Did Jim Morrison hate Led Zeppelin
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oneflewovertheapocalypse — 21 years ago(January 12, 2005 10:22 AM)
I read somehwere that Morrison did not care for Led Zeppelin. How true is this? I think Zeppelin is overated but its interesting to hear that Morrsion wasnt a big fan. I read it in a music magazine about 8 months ago.
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crazycatNine — 21 years ago(February 24, 2005 07:26 AM)
I don't know if it's true, but I'm fairly certain that Zeppelin DID like Jim Morrison (and/or The Doors). I only base this on the fact that when I saw Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in concert in the mid-to-late 1990's, as part of a medley of songs, they played a Doors song (I don't remember which song). I don't think they would honor the band in that way if they disliked or had no respect for The Doors.
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Brennan-8 — 21 years ago(March 18, 2005 06:49 AM)
I've never read that Jim didn't like Led Zeppelin. Actually, Led Zeppelin was the opening act for the Doors for one gig (Seattle, I believe) back in 1969. Man, would I have loved to be at that concert!
I know Robby Krieger admires Jimmy Page as a guitarist, even back when Jimmy was with the Yardbirds.
Jim's personal taste in music, from what I have read, tended toward more melodic stuff. In one of those surveys that fan magazines used to have celebrities fill out (what's your favorite color, etc.), Jim listed his favorite groups as the Beach Boys, the Kinks, and Love. Of course, this was before Zep was formed, but I don't think Jim was a major hard rock fan.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(July 04, 2021 01:45 AM)
this reminds me of a the beatles album thing that listed all the guys favorite whatever one of them said their biggest crush is brigitte bardot and if you have seen any pic or video of her from the 1950s or 1960s you will agree with the beatle who said this.
bc my gosh, i just watched her in women and was so blown away bc i couldn't believe how beautiful she is, she had superhuman, inhuman, other worldly beauty that is so big, so rich and so consuming, i mean girls don't look like this ever, they don't look this beautiful ever.
the beach boys? that's awesome, one of my all time favorite bands. i can totally understand why he loved them bc the doors is very melodic like the beach boys.
i heard that robby krieger was not one of the best guitarists of all time. it said in an album sleeve that he in the doors is but that's not true. he was never that great of a guitarist.
when i think of the doors i think of the singing, the lyrics and moods, the atmosphere, the melodies, the harmonies, and the organ playing. i don't really think of the guitar work of robby krieger.
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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.
35 years later, both The Doors and Led Zeppelin continue to sell and get airplay. Both bands were great. -
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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