. That doesn't sound too good to me! :eek:

haha... that reminds me... do you know of that instance where Jim was drunk and flashed everyone, etc. etc. and eventually got arrested...? It was in Miami, anyway, my dad was there :D haha, I think that's so cool, but they never got to play.
Supposedly, he never actually showed the audience his penis. (This is according to the band.) He made it seem as though he had shown it to them. Ray Manzarek says there was no way he could have pulled it out the way he "supposedly" did.

But seriously, Jim Morrison was an acid rock god.

[SweeperOfDreams13]

http://www.americanlegends.com/morrison/images/jim.gif

rock on.

I love that pic of Morrison, I want to find a pair of pants like that!
Awesome music too. I love everything about the doors!
Especially Jim Morrison ;) I believe that he's the most attractive man that ever lived.
I really like his spoken word stuff, like on An American Prayer. Very poetic.
I think I'll listen to some Morrison right now..

Peace&Love

[is this it?]

The Doors are great! :) I actually just bought Morrison Hotel today.

[soulrebel51]

Ahh yes, "Five to One." Jim was so drunk during the recording of that song that you can actually hear him hiccuping, if you listen closely.
I just listened to that song, and I didnt hear any hiccups:confused:. What part does he hiccup in?

But damn, listening to that song closely reminded me why I love Jim so much.

[Lucifer Sam]

I just listened to that song, and I didnt hear any hiccups:confused:. What part does he hiccup in?

But damn, listening to that song closely reminded me why I love Jim so much.Well, it's kinda hard to hear, and I can't remember exactly where it is. I think he does it multiple times throughout the song, though. I'll listen to it in a bit and tell you exactly where to listen.

By the way, does anyone like the Doors' song "The Soft Parade?" It's one of my favorite Doors' songs. It's composed of five or six seperate pieces that were kind of blended together. It's really interesting.


The Doors are great! http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif I actually just bought Morrison Hotel today.Cool, congratulations! Morrison Hotel is pretty good, although not one of my favorites. I really like "Peace Frog," "Land Ho!," "Queen of the Highway," and "Maggie M'Gill." They're all cool songs. I especially like the spoken word part during "Peace Frog:"


Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile, eggshell mind

[Spoonybard]

I just listened to that song, and I didnt hear any hiccups:confused:. What part does he hiccup in?

It's in the beginning. Listen very closely and you'll hear it.

[ripple23]

i love the doors. and i have to say because nobody's said it yet that without john, ray, and robby jim would have been nothing. they are the perfect people to back him up... without ray's vision the band couldn't have happened, and shit, john densmore may not be the greatest drummer of all time but he definitely had his style and it works sooooo well with the band. same goes for robby... they each brought different influences and backgrounds to the music. that's why the doors were so good. thank god all four of them found eachother!

[Lucifer Sam]

i love the doors. and i have to say because nobody's said it yet that without john, ray, and robby jim would have been nothing. they are the perfect people to back him up... without ray's vision the band couldn't have happened, and shit, john densmore may not be the greatest drummer of all time but he definitely had his style and it works sooooo well with the band. same goes for robby... they each brought different influences and backgrounds to the music. that's why the doors were so good. thank god all four of them found eachother!
Yes, exactly. I especially love Ray's keyboards. They add SO much to the music. Robby is a great guitarist, and he wrote a good number of songs for the band, including "Light My Fire." John's drumming is great as well, especially on "The End" when he does that thing where he presses his elbow into the drum. As you said, Jim Morrison would have been nothing without Ray, Robby, and John.

[Hippy girl]

Oooooooo baby, when the music over, y whery like it this song, are you?

[lover/young_peace]

Ahh yes, "Five to One." Jim was so drunk during the recording of that song that you can actually hear him hiccuping, if you listen closely.hahaha, yes I noticed Jim was extremely drunk, yet I love the song anyways. It has a very LoOoOooosse feeling, if you know what I mean. ;)

I especially like the spoken word part during "Peace Frog:"


Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile, eggshell mind
that part creeped me out a bit! But only a little...

I love that pic of Morrison, I want to find a pair of pants like that! I want to get in a pair of pants like that...;)

Supposedly, he never actually showed the audience his penis. (This is according to the band.) He made it seem as though he had shown it to them. Ray Manzarek says there was no way he could have pulled it out the way he "supposedly" did. I wonder what made it impossible... it was too big possibly??? yeah, I think I'm going with that story.

anyways, I love the music, haven't listened to it in around a month, (a long time for music in my world) just put it on again earlier today, and I still love it. yay! :)

[Purple Haze]

tell me about it... Jim was one beautiful man wasn't he...:)

totally agree...he was hot...

and their music is great...I love them...one of my favorites....

[purplesage]

I became OBSESSED with Jim Morrison about 15 years ago.

About a year or two after my obsession began (and at a time when most people still had an attachment with and fascination for the 60's), a big Doors revival happened when the movie came out. That was a great time to be alive for a crazed Doors fan.

But as with all obsessions, it couldn't sustain itself after a couple of years, and although I still buy new books occasionally and play an album sometimes, the thrill is no longer there, which is just too bad...

Now that the hero worship has gone I realise he was a very angry man, a flawed character with a huge amount of personal problems that he tried to drown out with alcohol and other drugs.

But I have to say Jim Morrison inspired me and changed my life in many ways. What a life he had! He was (and still is) fascinating to read about. Their music was fantastic too.

[ruby tuesday]

jim morrison...the doors.... shit they're just indescribable...no one here gets out alive is an incredible book....read it anyone with an interest in jim...


......oh and alan wilson wasn't the first in the 27 club, brian jones died at 27 in july of '69 and if you want to go back further robert johnson was 27 when he died in...im pretty sure it was '38..... i guess it dosen't really matter... no disrespect for alan wilson or anything... im just thinkin aloud.

[purplesage]

LOL... thanks, I stand corrected! :D

It's just that the media seems to have lumped Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison together for the "27" reason, yet Alan Wilson died a mere 2 weeks before Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison died in a different year altogether. I suppose it's because these three had a star quality that Alan Wilson didn't, despite him having sang a couple of the most well-known songs of the late 60s.

What about Jim Morrison saying to his friends "You're drinking with number 3" in No One Here Gets Out Alive. Even HE left out his friend. I have a lot of trouble believing a lot of what is in that book, but it is a FANTASTIC read, true or not.

[ruby tuesday]

i think that jim was an old soul and he knew his time would come...he was a brilliant artist and unfortunately they never seem to stay for as long as we'd like... that is if you believe that he's dead... i've always liked to believe the story that he just disapeared and went to morroco, only pamela would know and she died a couple years after...

[lover/young_peace]

i think that jim was an old soul and he knew his time would come...he was a brilliant artist and unfortunately they never seem to stay for as long as we'd like... that is if you believe that he's dead... i've always liked to believe the story that he just disapeared and went to morroco, only pamela would know and she died a couple years after...
My best friend thinks jim is still alive...

she feels the same way about Elvis,

John Lennon,

and Bob Marley...

she has a hard time coping.

But then again, you never know...

[dylanzeppelin]

the doors are an amazing band. they are my favorite and so different than any other band at that time. jim had his own demons but that is what made the music so unique, although we can't count out the amazing robby, ray and john. together they formed a band that is just one of the best to ever come out of the 60s-70s. however, there are the doors of the 21st century, which i haven't seen but heard they are amazing, but i just think it wouldnt be the same without jim. i found a random tidbit that you guys would find rather interesting about the Oliver Stone movie and the band itself..

The film kicked around for nearly twenty years before it made it into production. Amongst other actors considered for the role at various times were Tom Cruise, Jason Patric, and John Travolta. During the time Travolta was being considered he met the band (who were initially quite involved with the possible production), and they discussed reforming the band and going on tour with Travolta on vocals. In the end the band chose not to do this because they felt John Travolta was too nice to fill Morrison's shoes.
(source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101761/trivia )

[peaceful420]

You and me both. I'm like your son - But I wish more than anything that I was born in like, '53.

[DejaVoo]

~ Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile, eggshell mind ~

Oh yeaaa I think hes talking about the first experience he had with death/blood. I think he was about like 5. Because i guess one time him and his family were driving thru airzona or something and they saw a truck turned over and these indians scatted over with blood from the accident, and jim was shocked and kepy saying 'dad pull over those people are dying!" and i guess his dad did try to get some help. and he said that he thinks one of the dead indians lying on the ground soul came into his body. and that the was one of the most important moment of his life. Yup, i read this in an interview he had!

But anyways, yes the Doors..they are radical! Ive listened to them ever since I was little but i never quite got in to them until a few months ago! Now im all obsessed, and trying to read any books about them or jim morrison. Jim morrison was so very handsome. and reading and listening to his lyrics and trying to interpet them is very interesting. i somehow make his poetry relate to me or my experiences or feelings in some way. and his voice...aw man! its wonderful! esp. in light my fire! well..it sounds good in all the songs but thats my favorite song of his voice. and ray,john and robby were such good musicans! i could daze out to their music. and robby wrote a few songs too..like half of light my fire, love me two times, and touch me...maybe more but thats all i know. and jim morrison said in an interview that he thinks ray,john and robby are so good that they should try to work on something all musical. and also i dont think ive heard what Ray sounds like singing, but ive read that for some concerts he had to sing because jim morrison didn't show up yet. he probably sang pretty good. So yup..i wish i could of been to one of their concerts..the way they are described seem so ...weird and very cool! damn :( oh well...i guess....:(

[slowed_reactions]

it doesnt get much better than the doors, they are amazing.

[Luke (crazy horse)]

I dont' know enough to information to make up my opinion on the Morrison conspiracy but I think it's very possible he could of just started a new life somewhere else. It's even possible with many others...but highly unlikely.


I mean so many people here talk about living in remote communes and retiring to them so isn't there a chance that they might of wanted to do the same?

[livingwater]

My Forever Love reminds me of Jim.Even though every one says he looks like a younger Steven Tyler. But he has been just as drunk as Jim b4. this is his photo.

":p"Oh show me, the way to the next whiskey bar..."

[Doors_67]

I Love The Doors, I love Jim Morrison too

[JanaXGIRL]

oooh, Doors..? no comment :)

The first time, when I heard their "Love Street" on Radio BEAT I Fell in love with jim's voice, and ym love goes on..

Jim, and whole Doors've been amazing!

[HippieFlowerGirl67]

I love all 60's and 70's music. I'm a HUGE fan of The Doors, The Beatles, Led Zep, etc. There are a couple more bands I'd like to get into....

[Edward G.]

haha... some of you think he's still alive?! wtf? :D

[MBintheOC]

I 1st heard the "People R Strange" cover in The Lost Boys Movie when I was 6/7. Of course, at the time, I knew nothing about covers or The Doors. All I know is the song stuck w/me 4 yrs, so whenever I heard it, I said "That's the song from the Lost Boys". Anyway, I saw the movie at 13/14 & thought "he's as weird as all get out, but hot" then 4got about it. 4 yrs ago, I was listening 2 the radio & heard the cover, then a few minutes (or a few days later I 4get) later, I turned it 2 1 of the classic rock stations & heard the original 4 the 1st time & thought "wow, those guys did an awesome job covering that song!" Then not long after, I heard a different song & said, "those guys again!". Now I was intrigued. Then I heard the DJ I now always listen 2 play a mini set of their stuff & got more intruiged. The next day, i went to The Block in Orange & went 2 Virgin Megastore. B4 I left I decided 2 look at the posters & just happened 2 find 1 of him. I was looking at 1, then looked 2 my right & there he was, starin at me. I went "oh my god, who is that?" & w/o hesitation grabbed a copy & bought it, Not knowing anything about him. All I saw was the nname The Doors in red on the bottom. It's been downhill ever since. I've had a few weird experiences w/him, but that's a whole new thread 4 a whole other day LOL. I think he's 1 of the most beautiful things I ever did c & the music's just fabulous. I love The Doors! BTW...No 1 Here Gets Out Alive is a great book. I have it as well as Ray & John's books:)

[Edward G.]

hey are them the same lost boys that like, dress up in tights and sing weird songs?? :D

[gnarkill_chik]

...the doors...realistic...intellegent...brilliant...art. .I thought it was soo kick ass when Jim had his own perspective philosophy on life....i loved the way he viewed his life...everytime i think about it, it gives me adreniline...i love his music and his poems...excerpts...quotes...i think his quote "I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps, "Oh look at that!" Then-whoosh, and I'm gone...and they'll never see anything like it ever again...and they wont be able to forget me-ever"-Jim Morrison...that was a really really awesome quote..and what do i have to say? .i LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ugunsmate]

I have been a fan of the Doors since their inception; and this is the very first book about the band, written by Mike Jahn, in 1969 when I was 15. I bought their first album, the Doors, in January of 1967 and am still a fan but I do feel that the band isn't the same, as of course it cannot be, since 3 july 1971

[gnarkill_chik]

thats awesome...i wished i lived in the 60's....it would be my own "American Dream"....

[Donna]

The Doors...just wow...I like them very much

[purple grass]

the doors and the beatles are my favorite bands also.

i grew up listening to the doors, and they've been my obsession for about 5 years. i love them so much, their music is amazing. espically the lyrics. jim morrison is such a beautiful singer and poet. but the band is not just jim. robby, ray, and john each put they're own touch into the band. it wouldn't be the same without them. i love john densmore's drumming, it's very jazzy.

[gnarkill_chik]

...i thought ray was cool because when he played his keyboard and its like he played anything to make the rhythm to the song and even if he played off key then it still sounds kick A$$!!!!!!!!!....

[Donna]

the doors and the beatles are my favorite bands also.

i grew up listening to the doors, and they've been my obsession for about 5 years. i love them so much, their music is amazing. espically the lyrics. jim morrison is such a beautiful singer and poet. but the band is not just jim. robby, ray, and john each put they're own touch into the band. it wouldn't be the same without them. i love john densmore's drumming, it's very jazzy.I must agree with you about robby,ray and john..