Blender Magazine, the “cool” music mag by the publishers of Maxim, have created a list of “The 50 Worst Artists In Music History.” All the usual suspects appear – Vanilla Ice, Kenny G, and Michael Bolton are all in the top ten and Insane Clown Posse earned a spot due to their horrible name. More questionable is Mick Jagger, who made the list at #13 for his solo recordings. David Bowie’s early ’90s band Tin Machine landed at #12 – hmm, maybe. Worst of all though, almost enough to make me actually go buy a Blender Magazine so I can pee on it and light it on fire, The Doors came it at #37, and the mag accused Jim Morrison of pushing his “terminally adolescent views on the wider world.” Are they fucking kidding? I don’t care if your magazine is a musical Playboy Light, there is no way The Doors should make that list. I’d like to fill another paragraph with s-words and f-bombs, but I won’t. I’ll just say this – I like The Doors. I don’t like Blender.
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February 26th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
There was a time when I used to eat, sleep and breathe the Doors, although these days I’m satisfied with the occasional nibble (Wintertime Love, Hyacinth House, Love Street yum yum yum) but I still agree with Matt DuFour – Blender deserves to be put in its namesake and pureed for having such execrable taste. So Jim Morrison was an adolescent talent, was he? What kind of ‘mature’ music do they prefer? Klaus Wunderlich? Matt Munro? Pat Boone? Jeez, gimme a break.
August 30th, 2009 at 6:48 am
I have a special place in my heart for the Doors. Over the course of five turbulent years, the band released six studio albums of music that has such an odd timeless quality that it steadfastly refuses to date, as evidenced by successive generations turning on to their music. I will admit that Jim Morrison did often come across as a pretentious posturer, but he was such a frustrating, impenetrable enigma that was…and still is….hard to pin down. That character trait was part of his inexplicable charisma. The public usually demonstrated a somewhat unpredictable approach to an upcoming new Doors album but again this was something that made the band a joy to observe. Sure, the Doors have been over-analyzed and at times blown a bit out of proportion, but all great artists and their memorable works (cue to: Sgt Pepper, Dark Side of the Moon) are subject to that particular (and sometimes bitter) fate.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am
Postsscript: I prefer “Mojo” to “Blender”.