Till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna take drugs
Till the stars fall from the sky
And then I'll die!
Posted on 10/09/2005 3:50:59 PM PDT by dennisw
We already told 'em.
Welcome aboard, FRiend.
"As somebody who makes a chunk of his living for royalties earned on works written that are protected under copyright, I take issue with your statement that the copyright on the Doors' songs "should have expired a long time ago." Why? They wrote the songs, the songs have given a lot of people a lot of entertainment value and continue to--why shouldn't they continue to profit off their labor? Why should the product of their work be given away free any more than yours or anybody else's?"
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As an inventor with patents, I think that copyrights should also expire in 17 or 20 years. If we allowed all patents to run forever we would be living something like the early 1900's. The government protected patent allows the inventor exclusive rights for 17 years while they make the most of their invention by exclusion, which motivates others to come up with their NEW ideas.
How would you like it if the only airplanes in the world were made by Wright Bros. Air? Or the only car by the French company? Or the only light bulbs available were from Edison Electric?
But Noooooo. Music is artsy-fartsy, and we just can't let the libs lose their only form of income - because they are too stupid to figure out a new song in under 17 years.
"Light My Fire" came out in 67 and "Rock and Roll" in 71.
Big difference between being used to set a particular mood in a blockbuster movie set in the same era and being the background music in selling a car or some such crap........Apocalypse Now was a great movie and worthy of the Doors.
FWIW, almost every commercial out there on TV nowadays has an oldies song in the backdrop and more than likely some chump or chumpstress with a British accent.......
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I didn't say to you
Goodyear Eagle is my tire
Well done!
I've got to wonder if a Doors song is going to sell $15 million worth of Cadillacs. I never figured Caddy buyers and Doors fans to be in the same target market, but whatever...
Heck, I didn't even know he was sick.
Gotta love those doors.... such useful things, unless you have a sentimental drummer!
Worthy of the Doors,..yep
Great movie,...nope.
Hey, I realize Jim Morrison was no paragon of virtue, but the Doors were OK as far as I am concerned. And this drummer seems to be some ignorant lefty environut, but I admire him anyway for not "selling out." When I hear great rock songs being talked over in commercials I get a bit irritated. The epitome had to be that Zeppelin song, Rock n' Roll, is a frickin' Cadillac commercial of all things. Give me a break!
I wonder how rappers will resolve these kinds disputes when they (if) grow old?
"Now if you want to talk about bass players,........"
HEY! Without us bass players you'd just be flailing away while the lead guitar has it's orgasm.
Now if you want to talk about keyboard players..........
Now, now. As a bassist one of the things about The Doors that kept me from liking them was that they didn't have one! In the 80's no one cared who played bass as it was all about big hair and leads. Only recently has the importance of a rock-solid bassist been recognized after it died out in the 70's. I'd be delighted to sell some of my stuff to promote someone's car or anything else for that matter. Yes has had 4 or 5 drummers in their illustrious career but everyone knows Chris Squire plays bass for them - and always has (since he owns the name after all). Singers are far more self-important anyway - and I sing as well. They had some fine music, The Doors, but I find them grossly overrated and they'd have no staying power at all had Morrisson not cooked his brains. Death is great for your rep.
Damn I loved that band! Mark Sandman RIP!
Wow. The Doors's music made me sick but I didn't know people died from it.
who's beat does everyone play off of?
You know, I thought for sure you were gonna say:
"Yes has had 4 or 5 drummers in their illustrious career but everyone knows Bill Bruford plays percussion for them."
Two jokes, see, since Bill is a great drummer and... he... doesn't play... for...
Nevermind.
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