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The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits

The Doors - The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits Audio CD

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Band: The Doors
Title: The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits
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Release Date: 2008-01-29
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Break On Through (To The Other Side) 2: Light My Fire 3: Love Me Two Times 4: Hello, I Love You 5: People Are Strange 6: Strange Days 7: Riders On The Storm 8: L.A. Woman 9: Touch Me 10: Roadhouse Blues 11: Peace Frog 12: Love Street 13: The Crystal Ship 14: Soul Kitchen 15: Love Her Madly 16: Back Door Man 17: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 18: Moonlight Drive 19: The Unknown Soldier 20: The End (Edit version from the film Apocalypse Now)

great sound
1 surround Perceptions- to many bad songs on thier albums- but I first heard weird scenes inside the goldmine in germany when I was in 7th grade (71-72?) which is essentially the doors greatest hits- it sounds good- but this sounds better- problem is they dont have 2 of the best doors songs When the musics over and the end. I guess I dont "love" the doors or I would get the 5. yes the end is listed but its not really the end- to bad because the first 4 minuetes of it sounds great- the real song is about 11 min. long. anyway this disc sounds great. For me its worth haveing both this and greatest hits u. s version because this disc is Long and greatest hits is two shorter discs. I can recomend this it sounds great- but it really cant be essential without "When the musics over" or the whole song of "The end" they should have left off a few of the shorter songs and included those 11 min. gems. edit I just got the very best of the doors - 2 cd 1 dvd and its the same remaster as this w/ twice the songs (the end and when the mussics over on the same disc) at about the same price you should get that if you can.

Lounging with the Lizard King
In his prime, Morrison was the consummate erotic shaman. "The Future Starts Here" is a welcome introduction to the Doors. Clad in his form-fitting leather pants,frequently shirtless (this album has um,eye-candy liner notes),he made the Summer of Love lusty. Girls chased the Beatles, women flung themselves at Mick Jagger---but Morrison had an irresistible sensual charisma that's quite alive and well in his singing. As a side note, Morrison got his crooning music style from the likes of--- Frank Sinatra(???) Jim Morrison was emo before there was emo, punk before there was punk.

"Future" opens with the powerful "Break on through. " "Light my fire","Love me two times" and "Touch Me" are some of the sexiest ballads ever sung. Morrison had a bedroom voice. "Roadhouse Blues","Moonlight Drive" and "LA Woman" are perfect driving songs--then there's the classic "Riders on the Storm. " "Peace Frog" is as much a commentary on how the Summer of Love degenerated, a sort of sonic take on Woodstock becoming the Altamont nightmare. In "Love Street" and "Soul Kitchen",shows Morrison's mastery of R&B;it's blue-eyed soul. . . . with soul. "The Crystal Ship","People are Strange" and "Strange Days" are surrealistic and psychedelic. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" IS strange. One of the weirdest songs. Ever. "LA Woman" sounds like an erotic Grateful Dead song. . . if the Dead wrote anything erotic. "The Unknown Soldier" is a powerful anti-war ballad;it's worth remembering that like Jimi Hendrix, Morrison's father was in the military. There's the pop-y "Hello I love you" which is ubiquitous in advertising,frequently played on classic rock stations--and now I know it was The Doors. I used to think this song was by the Beatles,the Monkees,or some other '50s and '60s boy band. The album fittingly closed with "The End"--the remix for "Apocalypse Now. " After all,Francis Ford Coppola and Morrison both went to UCLA film school.

"Future" is music to get your groove on,the sonic melding of sex and leather. It's sexy,steamy,and psychedelic.

"Touch Me" has a two second audio dropout in the middle of the song.
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Unfortunately, on the song "Touch Me," the song goes completely silent for approximately two seconds, starting at 1:42. I really love the song selection on "The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits. It doesn't skip - the time counter continues counting normally. When I exchanged the CD, the second one had the exact same problem.

The fact that this happened with two different CDs of this release means that it's not a regular kind of manufacturing defect. Perhaps it's a mastering defect, and they're all like this.

Jeez, how many "best-of" compilations do we need of The Doors?
It began just after Morrison died with the out-of-print "No One Here Gets Out Alive" two-LP "best of" and between that early '70s release and today, there must be at least 6-7 separate "Best of" "Absolutely Essential", blah, blah, blah. I really should give this one star, just because there are so many compilations of The Doors.

OK, the Doors released, what, half a dozen albums or so? (Not counting the uneven-quality live releases). Let's see: The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel, and L. A. Woman. Six albums. I think there have actually been more "best of" compilations than albums! Oh, my GOD!

And, again, I'm not counting the so-so live stuff, some of which is great, some of which is, well, crap. It'll be interesting to see how many more compilations they can come up with before I finally kick the bucket. (I'm 54, and, yeah, I saw the Doors live. . . )

Do yourself a favor. Buy the originals, which have been remastered with some so-so filler, outtakes and alternate takes, etc. That way you won't be tempted to get online and rant about all these stupid compilations.

Oh, I do have all the originals! Never mind. . . but just how many ways can Elektra find to relieve you of your hard earned dollars? Keep buying these things and they'll keep releasing them. Hey, it's been almost 40 years since Jimbo bought it. Enough with the profiteering, already.

Just think, somewhere, some niece or nephew who never even knew Jim Morrison, is living large on some nice trust fund put together by his estate. Poor Jim. Poor Pamela. Poor Ray, Robbie and John. Their art has been so compromised.

Folks Stop The Griping!
Wow what a bunch of fantastic songs! If you want some Doors to listen to but only want to pay $4 for it here you go! People it is cheap so buy it!.

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