http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUb4eh0AIhU
A bit of Doors trivia for you: The band did not include a bass player — onstage, Ray Manzarek provided bass lines via his left hand, using a Fender Rhodes piano bass. Bon voyage, Ray.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUb4eh0AIhU
A bit of Doors trivia for you: The band did not include a bass player — onstage, Ray Manzarek provided bass lines via his left hand, using a Fender Rhodes piano bass. Bon voyage, Ray.
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Every time I hear that I think of Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando. The horror, the horror………….See ya Ray.
Exactly.
“Of course, we nailed it,” a cheerful Mr. Manzarek said. “Ooh, that band is tight. When my left hand locked in with Densmore’s kick drum, I could just feel it. I’ve said this before, but one of my biggest regrets was that I never got to see the Doors. I never got to experience that tightness from the audience.”
In an era of Rick and excess, dude was married for 45 years. Lived about twice as long as Mr Mojo Rising, but still …
Siri didn’t like “rock and roll,” changed it to Rick?
Man, I played their debut album until the needle cut right through the grooves and the disc unspooled into one long vinyl line, piling up on the floor in front of the stereo. And I wondered why I kept having problems with my parents. Could it have been the relentless, raucous music issuing from my room at all hours? Nawwwwww. …
Every time I hear that song, I want to break out a joint and a bottle of bourbon. Its haunting.
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes…again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need…of some…stranger’s hand
In a…desperate land
Lost in a Roman…wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
There’s danger on the edge of town
Ride the King’s highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake…he’s old, and his skin is cold
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we’ll do the rest
The blue bus is callin’ us
The blue bus is callin’ us
Driver, where you taken’ us
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and…then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door…and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother…I want to…fuck you
C’mon baby, take a chance with us
C’mon baby, take a chance with us
C’mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin’ a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin’ a blue rock
C’mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you’ll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end
Hmm. Must not have had the correct chip installed to enjoy them. Of course two years of a neighbor in college who played The Doors, full volume, at 3 freakin’ o’clock in the morning will put anyone off. Still can’t hear “LA Woman” without getting an eye twitch.
“Fresh Air” on NPR had areplay of a great interview with RM a few nights ago….