I read somehwere that Morrison did not care for Led Zeppelin. How true is this? I think Zeppelin is overated but its i
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jowilliams — 19 years ago(May 03, 2006 05:22 PM)
well no band has ever match what The Doors did or what the beatles did. what Zeppelin did for hard rock will never be touched but the same can be said for what the Doors did for music no band has ever had the same sound has the doors
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buby1987 — 18 years ago(July 03, 2007 12:22 PM)
I read somewhere (some book about the Doors) that in 1969, Led Zep burst onto the scene and blew everyone away, while that same year The Doors put out their weakest album, Soft Parade. The Doors were at their peak in 67 and 68, but by 69 Led Zep and Black Sabbath came along to shake up rock music (Zep and Sabbath pretty much launched the heavy metal genre, which got even bigger in the 70's and 80's).
The Doors rebounded in 70 with Morrison Hotel, which was a return to hard rock basics.
I would imagine that Morrison didn't like Zep, because they were serious competition.
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willson_x — 18 years ago(November 21, 2007 06:45 PM)
From everything I have ever seen, Jim was not a competitive guy, as far as music was concerned, he couldn't give a beep about the industry, and believed in live performances becoming experiences. Led Zeppelin never had any of that mystique about them. No one gives a sh!t that you can rewind "Stairway" backwards to hear- clear as crystal- satanic messages. Oh wait, did I forget to say It's pretentious?
O.K, everybody likes the odd Zeppelin song in some fairness, however, if Jim didn't like some of their music, it was for his own reason. Why don't we use channelers to find out and clear this important question up.
We can decide on out own, through our own judgement why Jim didn't1354 like Led Zeppelin. My theory is Jim thought they were too pretentious, and not deep enough: their music doesn't hit me at the Level the Door's music does, or even Jim's voice alone. The Doors were very spiritual, and Led Zep were good musicians, but they had no substance, or anything you could grasp hold of. Have you noticed how most Led Zeppelin fans are old rockers who haven't woken up yet, or extremists of any social, outcasted stereotypes e.g. Nerds, Metal heads, sexually repressed. But Jim and The Doors reallly brings you a feeling of belonging to a different world, or a more REAL world: there is something spiritual about it, that's what's so unique and tempting about them. Anyone who knows more than just hearing them once on the radio/ T.V./ Myspace will see past the artifice and hype, and really appreciate it and the style it comes in. If anything, Jim mastered the art of shamanism more than Jimmy Page. I won't write anymore till I get some fan response. Oh I lied, one more thing, Jim was sexier than any musician in this century, and was free: beyond the ways you and I could dream t be, mainly because he was an intellectual and seemingly had platonic amounts of self control. -
lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(July 04, 2021 01:58 AM)
so dumb. a person saying that doesn't deserve a reply. led zeppelin love em or hate em is one of the most important and best bands of all time.
exactly i'd go that far. id' go as far as saying even the beatles can't compare to or measure up to led zeppelin bc they were all geniuses when it comes to playing musical instruments. so the musicianship of led zeppelin is factually second to none.
the closest as far as musicianship is pink floyd and the who. i think the who is a step below pink floyd and led zeppelin and i think it's a tie between pink floyd and led zeppelin.
queen is close musicianship wise to pf and lz.
exactly the beatles in some ways get more credit than they deserve one place is musicianship. they couldn't play any of the complex arrangements in the music of lz or pf or the who or queen.
exactly so many dumb hair metal bands just stole lz sounds and ideas in the '80s.
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NYrevo — 17 years ago(May 19, 2008 12:25 AM)
i have heard of them, and listen to them alot. they are nothing at all like the doors. there sound is completely different. the doors sound was, and will always be completely and eternally unique and amazing.
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Jabronidude469 — 19 years ago(June 28, 2006 09:00 PM)
amaster, ur an idiot who obviously doesnt know jack beep about music. The Beatles suck??? That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard in my life! They influenced every rock band for the last 30 beep years!
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amaster88 — 19 years ago(July 06, 2006 01:25 AM)
Beatles are so over-rated, their sound and lyrics were so mediocre, they started out sounding great, but by '67 they sucked, they were too busy doing drugs, when they starting singing about a walrus and a yellow submarine, what the f-ck is ka ka ka jo? it's gibberish. The Beatles couldn't hold a candle to Cream or the doors or the stones. Dude the stones came out the same time the beatles did anyway, the beatles didn't influence the stones, the stones were influenced by the American blues scene.And if you wanna say something about rock, what about Presley or Jerry Lee Lewis? They were rock before the Beatles ever thought about forming a band. Led Zeppelin is okay in small amounts, but the radio ruined zep for me, I'm sick of hearing led zep this led zep that, they weren't that good, it's like saying Bad Company is a good band, mostly 12 year kids like the beatles and led zep, people with matured classic rock tastes like early Clapton before he got stupid and went solo, The Doors, the Stones, Deep Purple, Cream, Blind Faith, Pink Floyd. Everybody likes the Beatles becuase no body has their own taste in music, everybody has bland taste for music, and usaully people like the same thing, becuase they fear to be diffrent, to like diffrent music is to be diffrent yourself. The Beatles are bland, they offer no variation in their catalogue, just as does Led zep, they did the same thing over and over again, until they broke up on bad terms. Look at the beatles, they lasted 8 years, the stones lasted 40 years and are still going, they recorded a few tracks in 2002 that sounded great and fresh, but still diffrent from what they did in the 60's, if the beatles lasted to say, 1978, they would of been doing the same thing over and over again, and a listener with a brain would say the band was boring and void of diversity, same with zep, everything sounded the same up til '79, and by then they were so commericalized it did no good to change becuase they changed for the worst, and went soft. The doors had so much talent, good lyrics, diffrent yet appealing sound, Jim Morrisom was intelligent enough to actually write great lyrics, the Doors were a California band, which influenced their focus on desert themes, their lyrics actually spoke to the listener, the band still appeals to many teen listeners today.