The Doors' 1967 albums had raised expectations so high that their third effort was greeted as a major disappointment. With a few exceptions, the material was much mellower, and while this yielded some fine melodic allad ock in "Love Street," "Wintertime Love," "Summer's Almost Gone," and "Yes, the River Knows," there was no denying that the songwriting was not as impressive as it had been on the first two records. On the other hand, there were first-rate tunes such as the spooky "The Unknown Soldier," with antiwar lyrics as uncompromisingly forceful as anything the band did, and the compulsively riff-driven "Hello, I Love You," which nonetheless bore an uncomfortably close resemblance to the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night." The flamenco guitar of "Spanish Caravan," the all-out weirdness of "Not to Touch the Earth" (which was a snippet of a legendary abandoned opus, "The Celebration of the Lizard"), and the menacing closer "Five to One" were also interesting. In fact, time's been fairly kind to the record, which is quite enjoyable and diverse, just not as powerful a full-length statement as the group's best albums.
In an era before Sony brought the Walkman to the world and long before Apple unleashed the iPod to the modern world, did you ever listen to tapes? Silly question for most people over 25. What better day than Mother's Day should film director Allison Anders share her answer:Wow did I ever! I listened to 8 track tapes kids! I was thinking about this actually on the plane last night from Brazil ...
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Hey gang,This Summer's been an interesting one! I've been on a long and treacherous journey filled with convicts, Cossacks, highwaymen of all sorts, gunfighters, Indian healers, Bulgarian mental patients, Estonian sorceresses, Moldovan muraders, Portuguese BMX riders, Lithuanian office managers, and I think there was a Norwegian black metaler or two. Nonetheless, I've obtained a fresh perspect...
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Pretty sweet Doors song about winter. Of course he had to go and make it all sexual and trippy.
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In an era before Sony brought the Walkman to the world and long before Apple unleashed the iPod to the modern world, did you ever listen to tapes? Silly question for most people over 25. What better day than Mother's Day should film director Allison Anders share her answer:Wow did I ever! I listened to 8 track tapes kids! I was thinking about this actually on the plane last night from Brazil ...
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"My wild love went ridin'She rode all the dayShe wrote to the devilAnd asked him to payThe devil was wiserIt's time to repentHe asked her to give backThe money she spentMy wild love went ridin'She rode to the seaShe gathered togetherSome shells for her headShe rode and she rode onShe rode for a whileThen stopped for an evenin'[ Lyrics found at www.mp3lyrics.org/MTl ]And lay her head downShe rod...
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| 1 Hello, I Love You |
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| 2 Love Street |
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| 3 Not to Touch the Earth |
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| 4 Summer's Almost Gone |
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| 5 Wintertime Love |
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| 6 The Unknown Soldier |
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| 7 Spanish Caravan |
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| 8 My Wild Love |
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| 9 We Could Be So Good Together |
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| 10 Yes, the River Knows |
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| 11 Five to One |
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