Posted on 05/22/2013 6:02:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Do teenagers still go through a Doors phase? I mean, is that still possible? Jesus, I think it is. It’s not as if the Doors’ music is any more dated now than it was in the early ’90s, back when I went through my Doors phase and a lot of other kids at my middle school when through their Doors phases. Deciding at a certain age that the Doors are the coolest band that ever existed seems like a rite of passage on par with getting drunk in a park on a bottle of blackberry brandy — it might be a ridiculously misguided idea only a child could endorse, but it’s also transcendent. More than any other hippie-era classic-rock band, the Doors signify the danger, the excitement, and the mystery of adulthood as it could only be perceived by those who have zero conception of what being a grown-up is actually like. If you’ve never taken drugs nor engaged in sexual activity with a person other than yourself, Jim Morrison perfectly encapsulates the imagined awesomeness of those unknown pleasures, and the awesomeness said pleasures project on those who have experienced them. Putting on a Doors record at that age is like strapping on a pair of leather pants — no matter how it looks to the outside world, it makes you feel immortal.
He’s still dead; Jim.
In the 60’s I loved the Doors but,IMO,their music hasn’t “aged” well.I’m still a fanatical believer in the superiority of 60’s music over that of all other decades but the Doors are never played...today...on my “jukebox”.Others will certainly disagree.
Even the Doors used paragraph breaks.
ew...blackberry brandy
bad memories
(Alleged to be the culprit for the demise of The Newport Jazz Festival)
I can’t stand to hear the usual tunes, but 20th Century Fox, Let’s Swim to the Moon, and Peace Frog are all still in the rotation. I go through phases where I listen to them. I think it hasn’t aged well because nobody really picked up that sound and carried it forward.
Watch his Youtube interviews and you’ll see that he loved life and felt blessed for the opportunities he had. One of the greats...
RIP Ray, and may you find a Vox Continental and Fender Rhodes bass piano to replace that harp.
My 12 year old keyboard student played “Riders of the Storm” at his last recital.
It was essence of awesomeness.
But there are NO other Doors Songs that any of my students perform except for that one.
What used to be a 4 door is now a 2 door.
RIP, Ray.
I agree in part. But I still think Morrison’s Hotel and LA Woman are great albums. Love Riders on the Storm.
I think many of the 60¨s bands were only good because so many people were on drugs...the high made the music better...that is all
Numero uno for me too.
Went to Paris and saw Jim Morrison’s grave. It was unbelievable the crowd that was there. That was after his bust was stolen. I wonder where it is? Interesting trip. I loved the Doors in the 60’s.
RIP Ray!
...was due to the venue change that added pop bands ... BS&T, Chicago, and other rock oriented stuff...and the crazy hippy population that thought everything should be free...including the tickets. I was darn near crushed to death the night these idiots broke down the 12 foot fence during the BS&T part of the concert. Not from the fence coming down. I had box seats. We were stampeded by an entire mob of stinky, smelly, intoxicated hippies who broke up the box seats area and pushed everything into the stage.
A very inconsistent body of work, as was the 60’s in general, but the few peaks were, and still are, haunting.
If they produced nothing else of note, Coppola’s use of “This is the End” to open Apocalypse Now remains the most indelible moment in my mind from any movie ever made. Genius.
I was 17 in 1967 when the Doors came out with their first record and I didn't know anyone that took drugs or had ever seen them anywhere, although there was a rumor going around that one of the "tough" guys at our school had once smoked pot. It wasn't till the early '70s that drugs came on the scene for most my age.
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