Walter Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thinking about picking up a copy of the 6 cd box set from two nights at the Felt Forum in NYC. Anyone have any input as to if I should or not? I've read great things about the four show performance. Currently listening to the Boston Arena '70 (early show) performance. Jim was very drunk this night, so it's an interesting night. Currently playing "Mystery Train". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 This fucking rocks hard and rides free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE32pvvaDT8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Thinking about picking up a copy of the 6 cd box set from two nights at the Felt Forum in NYC. Anyone have any input as to if I should or not? I've read great things about the four show performance. Currently listening to the Boston Arena '70 (early show) performance. Jim was very drunk this night, so it's an interesting night. Currently playing "Mystery Train". To answer my own question, YES it's worth picking up this box set. Currently listening to it and The Doors sound the best I've ever heard. Tight, but loose. Jim is right on, band goes in whatever direction they want/need to, and the recording quality is top notch. The variety of songs played in these 4 shows is fantastic too! They hadn't released Morrison Hotel yet, but play a healthy dose of the disc. I see Maggie M'Gill is played at the end of the last show - one of my favorites ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 "You know LA has he greatest landscape and climate, but New York has the grooviest people" - Jim Morrison, January 17, 1970 Felt Forum, NYC (evening show). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bitnogoodjive Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I just got this Doors show. THE DOORS live at Danbury High School, October 1967 Danbury Connecticut A high school booked a show with Jim Morrison? Like in their gym, with cheerleaders and all?! This goes into the 'What Were They Thinkin?' category. Not that unusual. Cream, The Who, Aerosmith, Rush, etc. all played high school shows back in the day. I could post some pics and vids but this is a Doors thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Not that unusual. Cream, The Who, Aerosmith, Rush, etc. all played high school shows back in the day. I could post some pics and vids but this is a Doors thread. My dad saw ZZ Top in the 70's in a high school gym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Friday, February 12, Robby Krieger and John Densmore of The Doors will perform with Robert DeLeo (of Stone Temple Pilots), Stephen Perkins (of Jane's Addiction), Rami Jaffee (of Foo Fighters) and other surprise guests in honor of Ray Manzarek. This will take place at The Fonda Theatre in LA. Going Strider??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 On 4/29/2015 at 7:38 PM, Charles J. White said: This fucking rocks hard and rides free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE32pvvaDT8 It still rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE32pvvaDT8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmalade_Skies Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 One of my favorite bands of all time. Jim, of course, was a great poet, intelligent, pretentious, loveable, drunk, chaotic, ego maniac. Their songs had an atmospheric poetry to them which made them unique from any other band, and even at their tail end, they tapped into a really good bluesy sound. Also, Ray Manzarek, playing keys and bass at the same time, cannot be understated. He was every bit as important as Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 On March 30, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Marmalade_Skies said: One of my favorite bands of all time. Jim, of course, was a great poet, intelligent, pretentious, loveable, drunk, chaotic, ego maniac. Their songs had an atmospheric poetry to them which made them unique from any other band, and even at their tail end, they tapped into a really good bluesy sound. Also, Ray Manzarek, playing keys and bass at the same time, cannot be understated. He was every bit as important as Jim. Absolutely agree with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 On 12/15/2016 at 2:35 PM, The Pagemeister said: Ok, count me in for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover 75 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I do like the Doors music, but not so much the live tracks. When Jim starts rambling on about something, wrecks it for me. Maybe I'm getting old, who knows. I can equate to any other artist, who at some point in the song, usually the chorus, decides the audience needs to sing along, while it may be cool if you are there, that also wrecks the song for me. I agree that Ray Manzarek was as important to the group. I heard a few interviews with him over the years, a really intelligent guy, worth trying to find those interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zino Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 The Doors have always been one of my Top 5-Rockbands. Together with Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band, and The Rolling Stones. Below an old US Mono pressing of their debut, the so called first 'Monarch' Mono pressing from January 1967, named after the Monarch pressing plant on the Westcoast (identificable by the Matrix number and symbols in the dead wax). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgeholder Still Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zino Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 (edited) Below another old & original US-Mono-First-Pressing, released September 1967. Bought 30 years ago on a flea market in Munich for just 5 DM - a real bargain Edited March 3, 2017 by Zino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundingRover Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 What's everyone's favorite Doors LP? Mine is Morrison Hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton P. Desveaux Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, RoundingRover said: What's everyone's favorite Doors LP? Mine is Morrison Hotel. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, RoundingRover said: What's everyone's favorite Doors LP? Mine is Morrison Hotel. I like their first album most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zino Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) My personal ranking of their studio albums: 1. The Doors 2. Strange Days 3. L. A. Woman 4. Morrison Hotel 5. Waiting For The Sun 6. The Soft Parade Edited March 5, 2017 by Zino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IpMan Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The Robbie Krieger Band played at the Orpheum in Flagstaff, AZ the night of January 19th. The wife and I went however there was a blizzard and the whole crowd was maybe 100 people max. The place was almost empty. Everyone was almost on the damn stage that is how close we all were. I was hoping Krieger would play some solo stuff or flamenco but the whole show was exclusively Doors songs. I love the Doors (they are in my top five bands) but I will admit I was a bit disappointed. Krieger played well, sounded exactly like he did in the Doors and had a good backing band...except for the singer! His son was the singer and he was a complete douche. Standing up there in black leathers and dark sunglasses trying to act intense and instead completely missed the mark. His singing was ok, it was his presence and actions which kinda soured the experience. Krieger was a very gracious guy and engaged the audience often so I asked him if he would indulge us with some of his excellent flamenco work. Robbie obliged and played an extended Spanish Caravan which was the best song of the night. I may have been a wee bit disappointed, but I would also have gladly paid the admission just to hear that one song. No regrets except that I was way to young to have seen the doors live, unless I pulled a Stewie and jetted off to NOLA in Dec 1970 to see their last show at the age of 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) Guest singer singer Josh Kennedy from the warm up band the Black Moods...reading the fucking lyrics on his phone!? Edited March 29, 2017 by SteveAJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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