Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Break on thru just a great song -- I loved the jazz fusion from Densmore...they were more than Light my Fire - ( not one of my fave Doors songs) - -- and I do think that live might have swayed you a bit>> Good point. I'm only familiar with their Top 40 stuff, some of which I really don't like. That, combined with my negative feelings about the idolizing of Morrison, has prevented me from giving them a more serious listen. I'll see if I can borrow a Doors album from a friend and give it a try.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 it's worth a try- you still maynot like it but udnerstand they were groundbreaking at the time and really weren't top 40material...yet Elecktra records made them record things like Hello, I Love you as part of their contract to get top 40 air play -- they generally disdained some of this stuff. songs to try: Crystal Ship Soft Parade Moonlight Drive Peace Frog Wild Child Take it as it Comes When the Music's OverUnknown Soldier Wishful Sinful just like with Airplane, most of my favorite songs were album cuts not single successes
Originally Posted By alexbook Bands I would've loved to see live but didn't: 1. The Beatles 2. George Harrison 3. John Lennon 4. The Who before Keith Moon's death 5. Yes, back in the 70's 6. Rolling Stones during the Mick Taylor era 7. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends with Eric Clapton 8. Ronnie Lane's Appeal for ARMS 9. Grateful Dead (not that I'm a big fan, but I've heard so much about their shows) 10. The Doors (same comment as the Dead) Bands I'm sorry I saw: 1. Queen in the late 70's. Love their records, but they seemed sloppy and bored on stage. And for "Bohemian Rhapsody", they just left the stage and played a tape. Either they should have attempted a simplified version or just skipped it. 2. Fleetwood Mac. Actually the music was fine, but there was one breach of etiquette that really bugged me: They used extra musicians (guitarist, keyboardist, and drummer) but didn't introduce them, or even acknowledge their presence. That seemed tacky.
Originally Posted By Labuda "And for "Bohemian Rhapsody", they just left the stage and played a tape. Either they should have attempted a simplified version or just skipped it." Yeah, that's one thing I don't get. I mean, WHY ever try to do THAT song in concert? It's just impossible! Heck, rumor has it that they overdubbed everything SOOOOOOOO many times when recording it originally that the tape was virtually see-through when they were done!
