this will get me in big trouble

[jdots]

Why do people like Led Zeplin and the Doors so much ?

[alittlelark]

1. The Doors are a window into the door shutting out your soul

[KDLarsen]

2. Not to mention..

.. their music ROCKS! I have two Doors DVD's - one with a 1968 live show from Rose Bowl & one with the VH1 Storytellers they did a few years back. Ray Manzarek looks awesome in the latter one!

[jdots]

3. you mean The Doors of Perception ?

[alittlelark]

11. The doors to the perception of inner reality.

do we really want to go there? Pain, Confusion, Denial, .... the little pill that grants vision into our soul...

[hfojvt]

4. because people are strange

and they have this idea that they can buy a stairway to heaven.

BTW I am 42 and I cannot stand either of them even though they fall into the genre that I like (sort of, the radio stations that play the Hair bands that I like also play/played way too much Zeppelin and Doors)

[saracat]

5. Because Jim Morrison was not only a genius, he was hot!

What a gorgeous guy and a sexy voice.Such a waste.

[KDLarsen]

6. Don't forget Ray...

... those sideburns of his were just wicked :D

[alittlelark]

12. Morrison was my avatar until Nov 6th

and he is a soul mate

[Seldona]

7. I think they rock.

Also I take into consideration the time period the bands are in, and what they did musically.

They were originals that inspire bands to this day. Morrison, Page, Plant, Bonham, all were amazing musicians in their time.

Personal taste I guess.

But I had allot in common with Morrison as well.

Young, drunk, and a major death wish. He was fascinated with death.

Thankfully I lived through it, though had I gotten into the music scene myself I doubt I would have.

I guess I identify with the guy at some level, and his music is just so powerful.

As for Zeppelin, in my day that was what us 'stoner's' listened to.

lol

Brings back some great memories now, though I don't listen to it as much as I used to.

They both still hold up with the drug past behind me too.

OK, I will stop rambling.

[donheld]

8. You are not required to like either

Led Zeppelin or The Doors. At least for now, you're free to like the bands or your choosing.

[maveric]

9. Led Zep pioneered Heavy Metal music.

Songs were well written and Page's licks were great, even though hestole many from the old bluesmasters.
I cant understand those who thinf that Led Zep sucks.

[ogradda]

10. you are kidding me right?

sure. you have to be.

[T Town Jake]

13. If you have to ask....

n/t

[Gothic Sponge]

21. exactly

[Tom Kitten]

14. I don't think it's the groups so much as some particular songs they did...

Plus the mood they invoke, plus, now that time has passed, the memories one has upon hearing songs by them...

For the Doors, I never cared much for "Light My Fire", their big hit, but I like every other song from their debut album...Other than a few other songs from their subsequent albums I have to say i didn't care much for them at all...I guess I never got into the whole "Lizard King" thing, and as far as Ray Manzarek is concerned, the guy spent twenty years capitalizing on the memory of Morrison in order to keep his own career going...(I know, it sounds harsh but every time I heard he had a project out it had something to do with Morrison)...

Led Zeppelin is a little different animal, I do think they were a one of a kind type band that did as many forgettable songs as great ones...I know I could die happily 80 years from now without hearing once "Stairway to Heaven" for instance, but other less popular songs they did are timeless to me because they are great rock and roll songs, not because they are Led Zeppelin songs...

[WCGreen]

15. Both really good bands

But I think Morrison, who many think spoke to a generation, much like to Kurt Cobain, was trapped by the genius label thrust upon him.

They were both good at wha they did but revolutionary, I doubt it....

I was listening to the beatles CD I put together from MP3 files, over eighty song. These guys really new how to experiment and still stay within the bounds of pop music. Pure genius at what they could pull off when they put their minds to it.

The Doors tried, but they just didn't have the talent or cohesion needed to stay fresh, probably what killed Morrison and probably what killed Cobain.....

As for Zep, Page is good, melodic but very derivative, building most of his music on old blues riffs...

Still, I like both bands and they did contribute a lot to the music of their day...

Timeless like the Beatles or even the Who? (Think how fresh the Who's music sounds on all the CSI shows.)

That's for someone else to decide....

[Historic NY]

16. I'm waiting for some "babe to light my fire"..............n/t

[Forkboy]

17. Got me

I can see why LedZep is considered influential,but they do nothing for me with the exception of a couple of songs.Same for the Doors.

Now excuse me,I have to go listen to some Anaal Nathrakh! :)

[cleofus1]

18. When they came out...

They were different than anything that had come before. Bright and unique like a diamond in a bin of coal. Ah the memories! Now everything is derivative of something...no more moments of ... shit! what the fuck was that?!!!! (as a song ends on the stereo at your pals house)

[jdots]

19. I see so much of them in other bands

they were inovators,like them or not they inspired zillions of muscians like all inovators do.

[MatrixEscape]

20. Break on through to the other side of the Stairway to Heaven! n/t