I have mixed feeling about the Doors these days. I do like the first two albums, but after that, I just don't listen.
Though I seemed to remember Riders In The Storm being a nice diversion on the radio at the time. I just got sick of
hearing Light My Fire. By the time I saw 'em in June '67 (on the same bill as Merry Go-Round... hot cha!) I'd had
enough. To make matters worse Morrison was drunk and or off his ass. The band was ok, but no great shakes. I liked the
Seeds much better.

Actually, Love was around before the Doors. They were a much better band by a million miles. It's too bad they've
never released the complete Matrix tapes from '67, there have just been bits on some of the live things they have
released. This is a pretty tidy performance. My brother and pals kept going to see the Doors after that summer show,
but it seemed like every show was just mayhem.

It seems like every few years they try and remind us how great the doors were. That may have colored my opinion. If
I'm going to play anything by them on the radio it's Moonlight Drive Strange Days, Break On Through or My Eyes Have
Seen You. I remember seeing the vid for Break On Through when the first album came out... where would that have been.
Maybe on "Pow" a local SF tv show. Impressive...

I'm afraid when I get old and the mind starts fading Steppenwolf and the Doors are going to merge into one slightly
undesirable lump....

rs

Michael Bennett wrote:

> I've never really explored The Doors, but I do like
> some of their material.  Wasn't Love supposed to be
> the next Doors -- there is some common ground there.
> Morrison can be a drag, but he had his good moments
> too.  I certainly think songs like "Hello I Love You"
> and "Touch Me" were outstanding singles.
>
> Mike Bennett
> --- jim@groovedisques.com wrote:
>
> > Growing up, I was a big proponent of the "Door are
> > overrated, Morrison's poetry sucks" contingent, but
> > now than I'm more than grown, I'll only abide by the
> > "Morrison's poetry sucks" part. That band could
> > cook. I've become a big fan of Morrison Hotel, in
> > particular. The songs are short, concise, and fully
> > arranged with a minimum of overdubs. It's most
> > things garage rock was meant to be without the
> > stupid lyrics about "little girls" who broke some
> > pimply faced, greasy haired singer's heart. OK,
> > Morrison manages to squeeze in a little bit of bad
> > poetry, but I'm telling you: this album is a classic
> > rock masterpiece.
> >
> > You're on your own for those 10-minute poetry
> > suites, "Riders on the Storm", and a lot of other
> > stuff I still don't like.
> >
> > Jim
> > www.groovedisques.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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