RIP Ray Manzarek
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David G. Smith
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Ahhhhh, sh*t. I love The Doors. Jim was, without a doubt, the tortured soul of the band, but I am of the opinion that Ray was their heart and humanity. RIP.
Cryogenic Filmworks
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That sux. The Doors are still some of my favorite tunes.
A little on the nose, isn't it?
groveChuck
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Break on through to the other side, Ray...
Manzarek's keyboards were, well... key to The Doors' sound.
Manzarek's keyboards were, well... key to The Doors' sound.
Batutta
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That's what's funny about it. And actually, using a Doors song to advertise a kids movie is pretty outside the box.
j1clark@ucsd.edu
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Valar Morghulis...
On the one hand, I did morn the the loss of Jimmy, Janice, and Jim... but the bands that 'survived' didn't seem to do anything 'new'... and perhaps should have 'disappeared'... for example, for me, after the transmorphing into 'Jefferson Starship'... and the first album... they should have worked on highjacking the space shuttle, rather than making more records... then there's the Rolling Stones... if ever a group made a pact with the devil, that's the one... (I think Mick and Keith should get their money back on the 'eternal youth' part of the demonic contract...).
These days, the only time I listen to the oldies is when for want of 'anything' else, KRTH (K-Earth) in LA which has been the oldie goldie station for centuries... well almost... ok, almost 1/2 century...
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j1clark@ucsd.edu
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There are commercials with family sing-alongs to Ozzy Osbourne.
There's strains of "Black Sabbath" to be heard in "Iron Man"(2008) during the credit roll, as well as I think Tony Stark referencing the song/band as well in dialog...
Jason Ramsey
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RIP
CallaghanFilms
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Catch the "WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE" doc if you haven't already, or even if you have.
You're welcome.
RIP Ray
(The doc is still on Netflix Streamin')
You're welcome.
(The doc is still on Netflix Streamin')
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Batutta
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There are commercials with family sing-alongs to Ozzy Osbourne.
Don't forget this movie came out in 2001...If you worked in the trailer industry you'd be more surprised that a 30 year old song made it into an ad for a kids movie. It somehow survived a thousand executives saying, "Can't we make this more current, something hip-hoppy about booty shaking?".
CallaghanFilms
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I am reminded of discussing at length with Scott Stapp what is was like to stand in with Ray and the boys for a Doors tribute special. This was during the however ill-fated Orlando music "boom" of a year either side of the millennium.
He said it was the highlight of his life, professional or otherwise... but went on to express some shade of envy. Envy for the unfeigned comradery (on and off stage) amongst the band, even sans Jim. He felt this wasn't a remnant of the 60's era from :wince: they came, but was unique to The Doors. They weren't carrying on for "glory days" reasons, or even for financial ones. They felt they had briefly obtained something cosmic, and not striving to honor that together just wouldn't do.
Anyway, that was Scott's impression, and it kinda stuck with me.
He said it was the highlight of his life, professional or otherwise... but went on to express some shade of envy. Envy for the unfeigned comradery (on and off stage) amongst the band, even sans Jim. He felt this wasn't a remnant of the 60's era from :wince: they came, but was unique to The Doors. They weren't carrying on for "glory days" reasons, or even for financial ones. They felt they had briefly obtained something cosmic, and not striving to honor that together just wouldn't do.
Anyway, that was Scott's impression, and it kinda stuck with me.
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groveChuck
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Watched it last night- can't believe I was not aware of it!
Brilliant, mesmerizing, haunting... and some beautiful (restored?) film in there! yes, thanks Callaghan!
ALso watched the European and PBS TV soundstage performances, from when they couldn't get gigs after the fiasco here in Miami...
Just incredible to watch Ray's left hand lay down the bass as he jams on the right...
CallaghanFilms
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Batutta
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I gotta watch that. I remember hearing about it a while back, that Tom Dicilio was having problems with festival juries because they couldn't believe that was actually footage of Jim Morrison. It was so polished they assumed they were recreations with an actor trying to pass the footage off as real.
groveChuck
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DiCillo used footage from "HWY: An American Pastoral"
And it's gorgeous footage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWY:_An_American_Pastoral
And it's gorgeous footage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWY:_An_American_Pastoral