Put together a flamenco guitarist, classical pianist, jazz drummer, a beat poet who is the evil twin of Frank Sinatra and you might begin to understand The Doors. The Doors were masters of texture and contrapuntalism. Well, it does resolve back to a theme sort of like a blues song does, but I don’t think there’s a blues style turn around or anything. Having said that, Morrison was a great lover of the blues wanted the band to go back in that direction. Check out “Roadhouse Blues.”
The Doors didn't have a bassist, but there is a keyboard bass here played by the organist Ray Manzarek so that might explain only 3 notes that you heard during one of the quiet sections of the song. Jim Morrison wanted the song to be recorded live in the studio, but he didn't show up that day so he had to record his vocals later on top of the original take. And regarding that harsh, noisy, dissonant part, guitarist Robby Krieger said: "That solo was really a challenge because the harmony is static. I had to play 56 bars over the same riff."
I'm glad you revisited the Doors. It took a few listens for me to appreciate this song, and I already liked the Doors. I was not living in the 60's so I may be incorrect, but the middle section seems to be a poetry reading with musical accompaniment. I know Jim was known for doing his poetry bit live just like this. Poetry reading with musical accompaniment was part of the beat scene and i hear its influence here. This is my impression from films of the period as well as old movies on beatnik subculture. In any event, you don't need drugs for the music since its psychedelic elements were meant to induce such feeling or enhance already altered states. I did enjoy your evaluation of the song, and also enjoyed seeing your expressions during the "poetry reading". Jim often surprises the listener with an impassioned scream or two.
Counterpoint or contrapuntal composition blends two or more simultaneous melodic lines. It a compositional style that was popular and often used in big band jazz, bebop, and other jazz styles which was adopted in roach as well, especially psychedelic and progressive rock like deep Purple and Pink Floyd. Yes, The Doors were huge in their day.
This was the first band I really fell in love with. They were both very popular and ahead of their time, depending on the track because they were pretty diverse and adventurous in their styles and writing (guitarist Robbie famously wrote some big songs including the lyrics which were usually more pop). They liked to improvise a lot and this is one of their longest songs which probably got extended over time in parts live on stage similar to how they composed The End. Like the quiet part where the drummer really just started doing his own thing while Jim did spoken word. That definitely happened many times live while Jim was high on who knows what and would just divert from the song being played. It was kind of the perfect time for adventurous music because so many people were also experimenting with psychedelics and especially lsd which was brand new at the time, but still depending on where they played some of the crowds were not so receptive to their crazier tracks or improvisations and they'd often yell out to play their hit Light My Fire. When it comes to the screaming yeah he was one of the earlier pioneers especially with how famous they were compared to The Sonics or 13th Floor Elevators. John Lennon had some early scream moments too with The Beatles.
In the 80's, my older brother had all the albums by the Doors. I bought a double vinyl, offical release, from the 1970's of mostly deep album tracks, "Weird scenes inside the goldmine",....which led me down the rabbit-hole of The Doors. The title is from "The End" -epic! This epic closes out the set. It was finally released on CD in 2014 -yet I had burned my own version from CD's @ 2001.
The Doors is one of the best and most original bands in history... Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, extraordinary musicians who perfectly accompanied a genius, Jim Morrison.
To me in this song, The Music = your life, dance on fire is to live it bright, then there tangents that allude to other songs/poems and random stuff. The doors inspire a lot of alternative bands, the were very popular in their day for their pop hits but the deeper cuts are what inspired a lot of bands similar to David Bowie contributions to modern music. Mid to late sixties there was a lot of musical experimenting go on that lead into seventies mainstream rock, but some of it inspired the later seventies and eighties alternative music's. And blues was a major inspiration for most of this music, got filtered out by the eighties.
Great reaction! I agree with your comment about listening to this with speakers, it was meant to be listened with others, to be shared and discovered in a group of people. The whole record kinda has that intention, of constructing the voice of those marginalized, the ones that are "getting tired of hanging around", watching as the world is collapsing with the twentieth century's wars. It's an amazing concept album and it put a mark on what counter culture could do, musically and spiritually. This track is my personal favorite by them, alongside "The End". I really recommend you to check out their latter songs, like Soft Parade, Blue Sunday or Riders on the Storm. But! I also wanted to recommend you a song from another band, Talking Heads, that have almost nothing in common with the Doors, except probably the youthful and playful spirit. The song is "Girlfriend is Better", from their 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. Cheers :)
Not just this song, but you are right- the entire album is brilliant. Not just the music but the recording itself. This album was engineered in a brilliant way, using seperation and loud/ soft dynamics like few ever have.
I met Fripp twice. Once at Dallas's Peaches store 1979. I bought his first solo lp at his Fripperstronics show he used 2 reel to reel tape machine played at the show Then I saw him and the 3 guitar trio near l.A. in 1993.
I do want to say. You talk about this song being speaker music. There is a live version in Europe, that leaves me to believe the song is about passion. I just felt the need to say that.
More DOORS please. The era had a lot to do with Vietnam and draft age angst. Beatles, Rolling Stones dominated and The Doors went a bit darker. Interesting alternative. And…..LSD was gaining a following as a drug of choice.
Most recordings in the 60s were not original recorded for stereo, and even when they did use stereo recording it was VERY early in the technologies implementation. So even remastered versions are not going to sound perfect. I am not like a hardcore traditionalist in terms of how you should listen to a recording, but I have found that for some music from the mid and early 20th century really do sound better in analog, especially on vinyl.
The Live in New York show/album version is superior haha What I find interesting about The Doors and other bands of this late 60s psychedelia is a precursor to Progressive. Thinking of experimenting & listening experience. It’s like the combo of Rockers and Mods of the earlier part of the 60s have mixed and became this progressive mix. It’s like acid punk became progressive which then changed into punk rock then post punk which harkened back to Morrison Vocals for dark gothic music. Just fascinating when you study aesthetics and history
The best way to enjoy the sunrise is not with a spectrometer. The best way to enjoy the smell of a rose or the taste of fine cuisine is not with chemical analysis. The best way to enjoy a gentle rain is not with a rain gauge, an anemometer and a humidistat. Those are all best enjoyed with the senses and the heart/spirit. Same with music: Enjoy music not with theory (Theory's for creating/communicating music technically), but with your ears and your heart/spirit.
Yes more drugs Bryan 😅😅😅 You did the song The End yrs back and yes that's a special song that is very serpentine and ellusive The guitar solo in this song was inspired by Jimi Hendrix said Robby Kreiger John Densmore is a jazz cat thus those side stick flurries and subtle tom work in the middle section The band has explained in interviews about the "space" they leave in their songs saying silence can be heavy as hell It's been a while since hearing this and you're analysis is solid and well done Thx 🤘😎✌️🧐
jan van im pe other long songs of the Doors : - the soft parade - celebration of the lizard (very chaotic with different parts en spoken poetry) -riders on the storm
This album and song came out 10 months after Light My Fire blew up in 1967 The Summer of Love was happening and at this point The Doors were huge and new and Jim Morrison was a sex symbol on the covers of all the Teen Magazines that that era
QUICK NOTE: THIER FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 1967 AND THIS ALBUM AND SONG CAME OUT IN OCTOBER 1967 NOT 10 MONTHS PRIOR AS I HAD ORIGINALLY COMMENTED MY BAD
I grew up listening to Hair Metal (Loverboy, Motley Crue), Country Music (Shania Twain mostly I think), and Metallica's hard rock era (Black, Load, Reload) as a child. As a teen I played classical and jazz trumpet and listened to a lot of both of those styles to get better. I also listened to the local rock stations on the radio so I discovered Seether, Disturbed, and other popular rock bands before getting into emo/scream/pop punk bands and developing an ear for a specific kind of harsh vocal. Somewhere in my 20s I discovered Periphery and The Human Abstract and that was pretty much my only exposure to metal until this channel. So as you can see I only had cursory knowledge of the 80s-00s before the channel -- and most of that was popular music. I had very little knowledge of anything underground, lesser known, or pre-80s.
@@CriticalReactions okay, me at first I listened to italian old music ('50-'80), my parents give me some cds. Also listened on grandfather's vinyl classical and opera. Then I found Iron Maiden when I was 7, since then my favourite band. Until 14 I never listened for genres or band other than Maiden (no metal other than them. Then I was gifted of a Yes' CD, the day I listened to the first track, "Homeworld" I lose my virginity in music. I started searching of all I could find of '70s prog (and Iron Maiden). Then when I was 16 I got into Ayreon, then Phideaux and many Neoprogressive Band post '95/2000. I'm still in that genre (I'm 28), also because Modern Neoprogressive fuse many genres using prog's style.
To the Doors fans out there, My Daughter is 34 Years old, her musical tastes run from Sublime, CCR, B52's to Jazz covers of Classic songs and more. I know the Doors are very heavy for Thoughtful people like her . Very much a Black Pill and younger people and younger folks would rather not have to THINK about these things at their age. While I have no interest in completely destroying her with the Black Pill that is the Doors, I'd like for her to at least consider their music/Lyrics and implications. She is a Christian and very well versed in History and Religion. I have sent her links to several Doors songs and since I am her Dad, I suspect she hasn't actually listened. So, my question is, What would be the "Play list" of Doors songs that would ease her into the full experience? Light my Fire is very commercial and fine for a start, What would you play next? Rider's on the Storm? LA Woman? When the Music's over and The End or even Soft Parade are way advanced at this point. The Wasp? I will be taking a 3 hour road trip with her before long and I want to have this lined up in an effective way. I suppose if we got into a major accident or had a traumatic thing happen prior to this journey, I could play virtually anything. What is the best "Slide" into what the Doors truly express without scaring the Fuck out of Her?
I'd like to reframe this question because it seems like the perspective is "if she hears the right songs then she'll enjoy them like I do." Take it from a previously edgy teen who showed people music outside of their comfort zone because I thought that pure exposure to awesome music would be enough to get them to see how great music is. I don't think it's wrong to want to share music but I've learned over the years that it's easier to catch a fly with honey, metaphorically. That is to say that trapping someone in a 3 hour car ride with music that they aren't enjoying will probably have the opposite effect that you're wanting. I've also found that people can be more receptive to difficult or abrasive art in an isolated environment. Or in another way, some art is best exposed to by ourselves. From that perspective the best move is to plant the seed of curiosity for someone to explore later. The best way I've learned to do this is to play that person a bridge song and then give a short explanation of why it's important to you. Hopefully they'll get curious and explore the band on their own. A bridge song is simply my term for a song that connects two styles, one that the artist is known for and one that the person is more receptive to. You'll notice that this is a personalized approach so I think you'll find your previous request for the perfect introduction now moot since none of us know your daughter's tastes well enough to properly suggest a track. But the other half is just as important -- the short explanation. This elevates it from a general music suggestion to a personal way of getting to know a little bit more about you. I do emphasize the brevity though. Don't make a huge essay about it; just a couple of quick bullet points will do. Think about recommending a movie to a friend and how you want to give away enough to spark curiosity but not enough to ruin the film. The most important aspect is accepting whatever the outcome is. There's a chance the other person absolutely doesn't click with The Doors and another possibility that they never might. That's absolutely fine. There is no objectively good music out there that everyone likes. It just isn't possible. We're all different and have different tastes in music. And that's awesome! It's what makes the human experience so great. So just be considerate in this endeavor to share some of your favorite art. After all, I'd wager that no amount of 3 hour playlists or constant social media links will make you enjoy an artist that you don't like. Just put yourself in her shoes and have compassion and empathy.
Start with catchy stuff like Twentieth Century Fox & stuff like that. Then gradually slip into darker stuff and bluesy stuff, and then back off a bit with more catchy stuff, then go forward a bit more. Don't just throw her in. Let her get her feet wet, first.
Interesting reaction to the song. I find it interesting that you say you are missing the cultural context, do you need that to really like something or to just understand it better? I love this live performance of the song from 1970 - th-cam.com/video/J2pOoqDzEh8/w-d-xo.html
I wouldn't say the extra context is required to enjoy it in an objective sense. But personally I didn't really enjoy this so the context would help me appreciate it in a way that I can't without it.
@@CriticalReactions Ah okay that's interesting. Art is the only artform where context sometimes helps me like it more. I find context really important with concept art for example.
10:50 Lots of cool things you want to talk about, but not until This Music is Over. Mwa-haha! Don't need drugs here. Just be short on sleep, stay up until 3am, then blast it on an old school 9 speaker stereo with soft lighting. Fill the room, not headphones. Maybe perform an interpretive dance. Would a noise canceling microphone (like some hands free cellphone have) be worth a try? Also, try listening to beatnik poets in the decade before The Doors.
"Also, try listening to beatnik poets in the decade before The Doors." ... Or to Patti Smith. Patti is VERY beat. I'm very much drawn to her Bohemian-ness.
Put together a flamenco guitarist, classical pianist, jazz drummer, a beat poet who is the evil twin of Frank Sinatra and you might begin to understand The Doors. The Doors were masters of texture and contrapuntalism. Well, it does resolve back to a theme sort of like a blues song does, but I don’t think there’s a blues style turn around or anything. Having said that, Morrison was a great lover of the blues wanted the band to go back in that direction. Check out “Roadhouse Blues.”
You can hear his Sinatra style. Like "Wishful Sinful".
The Doors didn't have a bassist, but there is a keyboard bass here played by the organist Ray Manzarek so that might explain only 3 notes that you heard during one of the quiet sections of the song. Jim Morrison wanted the song to be recorded live in the studio, but he didn't show up that day so he had to record his vocals later on top of the original take. And regarding that harsh, noisy, dissonant part, guitarist Robby Krieger said: "That solo was really a challenge because the harmony is static. I had to play 56 bars over the same riff."
I met Ray in 1977 Dallas with his band Nite City. Almost nobody was there. I met him before and after the concert and share a joint with him.
I'm glad you revisited the Doors. It took a few listens for me to appreciate this song, and I already liked the Doors. I was not living in the 60's so I may be incorrect, but the middle section seems to be a poetry reading with musical accompaniment. I know Jim was known for doing his poetry bit live just like this. Poetry reading with musical accompaniment was part of the beat scene and i hear its influence here. This is my impression from films of the period as well as old movies on beatnik subculture. In any event, you don't need drugs for the music since its psychedelic elements were meant to induce such feeling or enhance already altered states. I did enjoy your evaluation of the song, and also enjoyed seeing your expressions during the "poetry reading". Jim often surprises the listener with an impassioned scream or two.
Counterpoint or contrapuntal composition blends two or more simultaneous melodic lines. It a compositional style that was popular and often used in big band jazz, bebop, and other jazz styles which was adopted in roach as well, especially psychedelic and progressive rock like deep Purple and Pink Floyd. Yes, The Doors were huge in their day.
This was the first band I really fell in love with. They were both very popular and ahead of their time, depending on the track because they were pretty diverse and adventurous in their styles and writing (guitarist Robbie famously wrote some big songs including the lyrics which were usually more pop). They liked to improvise a lot and this is one of their longest songs which probably got extended over time in parts live on stage similar to how they composed The End. Like the quiet part where the drummer really just started doing his own thing while Jim did spoken word. That definitely happened many times live while Jim was high on who knows what and would just divert from the song being played. It was kind of the perfect time for adventurous music because so many people were also experimenting with psychedelics and especially lsd which was brand new at the time, but still depending on where they played some of the crowds were not so receptive to their crazier tracks or improvisations and they'd often yell out to play their hit Light My Fire. When it comes to the screaming yeah he was one of the earlier pioneers especially with how famous they were compared to The Sonics or 13th Floor Elevators. John Lennon had some early scream moments too with The Beatles.
If you aren't listening to this on a good pair of closed ear headphones you will never comprehend the genius of this song.
I’m not familiar with that school of aural appreciation. I’ve found that the more closed my ears are, the less enjoyment I derive.
Even cheap headphones back in the day made this music sing!!
In the 80's, my older brother had all the albums by the Doors. I bought a double vinyl, offical release, from the 1970's of mostly deep album tracks, "Weird scenes inside the goldmine",....which led me down the rabbit-hole of The Doors. The title is from "The End" -epic! This epic closes out the set. It was finally released on CD in 2014 -yet I had burned my own version from CD's @ 2001.
The Doors is one of the best and most original bands in history... Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, extraordinary musicians who perfectly accompanied a genius, Jim Morrison.
To me in this song, The Music = your life, dance on fire is to live it bright, then there tangents that allude to other songs/poems and random stuff.
The doors inspire a lot of alternative bands, the were very popular in their day for their pop hits but the deeper cuts are what inspired a lot of bands similar to David Bowie contributions to modern music. Mid to late sixties there was a lot of musical experimenting go on that lead into seventies mainstream rock, but some of it inspired the later seventies and eighties alternative music's.
And blues was a major inspiration for most of this music, got filtered out by the eighties.
Great reaction! I agree with your comment about listening to this with speakers, it was meant to be listened with others, to be shared and discovered in a group of people. The whole record kinda has that intention, of constructing the voice of those marginalized, the ones that are "getting tired of hanging around", watching as the world is collapsing with the twentieth century's wars. It's an amazing concept album and it put a mark on what counter culture could do, musically and spiritually. This track is my personal favorite by them, alongside "The End". I really recommend you to check out their latter songs, like Soft Parade, Blue Sunday or Riders on the Storm. But! I also wanted to recommend you a song from another band, Talking Heads, that have almost nothing in common with the Doors, except probably the youthful and playful spirit. The song is "Girlfriend is Better", from their 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. Cheers :)
Not just this song, but you are right- the entire album is brilliant. Not just the music but the recording itself. This album was engineered in a brilliant way, using seperation and loud/ soft dynamics like few ever have.
their best song. kreiger's sonic assault never stops to amaze me. this sounds like fripp.
I met Fripp twice. Once at Dallas's Peaches store 1979. I bought his first solo lp at his Fripperstronics show he used 2 reel to reel tape machine played at the show
Then I saw him and the 3 guitar trio near l.A. in 1993.
been a while since I have gotten recommended one of your videos. Good to see you're still at it. You do a good job
Thanks!
I do think it had vibes of the blues and jazz as well. Great video.
I do want to say. You talk about this song being speaker music. There is a live version in Europe, that leaves me to believe the song is about passion. I just felt the need to say that.
More DOORS please. The era had a lot to do with Vietnam and draft age angst. Beatles, Rolling Stones dominated and The Doors went a bit darker. Interesting alternative. And…..LSD was gaining a following as a drug of choice.
Most recordings in the 60s were not original recorded for stereo, and even when they did use stereo recording it was VERY early in the technologies implementation. So even remastered versions are not going to sound perfect. I am not like a hardcore traditionalist in terms of how you should listen to a recording, but I have found that for some music from the mid and early 20th century really do sound better in analog, especially on vinyl.
I think this is their best song off of their best album. LOVE< LOVE
The Live in New York show/album version is superior haha What I find interesting about The Doors and other bands of this late 60s psychedelia is a precursor to Progressive. Thinking of experimenting & listening experience. It’s like the combo of Rockers and Mods of the earlier part of the 60s have mixed and became this progressive mix. It’s like acid punk became progressive which then changed into punk rock then post punk which harkened back to Morrison Vocals for dark gothic music. Just fascinating when you study aesthetics and history
The best way to enjoy the sunrise is not with a spectrometer. The best way to enjoy the smell of a rose or the taste of fine cuisine is not with chemical analysis. The best way to enjoy a gentle rain is not with a rain gauge, an anemometer and a humidistat. Those are all best enjoyed with the senses and the heart/spirit. Same with music: Enjoy music not with theory (Theory's for creating/communicating music technically), but with your ears and your heart/spirit.
Yes more drugs Bryan 😅😅😅 You did the song The End yrs back and yes that's a special song that is very serpentine and ellusive The guitar solo in this song was inspired by Jimi Hendrix said Robby Kreiger John Densmore is a jazz cat thus those side stick flurries and subtle tom work in the middle section The band has explained in interviews about the "space" they leave in their songs saying silence can be heavy as hell It's been a while since hearing this and you're analysis is solid and well done Thx 🤘😎✌️🧐
They are generous with the space they gave Morrison to do his thing too.
@mrpharmacister yes indeed
Music is at Jim's service, not the other way around.
I love your reactions!!
No words, except my opinion that this one was the Door's best "dance on fire" ever. Too bad fate turned out the lights before the music was over.
great reaction, great frame of mind. thanks.
jan van im pe
other long songs of the Doors : - the soft parade
- celebration of the lizard (very chaotic with different parts en spoken poetry)
-riders on the storm
The Soft Parade is also full of "contradictions", as he calls them, and is very segmented. It would drive this guy nuts, too.
This album and song came out 10 months after Light My Fire blew up in 1967 The Summer of Love was happening and at this point The Doors were huge and new and Jim Morrison was a sex symbol on the covers of all the Teen Magazines that that era
Sex Symbol - not cymbal either. LOL
QUICK NOTE: THIER FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 1967 AND THIS ALBUM AND SONG CAME OUT IN OCTOBER 1967 NOT 10 MONTHS PRIOR AS I HAD ORIGINALLY COMMENTED MY BAD
@@fiddiehackedlol Dam Auto Correct got me again Thx for the heads up
Wonderful track & band.
Anyway, you made me curious, which was your formation/knowledge in music before starting the channel?
I grew up listening to Hair Metal (Loverboy, Motley Crue), Country Music (Shania Twain mostly I think), and Metallica's hard rock era (Black, Load, Reload) as a child. As a teen I played classical and jazz trumpet and listened to a lot of both of those styles to get better. I also listened to the local rock stations on the radio so I discovered Seether, Disturbed, and other popular rock bands before getting into emo/scream/pop punk bands and developing an ear for a specific kind of harsh vocal. Somewhere in my 20s I discovered Periphery and The Human Abstract and that was pretty much my only exposure to metal until this channel. So as you can see I only had cursory knowledge of the 80s-00s before the channel -- and most of that was popular music. I had very little knowledge of anything underground, lesser known, or pre-80s.
@@CriticalReactions okay, me at first I listened to italian old music ('50-'80), my parents give me some cds. Also listened on grandfather's vinyl classical and opera. Then I found Iron Maiden when I was 7, since then my favourite band. Until 14 I never listened for genres or band other than Maiden (no metal other than them. Then I was gifted of a Yes' CD, the day I listened to the first track, "Homeworld" I lose my virginity in music. I started searching of all I could find of '70s prog (and Iron Maiden). Then when I was 16 I got into Ayreon, then Phideaux and many Neoprogressive Band post '95/2000. I'm still in that genre (I'm 28), also because Modern Neoprogressive fuse many genres using prog's style.
@@CriticalReactionsAny Pantera
Another Doors song that shows me that Robert Fripp didn't invent sustain on the guitar.
Krieger underappre
ciated ahead of his time....
Early Fuzz pedal probably maestro or tonebender
On my will i said I wanted them to play "When the..." And "The End" at my viewing.
Robbie the guitar player said that the doors are a mix of Blues and rock and roll
Great reaction. The Doors were way ahead of their time, by 20 or 30 years.
They were a unique band at the time. Now of days you hear different bands who sound the same.
I got all of their realeases on 5.1 dvds
very interesting take on it
To the Doors fans out there,
My Daughter is 34 Years old, her musical tastes run from Sublime, CCR, B52's to Jazz covers of Classic songs and more.
I know the Doors are very heavy for Thoughtful people like her . Very much a Black Pill and younger people and younger folks would rather not have to THINK about these things at their age.
While I have no interest in completely destroying her with the Black Pill that is the Doors, I'd like for her to at least consider their music/Lyrics and implications.
She is a Christian and very well versed in History and Religion.
I have sent her links to several Doors songs and since I am her Dad, I suspect she hasn't actually listened.
So, my question is, What would be the "Play list" of Doors songs that would ease her into the full experience?
Light my Fire is very commercial and fine for a start, What would you play next?
Rider's on the Storm?
LA Woman?
When the Music's over and The End or even Soft Parade are way advanced at this point.
The Wasp?
I will be taking a 3 hour road trip with her before long and I want to have this lined up in an effective way.
I suppose if we got into a major accident or had a traumatic thing happen prior to this journey, I could play virtually anything.
What is the best "Slide" into what the Doors truly express without scaring the Fuck out of Her?
I'd like to reframe this question because it seems like the perspective is "if she hears the right songs then she'll enjoy them like I do." Take it from a previously edgy teen who showed people music outside of their comfort zone because I thought that pure exposure to awesome music would be enough to get them to see how great music is.
I don't think it's wrong to want to share music but I've learned over the years that it's easier to catch a fly with honey, metaphorically. That is to say that trapping someone in a 3 hour car ride with music that they aren't enjoying will probably have the opposite effect that you're wanting. I've also found that people can be more receptive to difficult or abrasive art in an isolated environment. Or in another way, some art is best exposed to by ourselves.
From that perspective the best move is to plant the seed of curiosity for someone to explore later. The best way I've learned to do this is to play that person a bridge song and then give a short explanation of why it's important to you. Hopefully they'll get curious and explore the band on their own. A bridge song is simply my term for a song that connects two styles, one that the artist is known for and one that the person is more receptive to. You'll notice that this is a personalized approach so I think you'll find your previous request for the perfect introduction now moot since none of us know your daughter's tastes well enough to properly suggest a track.
But the other half is just as important -- the short explanation. This elevates it from a general music suggestion to a personal way of getting to know a little bit more about you. I do emphasize the brevity though. Don't make a huge essay about it; just a couple of quick bullet points will do. Think about recommending a movie to a friend and how you want to give away enough to spark curiosity but not enough to ruin the film.
The most important aspect is accepting whatever the outcome is. There's a chance the other person absolutely doesn't click with The Doors and another possibility that they never might. That's absolutely fine. There is no objectively good music out there that everyone likes. It just isn't possible. We're all different and have different tastes in music. And that's awesome! It's what makes the human experience so great. So just be considerate in this endeavor to share some of your favorite art. After all, I'd wager that no amount of 3 hour playlists or constant social media links will make you enjoy an artist that you don't like. Just put yourself in her shoes and have compassion and empathy.
Start with catchy stuff like Twentieth Century Fox & stuff like that. Then gradually slip into darker stuff and bluesy stuff, and then back off a bit with more catchy stuff, then go forward a bit more. Don't just throw her in. Let her get her feet wet, first.
You listen to The End by The Doors
Interesting reaction to the song. I find it interesting that you say you are missing the cultural context, do you need that to really like something or to just understand it better? I love this live performance of the song from 1970 - th-cam.com/video/J2pOoqDzEh8/w-d-xo.html
I wouldn't say the extra context is required to enjoy it in an objective sense. But personally I didn't really enjoy this so the context would help me appreciate it in a way that I can't without it.
@@CriticalReactions Ah okay that's interesting. Art is the only artform where context sometimes helps me like it more. I find context really important with concept art for example.
Cool
When it comes to The Doors, drugs are almost a prerequisite =)
No. I was 13 when they came out. I wasn't doing drugs, but they really got into my soul. Theirs' was the first music I truly FELT.
I love The Doors, but this is not one of my favorite tracks, though it's good, just there's so much other stuff you can start with.
OVER ANALYSIS !!!
10:50
Lots of cool things you want to talk about, but not until This Music is Over. Mwa-haha!
Don't need drugs here. Just be short on sleep, stay up until 3am, then blast it on an old school 9 speaker stereo with soft lighting. Fill the room, not headphones. Maybe perform an interpretive dance. Would a noise canceling microphone (like some hands free cellphone have) be worth a try?
Also, try listening to beatnik poets in the decade before The Doors.
"Also, try listening to beatnik poets in the decade before The Doors." ... Or to Patti Smith. Patti is VERY beat. I'm very much drawn to her Bohemian-ness.