The Doors vs. Pink Floyd (rock, great song, albums, rock star)

The Lizard King · 10-26-2005, 01:08 PM

Which of these physcadelic hard rockin' bands do you prefer and why?

Fenixpunk · 10-26-2005, 01:31 PM

Tough call, i like alot of the doors but not everything and the same can be said for pink floyd, although i think pink floyds music is more orchastrated and better written. Id have to say for me, its pink floyd, songs like Hey You gives me chills when i hear them and can get me daydreaming whereas not many doors songs do that. The End is the closest that i can think of that even compares.

Halleluwah · 10-26-2005, 01:36 PM

Definitely Floyd.
The rest of The Doors(except Jim Morrison) had to do a lot of ego-busting to be a read band. It's impossible to think of The Doors without thinking of Morrison. Pink Floyd had the talent, they had the chemistry as a band(well, not entirely true, there were huge rivalries), and they had the vision to produce, what was it, 17 albums, most of those being huge hits? I don't think it's a contest.

The Lizard King · 10-26-2005, 01:45 PM

Meh, I say The Doors....
Floyd did have alot more albums...but its quality not quantity.
The Doors wouldn't have had any more albums even if Jim would've lived, because he hated his rock stardom after a while and wanted out, and he wanted to be a poet.
I dunno, I love both bands, but The Doors are it for me, Jim is a legend and always will be...he was/is the best frontman Rock has ever seen and probably ever will see....and he was a GREAT song writer.
Ray Manzerak was a good keys player...and it added originality to the band...
Robby Krieger had a very original guitar style, and made alot of The Doors songs sound really great like "Moonlight Drive"....
John Densmore wasn't that great so I wont say anything about him....

Fenixpunk · 10-26-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The Lizard King

John Densmore wasn't that great so I wont say anything about him....

only prop i got to give him is that he had to pay attention to what jim was doing rather than playing the song, everytime jim improvised, he had to as well.

adidasss · 10-27-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Lizard King

Meh, I say The Doors....
Floyd did have alot more albums...but its quality not quantity.
The Doors wouldn't have had any more albums even if Jim would've lived, because he hated his rock stardom after a while and wanted out, and he wanted to be a poet.
I dunno, I love both bands, but The Doors are it for me, Jim is a legend and always will be...he was/is the best frontman Rock has ever seen and probably ever will see....and he was a GREAT song writer.
Ray Manzerak was a good keys player...and it added originality to the band...
Robby Krieger had a very original guitar style, and made alot of The Doors songs sound really great like "Moonlight Drive"....
John Densmore wasn't that great so I wont say anything about him....

couldn't agree more....the doors all the way....

deadkennedysmeetstheclash · 10-28-2005, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Lizard King

Meh, I say The Doors....
Floyd did have alot more albums...but its quality not quantity.
The Doors wouldn't have had any more albums even if Jim would've lived, because he hated his rock stardom after a while and wanted out, and he wanted to be a poet.
I dunno, I love both bands, but The Doors are it for me, Jim is a legend and always will be...he was/is the best frontman Rock has ever seen and probably ever will see....and he was a GREAT song writer.
Ray Manzerak was a good keys player...and it added originality to the band...
Robby Krieger had a very original guitar style, and made alot of The Doors songs sound really great like "Moonlight Drive"....
John Densmore wasn't that great so I wont say anything about him....

I'm afraid I will have to disagree with you..I don't believe Jim was the best frontman rock has ever seen. Just because the underground scene loved him to bits, doesn't mean everyone did. And you can't say 'ever will see' because we've seen better front men than him already. IMO and you can argue but I belive both Freddy and Alice better frontman than Jim. Freddy was also a better singer. Yes, he was a great songwriter but so was Barret, and Waters/Gilmour partnership. Pink Floyd win IMO, Floyd were just so innovative, an dtheir music like Felix said just gives me chills especially 'comfortbaly numb.' They were just made better, more accesible music.

blackwidowxxx · 01-19-2010, 04:53 AM

ya its true although jim morrison was a creative guy but david gilmour and syd barrett were more creative

Halleluwah · 10-26-2005, 01:50 PM

Yeah, but Waters had the vision to go anywhere he needed to go. He was only a bassist, but he basically became the frontman.
Wright could do anything Floyd needed him to do, so could Mason. And Gilmour was off the wall, he had the intensity to take Barrett's spot.
Though no one could truly take place of Syd Barrett, he was a poetic legend..

But still, just because they had 17 albums doesn't mean that most of them are dry rot. They're all worth listening to. People just like to pick favorites.

Floyd had much more of a vision, and Morrison was a drunken buffoon posing in front of an underground that loved him. He was a latter-day vomit puppet.

The Lizard King · 10-26-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Halleluwah

Floyd had much more of a vision, and Morrison was a drunken buffoon posing in front of an underground that loved him. He was a latter-day vomit puppet.

If you knew anything about Morrison, you'd think differently about him...
I have read 2 books on him...
Maybe you should read on him too before you go runnin' your mouth like that.

Ps. I am sure you probably saw the movie, but that doesnt really count for much...it was very inacurate.

10-26-2005, 01:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Lizard King Groupie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 26	The Doors vs. Pink Floyd Which of these physcadelic hard rockin' bands do you prefer and why? __________________ Before I sink into the big sleep, I want to hear... I want to hear... The scream of the butterfly...

10-26-2005, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,057	Tough call, i like alot of the doors but not everything and the same can be said for pink floyd, although i think pink floyds music is more orchastrated and better written. Id have to say for me, its pink floyd, songs like Hey You gives me chills when i hear them and can get me daydreaming whereas not many doors songs do that. The End is the closest that i can think of that even compares. __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - The Declaimed

10-26-2005, 01:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Halleluwah Groupie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 9	Definitely Floyd. The rest of The Doors(except Jim Morrison) had to do a lot of ego-busting to be a read band. It's impossible to think of The Doors without thinking of Morrison. Pink Floyd had the talent, they had the chemistry as a band(well, not entirely true, there were huge rivalries), and they had the vision to produce, what was it, 17 albums, most of those being huge hits? I don't think it's a contest. __________________ 'The pump don't work, 'cause the vandals took the handle.' - Bob Dylan

10-26-2005, 01:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
The Lizard King Groupie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 26	Meh, I say The Doors.... Floyd did have alot more albums...but its quality not quantity. The Doors wouldn't have had any more albums even if Jim would've lived, because he hated his rock stardom after a while and wanted out, and he wanted to be a poet. I dunno, I love both bands, but The Doors are it for me, Jim is a legend and always will be...he was/is the best frontman Rock has ever seen and probably ever will see....and he was a GREAT song writer. Ray Manzerak was a good keys player...and it added originality to the band... Robby Krieger had a very original guitar style, and made alot of The Doors songs sound really great like "Moonlight Drive".... John Densmore wasn't that great so I wont say anything about him.... __________________ Before I sink into the big sleep, I want to hear... I want to hear... The scream of the butterfly...

01-19-2010, 04:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
blackwidowxxx Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1	pink floyd is the best ya its true although jim morrison was a creative guy but david gilmour and syd barrett were more creative

10-26-2005, 01:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
Halleluwah Groupie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 9	Yeah, but Waters had the vision to go anywhere he needed to go. He was only a bassist, but he basically became the frontman. Wright could do anything Floyd needed him to do, so could Mason. And Gilmour was off the wall, he had the intensity to take Barrett's spot. Though no one could truly take place of Syd Barrett, he was a poetic legend.. But still, just because they had 17 albums doesn't mean that most of them are dry rot. They're all worth listening to. People just like to pick favorites. Floyd had much more of a vision, and Morrison was a drunken buffoon posing in front of an underground that loved him. He was a latter-day vomit puppet. __________________ 'The pump don't work, 'cause the vandals took the handle.' - Bob Dylan