See you around, Ray.  Thanks for all this great music.

 scraig wrote:
On_The_Beach wrote:  
I logged in to say exactly the same thing but you and scraig were ahead of me.

 scraig wrote: 
Totally; I guess I'm not the only one who noticed.
Brilliant segue, Bill.

Is that Harlem shake on the cover?

good
when it's good it's good

 holborne wrote: 
Good point.  Miss your comments.

We miss you Jim! :'(

This song is the essence of the Doors musical side.  Sweet, dark, pretty and thoughful all at once.

My favorite Doors album and favorite Doors cover!

The Doors are still unmatched for sheer exuberance and creative panache-That cover is a representation of Jim Morrison's fascination with freaks and the world of carnival. Good follow up with Chris Isaak.

 Stingray wrote: 
Thank you for your "opinion".

What brainless idiot might have chosen this "art"
for a DOORS cover?
And why the DOORS accepted it?

A RIDDLE!!!

very, very nice!!

a nice little ditty

Jim Morrison by BRNDNLPZ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38841896@N07/

1969 The Soft Parade

All rights reserved

 kcar wrote: 

Had the pleasure of seeing the Doors in Philly at the old Arena (where the Roller Derby track was), second show.  It was the tour after the infamous Miami incident.  The show was delayed in order to get still police chief Rizzo's cameras out of the hall.  Rizzo wanted to have cameras rolling in case there was a reprise of Morrison alledgedly exposing himself again.  They got the cameras out and the show started shortly after.  The cameras did come back shortly after the show started, but all they got was a really great show.

The sound was very good actually, at least for back then.  Halfway through the second set, Morrison jumped off the stage and roamed through the audience still singing as he did occasionally.  It was a more than worthy show.  They were in great form.  I did remeber Manzarek looking at Morrison alot wondering WTF was he going to do next.  The Doors may have had a set list, but in reality, they had to follow Morrison's lead and make adjustments on the fly to compensate.  The skills and musicianship of the band were way beyond their time. When they played live they never knew where it was going, they literally played by the seat of their pants, improvisationally.

 Eveland wrote: 
Yeah, and the sound still stands up. Compared to a lot of their peers such as The Kinks, The Doors created a polished, well-crafted sound in the studio. 

The Doors don't sound nearly as good live in my experience, but I have to wonder if that's because Morrison was high so often.  

Joe Jackson's bass line fed right into this. Brilliant Bill!

 kaybee wrote: 
This is only one of many great songs on this album.
Christmas is coming, makes a great stocking stuffer.

enjoy

I've never owned this album and this song never seemed to be played on radio.  Thus RP is the first place I've heard it!  Nice!

I typically can't stand Doors music, but this one is kind of nice.

the Doors by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

the greatest american band of all time!
airbrush, water colours, 1994

vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger.

holborne wrote:
So, you've never experienced the joy of a live performance? Would you rather just listen to the boom boom of fireworks on your Ipod earbuds rather than experience the visual spectacle? Give me live any day! Just sayin'.

Distinctly not a fan of The Doors, but this sure sounds nice. 

I would say they were ahead of their time.

 calypsus_1 wrote: 

Have you ever given a 10 to a living artist?

 megisi wrote: 
Yup, music has a (cultural, spatial, etc) context, just like any work of art.

 Papernapkin wrote: 
You're lost little man.