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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 22, 2022 21:41:22 GMT
The Doors in May 1967 recording Strange Days at Sunset Sound with producer Paul Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick:
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Post by kds on Sept 23, 2022 13:03:24 GMT
Looks like somebody went to a Beach Boys yard sale.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 23, 2022 13:26:57 GMT
Looks like somebody went to a Beach Boys yard sale. The funny thing about those photos is that, when I imagine the group circa Strange Days, I picture Jim already with the leather pants and jacket, Ray in his patented suits, and Robby and John in their hippy garb. But, as the photos show, The Doors looked fairly "square" in their sweaters, plain T-shirts, and basic button-down shirts. At least this was during the recording of the album. Things would soon change.
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Post by kds on Sept 23, 2022 13:39:19 GMT
Looks like somebody went to a Beach Boys yard sale. The funny thing about those photos is that, when I imagine the group circa Strange Days, I picture Jim already with the leather pants and jacket, Ray in his patented suits, and Robby and John in their hippy garb. But, as the photos show, The Doors looked fairly "square" in their sweaters, plain T-shirts, and basic button-down shirts. At least this was during the recording of the album. Things would soon change. Speaking of The Doors, I finally finished Robbie's book. I'd highly suggest it.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 22, 2022 2:02:01 GMT
Freddy Cannon of "Palisades Park" and "Tallahassee Lassie" fame covered The Doors' "20th Century Fox"...and it ain't bad!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Nov 18, 2022 12:11:11 GMT
An interview with Doors' road manager, Vince Trainor. Essential reading for Doors' fans:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 1, 2022 11:07:54 GMT
Happy 78th Birthday to John Densmore!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 8, 2022 11:29:59 GMT
Remembering Jim Morrison on his 79th Birthday...
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Post by jk on Feb 22, 2023 21:06:03 GMT
Something that struck me only yesterday when organizing some YouTube listens for a family member is that "Break On Though (To The Other Side)" had been censored in the past. The bit I've always heard as "She gets", sung four times, was originally "She gets high"! On the other hand, they left "Light My Fire" alone, maybe because "higher" rhymes with "fire" and "pyre" and couldn't be edited out!  |
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Post by kds on Feb 22, 2023 21:14:50 GMT
Something that struck me only yesterday when organizing some YouTube listens for a family member is that "Break On Though (To The Other Side)" had been censored in the past. The bit I've always heard as "She gets", sung four times, was originally "She gets high"! On the other hand, they left "Light My Fire" alone, maybe because "higher" rhymes with "fire" and "pyre" and couldn't be edited out! Which version of Break On Through came first? Growing up, I always heard the censored version. I don't think I heard the "She gets high" version until I was in my early 20s (around 2003-04) when I received whatever the latest two disc compilation was as a Christmas gift.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 22, 2023 23:39:44 GMT
Something that struck me only yesterday when organizing some YouTube listens for a family member is that "Break On Though (To The Other Side)" had been censored in the past. The bit I've always heard as "She gets", sung four times, was originally "She gets high"! On the other hand, they left "Light My Fire" alone, maybe because "higher" rhymes with "fire" and "pyre" and couldn't be edited out!
Growing up, I always heard the censored version. I don't think I heard the "She gets high" version until I was in my early 20s (around 2003-04) when I received whatever the latest two disc compilation was as a Christmas gift. The censored version came first, and stayed that way for a long time. Producer Paul Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick edited out the word "high" on the first album which was released in January 1967. From what I've read, the first time "Break On Through" was released with the word "high" included was on the 2000 Best Of The Doors compilation. The uncensored version (below) has since appeared on several comps.
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Post by kds on Feb 23, 2023 13:38:26 GMT
Which version of Break On Through came first?
Growing up, I always heard the censored version. I don't think I heard the "She gets high" version until I was in my early 20s (around 2003-04) when I received whatever the latest two disc compilation was as a Christmas gift. The censored version came first, and stayed that way for a long time. Producer Paul Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick edited out the word "high" on the first album which was released in January 1967. From what I've read, the first time "Break On Through" was released with the word "high" included was on the 2000 Best Of The Doors compilation. The uncensored version (below) has since appeared on several comps.
That's what I thought, but wasn't 100% sure. I think the first time I heard it was actually on the Vh1 Storytellers Doors Celebration special in 2000, which promoted the Stoned Immaculate album, as well as providing a springboard for Ray and Robbie to revive the band as a live act. Scott Weiland sang Break on Through and sang "high" on it.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on May 31, 2023 23:09:08 GMT
Some of these AI attempts are pretty bad but some are pretty good. This one ain't bad. I can SEE Frank singing the song. Sinatra was Jim Morrison's favorite singer.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 3, 2023 11:36:20 GMT
James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971)
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 3, 2023 11:52:22 GMT
What a strange sentence to appear in a major mainstream newspaper obituary: "He catapaulted to stardom from the same cauldron that cooked Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin."
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