Battle of the Bands The Doors vs Black Sabbath

Who wins this battle

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smitty_p said:
I don't know if it helps or hurts your opinion, but they did use a session bassist when recording in the studio.
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Yeah they had about 4 session bassists collectively including Lonnie Mack, which is odd since he was a 50s guitar hero. Live performances however, Ray Manzerek would play two electric organs in different octaves to try to replicate the bass sound
 
Clockworkmike said:
Yeah they had about 4 session bassists collectively including Lonnie Mack, which is odd since he was a 50s guitar hero. Live performances however, Ray Manzerek would play two electric organs in different octaves to try to replicate the bass sound
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Yeah. Manzarek used various keyboards for the main keys. For the bass in live use, he often used the Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, which was shorter and situated atop the main keyboard.
 
I do love the Doors.
But matching up Sabbath and the Doors is a very odd contest.
It barely makes sense.

I do love Indigo Girls....and Gypsy Kings.
I do love Primus.
But you would never ask which is better because it's 2 different planets.
 
Mob Rules is the beginning of more palatable Sabbath for me, but out of the time period of this contest.

I voted for Jim and Co. - My desert island rule played again. I'd feel I'd be able to last longer on that island listening to The Doors. Sabbath might cause me to throw myself to the sharks inside a couple months. I respect sabbath for breaking new ground and setting themselves as the grandfather-inventors of heavy rock/metal, but overall what I have heard from this period is just generally not uplifting enough to spur much for repeat listening. Rather plodding, dark and depressing. Not that I believe music has any requirement to to be happy-happy joy-joy, as The Doors had their share of darkness permeating the music, but in a more listenable and subversive way... still managing to remain sensual, intelligent, and less apocalyptic, grim and well, paranoid.

War Pigs is incredible, though, and a couple more huge songs like that may have tipped the scales for me. I believe Sabbath probably inspired more
heavy rock bands I liked, it's said The Doors may have inspired more punk, proto-punk, new wave.

The juxtaposition of the carnival-like organ, with the love, death and rebellion lyrics made for a more entertaining, consumable package from The Doors, something your girlfriend could tolerate. The days of the psychedelic flower-power scenes were numbered, so for me they sat on the very the pinnacle of it.

Sabbath's musical aim seem to just beat an audience into submission. I would have loved to see the Doors live show, apparently they were
legendary. Ozzy has just always struck me as a rock star who got pretty lucky despite himself, via some very talented bandmates - somehow managed not killing himself via his own excess.

I voted The Doors.

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I've struggled with how to respond to this one.

During the time Jim Morrison was in the band, they were very popular by the standards of the day. By some accounts, during the period in question, the Doors' popularity may have exceeded that of Black Sabbath; though, today Black Sabbath has a greater following than the Doors had.

However, I also am thinking about the style of music I would prefer. Whereas I'm not at all bashful listening to heavy metal or very hard rock, I do grow weary of it after awhile. I am more partial to the sounds of psychedelic rock.

So, in this contest I'm walking through the door to tip my hat to Messrs. Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore.

Here's a vote for the Doors.
 
As a side note, when I was trying to find leather pants for the band I was in, I used Jim Morrison's leather pants as somewhat of a comparative guide.

I didn't find an exact match, but I found something fairly similar.

I know that's not really a substantive rationale, but it did cross my mind as I was mulling this over!
 
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