MOG

Amen to that!

Remember "Drink Milk and Glow in the Dark"?, seems like yesterday,...1980? Morrison was a tormented soul, (with a great band, agreed).

Morrison was a juvenile, over-hyped narcissist. Arrested devolpment writ large.

Aren't we all?

He has shamanistic qualities..when you are 14 years old. Then they seem to fade away. The music is the timeless part for me. Finding out that The Doors came out when Iggy and the Stooges did, and on the same label, no less,lets you know who was ahead of their time.

Give Other Voices a listen, it was the first album the Doors did after Morrison's passing. This from AMG -

Despite the fact that Jim Morrison cast a long shadow, it must be remembered that the Doors were first and foremost a band. After Morrison's passing in Paris in the summer of 1971, the group received a generous offer from Elektra president Jac Holzman to continue their recording career. Most fans of the group wondered if the band would even have any appeal without Morrison. Would they still be powerful? Would they progress? Well, the answer is yes and no. The Doors did a very smart thing on this record -- they didn't try to replace or approximate Morrison. The result is a less serious but still focused album that, in hindsight, has real appeal. "Ships W/Sails" basically takes off where "Riders on the Storm" left off: its Afro-Cuban groove is an absolute gas, and shows that three remaining Doors were indeed progressing as musicians. The vocals on the album, while not disastrous, certainly don't have the impact that the band had with Morrison. The Doors knew this, and only tried to make an honest statement of where they were as musicians and not a social force. On this level, the effort succeeds admirably.

K THAT RADIATION HAS YOU FUCKED UP MORRISON KICKED ASS YOU DONE GONE AND WATCHED TOO MUCH TELEVISION

It kills me to hear someone say that Morrison is for 14-year-olds, and then go on to posit the merits of The Stooges! As if "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "No Fun" are heavy adult statements. I love the Stooges, but part of their appeal is the everlasting adolescence of their music. Most of what I read here is the product of a media campaign over the last decade or so to discredit the Doors, as Morrison represented something truly dangerous to the establishment. Name me one rock frontman today who even comes close to being dangerous. You can't, because they all suck corporate dick.

watch it kid..dangerous ground..let us see your first rate qualities today..yo?..and..?..and...?sssssssssssssoushhhh! you're talking for the KING.