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Ray Manzarek played the Vox Continental organ and Fender Rhodes piano bass on pretty much every studio and live song the Doors recorded. one of the unique things about the Doors is they didn't have a typical bassist until Scheff played on their last two albums....get over it.

I really don't care much about musical talent in a school sense. I care if the music is worth listening to. The Doors is garbage, and no matter how much talent they had or didn't have, their music sucks.

You can include Van Halen. Arguably the greatest guitarist of the 80s*, but name me one good album created by that band.

* someone is going to go bonkers on that claim, but it's not mine.

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10-15-2017 , 06:31 PM

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REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,767

i don't disagree with the van halen comment, but you need to go back to the 70's to find their best albums (the early ones)

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10-15-2017 , 08:57 PM

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sjrosswog

grinder

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When I was a kid, before my dad would leave for work in the morning, he would go down into the basement a play records at full volume. Van Halen 1 and 2 were in constant rotation.

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10-15-2017 , 10:41 PM

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Cranberry Tea

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Originally Posted by daveT

* someone is going to go bonkers on that claim, but it's not mine.

Randy Rhoades was clearly the GOAT of the 80's. Van Halen was just a weak knock-off.

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10-16-2017 , 01:17 PM

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daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23,955

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Originally Posted by Cranberry Tea

Randy Rhoades was clearly the GOAT of the 80's. Van Halen was just a weak knock-off.

My thoughts exactly. He was also a true class-act. I'm not going to search the webs for this, but from what I read in the old music mags:

During tours, Rhodes would stop in every city to take a guitar lesson (mind that his mother was a classical guitar teacher). At times, the teacher wasn't good enough to show him anything, so Rhodes would end up giving the teacher a lesson and pay anyways.

Rhodes could lay down incredible music that was both complex for the genre, yet still accessible, music, and heartfelt.

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10-16-2017 , 11:17 PM

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Dominic

Tripod

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Originally Posted by daveT

I rarely agree wit Dave when it comes to music and movies, but on this I do. The Door are incredibly bad and unlistenable for me.

VH is also unlistenable from 1984 on, except for Panama and hot for Teacher.