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Queen v. The Doors Superbrawl

Johnny Dickshot Sep 12 2005 03:05 PM

Who are the champions... of the world? Put up your Doors top 10: Don't Stop Me Now Dragon Attack Bohemian Rhapsody You're My Best Friend Under Pressure Somebody to Love '39 I'm In Love with My Car Hammer to Fall We are the Champions

Edgy DC Sep 12 2005 03:13 PM

That's pretty generous to send "We Are the Champions" out there alone without her tag-team partner, "We Will Rock You."

MFS62 Sep 12 2005 03:15 PM

Edgy, that's because the Vegas odds are Queen -1. Later

seawolf17 Sep 12 2005 03:16 PM

Doors Top Three: Soul Kitchen Love Me Two Times Roadhouse Blues There are so many more Queen songs: Bicycle Race Fat Bottomed Girls Crazy Little Thing Called Love Tie Your Mother Down Seven Seas of Rhye The Show Must Go On Now I'm Here I Want To Break Free I could go on all day. This is a hands-down no-contest.

KC Sep 12 2005 03:41 PM

I don't really see how the two bands can be compared. I certainly wouldn't go see either band without their front men. I just love the Doors albums, I have all of them. The only Queen CD's I have are "classic" and "greatest hits" In no particular order .... Bohemian Rhapsody Tie Your Mother Down Another One Bites The Dust Killer Queen Somebody to Love Bicycle Race You're My Best Friend Crazy Little Thing Called Love Fat Bottomed Girls Keep Yourself Alive

Edgy DC Sep 12 2005 03:49 PM

You put good money into a juke box and pick "The End," it'll do a much better job clearing the bar and making the barternder and waitresses clear roll their eyes than "We Are the Champions." "Father, I want to bore you!"

metirish Sep 12 2005 03:58 PM

Top 10 Queen.. Another One Bites the Dust Killer Queen I Want It All You're My Best Friend Don't Stop Me Now Somebody To Love Seven Seas of Rhye We Will Rock You We Are The Champions The Show Must Go On WOW, so many great Queen songs... The Doors... Hello, I Love You Light My Fire Love her madly Love Me Two Times Riders on the Storm Break on Through Roadhouse Blues Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) The End LA Woman

sharpie Sep 12 2005 04:01 PM

Break On Through (to the Other Side) Soul Kitchen Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) Light My Fire Love Me Two Times L.A. Woman Roadhouse Blues Hello, I Love You Love Her Madly You Make Me Real Per Edgy I'm excluding The End or When The Music's Over or The Soft Parade 'cause he doesn't want the waitresses to get upset that they have to wait a bit before they get to hear Bicycle Race.

HahnSolo Sep 12 2005 04:15 PM

Slight edge to Queen, because young HahnSolo's first ever vinyl LP was News of the World. I'll duplicate KC's Queen top ten, but sub out Keep Yourself Alive for We Are the Champions. Top Ten Doors: Love Her Madly Touch Me Love Me Two Times Roadhouse Blues LA Woman Hello I Love You Break On Through Light My Fire Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) Soul Kitchen

Johnny Dickshot Sep 12 2005 04:17 PM

]Slight edge to Queen, because young HahnSolo's first ever vinyl LP was News of the World Hahn Solo/Johnny Dickshot Similarity Score ++++++++++

Willets Point Sep 12 2005 04:20 PM

Great songs by the Doors: Break On Through (To The Other Side) Soul Kitchen Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) (RealG2) Light My Fire Back Door Man People Are Strange Hello, I Love You Five To One Roadhouse Blues Peace Frog Love Her Madly Riders On The Storm Great songs by Queen: Under Pressure (w/David Bowie) Score: Doors 12, Queen 0.50 It's a rout!

seawolf17 Sep 12 2005 04:22 PM

Influenced: Doors: nobody of any real consequence Queen: all of British rock, 1975-2005 I don't see how this is a contest.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 12 2005 04:40 PM

Fans in Junior High: Doors: Cool guys who turned out to be losers Queen: Losers who turned out to be cool Edge: Queen Logo: I think Queen wins this one too. They got the look: This may be a tie.

sharpie Sep 12 2005 04:47 PM

Doors influence: Velvet Underground, Van Morrison and every other non-flower power American group that came after. No one sounded anything like them before they arrived. Queen influence: Well, I'm maybe a wee bit older than some of the people here so I remember the general feeling that Queen were David Bowie wannabees (whose best song ended up being with their hero) so any Queen influence you want to cite goes back to Bowie. Doors fans: Cool guys who weren't Grateful Dead fans. Queen fans: gay guys (ooh, that mustache); children.

KC Sep 12 2005 04:53 PM

Is Sharpie, Cal? I'm dying over here lolol

Willets Point Sep 12 2005 04:57 PM

sharpie wrote: Queen fans: gay guys (ooh, that mustache); children. Not too mention D&D geeks, LARP'ers, the scary guy in the freshman dorm who nobody wanted to room with.

Valadius Sep 12 2005 04:58 PM

Best Queen song - Don't Stop Me Now.

sharpie Sep 12 2005 05:04 PM

Kase, yes sharpie is cal. I thought everyone knew that.

KC Sep 12 2005 05:26 PM

I was 95% sure and didn't have my Rockin' Doc Guide to Who's Who on The CPF printout. I mean really, there aren't two prolific rock bands less comparable (at least to me). On edit, I'm guessing D&D is dungeons and dragons but what's LAPR's

Rockin' Doc Sep 12 2005 06:52 PM

Both Queen and the Doors are influential bands with a distinct sounds that are not even remotely similar. Both bands had distinctive, in your face singers that helped to define the sound of the band. When I first heard the Doors, I liked them from the start. However, over time much of their music seemed to lose resonance with me. When I first heard Queen, I immediately knew that I had never heard any other band quite like them before. I thought they were certainly destined to be starving artists for the brief run their career would have. With time, Queen's unique sound just seemed to grow on me and draw me in. Both are great bands, but on the sum of their work, I'll take Queen.

Edgy DC Sep 12 2005 10:48 PM

]Velvet Underground, Van Morrison and every other non-flower power American group that came after. No one sounded anything like them before they arrived. Van influenced the Doors as much as the other way around, and, jes, there were mystical white blues bands before them. The Aniimals were clearly an influence as well.

Edgy DC Sep 12 2005 10:55 PM

The Doors are also a big part of the Mazzy Star sound. Since this boils down to Dickshot v. Sharpie, let's match their lists. Your card for the evening: "Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" (This just in... rock stars do drugs!) "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" "Hammer to Fall" v. "Love Her Madly" "We are the Champions" v. "You Make Me Real" Ten honest votes per ballot. If you don't know one of the songs, find an online clip and listen.

Lundy Sep 13 2005 10:16 AM

The Doors win with me. Riders on the Storm, L.A. Woman, Break on Through, and Peace Frog beat the hell out of anything Queen put out. Plus we have the Mets connection: we kept the mojo risin' with L.A. Woman back in 1999...

Vic Sage Sep 13 2005 10:21 AM

i've always liked both bands, but... In college, i would drink too much Jack Daniels, sit in my room and play "THE END" over and over until, eventually, i'd get up, collect as many empty beer bottles as i could find, and start smashing them one at a time on the front steps of the dorm. No song by QUEEN ever had an equivalent impact on me. The sound of THE DOORS is and was unique. There was nothing that sounded like them, before or since. QUEEN was a fun English rock band thats only distinctive element (as far as i could tell) was Mercury's lead vocals. Morrison's lyrics, pretentious and pseudo-poetic as they were, still were ambitious enough to reach ocasional heights. QUEEN songs were fun, but hardly earth-shattering. DOORS songs gave you chills... QUEEN songs gave you giggles. For example, compare the use of "THE END" in APOCALYPSE NOW with "BOHEMIAN RAPSHODY" in WAYNE'S WORLD. And lets not forget that camp classic... The Queen score for FLASH GORDON ("flashh..... oooh ooh ooh... he'll save every one of us!"). hee hee hee. DOORS songs are for introspection... QUEEN songs for partying. DOORS songs open a pathway to the dark side... QUEEN songs open a pathway to amyl nitrate. DOORS songs are apocalyptic, QUEEN songs are anthemic. DOORS songs explore the forbidden and angst-driven longings of the American teen... QUEEN songs are veddy British (i,e, gay) , and deal with fat-bottomed girls (not that there's anything wrong with that!) having heart attacks while engaged in bicycle races. I think which you prefer has more to do with your OWN personality than any intrinsic quality or value of the groups themselves. The fact is, their music continues to appeal to succeeding generations (and deservedly so in both cases)... and to me, that's the only barometer of quality worth discussing.

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 10:29 AM

I want ten votes.

sharpie Sep 13 2005 10:40 AM

Well, the list I submitted left off The End to show Edgy that I empathized with his concern for the waitresses of this world but it should be on there instead of You Make Me Real. No votes til The End subbed in for that song.

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 10:41 AM

Sure, hey, yup, go crazy. "Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" (This just in... rock stars do drugs!) "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" "Hammer to Fall" v. "Love Her Madly" "We are the Champions" v. "The End"

seawolf17 Sep 13 2005 10:44 AM

You're not getting votes until we figure out your arbitrary bracket selection process.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 13 2005 10:45 AM

I'd like to replace "Hammer to Fall" with "Keep Yourself Alive"

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 10:48 AM

Arbitrary? I got ten songs from each and posted them as submitted. If the contesteants would like to rank them tenth to first, to add drama to the matchups, they can be my guesticals. "Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" "We are the Champions" v. "The End"

metirish Sep 13 2005 11:07 AM

Are we going 10 points per song? "Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" Queen - 9 - The Doors - 8 Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" Queen - 6 - The Doors - 4 "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" Queen - 4 - The Doors - 8 "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" Queen - 8 - The Doors - 8 Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" Queen - 7 - The Doors - 9 "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" Queen - 4 - The Doors - 9 I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" Queen - 5 - The Doors - 8 "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" Queen - 8 - The Doors - 8 We are the Champions" v. "The End" Queen - 9 - The Doors - 8 Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" Queen - 8 - the Doors - 8 Well in my scoring The Doors take this match up... Queen - 68 The Doors - 78

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 11:11 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 13 2005 11:27 AM

Well, I was looking for just which song was better, but if the contestants prefer the ten-point rating system, go with it. "Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" "We are the Champions" v. "The End"

sharpie Sep 13 2005 11:18 AM

Where's the John Densmore pic?

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 11:20 AM

Below Krieger. Is it not coming through for you?

sharpie Sep 13 2005 11:22 AM

No, all I get is Image Hosted by Tripod. www.Tripod.com.

Edgy DC Sep 13 2005 11:28 AM

Heck with Tripod. I stuck a better one in there. They're all pretty iconic photos except Deacon's.

Lundy Sep 13 2005 11:30 AM

"Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" Break on Through. Doors 1, Queen 0 "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" Soul Kitchen. Doors 2, Queen 0 "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" Bohemian Rhapsody. Doors 2, Queen 1 "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" Light my Fire. Doors 3, Queen 1 "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" Under Pressure. Doors 3, Queen 2 "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" L.A. Woman. Doors 4, Queen 2 "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" Roadhouse Blues. Doors 5, Queen 2 "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" Hello I Love You. Doors 6, Queen 2 "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" Keep Yourself Alive. Doors 6, Queen 3 "We are the Champions" v. "The End" We Are the Champions. Doors 6, Queen 4

Willets Point Sep 13 2005 01:49 PM

"Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" Doors 1, Queen 0 "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" Doors 2, Queen 0 "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" Doors 3, Queen 0 (Pity on the draw here, because there are about 4-5 songs in the Doors list that "Bohemian Rhapsody" would beat, but "Alabama Song" just kicks ass) "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" Doors 4, Queen 0 "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" Doors 4, Queen 1 "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" Doors 5, Queen 1 "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" Doors 6, Queen 1 "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" Doors 7, Queen 1 "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" Doors 8, Queen 1 "We are the Champions" v. "The End" Doors 8, Queen 2 (but only if "We Will Rock You" is included)

Matt Murdock, Esq. Sep 13 2005 10:57 PM

WP is, as almost always, correct. 8-2 Doors.

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 08:29 AM

Yeah, listen to the deaf guy.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 14 2005 09:22 AM

I think MetIrish's point system is a better way to judge this race.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 14 2005 11:29 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 14 2005 12:43 PM

"Don't Stop Me Now" v. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" Wham! This is like holding the Super Bowl on opening day. Propelled along by a funky bassline and Morrison’s hazy, desperate vocals, “Break on Through” is probably The Doors’ finest song. Inexplicably, “Don’t Stop Me Now” wasn’t even a hit for but is almost the perfect Queen song: bombastic, triumphant and funny; with soring operatic harmonies, a signature May guitar solo and Freddie shifting between his sweet baladeer and superhero-theme-song vocals on a dime. Don’t Stop Me Now 9 Break on Through 9 "Dragon Attack" v. "Soul Kitchen" IIRC, “Dragon Attack” was released as the B Side of “Another One Bites the Dust” -- a common Queen coolness -- and is sort of AOBTD’s darker, less popular cousin, more funk than disco. I can remember this playing at earsplitting decibels at Lace’s roller-skating rink in Northport. “Soul Kitchen” is a pair-up song too -- seemingly invented to balance “The End” on classic-rock radio Two for Tuesday. You’ve been sick of this one for years. Dragon Attack 5 Soul Kitchen 4 "Bohemian Rhapsody" v. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" One of the greatest single recordings in the history of rock vs. a sloppy take on 1930s vaudeville. Not even close. Bohemian Rhapsody 9 Alabama Song 5 "You're My Best Friend" v. "Light My Fire" There’s barely a shred of cheese in this lushly recorded love song featuring a gorgeous combination of voices and guitars in harmony. The ending is just perfection. I like “Light My Fire” a lot. Intensity and passion to match the chorus. “You’re My Best Friend” 8 “Light My Fire” 9 "Under Pressure" v. "Love Me Two Times" Insto-classic bass beat, adventuresome singing and arrangements vs. a run-of-the-mill white blues tune. “Under Pressure” 7 “Love Me Two Times” 5 "Somebody to Love" v. "L.A. Woman" Almost a rematch of the first game in this series -- elements of Rhapsody in an easy-open package vs. a hard-charging blues song. Both are hamming it up here, with the difference being Queen doesn’t take itself too seriously while Morrison is eager for us to perceive it as mystical. Somebody to Love 9 L.A. Woman 9 "'39" v. "Roadhouse Blues" ‘39 is sort of an oddball Queen song: An acoustic folk number sung by (I think) Roger and not Freddie. But it’s very pretty. I like the scat thing Morrison tries in “Roadhouse Blues” but for most of this entirely-too-long song, he’s just shouting to inform us that the apocolypse has him down. ‘39 7 Roadhouse Blues 6 "I'm In Love with My Car" v. "Hello, I Love You" Queen does hard rock and does it pretty well. The Doors seemed to have done a good job of musically expressing what it’s like to see a pretty woman for the first time (also on “Love Her Madly”). “I’n Love with My Car” 5 Hello, I Love You” 7 "Keep Yourself Alive" v. "Love Her Madly" Energetic hard-rock Queen song where the guitars are all fuzzed up and the background singing is superb. “Love Her Madly” I suppose is a rip-off of HILY, since it came later (I think). It has a nice percussive piano-y base propelling it forward like lots of good Doors songs and it swings out of the “all your love” bridge cleverly. Keep Yourself Alive 7 Love Her Madly 6 "We are the Champions" v. "The End" One of Queen’s best-written sings: Catchy, dramatic, self-indulgent and triumphant vs. an atmospheric, self-indulgent and cataclysmic Doors offering. “The apocolypse sure is boring!” We Are the Champions 9 The End 6 Final score: Queen 75, Doors 66

metirish Sep 14 2005 11:42 AM

Good job J dIckshot, interesting score, mine was 68 for Queen and 78 for the Doors, I admit to not scoring "Bohemian Rhapsody" with a better score because I am so sick of hearing it.

sharpie Sep 14 2005 12:06 PM

I don't think either me or Dickshot really should be voting here since we came up with the respective lists. I'll do one later but our scores shouldn't count in any final tally, if there is a final tally.

seawolf17 Sep 14 2005 12:07 PM

Okay, I'll play. Stop 7 Dragon 4 Rhapsody 10 Best Friend 6 Pressure 9 Somebody 9 '39 5 Car 5 Alive 8 Champions 9 Other Side 6 Soul Kitchen 7 Alabama 3 Fire 5 Love Me 2X 7 LA Woman 7 Roadhouse 7 Hello 5 Madly 5 End 2 Queen 73, Doors 54

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 12:17 PM

Does "Under Pressure" lose points for bringing in a ringer? Because I'm not buying that "Light My Fire" is the only 10 on either list. You want scatting? "UP" is scat-tastic!

sharpie Sep 14 2005 12:40 PM

I questioned whether Under Pressure should be allowed but magnanimously didn't challenge (so long it can be included in the David Bowie cage match).

Johnny Dickshot Sep 14 2005 12:42 PM

As you can probably tell I like Queen songs with lots of operatic harmonies and May guitar solos. For a song that does't have either of those, U.P. does pretty well. Yeah, my scoring on LMF sucked. I was trying to give it high marks as compared the opponent, not necessarily realizing the opponent was so high. I will change the scoring to 8-9 and reflect that in the finals

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 12:49 PM

"'39" sounds perhaps more like it belongs on "Wings at the Speed of Sound" than "A Night at the Opera."

Vic Sage Sep 14 2005 02:59 PM

Doors 75 Queen 69 My numbers are as arbitrary as everybody else's... i just didn't bother to do it song by song.

sharpie Sep 14 2005 09:32 PM

Don't Stop Me Now vs. Break On Through (to the Other Side) Dickshot was correct in that this is a heavyweight matchup. Just as Break On Through might be his favorite Doors song, Don't Stop Me Now would be one of my favorite Queen songs. Break On Through is the first song on the first side of the first Doors album and makes it onto any list I'm compiling of best first songs. Queen 8 Doors 9 Dragon Attack vs. Soul Kitchen Why didn't Another One Bites the Dust make it on the list instead of this fairly standard number that totally escaped me on its release? I'm not hearing Soul Kitchen on the radio these days and I'd like to listen to the station that plays it. X knew the song was cool, everyone else should too. Queen 5 Doors 8 Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) The ultimate Queen song, I grant you. Alabama Song, rather than being some tacky vaudeville number, was/is a classic Kurt Weill song. Lotte Lenya, Kurt's widow, said upon hearing the Doors version that that was what Kurt was trying to get at all along. Both songs kick butt. Queen 9 Doors 8 You're My Best Friend vs. LIght My Fire Best Friend is nice, but kind of lightweight. Light My Fire has one of the best intros ever and a long instrumental section that still gets me going even after hearing it four trillion times. Queen 6 Doors 9 Under Pressure vs. Love Me Two Times. David Bowie, Vanilla Ice, it's good, but a bit long. Love Me Two Times is made good by its bum bum bum bum bum bum before the chorus. Queen 8 Doors 6 Somebody to Love vs. LA Woman. Somebody to Love is one of those operatic (dare I say, gay) Queen songs that wear on me pretty quickly. LA Woman has some killer Densmore drumming. Mystical? I think not. Queen 6 Doors 8 39 vs. Roadhouse Blues I guess you had to grow up listening to the album and having it bring back fond memories to think much of 39. Roadhouse Blues rocks hard. He's not trying to inform us that the apocalypse has him down, he's just had beer for breakfast.. Queen 4 Doors 6 I'm In Love With My Car vs. Hello, I Love You Freddie loves his car, Jim loves a black girl passing by (would you like to pluck this dusky jewel?) Queen 5 Doors 7 Keep Yourself Alive vs. Love Her Madly Another Queen song I didn't know. Liked it better than most of the other new ones. Don't see the HILY connection, but what Dickshot said for the rest of it. Queen 6 Doors 6 We Are the Champions vs. The End We Are the Champions was sung by both Liza Minelli and Green Day. It belongs more in the Liza camp. The End is great, really really great for the first 7 minutes but I am tired of the "Father, yes son" biz. I can't think of another song that does what it tries to do nearly as successfully. It reaches for a lot and mostly achieves it. We are the Champions is a goofball anthem, though catchy. Queen 7 Doors 8 Queen 64 Doors 75

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 10:22 PM

When we all take a band and break into brackets, I've got dibs on Grand Funk.

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2005 10:22 PM

"Light My Fire has one of the best intros ever and a long instrumental section that still gets me going even after hearing it four trillion times. " Light My Fire - and particularly that guitar solo/instrumental towards the end - is the song that turned me on to FM radio. With no older brothers or cool older friends to clue me in, I was forced to discover the then-new sound of "progressive" FM radio on my own and it was hearing the full-length version of LMF that made me realize what I was missing by having only been exposed to the standard 3-minute cut-down version that was standard fare on the 'Music Radio 77-WABC/AM' type of station that were dominant back in that time.

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 10:28 PM

Records that had the middle cut out for AM radio: "Light My Fire" "The Time Has Come Today" "My Sharona"

cooby Sep 14 2005 10:30 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 14 2005 10:32 PM

My sister has always been a very straight laced, upright person, but one of the coolest things she ever did was buy the 45 rpm "Light My Fire" by the Doors when she was in high school and I was in elementary. It's one of my fondest childhood memories. I've still got that 45 around here somewhere. Re: "Time Has Come Today": I live in a dinky little town with one AM and one FM radio station (Bubba worked there!) but I'll give them credit for this--they always played the long version when it was current

Johnny Dickshot Sep 14 2005 10:31 PM

FM radio then turned on you and played Soul Kitchen every single day for 30 years!!!!

Rockin' Doc Sep 14 2005 10:36 PM

I'm too lazy to break it down song by song so I'll simply give my scores and then toss in a few comments at the end. In a close decision I scored it: Queen 72.5 Doors 73.5 The final result is somewhat surprising since I would consider myself as more of a fan of Queen than of the Doors. My personal top 10 for each band would differ slightly from that available for our vote, but I went with what was presented. I prefer In Only Seven Days over '39 as an example of Queen's softer, acoustic material. I would substitute Tie Your Mother Down and Killer Queen in place of Dragon Attack and I'm In Love With My Car. It's hard for me to envision a top 10 for the Doors without Riders On the Storm. which I would use in place of Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar).

Edgy DC Sep 14 2005 10:53 PM

My votes aren't in, but I'd've picked "Flash" over "The End." Norrin called it. It's the soundtrack of desperate sophomores battering themselves with narcotics, seduced into thinking there's something there if they can just bend their minds enough to fit around it. But there's not. And no matter how rich the search makes Anheiser Busch, there never will be. Freudian epic indeed. Give me "Roadhouse Blues." John Densmore, in accepting his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, took a moment to apologize to his father for "The End." So should we all. I wasn't really joking about bar owners. I had Saloon owner friends in Rockaway that asked me to help load their CD jukebox. They had taken out the card for The Doors Greatest Hits and put in a new one without "The End" listed. I investigated and found other bars had done the same thing. I'm sure there were still some stoners who would punch 6112 and, even though they themselves knew that "The End" was track 12 on the album, would believe there was something mystical that they could make the song play even though there was no listing for it on the jukebox.

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2005 11:34 PM

="Johnny Dickshot"]FM radio then turned on you and played Soul Kitchen every single day for 30 years!!!! Actually, for me, it was 'Roadhouse Blues' that became one of those (too numerous to name) songs that 'Classic Rock Radio' drove into the ground and made me never want to hear it again. It was that; woke up this morning and I got myself a beeyah, line opening the song that program directors must have figured would drag in a whole new generation of teenagers as listeners.

KC Sep 15 2005 09:42 AM

Well, if nothing else I've been listening to a lot of Queen and The Doors the last couple of days. Queen wins out like dynamite with laser beam over the tepid (and somewhat depressing) Sunday morning Bud 16oz tall boy. My only friend the end -- why I oughta ....

Willets Point Dec 15 2005 11:06 AM

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