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- SBettingReview, on 08/23/2008, -5/+45That's excellent news for Doors fans!
Manzarek and Krieger had no right to use the Doors name and imagery for their own promotions as Jim Morrison WAS the Doors, or rather, the Doors wouldn't have been the Doors without him.
I bet the Lizard King is smiling somewhere ;)- LifesSweetDrug, on 08/24/2008, -2/+10Densmore didn't even get a long with Morrison that well but he is sticking to his guns which is good to see!
Let the Doors rest in peace a long with Jim Morrison and not let Krieger or Manzarek sell them out.- daRoach, on 08/24/2008, -8/+6It's not his band anymore and if the surviving members of that band want to rename themselves and go on tour they should be free to do so. They shouldn't have been using Morrison's image on promotional material, but I don't see anything wrong with calling themselves "The Doors of the 21st Century". People put their lives into their music and if they were lucky enough to be part of a band with such a following, more power to them for trying to make some money.
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -17/+3It is stupid and petty for the drummer to kill a music deal for everyone.
$60 Million for 1 song for a car commercial would be a good thing for all of their families, to take the food out of grand children's mouths is selfish and evil.
NEWS FLASH:
Say the Doors or Jim Morrison to university students today and they say:
'Who? NEVER HEARD OF THEM.'
I personally have purchased 20 or more full CDs after hearing 30 seconds of a good song on a commercial. It the music isn't played - it does not exist.
iTunes commercials have demonstrated this fact: 1 iTunes commercial promoting a song / ipod results in a huge surge of purchases of that song on iTunes.
The Doors are going away, faded with time to the trash bin where they belong,
because they are too stupid and selfish to share their music to new generations. - sg7791, on 08/24/2008, -4/+3But music isn't always about deals. It's about music. And they didn't want to be used. So their music should be kept away from marketing. Whatever happened to jingles?
- mattcarreiro, on 08/24/2008, -20/+4most overrated band ever
- gitrplaya4u, on 08/24/2008, -3/+7Beatles?
- SheikYabooty, on 08/25/2008, -0/+2I hated them using The Doors name too but "Morrison WAS The Doors"?!?! ....*****.... The Doors wouldn't have been The Doors without any Krieger or Manzarek or Densmore either. Who wrote Light My Fire? Who invented its signature into?
What about Densmore's drumming in The End, Manzarek's organ in When the Music's Over and Krieger's guitar in Spanish Caravan?
I worship Jim but he wouldn't have been anything without the other guys around him. Nobody else could have created the backdrop necessary for his vocals.
- LifesSweetDrug, on 08/24/2008, -2/+10Densmore didn't even get a long with Morrison that well but he is sticking to his guns which is good to see!
- HCviolence, on 08/24/2008, -6/+68Jim Morrison understood the value in not selling out. In that sense he was more of a artistic musician then a corporate rock star. It's a shame that more musicians today don't share the commitment towards their craft.
- Chairboy, on 08/24/2008, -1/+29I would like to discuss the concept of 'selling out'. At what threshold do you transition from 'receiving some recognition and money for your work' to 'selling out'? I've been in conversations on this subject where it seems like if the musician receives anything more than the bare minimum to cover their studio apartment and 50% of their bills, they're a "sell out".
- LagerAndCrisps, on 08/24/2008, -1/+10I like to think I wouldn't be a sell out.
But hell, I love money too much. - duczduczducz, on 08/24/2008, -0/+25Selling out implies they are doing something they didn't want to do, either overtly or covertly, for publicity or money. So for a band that was built around being so anti-establishment, not exactly dark, but not "Hey hey we're the Monkees" good times all the time...for those band members to A) Sell the rights to a song such as Light My Fire to a car company for a quick buck, or B) To play on the road with a new front man, and still call themselves The Doors (which they KNOW cannot happen without the Lizard King himself, legally and realistically)...that would be considered selling out. They were attempting to do pretty much the opposite of what the band's foundation was about, just for money. That is what selling out is. It's like if Green Day were to write an acoustic ballad just to "change things up"...oh wait....
- AchaIemoipas, on 08/24/2008, -0/+13Here's what selling out looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skBlEbsM0jM - skyz, on 08/24/2008, -1/+3i love myself way more than i love money
i can live with grace and elegance in simplicity or in luxury
when i heard 'all you need is love' in a chase (i think it was chase) credit card commercial i was disgusted - MrWhite7, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6What the band "wants to do," of course, being dictated by the fans.
- AchaIemoipas, on 08/24/2008, -1/+5It's not about the fans MrWhite.
Pick your favourite artist.
Now, imagine if that person wrote and composed commercial jingles for Mcdonald's instead of making the music they make.
It's about integrity. The whole point of art is personnal expression. If you make commercial art (meaning you make art based on what your client wants), you are no longer a true artist because it's not yourself you are expressing, you are using your talent to sell mindless crap in exchange of money.
You become the artistic equivalent of any PR guy. - solid12345, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5AchaIemoipas, as a graphic designer I do "whore out" my talents for commercial purposes. But guess what, I have to. It is not my fault that American culture is apathetic and gutter trash. I could paint pretty pictures all I want but nobody gives a *****, art isn't respected by society anymore like it was in the past.
And besides, most "great art" has always been commercial. The Vatican commissioned the majority of Michelangelo's and Leonardo's art, do you call them sell outs?
Also early primitive caveart was graphic design, not personal expression art. They painted pictures of wild animals to show what they hunted and to worship them. - AchaIemoipas, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Doesn't matter what the first primitive drawing were.
We're talking about art as the act of self expression.
Art just means "to make", by definition, this comment can be considered art.
And Michelangelo had to choose between nothing and working for the vatican.
Leonardo was a sell out and he never hid it. Leonardo worked as an artist so he could have the time and ressources to work as a scientist.
His greatest work of art, the Mona Lisa, was purely about self-satisfaction.
"I could paint pretty pictures all I want but nobody gives a *****, art isn't respected by society anymore like it was in the past."
Art isn't about everybody else. It's about the artist.
What you do for your clients can't be considered art, defined as being self-expression in this context.
We're all sell-outs, that's ok. The problem is when you still pretend to be a true artist while selling-out. It's one or the other. - djm19, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1I think the difference between recognition for your work and selling out is when the money is nothing to do with the recognition. To get 15 million dollars from record sales is different than 15 million from leasing your songs to GM for a commercial. One is recognition of your artistry...the other sounds nice as the backdrop to a car rolling through a desert landscape or whatever.
- skyz, on 08/24/2008, -2/+1michelangelo's work other than for pope was sponsored by the medici family
of course once the pope wanted his services he had to comply
but he was not nothing without the vatican
it was the work for the medici that brought him to the pope's attention
the pope had nothing to do with 'david' or the laurentian library
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if you are going to be arrogant i suggest you be accurate :) - pilzburybizkit, on 08/25/2008, -1/+1They might be selling out but The Doors of the 21st Century was a great show!
- WNW3, on 08/25/2008, -0/+1See: Metallica - The Black Album
- LagerAndCrisps, on 08/24/2008, -1/+10I like to think I wouldn't be a sell out.
- skyz, on 08/24/2008, -3/+3jim was a poet
you can't be a poet and a sell out
once you sell out you are no longer a poet
jim is buried in paris near the grave of balzac
both were geniuses
genius does not sell out or it is not genius- AchaIemoipas, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Please don't compare Balzac to Morrison.
I liked the Doors as much as the next guy but you can't compare the two.
And Balzac wasn't a poet. He was a novelist. - skyz, on 08/24/2008, -1/+1you don't get i you are too literal to get it: a poet is not just someone who writes poetry
a dancer can be a poet a singer a composer of music an architect...........
a poet is a creator who is absolutely sincere and self referential
so how much of the comedie humane have you read
i like the last work best titled in english: 'the wrong side of paris' - skyz, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1"Morrison was early interested in literature, he excelled at school, and he had an IQ of 149. Morrison studied theatre arts at the University of California."
he was an authentic genius
genius is above 140
he was also an authentic creator
he probably read more balzac than you archalemoipas
even i probably have read more balzac
don't be such a snob archie don't assume to presume you are more literate than everyone at digg
- AchaIemoipas, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Please don't compare Balzac to Morrison.
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4Then he died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison#Death
Too young. So Sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slvPMU-7OyI - nosamesame, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4His concerts became boring , "look at me", listen to how miserable I am, depression fests.
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2emo visonary !
- just a few years before his time, if only the whole band dressed in black:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwz_Caf32w - skyz, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3@nosamesame
you were actually at one of his concerts ? his last concert was in new orleans december 1970
if you were mid teens you would be 50+
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2emo visonary !
- solid12345, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5What I want to know is when did it become "evil" to want to be rich and famous playing music. Wasn't the point of starting a band for most teenage boys is dreams of getting chicks and trashing hotel rooms? Now if you aspire for financial success you are called a sell out or a RIAA tool.
- cfuse, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2I bet you if he didn't have enough cash for his junk he would have sold the paint off the walls. It's easy to have artistic integrity when you are off your face. It also helps if you die, so that you don't have the opportunity to turn into easy listening for ***** boomers and stage comeback concerts for them - look at The Rolling Stones et al.
- RonaldRaygun, on 08/24/2008, -0/+0Jim Morrison's poison was the drink. He had been known to refuse heroin, and it is still debated whether or not that actually contributed to his death. Even if it did, he certainly was not a junkie. Just an alcoholic.
- Chairboy, on 08/24/2008, -1/+29I would like to discuss the concept of 'selling out'. At what threshold do you transition from 'receiving some recognition and money for your work' to 'selling out'? I've been in conversations on this subject where it seems like if the musician receives anything more than the bare minimum to cover their studio apartment and 50% of their bills, they're a "sell out".
- mjf7419, on 08/24/2008, -1/+27How can we have The Doors without Jim?
- LagerAndCrisps, on 08/24/2008, -0/+15You can't.
- GJBlizzard, on 08/24/2008, -1/+26Get Val Kilmer?
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -9/+3How can we have the Roll without Ricky ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU- chilidbz, on 08/24/2008, -2/+2uuiU.........
- SRSco, on 08/24/2008, -1/+21So when can Mike Love quit calling himself "The Beach Boys?" If the Wilson brothers aren't playing with you...you're not even close.
- Tooch07, on 08/25/2008, -0/+4Mike Love is the biggest douche in the universe.
- SqlByte, on 08/24/2008, -3/+7I never liked other band members, they didn't share the same spirit like Jim.
- aychamo, on 08/24/2008, -2/+4Especially John Densmore. He was such a crybaby *****. I read his book, and got I hate him. I like Ray Manzarek though, he really loved Jim.
- terracottapai, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4Ray Manzarek is a worthless liar who treats his fans like *****.
He fired their longtime manager days before he died of cancer.
That's the kind of guy he is.- RoccoMcTaco, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4More likely to agree with terra on this one. Even though Densmore may have been more of a crybaby, he was the one that maintained the integrity.
As much as Manzarek tried maintainting the spirit of Jim through books and such and used to seem like the closest to Jim, he and Robby were the ones who sold out.
So it's Kudos to Densmore and ***** all for Manzarek.
- RoccoMcTaco, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4More likely to agree with terra on this one. Even though Densmore may have been more of a crybaby, he was the one that maintained the integrity.
- Connormac44, on 08/24/2008, -5/+18This is good news. Jim Morrison may have been a huge *****, but he was no sellout.
- Whitey07, on 08/25/2008, -0/+1Same Lars Ulrich is a ***** and did sellout.
- MrZaiko, on 08/24/2008, -3/+28They did managed to have riders on the storm Remix by snoop Dog, what a Disgrace to an awesome song.
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -21/+3Snoop Dog's version is so much better than the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvT_JNmJxnE
The Doors are so far in the past, they can be made new again!- loudintl, on 08/24/2008, -2/+6***** you.
- RoccoMcTaco, on 08/24/2008, -1/+5Suck balls, Lee. You're a robot.
- RoccoMcTaco, on 08/24/2008, -1/+6Lee, please take you're 30 second itunes jingles and shove them up your robotic ass.
- hackiavelli, on 08/25/2008, -0/+3To my knowledge there's nothing a band can do to stop a remix or cover from being made as long as the royalties are paid.
- LeeSoong, on 08/24/2008, -21/+3Snoop Dog's version is so much better than the original.
- fletcher008, on 08/24/2008, -13/+2Ahhh the Doors. 3 nerds and a premadonna. Bands without original members = a different band.
- Ex3poo, on 08/24/2008, -8/+1If you listen closely,you can hear Jim Morrison whisper the lyrics,during Riders on The Storm.
- JinnRikki, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4Or if you play it on a half-way decent system instead of an I-Plod, you don't have to listen all that closely. Man I hate digital music.
- 68024, on 08/24/2008, -0/+17I was at Jim Morrison's grave last July in Paris and it looks in terrible shape. It's fenced off, it's bare, and there's a guard watching people's every move. A guy tried to climb the fence to put flowers on his grave, and was told off by the guard. I couldn't believe it, it was one of the biggest disappointments of my trip out there, a slap in the face for any Doors fan or Jim Morrison for that matter.
- AdInventive, on 08/24/2008, -1/+6Wow...I spent a summer in paris when i was 15...which was 11 years ago and when I visited his grave it was pretty bad..guard yeah...no fence though.
I also saw a 3 hour concert with the 3 remaining doors playing. It was pretty sweet...best I could get seeing as he was dead long before my time =- DGAR, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I was there 10 years ago. Guard, no fence. There were a ton of complaints about the graffiti and whatnot. I saw it again in '04 and it was all fenced in. What a shame. Got a rubbing from the first time though...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/DGAR4fark/b ...
No Jim, no Doors.
- DGAR, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I was there 10 years ago. Guard, no fence. There were a ton of complaints about the graffiti and whatnot. I saw it again in '04 and it was all fenced in. What a shame. Got a rubbing from the first time though...
- solid12345, on 08/24/2008, -2/+4Well the French aren't exactly adept at keeping up American graves sites....
- DrRossi, on 08/25/2008, -0/+2I don't know why you wrote this, or why people are modding you up, but this is so untrue.
I wrote a reply about the impeccable condition of American war cemeteries in Normandy, until I realized these cemeteries are being under maintenance by the US Army.
But impeccable they are. And I can assure you they would be maintained just as well were the upkeep to reside in French hands.
Just have a look at all the American flags and banners "Welcome to our American Liberators" you see *all* over Normandy.
- DrRossi, on 08/25/2008, -0/+2I don't know why you wrote this, or why people are modding you up, but this is so untrue.
- kinseyincanada, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4its because the grave site has had graffiti written all over it and things were stolen from the gravesite, they are just trying to protect the site is all.
- AdInventive, on 08/24/2008, -1/+6Wow...I spent a summer in paris when i was 15...which was 11 years ago and when I visited his grave it was pretty bad..guard yeah...no fence though.
- Wreckage, on 08/24/2008, -2/+15It's good to see that at least one band member (John Densmore) is willing stand by his fallen band mate.
- suckaPU, on 08/24/2008, -16/+6the doors kind of suck anyway
- the42ndpotato, on 08/24/2008, -9/+1Yet we can have a Queen without the defining part of Queen, and a Guns n' Roses which is fronted by an old ginger man and some of his followers
- sggrissom, on 08/24/2008, -0/+10It's Queen + Paul Rodgers. They haven't, and won't, replace Freddie.
- urzishra14, on 08/24/2008, -10/+2at this point who cares? Morrison was a destructive individual to himself, if people want to play the songs and go see some of the original members live then they should be able to. The Doors is not just one guy its a band.. so I have a problem when one member is like "i don't want to do it because x member is dead and he "wouldn't approve"" yeah you don't know that.
- AdInventive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+7Actually he kinda does..all he has to go off is history and JM wanted to keep the integrity of the music in tact. The precedent had already been set when he rejected any commercial interests back then.
If JM was still alive today (which would have been a miracle in its own right) he would still be the legend. He would be capable of making music with whomever.
The remaining members failed at that. JM was The Doors.- sg7791, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3He walked off the stage once when introduced as Jim Morrison and the Doors. He never wanted to be that important.
- AdInventive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+7Actually he kinda does..all he has to go off is history and JM wanted to keep the integrity of the music in tact. The precedent had already been set when he rejected any commercial interests back then.
- pinchduck, on 08/24/2008, -4/+7No problem, just tour as srooD ehT
- sggrissom, on 08/24/2008, -6/+0How did Guitar Hero get The Doors then?! Impressive apparently.
- andreo, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4Is the song a master copy or a cover band? I'm gonna guess a cover band.
- SergeantSavage, on 08/24/2008, -8/+3so... he's dead what does he give a *****.
- ThenWang, on 08/24/2008, -8/+1Didn't this happened once when Jim Morrison got fat?
- BenBenMan, on 08/24/2008, -11/+1I read the description like this:
blog.wired.com — In 1970, The Doors got into one little fight and my mom got scared and said "you're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air!" - BloodWenis, on 08/24/2008, -11/+4"The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet. Give me the guess who. They got the courage to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic."
- KingHarvest00, on 08/24/2008, -6/+17Sorry but this is retarded. John Densmore stayed with The Doors after Jim died just like the other guys; continued using the name just like the other guys; helped put out two crappy albums, and toured just like the other guys. Why should he get any money from this? Because the other two started using the name without HIM? What a hypocritical douche.
- boulderomen, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Did you ever read the article? John Densmore is not receiving ANY money from this, nor is he looking for any type of monetary gain. All John was trying to do is uphold Jim Morrison's positions on band decisions as Jim would have in the 1960's. I don't see how this makes John Densmore a 'hypocritical douche'. He played drums with three friend for more than a decade, if one dies, where does it make sense to stop making music with the other two? If anything Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger are the one being hypocritical. Calling themselves The Doors, a band they formed in college, to a two-man act and live musicians with a endless list of less-than-satisfactory frontmen.
- slugicide, on 08/24/2008, -1/+1Did you not read in his comment where he said they recorded two Doors albums w/o Morrison? I've heard one of them, and it sucks.
- KingHarvest00, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1"Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million after they were found by lower courts to have improperly invoked The Doors' name and images during a 2003 concert tour"
From the AP release. Apparently not important enough to warrant inclusion in the wired article.
- boulderomen, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Did you ever read the article? John Densmore is not receiving ANY money from this, nor is he looking for any type of monetary gain. All John was trying to do is uphold Jim Morrison's positions on band decisions as Jim would have in the 1960's. I don't see how this makes John Densmore a 'hypocritical douche'. He played drums with three friend for more than a decade, if one dies, where does it make sense to stop making music with the other two? If anything Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger are the one being hypocritical. Calling themselves The Doors, a band they formed in college, to a two-man act and live musicians with a endless list of less-than-satisfactory frontmen.
- kingp, on 08/24/2008, -3/+9This is exactly why he needs to come out of hiding (along with Tupac, Biggie, Elvis and Kurt) and re-unite the band. MUSIC NEEDS YOU!
- marc54, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5DUGG! Excellent decision!
- stormywest, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4Bravo for Densmore. Principle over corporate money.
- cmjM67, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4You just can't replace Jim Morrison. The man is just irreplaceable. As much as John disliked, or even hated Jim back when they were together he still has a lot of respect for him.
I'd rather see The Doors just let the band go rather than go on trying to replace the front men over and over because it will never be the same, nor will anyone ever come close to the original. Yeah, it's time to turn out the lights... - Rudegar, on 08/24/2008, -2/+2why dont they just give him a ring then?
http://seychellesliving.blogspot.com/2008/07/jim-m ... - lennybird, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2@DGAR, Somehow, I don't think think Jim would've minded the graffiti... What a shame.
- saggyb, on 08/24/2008, -0/+11Obviously you can never come close to replacing Morrison, but having said that... Ian Astbury is a good vocalist and does just about the best job I think anyone could to emulate Morrison. I saw them on the 21st century tour in 2003 and it was a great show. I don't think it's an insult to Morrison, I see it as more of a tribute, and a chance for fans who were too young to ever see Morrison live get a taste of the experience.
- leamanc, on 08/24/2008, -2/+7It's funny that now Densmore is now arguing that there is no Doors without Morrison, but he (along with the rest of the band) was perfectly content to continue on as The Doors for two albums after Morrison died.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Voices_(1971_al ... for more info on the first of the post-Morrison albums.- terracottapai, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4There's a difference.
All they play now is old songs.
For the remainder of 1971-1972 they played new material exclusively except for two songs, Light My Fire, and Love Me Two Times, both of which were written by Robby Krieger, not Jim Morrison.
- terracottapai, on 08/24/2008, -1/+4There's a difference.
- 4321234, on 08/24/2008, -3/+3How about Doors Lite or maybe Doors XP N?
- sfrench, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5I don't care what they call themselves, as long as it sounds like this...
Break on Through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bztmdF5Px0
RoadHouse Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJDELjoqYE
Light My Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCZVao-uJiQ- bagelmaster, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Why is the guy from Pearl Jam singing in these?
- blacklilyninja, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1can't you see how uncomfortable eddie was doing that gig?
ray needs to get a new gig.
- DigitalBrian, on 08/24/2008, -6/+6This is such a prime example how lead singers always steals the spotlight in bands, the other members was just as much The Doors than druggie ***** Jim Morrison was, Jim provided the voice and the lyrics but the others provided the unique musical sound of the band, they should be allowed to have that name still, ***** it get a front singer to lipsnc to morrisons tapes,
- solid12345, on 08/24/2008, -5/+1Why would Buick want the Doors as a commercial jingle anyway, all their recordings sound like they came out of a tin can.
- danthepiercer, on 08/24/2008, -4/+4this reminds me of the dead kennedys fight a few years ago...and the misfits.
both kinda suck with out the original members.
and lets face it...you cant have DK w/o Jello. - kinseyincanada, on 08/24/2008, -1/+8well Robby Krieger did write the first verse of Light My Fire and Jim Morrison wrote the second, although Jim Morrison was the spirit behind the band, you cannot deny the talent that Krieger and Manzarek brought to the band.
- finn, on 08/24/2008, -2/+2big Kudos for Densmore for this, totally agreed that Jim would have never of approved of the deal, and to shame on the other two, it was never for the money (at least for Jim).
- p51d007, on 08/24/2008, -12/+4Who cares? Just another over hyped band, who's lead singer was STUPID enough to OD on illegal drugs.
Sweep him into the dustbin of history, along with the countless others who thought "getting high" was more important than life. Yeah, some of his music was good, but get a grip people, it's JUST MUSIC.- DephexTwin, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Yeah, darn those kids with their rock & roll and their high pants! Smoking marijuana like a cigarette!
- merlin5, on 08/24/2008, -1/+3Roger Waters..."Bloody god damned right!"
- disintx, on 08/24/2008, -1/+3My door functions just fine...
- joped, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3The Doors couldn't have been The Doors without ALL of the members. I am a huge Doors fan and I am happy as ***** to see the results of this. See kids, this is how music should be done. Its not out of greed its about holding on to your true vision from the beginning.
- DameOnMain, on 08/24/2008, -0/+0How can Densmore possibly make this argument, considering that he and the rest of The Doors immediately recorded two albums after Jim's death? The first one came out the same year Jim died, for god's sake!
- DameOnMain, on 08/24/2008, -0/+0How can Densmore possibly make this argument, considering that he and the rest of The Doors immediately recorded two albums after Jim's death? The first one came out the same year Jim died, for god's sake!
- esskayexx, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3As a songwriter and professional musician, I feel that if I were to die, and the music I helped create and bring to the world was able to be enjoyed by thousands of new people, brought to them by the people that helped create the music as well, that would be noble, and not selling out. Had Jim been around today but not able to tour with these guys, I'm sure he'd feel the same way.
As long as things are respectfully done and Jim's estate sees proper royalties and such, I don't see this as bad. The point was brought up elsewhere--for those that weren't around in the Doors' hayday, newer generations have nothing to go off of besides a movie and some pretty raw old recordings. Seeing a live show performed with the original guys and someone who has no doubt spent thousands of hours emulating Jim should be flattering, not selling out. - absurdist, on 08/24/2008, -1/+2Bwaaaaa, hahahahahaha!!!
Oh please... what the hell makes you think that if Morrison was alive today he would have any problems with ANYONE wanting to use his output from 40 years ago, as long as it put a few bucks in his pocket? Artistic integrity only lasts as long as the money holds out. Then it becomes a mad frenzy to market it to the highest bidder. Tell me you've never heard a 101 strings version of Light My Fire in an elevator and I'll tell you you're a damned liar. - 4321234, on 08/24/2008, -1/+1The buick ad in 1970 was bs bad taste. In 1970 it was still considered shoddy to sell out your art for art's sake ip. Nowadays it's different. As far as the 2 Doors albums released after Morrison died, the record company maybe had the say on whether they were released anyway. I've never heard the albums, so I can't say whether or not I would want them in my music collection.
Jimi Hendrix only released 4 studio albums before his death, but every note he played within half a mile of a tape machine has been released on an album, and they're all worth listening to. - Skor459, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Why was "Break on Through" in the trailer for 21?
- zarvensha, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Now if only Michael Hutchence had an agreement like that INXS would still have a decent name.........................
- NoTiG, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2It is weird that John densmore would stick up of all people. He and Jim had a great dislike for each other... I've read enough books on the doors.
- Psamtik, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Not surprising. LSD makes you allergic to *****, and enamored with irony.
- JudasConstant, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1I hope Manzarek and Krieger take this in stride and start a new band, because they're fantastic musicians with or without the Doors name.
- wunderdog, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Cadillac wanted to use Break on Through for their ads but the remaining Doors members, one actually, wouldn't agree to it so they went with Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll instead. Obviously Jimmy Page and Robert Plant know money when they see it.
- AdeleMor, on 08/25/2008, -0/+0John Densmore isn't going to get any more Christmas cards from Ray Manzarek.
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