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The Doors — Spanish Caravan
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max_p
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 10:04
 
There's a street named Andalucia in Venice Ca.
I ride by there and speculate if this influenced young Jim back in the day... 

h8rhater
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 10:04
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
I actually like The Doors, but this is just laughably bad. Could it be any more overblown and pretentious?
 
Robby Krieger was a child prodigy and a very accomplished flamenco guitar player long before the Doors. How DARE he want to perform a song with some flamenco... soooo pretentious.

h8rhater
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 12:01
 
 Catalytic wrote:
Further proof that not everything the Doors did was great, or even "good". Singing along with scales went out of style in the 14th century. I'd give this a zero but the scale only goes down to "1".
 
Singing along with scales?  The 14th century you say?  Your personal scale only goes to "1"???

The pretentiousness continues... but not from the band.


Catalytic
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:57
 
Further proof that not everything the Doors did was great, or even "good". Singing along with scales went out of style in the 14th century. I'd give this a zero but the scale only goes down to "1".

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:57
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
I prefer "Clam Caravan". 
 

Three and half years later and I still stand by this statement.

h8rhater
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:56
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
... this is just laughably bad. Could it be any more overblown and pretentious?
 
michaelgmitchell wrote:

Well put.
 
The only thing "pretentious" here is the two of you.  You really should stop using words that are too big for you.

Lulubelle
(Gold Coast Australia)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 23:59
 
Love this also.

ChicoCyclist
(Chico, CA)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 13:57
 
 SpamNRice wrote:


One of my favorites segues — intentional or not... masterful.

 

Same here.  I knew it was coming, but I'm still not sure where Paco De Lucia ends and The Doors begin.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 13:56
 
Bill!  Segue this into the version by Ozzie Hergenheimer's Wisconsin Accordion Orchestra — I can upload it if you want :-)

michaelgmitchell
(Stirling, ON)
Posted: Sep 15, 2012 - 13:18
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
... this is just laughably bad. Could it be any more overblown and pretentious?
 
Well put.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:19
 
 JoeChristmas73 wrote:
I used to worship The Doors when I was young; then I grew up and discarded them. Now I appreciate them for what they are, and I don't look for any deeper meaning; I am thankful for what they meant to me at a tough time in my life. With that said, I'll concur with many of the other commenters: this song sucks.

 
An interesting way to arrive at that conclusion.  I never liked this tune much either, but I can understand why it's so important to a lot of other folks.

JoeChristmas73
Posted: May 12, 2012 - 05:33
 
I used to worship The Doors when I was young; then I grew up and discarded them. Now I appreciate them for what they are, and I don't look for any deeper meaning; I am thankful for what they meant to me at a tough time in my life.

With that said, I'll concur with many of the other commenters: this song sucks.



megaboogieman
(Russia, Gulag Archipelago)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 13:50
 
Tugs at one's heartstrings

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 11:58
 
 LizK wrote:
Oh, Good God!  This is for real! ? The Lizard King must be glad he's passed.  {#Stop}
 
yeah but it has that quasi-classical intro that makes for some cool song transitions so Bill won't put it away...just dreadful.  Bill, there are other songs much less horrid than this, please put this one on a shelf.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 20:38
 
Oh, Good God!  This is for real! ? The Lizard King must be glad he's passed.  {#Stop}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 19:45
 
Robbie Krieger, ladies and gentlemen.

BTW...WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALL THE COOL EMOTICONS??!!

SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 04:08
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
I actually like The Doors, but this is just laughably bad. Could it be any more overblown and pretentious?
 
Welllllll.... if U2 were to do a remake - it might be surpassed... 


SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 04:02
 
 Verashappy wrote:


Indeed. :)

 

One of my favorites segues — intentional or not... masterful.


Verashappy
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:01
 
 polymerchm wrote:
One of your better segues.{#Dancingbanana_2}
 

Indeed. :)


oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 11:00
 
 kuntumut wrote:
from Paco De Lucia - Concierto de Aranjuez, it was such a great transition!!
 
Yes. Sort of a lesson in why it's good for musicians to go to study their craft. Mom said, "You'd better practice, Johnny or you'll end up sounding like the Doors".

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 10:59
 
Ride the snake.  {#Meditate}   Makes me wanna reach for my Mogodan.

polymerchm
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 10:58
 
One of your better segues.{#Dancingbanana_2}

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 17:19
 
Really good

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 12:43
 
 kcar wrote:
... a bit lumbering and pretentious...
 
Well put!


laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:27
 
 snegel wrote:
Paco De Lucia - Concierto de Aranjuez => Doors - Spanish Caravan, perfect segue. And good song though, 8.

 
  This one bears repeating! {#Clap}


johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 09:24
 
 finoufk wrote:
a door must be open or close. Please close this one !!!!   {#Sick}
 





kcar
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:29
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
 

Art, I started scrolling back through the comments just to see how many times you kvetched about this song...and then I saw this. 

Perfect. Made me burst out laughing. One of Will Ferrell's better spoofs.  

I still like the song, but yes it is a bit lumbering and pretentious. And yes—you do bitch about "Spanish Caravan" like clockwork.  

clickfaster
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:10
 
An amazing performance of Asturias by John Williams.

http://youtu.be/wDAHl54V0CU


finoufk
(Bordeaux - france)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:03
 
a door must be open or close. Please close this one !!!!   {#Sick}

finoufk
(Bordeaux - france)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:01
 
 shawshank wrote:
The best band without a bassist. {#Shhh}
 

Is there many of them ?

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 18:36
 
I actually like The Doors, but this is just laughably bad. Could it be any more overblown and pretentious?

kuntumut
Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 18:35
 
from Paco De Lucia - Concierto de Aranjuez, it was such a great transition!!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:27
 
 jpfueler wrote:
I like the segue into The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald as this song too is inspired by a ship wreck. Well the painting of one.
A Spanish Galleon was tossing the horses overboard in the painting and Jim was moved to write this.

 

You're thinking of Horse Latitudes off the Strange Days album.

ferwoman
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 09:26
 
Great segue.

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 12:33
 
The best band without a bassist. {#Shhh}

jpfueler
(Burleson Texas, (South o' Ft Worth))
Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 01:05
 
I like the segue into The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald as this song too is inspired by a ship wreck. Well the painting of one.
A Spanish Galleon was tossing the horses overboard in the painting and Jim was moved to write this.


sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 08:05
 
 PeeBee wrote:
Strange song...but I still love it.
 
Strange indeed, just can't past the annoying keyboards in the background...


valeriogonzalez
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 10:08
 
 AvoidingWork wrote:
For once!!  I was able to notice where Concierto quit and Caravan started.  Usually it's several measure into Caravan when I think, "Hey the song changed!"
 
The same happened to me.

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 10:04
 
For once!!  I was able to notice where Concierto quit and Caravan started.  Usually it's several measure into Caravan when I think, "Hey the song changed!"


calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 19:56
 
 
Jim Morrison by ~KingVahagn
©2005-2010 ~KingVahagn

Jim Morrison of The Doors

Pencil on drawing paper

There's an important event tonight, Nov 22, 2010, in California US dedicated to The Doors, and particularly the figure of Jim Morrison.

"James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971), filmmaker, musician, songwriter, poet , actor, also known by the pseudonyms of "The Lizard King", was the lead singer and lyricist of American band The Doors, as one of the most iconic frontmen in rock music history. Morrison was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Jim Morrison's vocal influences were Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, which is evident in his own baritone crooning style used in several of the Doors songs. This is mentioned within the pages of "No One Here Gets Out Alive" by Danny Sugarman, as Jim, as a teenager, who is such a fan of Elvis Presley music that it gets to the point that he demands that people be quiet when Elvis is on the radio. The Frank Sinatra influence is mentioned in the pages of "The Doors, The Illustrated History" also by Sugarman, where Frank Sinatra is listed on Morrison's Band Bio as being his favorite singer.

Morrison remains one of the most popular and influential singers/writers in rock history as The Doors' catalog has become a staple of classic rock radio stations. To this day he is widely regarded as the prototypical rock star.

Iggy and the Stooges are said to have formed after lead singer Iggy Pop was inspired by Morrison while attending a Doors concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of Pop's most popular songs, "The Passenger", is said to be based on one of Morrison's poems.
Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, Layne Staley, the late vocalist of Alice in Chains, Scott Weiland, the vocalist of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, Julian Casablancas of the The Strokes, as well as Scott Stapp of Creed, claimed Morrison to be their biggest influence and inspiration. Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver have both covered "Roadhouse Blues" by the Doors.

Although The Doors' active career ended in 1973, their popularity has persisted. According to the RIAA, they have sold over 32.5 million albums in the US alone. Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger still occasionally tour together with additional musicians as Manzarek-Krieger, performing Doors songs exclusively. " (wikipedia)




Painted_Turtle
(Land of Laughing Waters)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 13:24
 
Robby Krieger, who does the classical guitar lead in, is listed as number 91 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all times. 

Asturias and/or Leyenda is the classical piece & was made popular by Andrés Segovia, the finest classical guitarist of the 20th century - and one of the founders of what we now consider "Classical Guitar".  So for me, this riff by Robby is pretty good for a non classical trained American Rock & Roll artist.




Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 13:11
 
Laughably pretentious, and overblown. It just can't end soon enough.

snegel
Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 02:44
 
Paco De Lucia - Concierto de Aranjuez => Doors - Spanish Caravan, perfect segue. And good song though, 8.


PeeBee
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 05:37
 
Strange song...but I still love it.

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 08:23
 
I prefer the George Winston version. {#Lol} Really, I do.


Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 08:09
 
 crockydile wrote:
This sounds really dated. I like a good number of their songs. Not this one. {#Headache}
 
I always thought so . . . and I'm from '67!

Akaiila
(London, UK)
Posted: May 31, 2010 - 09:35
 
I probably would have liked it more if it wasn't following after, and suffering from the comparison with, the Concierto de Aranjuez - a witty segue, but one that for me just highlights that the Doors, behind the undeniable cool and a couple of awesome tracks, were actually pretty lightweight.

(Mind you, a couple of awesome tracks is far better than many successful artists manage, so I'll grant that's a pretty high bar...)



calypsus_1
Posted: May 22, 2010 - 12:27
 

Ray Manzarek from The Doors by ~piciule

Ray Manzarek from The Doors at the concert in Zürich, Switzerland (10. January 2007)


emmidad
(Los Gatos, CA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 18:10
 
Awesome seque from Paco De Lucia Bill! I didn't even notice until Jim started singing.


quietman
Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 17:04
 
This was one of my my first albums as a teenager. I still love to hear this, though I must say that the George Winston version catches my fancy even more these days. In reflection, I would say this song probably opened to doors (pun intended) in my mind to a much wider range of latin-influenced music. Finally, the segue from the Paco De Lucia piece, which was quite perfect, illustrates the many connections between rock and classical. 

Thank you Bill, as always, for painting the soundscape with a wide brush!