Thread: Doors - GAH Week 13 - 2.4.23

Originally Posted by dogfish

I dunno. Pretty sure I wore out the same GH two-disc you did. I was decades late to the early rock party. The Beatles and Hendrix are probably the only ones I really did any excavation on.

Yeah same. I'm higher on the Doors than most, but just the stuff I've heard.

Originally Posted by dogfish

I dunno. Pretty sure I wore out the same GH two-disc you did. I was decades late to the early rock party. The Beatles and Hendrix are probably the only ones I really did any excavation on.

And Floyd, maybe Petty, and Van Morrison. And a little bit of Zeppelin, but I have to admit that I'm mostly familiar with most 60/70s artists more from their greatest hits than from all the original albums.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Yeah same. I'm higher on the Doors than most, but just the stuff I've heard.

They were legitimately iconic. Talented musicians, a distinctive sound, and some timeless classics. Songs like Riders on the Storm, LA Woman, Light My Fire, The End, Break on Through. They're implanted in American culture's DNA.

Originally Posted by dogfish

They were legitimately iconic. Talented musicians, a distinctive sound,

You know, that's maybe my only beef with Journey, is the lack of distinctive sound.

This band came along and it felt *new*

Talking Heads? check
Steely Dan? check, in terms of being such elitist studio wonks...plus...well, these days they sound really unique one song to the next
Alice in Chains? check, given the pendulum of rock and roll at the time, especially since they embraced the male harmony vocals as a "metal" band ... (debate if they are metal all you want, it's more about the spiritual ethos of a sludgy hard rock band at the time)
Metallica? check, at least to my ears as a young man
Beach Boys? actually, yeah, they adopted the tech and Brian Wilson was Kanye 1.0
Nirvana? hm. yeah, actually, somehow, check. I wanna say no, but in reality that isn't giving enough credit. between production and writing and etc...they did carve out a certain "new"
Eagles? I'm actually gonna say no, but songs like Journey of the Sorcerer and Hotel CA are almost redeeming. Eagles were an ultra tight studio sesh team that gelled and fused country and pop with the a combo Dylan/Beach Boy aesthetic.
Van Halen? **** yes. Peeps were like "I need more Running with the Devil in my life, NOW."
Pearl Jam? yeah, the Jeremy and Alive vibe wasn't really accepted by then, you were supposed to shove that shit down...musically it's less clear. I'd say musically they might have been pushing boundaries.
CCR? Woah, I can't actually answer this one, but I'll say yes because they did seem to carve out a unique spot. check

Bands that are the least distinctive among GAH bands so far:

Journey
Eagles
Pearl Jam
Nirvana

The Doors...you know the Ray sound is going to be apparent within seconds. If not, Jim's voice will let you know. Very distinctive.