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What I love the most about The Doors are the amazing imagery in the lyrics, and also the deep meaning. what's not to love about The Doors? biggrin

I enjoy the lyrics..they're just so....forgive me but...PSYCHODELLIC!
and the guitar riffs are madness, i love the music......And Jim Morrisson is just so cool, that mysterious peot who follows his soul, you know? oh....did i mention he's really hot? wink

The way that the four of them together are so unique. Jim's voice was like liquid pleasure--it flowed like water and it makes me melt whenever he sings. Ray played the keyboard so well--it was like listening to magic. The four together were just...magic...

This rant includes a nonDoors artist, but forgive me, There are certain Rock Deities I must also give homage to.

I value an artists poetry almost above any other thing. My two favorite rock poets: Bob Dylan, and Jim. Bob's the ultimate cynicist/joker, and Jim's the mystic madman.

I started out more like Bob (this is how I grew to like him to begin with), but as I grow older, and plunge deeper and deeper into insanity (explanations kindly omitted), I find Jim's voice a lot more familiar. I'm not as smart as Bob, really, but I can definitely identify with the stark, tension-filled wide eyed feel of Jim's best lyrics.

It's my opinion also that some people are also slightly misguided when they talk about Jim's lyrics being "deep."

Truth be told, and this is all my interpretation, so forgive me, but Jim's not really big on the metaphores. He uses them, but he doesn't lean on them, like most people would be led to believe.

Do you really think there's sublime philosophical truth in "The blue bus is callin us?" "The west is the best?" "She has robes and she has monkies, lazy diamond-studded monkies" (not sure if I got the order right in that one).

I don't think so. What I do think is that these lyrics, and much better examples than I can think up off the top of my head are an uncanny portrayal of those moments when you really do start to slip. He says them clearly and soberly, without intention or direction. He's not playing any parts, he's simply telling you whats there, and on acid, not everything is a metaphor. Usually it's just a conglomeration of stray thoughts and images made to congeal in your head, and you know where it's coming from by that strange tingling feeling that creeps up your spine and cracks your eyes wide open. You know you're not thinking clearly anymore, but ya don't really think it's that important to do so, or any more so than just seeing what comes to you.

::meekly steps off of soapbox::

I would have to say it's the ambiance that their sound sets. They have a classic rock overtone, due to how their music has been mainstreamed, but also very trance-like, meditative, and almost otherworldly undercurrents. Jim Morrison is poetic in lyrics and has a beautiful voice, which compliments the music perfectly. I find that their music is excellent for late-night driving, writing, and drawing especially.

Here. What I like about the Doors, stated best by Jim himself.
"I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something. "
There ya go.

First, I love the song "light my fire" more than any other Doors song.
Besides, Jim was suuuuper hot heart heart heart heart heart heart