The Doors - Live In Boston
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Free Music Review: Not for the uninitiated, but not nearly as bad as some of these reviews say
Hit: 3 Stars
I was kind of wary of this one because of all of the feedback on Morrison being so wasted that his performance suffers, but those comments are exaggerated. He does slur a bit from time to time, but it's doesn't deter from the songs. Far from it, a lot of the songs are uniquely rowdy and energetic. Of the three discs presented here, only the third is dispensible.
If you have enjoyed prior Bright Midnight Archives releases, I think you'll like this. Really beautiful packaging and liner notes as well. If you are new to The Doors live material, I'd suggest picking up In Concert, Live in Boston is for the fan who wants to hear everything.
Free Music Review: Not as good as expected
Hit: 3 Stars
Ah, poor Jim M., if he'd only stayed away from tobacco, alcohol and other dangerous drugs, he'd probably still be around AND this collection wouldn't have been so bad! I think this release could have left out the part about Jim's wanting to exhibit his "goods", too!Free Music Review: Drunk and disorderly
Hit: 3 Stars
This might have been a great set if Morrison wasn't so drunk. I mean he is really hammered, to the point of slurring lyrics. The band does a great job as usual, but there are better live recordings of the Doors out there.Free Music Review: What a let down!
Hit: 2 Stars
There were several great rock bands that got started in the mid to late 1960s whose music had a unique sound. There music still sounds fresh decades later. Cream, Credence, Led Zeppelin, & The Doors come to mind. I still can remember what I was doing and who I was with when I heard some there songs for the first time or when a memorable event occurred. I was at a Boy Scout camp out in the high desert when I first heard "Touch Me." We were headed for Seal Beach and "Rider's on the Storm" was on the radio, after it ended the DJ informed us of Jim Morrison's death. There had always been a strong macabre element in his music and Jim did not miss his appointment with the grim reaper.
Most of my access to The Doors music is now thru Rhapsody. The studio LPs still stand up. The Complete Studio Recordings is a great box set with wonderful analog to digital transfers. The included bonus 7th CD of demos and live performances is almost as good.
Unfortunately, Jim's out of control lifestyle spills over into his concert performances. Undisciplined, often out of key, sometimes thrashed voice, and sophomoric behavior are apt adjectives of Jim's on stage persona. Most bands do a sound check before performing. The "Absolutely Live" sounds like they did a sound check. The other live concerts posted at Rhapsody (Detroit, Boston, Live at the Aquarius) had me wondering if they had done a sound check. Of all the live stuff posted at Rhapsody, "Absolutely Live" I would give a C grade to and the rest a D or an F. Too bad these other performances are not half as good as Zep's "How the West Was Won" triple live CD. If they were, they would be a real treat instead of a great disappointment. Either listen if you must at Rhapsody, or buy if you are a "gotta have everything" die hard Doors nut.
Free Music Review: Jim ruins it; it's that simple.
Hit: 2 Stars
I think I would enjoy this CD more if they had simply deleted Jim Morrison's vocal tracks entirely. Ray, Robbie and John do their usual outstanding job with the music, but Jim is so drunk that he trashes the whole show. He's not particularly coherent in his banter and most importantly, his state of intoxication is so severe that he can't even sing really. His vocal range has shrunk to barely an octave, and he cops out on every single high note; with the exception of a few trademark shrieks (most of which he flubs), he delivers a performance that is monotonous and lackluster at best, and downright embarrassing at worst. He sounds like what he basically was at this point - a mumbling, washed up drunk and a shadow of his brilliant self from just a few years prior.
I excitedly purchased this concert CD the day it was released and was utterly dismayed when I listened to it. A few more listens have not changed my first impression. The three real musicians in the band must have engaged in some serious soul searching and career contemplation during shows like this; Ray, Robbie and John all turn in first-rate performances only to have the whole package ruined by the drunk idiot at the mic. As a longstanding Doors fan for the past 30 years, I felt gypped by Morrison's half-a$$ed performance. It would have sounded better if Jim had just passed out and Ray had sung instead.
This CD offers a vivid example of the ravages of alcohol and drug abuse, and a sad testament to Jim Morrison's stupid waste of his talent and ultimately his life.
I don't know what any of the other newly-issued concert archives sound like but this one sucks. Again, the BAND plays extremely well, but Jim is so weak it spoils the party.