MadMadMike
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DOORS Review
From KNAC.com :
The Doors - 21st Century Live at the Roseland in NYC, NY on April 24th, 2003
“THE DOORS- 21ST CENTURY” careened onto the stage at Roseland shortly before 9PM, and for over two hours indulged the sold-out crowd in
rubbernecking at the mangled hulk of a gleaming Thunderbird convertible horribly bent into a fiery wreck.
It’s so very, very wrong in its execution -- but it plays astonishingly well to an audience of overgrown, beer-swilling Frat-boys gone to seed and
SUV-driving Soccer-Moms with saddlebags, who pine away for the romance of an imagined rogue-lover…
The incessant “Broadway-ization” of bands supplanting original members – and in this case: one deceased (Morrison) and one in litigation
(Densmore) – with shiny new folks who take turns sharing the spotlight like the swing cast of a well-worn musical -- has reached it’s pinnacle in
“THE DOORS – 21ST CENTURY.”
Cloaked in the guise of the once-mysterious and underrated Ian Astbury, this “21ST CENTURY” sell-out to Clear Channel reeks like egg salad, as the
now-sober Cult front-man finally gives in to the oft-heard Morrison comparison, trivializing, and hypocritically singing “Roadhouse Blues” and
“Alabama Song,” among others. In fact, Ian Astbury singing “Mr. MoJo Rising!” comes across with the same depth and resonance of his singing
“I Wish I Was An Oscar Meyer Weiner!”
Leather-clad and looking every inch the son of the legendary singer he apes -- Astbury beguiled the audience with his high energy and warm vocals --
but it is not enough to salvage the night’s performance, which sags with every single word that keyboardist Ray Manzarek utters between songs.
Manzarek, as he has been for years since Jim Morrison’s demise, remains deadly boring in his history lessons and time --wasting between-song
peace-rants and monologues.
Far beyond the brave audacity of staging this musical interpretation of a celebrated, once-exciting group -- is the unbelievable travesty of
introducing new material into the broad roster of “Greatest Hits.” Whether the Saturn-driving Yuppies who formed the majority of the audience will
harken towards the call of a new disc remains to be seen. What lingers, is the memory and image of a legendary staple of AOR radio, now turned into a
touring musical revue unworthy of the $70 to $100 ticket prices.
The Doors of perception have been ethnically cleansed and are as see-through as an empty glass on a bar at The Hard Rock Café…
Avoid at all costs. Buy The Doors box set, and The Cult’s Love, Electric and Sonic Temple to really enjoy some cool rock and roll. If you already
own those -- and you are still curious -- take SEVENTY bucks out of your pocket and throw it in the street, and then go back listen to your CDs, and
maybe watch the Val Kilmer flick. You’ll have a better time.
Set List:
- Roadhouse Blues
- Break On Through
- Ray Manzarek Lecture #1 (“Glad to be back!”)
- Love Me Two Times
- Moonlight Drive
- Wild Child
- Cops Talk (new song, lyrics by Jim Carroll/music by The Doors)
- Alabama Song
- Ray Manzarek Lecture #2 (“Peace Rant”)
- 5 To 1
- The Crystal Ship
- People Are Strange
- Spanish Caravan
- Ray Manzarek Lecture #3 ( ?? )
- Maggie McGill
- L.A. Woman
- Light My Fire/Get Up Stand Up
Encore
- Ray Mazaerek talks again…
- Riders On The Storm
- Peace Frog
- Soul Kitchen
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Real Astbury Girrrl
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WHAT THE FUCK?!
this crap makes me so mad.
apparently he was at a totally different show on another planet-the Roseland show i went to was freakin unbelievable!
it sounds like someone didnt pay this creep enough money to give a good review-its obvious-he's lookin for a bribe-
the sucker loser either that or he's lookin for my fist up his nose!!:flame::flame:
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doggiestar
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Now that there is fighting talk
sometimes it's the short reply posts that seem to sum up the feeling of the entire post...
nice one R A G...
:flame:ON!!!
From Velvet night came forth our torch burns eternal,
For time is but a dream and our mischeif be infernal,
Black Angels watch over neglecting the living but not the undead,
Blessed are the hallowed and gracious for their blood shall keep us fed,
Hark the electric thunder drawn like moths to a flame,
To a place of wicked wonder...and Hollywood be thy name.
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JayRob
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Let's realize this : There are STILL a decent amount of old,dusty,rusty,spider-web covered fans of The Doors, who WILL NEVER get over it....this dude
from KNAC seems to be just another one. Of course they would get some bashing in the NY press.
JRoberto
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moya
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unfortunately some of the things he said make perfect sense to me...
*** All the suffering in the world arises out of wanting happiness for self. All happiness in the world arises out of wanting happiness for others
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JayRob
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In the crapy musical circus of nowadays there are a few acts worthy a listen, and this Doors revamp is one of them, at least is what I feel when I
listen to the bootlegs I got. Ian sounds nothing but PERFECT singing Roadhouse Blues and all the rest. Maybe this guy would like to hear him singing
CULT tunes, like a lot of us (me included), but he is doing a great job there too.
I like to rationalize things too, but in this case, I just put the bootleg in the player and let it roll ...all night long ! 
JRoberto
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slutnostic
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:/
I was at the show, and definately felt it had a weird vibe to it...probably because Ian looked like a clown dressing up like Jim Morrison. Still, i
thought it was a good show and was entertained.8)
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Ian has always had that style.....
| Quote: | Originally posted by slutnostic
I was at the show, and definately felt it had a weird vibe to it...probably because Ian looked like a clown dressing up like Jim Morrison. Still, i
thought it was a good show and was entertained.8) |
But Ian has always dressed in leathers and has his hair that way...and he has grown into that again-i mean before at the Tibetan freedom concert he
looked exactly as he does now.
i bet u, ian dresses a certain way to reflect his psychological frame of mind. during beyond good and evil, it seemed alot more confrontational and i
dont give a fuck about my LOOKS-listen to my music type vibe.
nowadays, it seems like he is relishing in the "i can once again call myself a true musician because i have been accepted and given credit by musical
giants that i once looked upto"-type vibe--
do u think he is doing it on puropse....to COPY Jim? i doubt it. he is not one to COPY anyone-if anything that would be a total insult to him. i dont
think so-i think they overlap so much its scary-but really ian has his own vibe.
also everyone says ian sounds exactly like jim--i beg to differ. there are some moments where he echoes jim, but ians voice is so much deeper--it
sounds nothing like jims to me.
and then how about his physical looks-i mean it is EERIE that ian does look facially a bit like jim during his prime---but can u fault ian for
physically lookin like jim? he cant control that-
just my 2 cents.
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slutnostic
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They both have that baritone voice, but that's about it...they have two different voices. And i don't think they have the same face either.
I am a lazy bastard, so i'll quote myself from the Cult Central board...."you know people are just waiting to rip you to shreds, why on earth would
you give them extra ammo? yeah, he's had a morrison-ish look at certain times over the years, but this is ridiculous. he's got the leather pants, the
jacket, the shades, the HAIR. there are a lot of people who are just not going to take him seriously going up on stage and looking like that." 8)
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