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Mortte Jousimo · 05.06.2015, 08:02 AM

Is LA Woman generally regarded as a bad Doors album, or do I just not like the Doors? Both?

I love all the Doors albums, but Morrison Hotel & L.A Woman are the bluesiest Doors albums. I think general opinion is their first three albums are their best. If you want to listen non-blues Doors albums, I recommend Strange Days & Waitin For the Sun. I think Soft Parade is really much underrated, really like it´s "entertainmusic" influences (horns in Tell All the People, Touch Me, Runnin Blue) also it´s the most prog-influenced Doors-album (self-titled long song).

That means they defined the worst decade in rock and roll history.

No. The Worst decades of R´N`r history have been 2000 & 2010 decades. These are the decades when R´n`R has really became part of entertaining business (I really hate Idols, Talents-competitions and all kind of Voice of Bullshits). Yes, I know there have been maybe the largest amount of indie/alternative bands, but can you show me any style that is not less or more retro-influenced? Even a one band or artists that make totally never before heard music? Seventies music went forward, it took directions never heard before (prog-rock, punk, well punk was partly retro when taking lots of influences from sixties garage). Specially in the start of decade there were lots of great bands nobody hasn´t mentioned in this latest discussion (Spooky Tooth, Mountain, Free, Ten Years After, Family, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Traffic, New York Dolls, Nazareth, really many prog-rock & krautrockbands, also many bands from non-US & non-UK). I really hate eighties plastic drums & synths, but that sound was also something new. And in the eighties became Sonic Youth, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Cure, Tom Waits greatest era started. Nineties there was grunge even it recycled punk & seventies heavy. In the 2000-2010 there has been anything revolutionary in Rock, no youth movements like in the earlier decades. I am really glad if you can show I´m wrong because I really think youth movements in music are just great thing, I really don´t like when my kids are growing with idols and that sort of shit.

-The occasional endless blues solo. Seriously, after Hendrix why the hell did anyone bother?

I think you haven´t really listened Zeppelin studio-albums. Page doesn´t play lots of solos in them, in live situations yes (well In my Time of Dying yes, it´s just too long). I think IV is the greatest, I really love also Houses of the Holy (It´s my first Zeppelin-album). Physical Graffiti is overrated, the third side is really great.

I love Zeppelin, Floyd, the Who, The Doors. My order in those bands are: Floyd>the Who>the Doors>Zeppelin. I can´t understand these comments about the Who, I think it´s maybe the most important band of rock history. I mean it has done succesfully almost all the music styles (I think they were also pioneers in putting electronic elements into rock music, I think before Baba O´Riley & Won´t get Fooled again no-one has done those things). Have you all listened Tommy, Who´s Next & Quadrophenia whole through?

05.06.2015, 08:02 AM	#46557
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	Is LA Woman generally regarded as a bad Doors album, or do I just not like the Doors? Both? I love all the Doors albums, but Morrison Hotel & L.A Woman are the bluesiest Doors albums. I think general opinion is their first three albums are their best. If you want to listen non-blues Doors albums, I recommend Strange Days & Waitin For the Sun. I think Soft Parade is really much underrated, really like it´s "entertainmusic" influences (horns in Tell All the People, Touch Me, Runnin Blue) also it´s the most prog-influenced Doors-album (self-titled long song). That means they defined the worst decade in rock and roll history. No. The Worst decades of R´N`r history have been 2000 & 2010 decades. These are the decades when R´n`R has really became part of entertaining business (I really hate Idols, Talents-competitions and all kind of Voice of Bullshits). Yes, I know there have been maybe the largest amount of indie/alternative bands, but can you show me any style that is not less or more retro-influenced? Even a one band or artists that make totally never before heard music? Seventies music went forward, it took directions never heard before (prog-rock, punk, well punk was partly retro when taking lots of influences from sixties garage). Specially in the start of decade there were lots of great bands nobody hasn´t mentioned in this latest discussion (Spooky Tooth, Mountain, Free, Ten Years After, Family, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Traffic, New York Dolls, Nazareth, really many prog-rock & krautrockbands, also many bands from non-US & non-UK). I really hate eighties plastic drums & synths, but that sound was also something new. And in the eighties became Sonic Youth, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Cure, Tom Waits greatest era started. Nineties there was grunge even it recycled punk & seventies heavy. In the 2000-2010 there has been anything revolutionary in Rock, no youth movements like in the earlier decades. I am really glad if you can show I´m wrong because I really think youth movements in music are just great thing, I really don´t like when my kids are growing with idols and that sort of shit. -The occasional endless blues solo. Seriously, after Hendrix why the hell did anyone bother? I think you haven´t really listened Zeppelin studio-albums. Page doesn´t play lots of solos in them, in live situations yes (well In my Time of Dying yes, it´s just too long). I think IV is the greatest, I really love also Houses of the Holy (It´s my first Zeppelin-album). Physical Graffiti is overrated, the third side is really great. I love Zeppelin, Floyd, the Who, The Doors. My order in those bands are: Floyd>the Who>the Doors>Zeppelin. I can´t understand these comments about the Who, I think it´s maybe the most important band of rock history. I mean it has done succesfully almost all the music styles (I think they were also pioneers in putting electronic elements into rock music, I think before Baba O´Riley & Won´t get Fooled again no-one has done those things). Have you all listened Tommy, Who´s Next & Quadrophenia whole through?
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