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Tim, your observations about the Stones and the Doors ring true with me. I heard that husky voice of Jim's on the car radio the other day and all the words just went through me, despite the ironic distancing that was positioned in his mode of delivery. You've said this perfectly. sheila On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Tim Allen < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Doug and Bill. Hope you don't mind this lurker sneaking in on this one. > The Doors and the Stones, two very different bands, two very different > front men, two very different experiences. And the fact that one came to an > abrupt end while the other went on forever doesn't help. > > Morrison meant every word he sang. Jagger didn't. I'm not saying this with > reference to any comparative value - music doesn't work in the same way as > poetry. Although Morrison meant every word he sang he did it in a way which > came across as drama and although Jagger did not mean what he sang it came > across as real. Weird eh? Musically the two bands were very different too > despite the fact that both were white interpreters of the Blues, but > talking about that is out of my area of expertise. I tend to return to the > Doors every few years and just wish that they had produced more. I return > to the Stones of the classic era too, and musically they still do more for > me than the Doors, but nothing that they've done since then, except maybe > Start Me Up, has done anything for me. > > Cheers > > Tim A. > > On 20 Nov 2014, at 16:26, Douglas Barbour wrote: > > > Well, I’ll tell you Bill, I certainly listened to that first record > (remember a party at which it & the new Stones album were played over & > over all night). > > But, have to confess that despite some songs, & the playing, I kept > listening to, among others, the Stones, & just did not to The Doors. What > lasts, for each of us: as I say, a matter of taste… > > > > Doug > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > >> C'mon, Doug. Doors pushed it and most of the time expressively. > >> > >> Bill > >> > >> On 19/11/2014, at 6:20 AM, Doug Barbour wrote: > >> > >>> I guess, & you get that across, Bill. > >>> > >>> But, taste & all that... > >>> > >>> Doug > >>> On Nov 18, 2014, at 3:36 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> When Jim Morrison speak/sings, you're there. > >>>> Back when. That voice so warm, rousing, tortured, > >>>> gentle, gruff, by turns. Now, of course, arrested. > >>>> > >>>> But listen to Jim deliver words like Night, Feel, > >>>> Go, Like, Delight, More, Touch, and you're still > >>>> teen, yearning, reaching, life opening out. > >>>> > >>>> No matter who covers Doors songs now, > >>>> no matter how well, technically, musically, > >>>> your ears consign. That fire they cannot light. > >>>> > >>>> bw >