I never 'got' the Doors. Hated Manzerak's keyboards, in particular. Plus there's something vaguely pathetic about a surviving group member making excuses for the one that died young and other excesses of their youth.
"I never 'got' the Doors. Hated Manzerak's keyboards"
Yup! Yup! I was a hippy musician, and I thought they were stupid, amatuerish, and pompous. 'Course I was into Zappa.
"Hated Manzerak's keyboards, in particular."
You too??? They were disturbingly reminiscent of something out of Lawrence Welk, and not very original, IMHO.