Comments on: Weird Al Yankovic Channels Jim Morrison… Ray Manzarek on Keyboards

By: jbellies

jbellies — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:54:18 +0000

Which reminds me: Stan Freberg.

By: jbellies

jbellies — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:52:01 +0000

Great singing, great music, but I must state that while Al sings well, the voice is clearly the voice of Al Yankovic, even after the electronic processing. I’m not trying to be critical, but it is what it is. A Doors tribute band? Maybe, but would the “little girls” swoon to *that* voice?

OTOH, Val Kilmer in the movie The Doors did have the same timbre as JM (at least to my ordinary ears. Somebody with finer sensibilities could tell the difference. Reportedly (by the presenters when the movie is shown on APTN), Ray Manzarek himself said that he could not tell the difference).

Segue-ing to an old book I happen to have read recently, Manzarek’s “Light My Fire: My Life With The Doors” (1998)… it is a good read, IMHO. Manzarek is an artist. He comes across respectful and even loving of almost all of the characters in the true story. But he does have some words for a post-facto character in The Doors story. He keeps his criticism down to mostly short passages, but he gives it to Oliver Stone (maker of The Doors movie) with all barrels blazing (in almost the words of Hoyt Axton’s mom, he’d diss him with his Bible, and his razor *and* his gun). So if you watch that movie, remember that it, in many respects, does not correspond to reality as seen through the eyes of The Doors’s keyboardist.

By: Winston

Winston — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:57:46 +0000

Excellent! One of his best. But don’t make fun of that free garbage can full of foam peanuts! Those things are a real rip-off if you have to buy them.

By: fulanoche

fulanoche — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:24:06 +0000

#18

yet

By: billabong

billabong — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:07:52 +0000

At least he isn’t singing about efffing Twitter.

By: Alfred1

Alfred1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:55:59 +0000

Der Hölle Rache, The 5th Element…is just waiting for you weird Al…

You can do it man…

By: David Sheeks

David Sheeks — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:31:46 +0000

Wow! That’s as good as it gets. Absolute classic Weird Al Yankovic. First heard him live on the Dr. Demento show on 94.7 KMET in Los Angeles about 30 years ago. Amazing career.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:10:04 +0000

If Yankovic’s song parody gig proves to be short-lived, he could start a Doors tribute band.

By: qb

qb — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:48 +0000

It’s good to see that Weird Al is recovering from the shock of the Polka category being yanked from the Grammy’s. What’s next, the designated hitter in the National League?

By: faxon

faxon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:53:03 +0000

I was there. I got Jim Morrison’s shirt when he threw it at my girlfriend at a concert. I saw them all. Al it as good as any, but better than most.

By: Cap'nKangaroo

Cap'nKangaroo — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:12:13 +0000

Just F’nin awesome man! Just awesome!

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:00:14 +0000

To think that I have lived in such an age with Frank and Al in it. Just perfect Al, perfect.

By: noname

noname — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:59:51 +0000

# 7 Alfred1

Your such the tool, you can’t see the sarcasm in the absurdities of a lengthy non-sequitur.

You need a real education.

By: Riders on the Net

Riders on the Net — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:25:27 +0000

# 5
awww right the Art Bell effect so much more fun than most of those AM radio hosts (they) listen to.

By: Alfred1

Alfred1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:52:32 +0000

#1 I agree…classic Frank Zappa…but he did it well…and the keyboarding was classic…