Fifty years ago . . . From Los Angeles, California . . . the Doors!

[Tskware]

. . . well, actually, was first week or so of January, 1967 debut album of The Doors was released.

Thought this was an interesting article in today's LHL. Look who else released debut records in 1967:

Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, Sly and the Family Stone, Procol Harum, Traffic, Cat Stevens, The Nice, Ten Years After, Tangerine Dream, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Captain Beefheart and Arlo Guthrie.

Would be hard pressed to find a more illustrious group of artists who debuted in the same year.

Lost a lot of brain cells listening to Jim Morrison and Co., but their music has lived on a long long time.

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article141653464.html

 

[gamecockcat]

One of my favorites. Every song on that album is very, very good. Hard to imagine what a mind blowing band they were in 1967. Go see Hermans Hermits and then the Doors. You'd be freaked out for weeks.

 

[GhostVol]

I miss the Lizard King to this day.

 

[RacerX.ksr]

I don't know about the op, but sometimes I feel strange. It's like, faces come out of the rain. When I'm strange. No one remembers my name. Weird.

 

[CastleRubric]

You wouldn't think that in a band with no bass player - that the guitar player would be using a Gibson SG.......just seems like it'd be too thin

and he played slinky kind of snakey progressions too right?

I didn't listen to a lot of Doors really but I liked "The Alabama Song"

BOC liked them a lot so that's good praise as far as I'm concerned

Jim Morrison would have been one step better than Syd Barrett as far as a reliable band member on stage though - would have been a nightmare playing with him most nights I think

 

[Dig Dirkler]

Jim Morrison would have been one step better than Syd Barrett as far as a reliable band member on stage though - would have been a nightmare playing with him most nights I think

Yeah, but think of all the killer peyote he scored [banana]

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Yeah, but think of all the killer peyote he scored [banana]

24/effing/7

 

[Deeeefense]

Light My Fire - the long version:cool2:. I have always hated the fact that they made the short version cutting out one of the greatest lead guitar runs in history - WHY? Every time I hear the short version I feel ripped off.

 

[Tskware]

Light My Fire - the long version:cool2:. I have always hated the fact that they made the short version cutting out one of the greatest lead guitar runs in history - WHY? Every time I hear the short version I feel ripped off.

Tru dat, did much the same with "Let it Be", when the single version toned down the killer guitar solo. Have no idea why.

 

[P19978]

You wouldn't think that in a band with no bass player - that the guitar player would be using a Gibson SG.......just seems like it'd be too thin

He used a fuzz box (a Maestro into a Fender Twin IIRC) all the time to fatten it up.

 

[P19978]

Tru dat, did much the same with "Let it Be", when the single version toned down the killer guitar solo. Have no idea why.

Yes but that solo thru a Leslie is pretty cool also.

 

[domino79]

"Time to live,
Time to cry,
Time to laugh,
Time to die.

Well, take it easy, baby..."

Krieger wrote most of the band's best songs imo.

 

[Tskware]

Loved "The Crystal Ship", as much as any of their much bigger hits. Seemed like Morrison was waking up from a dream when he recorded it, sort of a trippy sound and lyrics that I thought was great.

 

[CastleRubric]

He used a fuzz box (a Maestro into a Fender Twin IIRC) all the time to fatten it up.

appreciate the info --- I've only messed around with digital effects that are supposed to = a real "Fuzzbox".....would love to have tried the real thing at some point

 

[UK 82]

Tru dat, did much the same with "Let it Be", when the single version toned down the killer guitar solo. Have no idea why.

Probably because that was in the days of AM radio. There was a time limit. FM to the rescue even though it had been around for decades.