Doors' Top Music Picks

According to Jay


These are my 25 favorite Doors' songs! The difficulty in selecting these was an extremely formidable task. However, with perseverance I was able to narrow it down to these musical masterpieces! While my opinion is generally regarded as reflecting that of most Doors' fans, I do realize that there are those who may not agree with my selections (Heretics!). So please participate and send in your top five and they will be dutifully tabulated and posted below my selections.

    Jay's Top 25:

  1. When the Music's Over
  2. The End
  3. Light My Fire
  4. L.A. Woman
  5. Black Train Song  
  6. The Soft Parade
  7. Rider's on the Storm
  8. Roadhouse Blues
  9. Celebration of the Lizard
  10. Wishful Sinful
  11. Ship of Fools
  12. Crystal Ship
  13. Love Me Two Times
  14. Hyacinth House
  15. Break on Through
  16. I Will Never Be Untrue
  17. Soul Kitchen
  18. Moonlight Drive
  19. The Changeling
  20. Wild Child
  21. Five to One
  22. Who Do You Love
  23. Back Door Man
  24. Indian Summer
  25. Hello, I Love You

    Rest of the World's Top 72:

  1. The End (80)
  2. Light My Fire (37)
  3. Riders on the Storm (28)
  4. When the Music's Over (27)
  5. L.A. Woman (22)
  6. Crystal Ship (22)
  7. Peace Frog (20)
  8. Roadhouse Blues (18)
  9. People are Strange (18)
  10. Break on Through (17)
  11. Five to One (17)
  12. Not to Touch the Earth (13)
  13. Moonlight Drive (12)
  14. Alabama Song (12)
  15. Waiting for the Sun (11)
  16. Love her Madly (11)
  17. Love Street (11)
  18. The Soft Parade (11)
  19. Spanish Caravan (10)
  20. Strange Days (10)
  21. Love Me Two Times (10)
  22. Celebration of the Lizard (9)
  23. Touch Me (9)
  24. Hello, I Love You (9)
  25. Take it as it Comes (8)
  26. Indian Summer (7)
  27. Wishful Sinful (7)
  28. Wild Child (6)
  29. 20th Century Fox (6)
  30. Yes, the River Knows (6)
  31. Unknown Soldier (6)
  32. Blue Sunday (5)
  33. The Severed Garden (5)
  34. Gloria (5)
  35. Queen of the Highway (4)
  36. Back Door Man (4)
  37. Soul Kitchen (4)
  38. Hyacinth House (4)
  39. Who Do You Love (4)
  40. Shaman's Blues (4)
  41. My Wild Love (3)
  42. Cars Hiss By My Window (3)
  43. Black Train Song (3)
  44. Universal Mind (3)
  45. The Spy (3)
  46. Unhappy Girl (2)
  47. Land Ho! (2)
  48. Dead Cats, Dead Rats
  49. Whiskey, Mystics, and Men (2)
  50. Freedom Exists (2)
  51. End of the Night (2)
  52. The Changeling (2)
  53. Little Red Rooster (2)
  54. Maggie M'Gill (2)
  55. Ghost Song (2)
  56. The Wasp (1)
  57. L'America (1)
  58. The Journey (1)
  59. Wintertime Love (1)
  60. Been Down So Long (1)
  61. Build me a Woman (1)
  62. Summer's Almost Gone (1)
  63. Orange County Suite (1)
  64. Go Insane (1)
  65. I Will Never Be Untrue (1)
  66. Tell All The People (1)
  67. You Make Me Real (1)
  68. My Eyes Have Seen You (1)
  69. Crawling King Snake (1)
  70. Don't Go No Farther (1)
  71. Rock is Dead (1)
  72. I Looked At You (1)

* Numbers in parentheses represents accumulated totals of fan votes
Note: In order to listen to these songs you must have RealPlayer 5.0 installed with your browser (although some may still work with RealAudio 3.0.

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These are various recordings of my top 5 doors songs.   Although they are the same songs, they are unique in presentation.

When the Music's Over

The End

Light my Fire

LA Woman

Black Train Song

Vancouver, 6-6-70 Vancouver, 6-6-70 Stockholm (LS), 9-20-68 Dallas, 12-11-70 Bakersfield, 8-21-70
Dallas, 12-11-70 Isle of Wight, 8-29-70 Vancouver, 6-6-70 Boston, (ES) 4-10-70
Isle of Wight, 8-29-70 Toronto, 9-13-69 New York (LS), 1-18-70 Seattle, 6-5-70
New York, 1-24-69 Stockholm (LS), 9-20-68 Toronto, 9-13-69
Stockholm (LS), 9-20-68 Toronto, 9-14-67 Isle of Wight, 8-29-70
Toronto, 9-13-69 Denver, 12-67
Boston (ES), 4-10-70 Boston (ES), 4-10-70
London (LS), 9-6-68 Miami, 3-1-69
San Bernadino, 12-17-67 Los Angeles, 12-14-68
New York (LS), 1-18-70 London (LS), 9-6-68
Miami, 3-1-69 San Bernadino, 12-17-67
Los Angeles, 7-5-68 New York, 1-24-69
Seattle, 6-5-70

 


"The Medley"

One of the few things this page lacks is to properly represent one of the truly magical centrepieces of a Doors live show.  Virtually every performance contained a certain medley that astounded its' audience to no end.  These medleys usually were comprised of the numbers 'Alabama Song', 'Back Door Man', and '5 to 1'.   However, true to form, the Doors never performed any medley the same, and inserted many different songs to give the number a whole different flavour.  Below, are a variety of acts from different venues that are very pleasing to one's ears.  This section will always be updated as new material surfaces.

London, 9-6-68 (LS)

Stockholm, 9-20-68 (LS)

New York, 1-24-69

Miami, 3-1-69

PBS, 4-29-69

Toronto, 9-13-69

New York, 1-18-70 (LS)

Boston, 4-10-70 (ES)

Vancouver, 6-6-70

Seattle, 6-5-70

Los Angeles, 7-5-68


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