Janis the the greatest blues singer that I've ever heard, male or female. She is to the blues what Jimi is to guitar players: there's a lot of discussion as to who is the second greatest all time rock guitarist, but there is no disputing the first.

Wow. That is pretty cool.

It's actually from an Aldous Huxley quote. "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern."

I listened to that all the time when I was in college. It takes me back. Classic music.

Janis was a mess. Jim, on the other hand, had the ability to think and loved to read. Would have been interesting if he had lived longer.

I enjoyed it. Jim Morrison was a tortured soul. Intelligent but he had demons like many creative people.

I remember reading about Ray and Jim putting the band together. Ray said what will we call our band? Without hesitating Jim said "The Doors". He explained that a door is that which separates us from the known and the unknown and he wanted to be that door. Pretty deep for a young kid.

I had read "Riders On The Storm" some years ago, and would recommend it to any Doors fan. How was "No One Gets Out Alive" Rich?

I am listening to The Doors Greatest Hits right now.

I don't think Janis Joplin would have been a Gulcher though. She asked the Lord to buy her a Mercedes Benz. All her friends had Porsches. She had to make amends.

Okay, that hurts. I still have mine if that helps. :-)

According to the biography "No one here gets out Alive" Ray talked to Jim when he was in France on his honeymoon. He felt that he was getting the rest he desparetly needed and that he would come back ready to go. Unfortunately that didn't happen.

Break on through to the other side!
We'll have a great band when we finally put together a physical Gulch.

I had The Doors Greatest Hits, and my mom sold it off during a garage sale while I was in college, along with all my other great albums. I was NOT happy.

A classic. Janis Joplin said it was the closest thing to sex on records.

Best of and Greatest Hits. They did 2 or 3 albums without Jim and some of the live stuff was released after his death.

The time to hesitate is through.
No time to wallow in the mire.
Try now we can only lose.

From "Light My Fire" by The Doors

Janis Joplin was the local hero in my hometown in the southeast corner of Texas.

I know they released an album titled "The Doors Other Voices", but I don't recall any unreleased stuff...in fact they weren't even speaking to each other at the time of Jim's death.

I relate to that.

If I remember correctly The Doors released more albums after Jims death. They definitely have a cult following.

I read "No one here gets out alive" when I was in college. The FBI was aware of his intelligence and considered him a threat. They thought that Henddiks and Joplin were popular but too stupid to lead a popular uprising.

When I was a teenager, People Are Strange described me. Now I understand that I don't need anyone else's approval for who I am.

Ah yes...The Doors.

Two of my top 25 albums are Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe and The Soft Parade.

The Doors were part of my inspiration to start my own band in the early 80's. Riders on the Storm is my favorite non-Beatles song. I love how Ray Manzarek played the keyboard in that song.

"Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-...

Jim Morrison's IQ was 151.
That is kind of high for someone who died in a bathtub!
One of my best friends graduated from high school with him and did not have anything complimentary to say about him.

As for The Doors and Objectivism, drummer John Densmore once said that there would not have been The Doors without Maharishi. Need I say more?