History YMMV / TheDoors

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny[=/=]HypeBacklash: Some people find this band's music to be incredibly boring, and Morrison insufferably pretentious.

** "Light My Fire" survived far beyond its original context, being covered many times and sometimes by very unusual musicians. There was the Latin-flavored José Feliciano version (which rivaled the original in popularity and radio play), a 1930s-style "cabaret" version by a then-elderly MaeWest (!), and a disco mix in the late 1970s by Ami Stewart.

* CoveredUp: "Back Door Man" by Willie Dixon, "Crawling King Snake" by Music/JohnLeeHooker and "Alabama Song" from ''Theatre/TheRiseAndFallOfTheStateOfMahagonny'' by Creator/BertoltBrecht & Music/KurtWeill.

* CoveredUp: "Back Door Man" by Willie Dixon, "Crawling King Snake" by John Lee Hooker and "Alabama Song" from ''The Rise & Fall of the State of Mahagonny'' by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill.

** Specifically, the debut album, ''Morrison Hotel'', and ''L.A. Woman''.
** Let's not forget ''Strange Days'' either. And while ''Waiting for the Sun'' and ''The Soft Parade'' are generally considered somewhat more uneven, even they have their moments ("The Unknown Soldier", "Five to One", "The Soft Parade" and others are deservedly considered classics).

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Soft Parade" could be interpreted as a StealthInsult against organized religion, with numerous examples of sacred imagery (both Christian and pagan) and its veiled references to the supposed complicity of religion in propping up the corrupted status quo: "All our lives we sweat and save/Building for a shallow grave/Must be something else we say/Somehow to defend this place/Everything must be this way...." As Morrison was heavily influenced by FriedrichNietzsche, this is a fairly plausible interpretation.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Morrison in 1971; Manzarek in 2013.
* ConspiracyTheory: based on the facts that he died suddenly overseas, was placed into a nailed coffin with few witnesses for a hasty funeral, earlier joked about his death (and FAKING said death), and had a motive to fake his death (facing jail time back home and unable to cope with the pressures of celebrity anymore)... For a good long time there's been fan-talk about Morrison not being dead.
** This was later fictionalized in Ray Manzarek's novel, ''A Poet in Exile''.
* CoveredUp: "Back Door Man" by Willie Dixon. Also, "Crawling King Snake" by John Lee Hooker and "Alabama Song" from ''The Rise & Fall of the State of Mahagonny'' by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill.

* EpicRiff: Frequently provided by keyboardist Ray Manzarek ("Light My Fire", "Soul Kitchen", "The Changeling", "Riders on the Storm", "When The Music's Over") and guitarist Robby Krieger ("The End", "Roadhouse Blues", "Peace Frog", "Love Her Madly", "Break On Through (To The Other Side)", "Hello, I Love You", "Love Me Two Times", "L.A. Woman")

* ShortLivedBigImpact: Jim Morrison in addition to being the lead singer of The Doors, he is widely regarded as having [[TropeCodifier codified]] the modern "rock star" image. Dead at age 27.

* TooCoolToLive: Jim Morrison.

** Still suffers from SeinfeldIsUnfunny (see below) from contemporary critics. Even though their debut album still tops a lot of "Best Ever" charts.

* EpicRiff: Frequently provided both by keyboardist Ray Manzarek ("Light My Fire", "Soul Kitchen", "The Changeling", "Riders on the Storm", etc.) and by guitarist Robby Krieger ("The End", "Roadhouse Blues", "Peace Frog", "Love Her Madly", etc.)
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Soft Parade" could be interpreted as a StealthInsult against organized religion, with numerous examples of sacred imagery (both Christian and pagan) and its veiled references to the supposed complicity of religion in propping up the corrupted status quo: "All our lives we sweat and save/Building for a shallow grave/Must be something else we say/Somehow to defend this place/Ev'rything must be this way...." As Morrison was heavily influenced by FriedrichNietzsche, this is a fairly plausible interpretation.
* FaceOfTheBand: Subverted. Jim Morrison was ''clearly'' the face, but boy, did he resent the implication. Once refused to go on stage after they were announced as "Jim Morrison and The Doors". While Morrison was the principal lyricist, the writer's credit for the groups' music was generally given to "The Doors" collectively, or to "Densmore/Krieger/Manzarek/Morrison", with few exceptions.

* CoveredUp: "Back Door Man" by Willie Dixon. Also, "Crawling King Snake" by John Lee Hooker and "Alabama Song" from ''The Rise & Fall of the State of Mahagonny'' by Brecht & Weill.

** Let's not forget ''Strange Days'' either. And while ''Waiting for the Sun'' and ''The Soft Parade'' are generally considered somewhat more uneven, even they have their moments ("The Unknown Solider", "Five to One", "The Soft Parade" and others are deservedly considered classics).

* MemeticMutation: "I am the lizard king. I can do anything."

* EpicRiff: Frequently provided both by keyboardist Ray Manzarek ("Light My Fire", "Soul Kitchen", "Riders on the Storm", "The Changeling", etc.) and by guitarist Robby Krieger ("Love Her Madly", "Love Me Two Times", "The End", "Roadhouse Blues", etc.)

* ShortLivedBigImpact: Jim Morrison in addition to being the lead singer of The Doors, he is widely regarded has having [[TropeCodifier codified]] the modern "rock star" image. Dead at age 27.

* EpicRiff: Frequently provided both by keyboardist Ray Manzarek ("Light My Fire", "Soul Kitchen", "Riders on the Storm", "The Changling", etc.) and by guitarist Robby Krieger ("Love Her Madly", "Love Me Two Times", "The End", "Roadhouse Blues", etc.)

* CoveredUp: "Backdoor Man" by Willie Dixon. Also, "Crawling King Snake" by John Lee Hooker and "Alabama Song" from ''The Rise & Fall of the State of Mahagonny'' by Brecht & Weill.

* HarsherInHindsight: After hearing that Music/JanisJoplin and Music/JimiHendrix had died at 27, Morrison told friends "You're drinking with number three". Needless to say, He was right.
* MemeticMutation: "I am the lizard king...I can do anything!"

*** Or is that "Bee-ha"?

* TooCoolToLive: Jim Morrison.

* HypeBacklash: Along with a lot of other classic rock bands, they get this occasionally.

** Specifically, the debut album, "Morrison Hotel," and "L.A. Woman."

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Soft Parade" could be interpreted as a StealthInsult against organized religion, with numerous examples of sacred imagery (both Christian and pagan) and its veiled references to the supposed complicity of religion in propping up the corrupted status quo: "All our lives we sweat and save/Building for a shallow grave/Must be something else we say/Somehow to defend this place/Ev'rything must be this way...."

* HarsherInHindsight: After hearing that Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix had died at 27, Morrison told friends "You're drinking with number three". Needless to say, He was right.

** Still suffers from SeinfeldIsUnfunny (see below) from contemporary critics. Even though their debut album still tops a lot of Best Ever charts.

** Aside from the first album and their first greatest hits album where Morrison was prominent ([[ExecutiveMeddling a decision the band had no say in and upset Morrison]]), most other cover photos present the whole band equally or else Morrison sitting down to make himself look shorter.

* HypeBacklash: Am I the only one who finds this band's music to be incredibly boring, and Morrison insufferably pretentious?
* Yes, yes you are.

* YMMV: Am I the only one who finds this band's music to be incredibly boring, and Morrison insufferably pretentious?