1. Five to 1
2. Not to touch the earth
3. Peace Frog
4. Wintertime Love
5. People are strange
6. Riders on the storm
7. Stange days
8. LA Woman
9. Break on Through
10. The End
11. When the Music's Over
12. Touch me
13. Roadhouse Blues
14. Backdoor Man
15. Light My Fire
Ok so maybe 15 songs of the top of my head, but that is a lot of quality music from a band that only released 7 albums. And like all of my lists this is in no particular order.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
#96
The Doors
LA Woman
LA Woman (1971)
I was listening to the best of The Doors the other day and realized that I probably have 25 Doors songs that could be put on this list. I think I will only put two or three on, just so I can spread out the net of knowledge further out.
On a blog I read they made reference to the new Doors documentary narrated by Johnny Depp. They said everyone goes through a Doors stage. I know for myself that s true. I discovered the Doors around the time the Oliver Stone movie came out. Me and one of my buddies from scouts got into at the same time, I remember the two of us scouring the record sellers at the Scout Flea market for any Doors records, but alas there were none. I think the first Doors record I owned was the sound track for the movie. Which is a nice beginners course on the Doors. From there I went on to buy most of their albums. All these years later, and I am still rocking’ out to the Doors in the car.
The first morning when we were in Los Angeles, I was driving along the high way going towards the office. And the song LA WOMAN popped into my head. The sunshine, the mountains, and the traffic everything seemed right. It stayed with my as we drove around Hollywood that night. I don’t think you can understand someone’s words until you can really picture where they are setting those words. Seattle was like that for the music of Nirvana, and Los Angeles is like that for The Doors.
Back to LA Woman, the song is a love song to a city. Personified as a lover. The music was made for riving around on the high way, it rambles on like smooth asphalt never getting in the way of Jim Morrison’s words. All the while never giving up any ground to the vocals.
Like most of the Doors music there is a heavy blues influence on the music. I could imagine a song like this being played at a rock club jam-packed with the beautiful people or some small out of the way blues club with the local drunks. On a slight tangent the "MR MOJO RISIN" portion of the song became a rallying cry for the 1999 Mets team that made a run into the playoffs as a wild card.
LA Woman
LA Woman (1971)
I was listening to the best of The Doors the other day and realized that I probably have 25 Doors songs that could be put on this list. I think I will only put two or three on, just so I can spread out the net of knowledge further out.
On a blog I read they made reference to the new Doors documentary narrated by Johnny Depp. They said everyone goes through a Doors stage. I know for myself that s true. I discovered the Doors around the time the Oliver Stone movie came out. Me and one of my buddies from scouts got into at the same time, I remember the two of us scouring the record sellers at the Scout Flea market for any Doors records, but alas there were none. I think the first Doors record I owned was the sound track for the movie. Which is a nice beginners course on the Doors. From there I went on to buy most of their albums. All these years later, and I am still rocking’ out to the Doors in the car.
The first morning when we were in Los Angeles, I was driving along the high way going towards the office. And the song LA WOMAN popped into my head. The sunshine, the mountains, and the traffic everything seemed right. It stayed with my as we drove around Hollywood that night. I don’t think you can understand someone’s words until you can really picture where they are setting those words. Seattle was like that for the music of Nirvana, and Los Angeles is like that for The Doors.
Back to LA Woman, the song is a love song to a city. Personified as a lover. The music was made for riving around on the high way, it rambles on like smooth asphalt never getting in the way of Jim Morrison’s words. All the while never giving up any ground to the vocals.
Like most of the Doors music there is a heavy blues influence on the music. I could imagine a song like this being played at a rock club jam-packed with the beautiful people or some small out of the way blues club with the local drunks. On a slight tangent the "MR MOJO RISIN" portion of the song became a rallying cry for the 1999 Mets team that made a run into the playoffs as a wild card.
Monday, February 15, 2010
#97
Vanilla Ice
Ice, Ice Baby
To The Extreme (1990)
Much like my pick from last week, this week’s is pick is very polarizing. I’ll admit it love the song Ice Ice Baby, even though most people hate it and the performer that performs it. From the moment I first heard this song it captured something within me.
Ice Ice Baby is very appropriate, as it popped in my head while I took Olivia out to the park on President’s day and we broke out the sled. And more snow was in the forecast. Perhaps this pick should have been Informer by Snow. Anyways.
Ding Ding Ding Dee Dee Ding Ding. Every time I hear that opening tune, I hope its Ice Ice Baby, but it’s usually Under Pressure by Queen, where the beat was stolen from and is a pretty great song in its own right. I don’t buy that there is an extra ding somewhere in there to make it different. But I digress.
During an era when rap was about being hard and dangerous, this song is about being a Guido in Miami, which in itself was welcoming. “Rolling in my five point oh, with the roof put down so my hair can blow” Ok the worst thing that this song did was give a terrible haircut to Guido’s everywhere. The song was about having a good time, not shooting up some guys wearing a different color hat than you are wearing.
Seriously how can you not love a song that has this lone “cooking MCs like a pound of bacon”.
I remember buying the tape of To The Extreme at Sears while in high school. It somehow lasted though college, where I used to play it in a radio that we had in the newspaper office. The tape was stolen, because some people were not ready for a return of Vanilla Ice. Even today 20 years later when I hear Ice Ice Baby, I smile. And sing along.
“Yo word to your mother!”
Ice, Ice Baby
To The Extreme (1990)
Much like my pick from last week, this week’s is pick is very polarizing. I’ll admit it love the song Ice Ice Baby, even though most people hate it and the performer that performs it. From the moment I first heard this song it captured something within me.
Ice Ice Baby is very appropriate, as it popped in my head while I took Olivia out to the park on President’s day and we broke out the sled. And more snow was in the forecast. Perhaps this pick should have been Informer by Snow. Anyways.
Ding Ding Ding Dee Dee Ding Ding. Every time I hear that opening tune, I hope its Ice Ice Baby, but it’s usually Under Pressure by Queen, where the beat was stolen from and is a pretty great song in its own right. I don’t buy that there is an extra ding somewhere in there to make it different. But I digress.
During an era when rap was about being hard and dangerous, this song is about being a Guido in Miami, which in itself was welcoming. “Rolling in my five point oh, with the roof put down so my hair can blow” Ok the worst thing that this song did was give a terrible haircut to Guido’s everywhere. The song was about having a good time, not shooting up some guys wearing a different color hat than you are wearing.
Seriously how can you not love a song that has this lone “cooking MCs like a pound of bacon”.
I remember buying the tape of To The Extreme at Sears while in high school. It somehow lasted though college, where I used to play it in a radio that we had in the newspaper office. The tape was stolen, because some people were not ready for a return of Vanilla Ice. Even today 20 years later when I hear Ice Ice Baby, I smile. And sing along.
“Yo word to your mother!”
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
#98
Gotta Serve Somebody
Bob Dylan
I'll admit it I don't like a lot of things that other people like. On
of those things is Bob Dylan.
I never found him to be a genius or whatever, he just outlived his
contemporaries. He doesn't really do anything for me. Seriously, this
great songwriter sings in a way that you can't understand his lyrics.
That being said one of his songs is on this list.
I first heard Gotta Serve Somebody on an episode of the Sopranos. Its
true no matter who you are or where you are in the pecking order there
is someone (or something) above you. In terms of the Sopranos, "the
Boss" Tony has to answer to the boss in New York, to his wife and to
his own conscience.
But I digress, the musically the song flows along like a walk in the
park. A real cool bass line. The lyrics are so great, he knows that
even though he is a huge rock star that he has to listen to the record
company executives. Its a good lesson to learn.
Bob Dylan
I'll admit it I don't like a lot of things that other people like. On
of those things is Bob Dylan.
I never found him to be a genius or whatever, he just outlived his
contemporaries. He doesn't really do anything for me. Seriously, this
great songwriter sings in a way that you can't understand his lyrics.
That being said one of his songs is on this list.
I first heard Gotta Serve Somebody on an episode of the Sopranos. Its
true no matter who you are or where you are in the pecking order there
is someone (or something) above you. In terms of the Sopranos, "the
Boss" Tony has to answer to the boss in New York, to his wife and to
his own conscience.
But I digress, the musically the song flows along like a walk in the
park. A real cool bass line. The lyrics are so great, he knows that
even though he is a huge rock star that he has to listen to the record
company executives. Its a good lesson to learn.
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