Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Creamtastic Wanna make $2000? Do You Know Four Hours Worth of Doors Material?
Posted by Adam Gold on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:55 PM
With harsh economic times at our doorstep, sometimes we must go to drastic lengths to keep our heads above water. I was perusing Craigslist today looking for ways to make some extra cash that aren't gonna make my dick fall off. It was then that I stumbled on a fantastic money-making opportunity. Are any of you out there fans of The Doors? I'm not. But that isn't going to stop me from considering this offer posted by an unnamed sorority:
I AM IN NEED OF A DOORS TRIBUTE BAND FOR A SORORITY FUNCTION. OUR BUDGET IS $2000.00 FOR A FOUR HOUR EVENT ON MARCH 14TH, 2009. IF YOUR INTERESTED SEND ALL INFORMATION I.E. AUDIO CLIPS, MYSPACE, WEBSITE LINKS TO YOUR BAND AND MUSIC. REPLY TO JGMUSICGROUP@AOL.COM IF INTERESTED.
So I'm in for the part of John Densmore, and Jack Silverman is in for the role of Robby Krieger, all we need is a guy who can play some Rhodes bass & Vox organ simultaneously (Matt Rowland we're looking at you) and, most importantly a good Jimpersonator.
I'm thinking Chris Crofton would work. He'd make a much more interesting lizard king than some clueless starry-eyed 12th and Porter rockstar supernova. Seriously, if we can just get together a four-hour version of "The End" then I think we'll be fine. If not, "the only way out is death." And just think about how it's gonna light all them sorority girls' fires when the peyote kicks in and we roadhouse into "Touch Me." In considering this gig I took it upon myself to research my (our) potential competition. 'Twas then that I discovered this MySpace page for local "premier Doors tribute band" Lost Sideshow. (You owe it to yourself to give them a listen, they're funny.) I didn't see Mar. 14 on their upcoming shows, so I bet they're available. Come to think of it, I'm willing to bet that Krieger and Manzarek's Riders on the Storm, formerly The Doors of the 21st Century, would be happy to take this gig in order to pay off the multiple lawsuits that were flung every-which-way in the wake of their ill-fated attempts to ride their own 35-year-old coattails. Let's make this happen. Break on through!
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Well, at least you know Crofton would probably expose himself at the show - or talk about squirting - either one garnering him some sort of "indecent exposure" arrest by the end of the evening.
I can't wait.
If Jay Leo's not out galavanting with TOD that night, he's a shoe-in. He's got the baritone pipes and the curly locks.
Has CC ever seen this amazing Fox News clip about unusual sex acts? IT REMINDED ME OF HIM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eosTp6hWs2Y
so, gold, why are you not a doors fan?? are you too cool?? is your wilco/flaming groovies/whatever rip-off band eureka gold just the greatest thing since sliced bread?? and as such, precludes you from liking anything as uncool as the doors??
just curious...
so, why are the doors one of the top five worst bands ever?? moreover, where are there so many doors' tribute bands? has anyone formed a band in tribute to YOUR band, gold?? moreover, are we to assume that arthur lee of love has horrible taste, too, when he suggested that elektra records sign the doors?? why do we hear so many doors songs on the radio?
last question, why even waste your time (even for $2000) thinking about doing this gig, if you hate the doors so much?? have you no integrity??
You should be careful using those songs-on-the-radio arguments. Britney Spears has a lot of those too.
Twenty years ago Kyle Lehning used to play keys in a Doors cover band and Eric does a mean Jim Morrison.
matt s., if you can get over yourself, you might find that britney spears has some good songs, too. in fact, i enjoy her music better than a lot of what the cream trots out as worthwhile stuff.
the pseudo-hipster schtick of hating bands that are clearly NOT horrible is getting old.
if you only applied that same critical eye to what you guys tout as good, then you might find some intellectual honesty...
still, no one has addressed the ? why are the doors so horrible?? was it jim morrison or the band itself? you know, iggy almost made the cut for the doors (if he hadn't shown up for the audition naked). try listening to the stooges song 'head on' and tell me that bass line isn't based on 'break on through.'
This post isn't about how horrible the Doors are, it's about how funny it is that a sorority is making a $2000 offer for a Doors tribute band on Craigslist. If you can't see the humor in that you should probably stop reading blogs.
This post isn't about how horrible the Doors are
but the doors are, in fact, horrible.
That last post was not actually mine. My list would be more like this:
1. Styx
2. The Doors
3. Journey
4. Jefferson Airplane/Starship
5. Bush
Also, if you people are always so upset about what the Cream likes, what the hell are you doing here? Isn't there a tribute to your favorite band playing somewhere for your enjoyment?
it's OKAY to like the doors again... and i'd take 2000 to do a cover band (one night) of most artists... maybe not TRAIN.
"How did I know you'd like some bullshit George Lucas crapped out."
probably because you're a fucking GENIUS.
quit bitchin. so tha doors aint the best......but they aint the worst. they arent good enough for me to know four hours of their shit, but the are good enough to know some. the one thing that could make the gig go by nice is
THEM DOORS LIKES TO JAM!!!
AND SO DOES JACK SILVERMAN!!
I LIKE TO JAM TOO!!!
PHISH AT BONAROO!!!
(that last part included a bit of fishy faceitiousness)
ps i dont know if im in town, but 5 hundo sounds like stevie wonder to me.
pps as i implied earlier, i traveled back in time (from the future) and made ray manzarek. im his dad. thats what i said. his father. same y-chromosome.
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