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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: I'll stand up for the Doors |
| Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:37:41 -0400 |
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>I've often felt that people let their hatred/revulsion of Morrison
>fanatics cloud their experience of the actual music. The sound of the
>Doors is good -- they were very strong musicians, and the timber and
>sound of Morrison's voice fit the overall sound of the band incredibly
>well. Were many of the lyrics pretentious wanna-be poetry? Yes. But
>that's not just Morrison -- many rock lyricists give in to poetic
>pretentiousness. And Morrison's lyrics are not nearly as pretentious as
>they are claimed to be. His CULT tend to be overly pretentious -- he was
>an adequate poet at best, but then again, he wasn't a poet -- he was a
>singer in a rock'n'roll band. But don't mix up his cult with him or his
>band.
My own disdain for the Doors was never centred on my loathing of all things
Jim Morrison (a lounge singer trying to be a rocker and coming off as a
pretentious wannabe)....but rather that annoying Hammond keyboard sound.
Nothing says "dated" like a cheesy keyboard...until SmashMouth used it to
full effect and showing the true novelty of the instrument. I've hated Deep
Purple for the exact same reason.
With that said....The Doors' "The End" is one of the most haunting, moving
pieces of NON-pop music recorded in the last 40 years. I never really
appreciated it UNTIL it was married to the napalming scene in 'Apocolypse
Now'. When I hear the song now, it immediately stirs up those visuals. And
it's a pretty powerful song that can evoke an instant visual memory for me.
Jaimie Vernon,
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