The Doors

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.- Jim Morrison

   Today's entry is about The Doors, why they have always been one of my favorite bands, why their work is important, and what I've gotten out of it - enjoy.

   I always liked the fact that in 1967 at the height of the hippie, flower power, peace and love scene, The Doors emerged as something quite different. The had top ten singles yet they wrote about death and Oedipus Rex. They had a teen sex idol for a lead singer, a drunk with a habit for getting arrested and starting near riots at concerts, yet he was a college graduate, intelligent, well-read and an author of several books of poetry. It was pop music, rock and roll, blues, performance art, and theater all rolled into one unique combination. 

  I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something.- Jim Morrison

   What made The Doors musically unique were the varied backgrounds and musical styles and influences of its members. Its not very often these days that a classical keyboardist, a jazz drummer, and a blues guitarist combine to form a band. 
 
   The reason rock bands suck these days is that modern rock musicians don't have the wide array of influences that rock musicians in the 1960's had. The original Rock and Rollers didn't grow up with rock music. Before rock, it was classical, jazz, blues and country. These different influences produced highly original rock music. 

BUT HOW UNIQUE AND CREATIVE CAN YOU REALLY BE IN 2012 WHEN YOU'RE INFLUENCES THAT YOU GREW UP WITH CONSIST OF NICKELBACK AND CREED?!

  So here's what you young douchebags need to do

1. Don't be afraid to play with musicians of all styles of music. 

2. FYI: Dave Grohl was in another band before Foo Fighters, look into it. 

3. Listen to Blues. And by blues I don't mean Blues Traveller or your sisters John Mayer CD. I'm talking 1930's Delta Blues. Robert Johnson, Son House. 

4. Read Jim Morrison's biography, "No One Here Gets Out Alive." Actually, read it once a year. 

5. Just because Jim Morrison put on leather pants drank a gallon of booze and became a world famous rock star, doesn't mean you will too if you do the same thing. 

Jim Morrison Predicts the Future of Rock Music

"When You're Strange," A Documentary on the Doors.

 

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