About JayDixon Expertise lyrics, instruments, vocal range
Experience Radio jock with 26 years commercial radio experience and radio station music director. Singer myself, poet and lyric writer. Former lead singer of a Doors tribute band. I own instruments, have the same vocal range as Jim had.
Education/Credentials Bachelor of Business - University of Queensland
Awards and Honors Holder of the CRA (Commercial Radio Australia) "25 Year Award" and a couple of other music and radio awards.
Question hi. i know that lou reed doesn't like jim morrison; john cale hates both jim and the doors. i don't know mo tucker's opininon but as far as i know, sterling morrison is the only velvet that admired doors' music. he also liked jim, as a person (nico was a lover of jim but he wasn't a member of the velvet underground; that's why the first vu lp was named "vu and nico"). the velvets and the doors, did they knew each other? doors was a massively popular band, while velvets was not more than a local favourite. i knew that doors once visited factory. did they meet?
i think both bands have a very similar, nearly apocalyptical vision of mankind and it's totally different from the general vision of sixties; it's exactly the opposite (though, i think velvets are more realistic and darker while the doors is more mystical and... well, they're dark too, but in a way that differed themselves from velvets) their music is not totally identical but thinking of it, the band closest to velvets is doors and vice versa (also, stooges is similar to both velvets and doors. you know, these two bands were main influences for the stooges) is there a possibilty that jim liked their music? on 'love street' jim nearly echoes lou reed's narrow, speaking-like vocals. is it possible to mention velvets, as an influence for jim?
thanks for the answer
Answer Hi Levi,
The common denominator between the two groups and the two lead singers (Morrison and Reed) was of course Andy Warhol.
I’m led to believe that Reed met Morrison as far back as 1966. Jim would have run into Reed in New York in 1967 because he was making weekly trips there for a time.
From all accounts Reed did dislike Jim Morrison and The Doors for whatever reason. I don’t think Velvet Underground members had any great ill feelings towards The Doors, none that I have heard of anyway. Reed perhaps became jealous of Jim and The Doors because they gained huge fame in a short space of time and Velvet Underground were still only know in NYC area.
Personally I don’t like Lou Reed’s music or The Velvet Underground so for me to compare the two groups music wise is probably selling Reed and his group short. Lou Reed in my opinion only ever wrote one song that I liked, Sweet Jane but the best version of that one came in 1989 off an album called The Trinity Sessions by Canadian group Cowboy junkies.
Trust this was of help and thanks for your question.
