The Doors vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival

Neapolitan · 07-31-2009, 09:06 PM

I wanted to make a poll on two of my favorite American bands that came out in the mid 60's, both are from California; and their popularity and career span are about the same. In a way they are evenly match but each band projected a very different persona. Jim Morrison was a poet/sex symbol and John Fogerty was a down to Earth singer/guitar player.

So who do you like better
The Doors or Creedence Clearwater Revival

Antonio · 07-31-2009, 09:26 PM

the Doors for me, not so much because of Jim Morrison, tbh, i don't really care too much about him, but because of the music that the rest of the group did.

Akira · 07-31-2009, 09:41 PM

Pointless

Neapolitan · 07-31-2009, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToeAndno

Pointless

Why?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-31-2009, 10:25 PM

Because Vs threads pop up like epidemics on this forum. Someone starts one and then a few days later the forum is smothered in them. Which is why we have limits on them.

With this one the link between the two bands seems tenuous at best and I don't really see why these two bands need to be compared.

boo boo · 08-01-2009, 08:05 AM

Urban you have to be nuts if you can't notice the similarities.

I mean, they were both most popular in the 60s, they had long hair, get played on the radio a lot, they both came from California and uh...... their frontman's name started with a J and uh..........

Strat HD · 08-01-2009, 03:31 PM

Yeah pointless. CCR was an AM band with alot of hits. The Doors had maybe 2 or 3 hits on AM. In that time period FM radio was just evolving. Doors were mainly heard on FM "underground stations". I don't think the word genre had even been coined yet in those days. If it had, those two bands would not have been in the same one. Back in those days we had rock music. That was it. That was the phrase.

Unknown Soldier · 08-01-2009, 04:29 PM

Two completely different bands in every sense and beyond comparison, so from that point of view the comparison is pointless. CCR were a classic Californian rock/swamp rock band of the era who were very mainstream and socially accepted as good guys. Whereas the Doors were very much a dark psychedelic/acid rock outfit who instead of singing about love and peace sang about the darker side of things. In fact the only bands similiar to them at the time were probably Velvet Underground, a comparison could be made there and even the proto punk of Iggy Pop and the Stooges could be included just for their sheer impact.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-01-2009, 04:35 PM

If we're just talking who's better...CCR no doubt. Kind of a silly comparison, but the Doors mostly suck.

boo boo · 08-01-2009, 04:45 PM

Dammit, I was gonna lock this BEFORE Bungalow said something stupid, oh well.

View Poll Results: who do you like more:
The Doors	3	60.00%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	40.00%
Voters: 5. You may not vote on this poll

07-31-2009, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Neapolitan carpe musicam Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Les Barricades Mystérieuses Posts: 7,710	The Doors vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival I wanted to make a poll on two of my favorite American bands that came out in the mid 60's, both are from California; and their popularity and career span are about the same. In a way they are evenly match but each band projected a very different persona. Jim Morrison was a poet/sex symbol and John Fogerty was a down to Earth singer/guitar player. So who do you like better The Doors or Creedence Clearwater Revival Last edited by Neapolitan; 07-31-2009 at 09:52 PM.

07-31-2009, 10:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Because Vs threads pop up like epidemics on this forum. Someone starts one and then a few days later the forum is smothered in them. Which is why we have limits on them. With this one the link between the two bands seems tenuous at best and I don't really see why these two bands need to be compared. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

08-01-2009, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Strat HD Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 25	Yeah pointless. CCR was an AM band with alot of hits. The Doors had maybe 2 or 3 hits on AM. In that time period FM radio was just evolving. Doors were mainly heard on FM "underground stations". I don't think the word genre had even been coined yet in those days. If it had, those two bands would not have been in the same one. Back in those days we had rock music. That was it. That was the phrase.

08-01-2009, 04:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Two completely different bands in every sense and beyond comparison, so from that point of view the comparison is pointless. CCR were a classic Californian rock/swamp rock band of the era who were very mainstream and socially accepted as good guys. Whereas the Doors were very much a dark psychedelic/acid rock outfit who instead of singing about love and peace sang about the darker side of things. In fact the only bands similiar to them at the time were probably Velvet Underground, a comparison could be made there and even the proto punk of Iggy Pop and the Stooges could be included just for their sheer impact.

08-01-2009, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	If we're just talking who's better...CCR no doubt. Kind of a silly comparison, but the Doors mostly suck.