The Doors

od **polly88** Pon Dec 24, 2012 3:37 am

The Doors su jedna od najutjecajnijih rock grupa druge polovine šezdesetih godina 20. stoljeća, a njihov pjevač, vodeći autor i karizmatski frontman Jim Morrison, jedna od mitskih ikona rocka. Ideja The Doors začeta je na prestižnom kalifornijskom sveučilištu UCLA, susretom Jima Morrisona i klavijaturiste Raya Manzareka, koji je u to vrijeme predvodio blues bend Rick and the Ravens. Najprije im se pridružio bubnjar John Densmore iz sastava Psychedelic Rangers, a zatim i gitarista Robbie Krieger, kojega su upoznali na nekom tečaju meditacije.

Densmore nikada nije bio oduševljen Morrisonovom često pretjeranom zanesenošću, pretencioznošću i sklonošću k incidentima svih vrsta. Krieger je, bez obzira na činjenicu da je upravo on bio autor prvog i jednog od najvećih hitova grupe „Light My Fire“, prihvatio sjenku kao glavno polje djelovanja, rijetko izbijajući u prvi plan. Manzarek je nastojao sve to pomiriti, artikulirati i uobličiti u komunikativan i uporabljiv umjetnički koncept.

Prvijenac „The Doors“ snimljen je – kao i svi albumi Doorsa – uz pomoć gostujućeg basista, a tijekom sedmodnevnog boravka u studiju „uživo“ ne bi li uhvatili energiju kojom su Doors zračili na koncertima. Album je imao golem komercijalni uspjeh, skladba „Light My Fire“ dosegla je prvo mjesto na rang-listama, a epska „The End“ – u kojoj su objedinjene Morrisonove poetske vizije naslonjene na mit o Edipu s iznimnom gitarom Robbyja Kriegera te prepoznatljivim zvukom orgulja Raya Manzareka – unatoč kompleksnoj formi i jedanaestominutnom trajanju, postala je standard progresivnih radijskih programa. Na albumu se našla i „Alabama Song“, kao fuzija Weill-Brecht kabaretske tradicije i rockerske forme te „Back Door Man“ s posvajanjima blues utjecaja.

„Strange Days“, objavljen godinu kasnije, bio je temeljen na sličnim glazbenim osnovama. Portvdio je ujedno da se Doors od konkurenata s hipijevske acid-rock scene, osim po iznimnoj glazbi, razlikuju i po Morrisonovim tekstovima i često mračnim poetskim vizijama u kojima se, umjesto o miru i ljubavi, govorilo o seksu, strasti i smrti.

The Doors su vrlo brzo postali sinonim buntovnog, ali inteligentnog benda, naklonjenog eksperimentima i intelektualizmu jednako kao i bluesu i psihodeliji. Ne uspjevajući uvijek artikulirati pobunu protiv društva i njegovih stega, pravila i ograničenja jednako kao ni svoju sklonost prema alkoholu i drugim, mnogo jačim, opojnim sredstvima, Morrison je predstavljao prijetnju na dvije noge, neprestani izazov normalnom poretku stvari. Kao koncept, to djeluje romantično, ali u praksi se pretvaralo u niz incidenata, od razbijanja opreme u studiju, do pjevačke neupotrebljivosti i, konačno, izravnih problema s vlašću. Već u prosincu 1967. godine uhićen je zbog psovanja na koncertu u New Havenu.

Sljedeći album „Waiting For The Sun“ objavljen je 1968. godine i – premda podcijenjen i od publike i od kritike – dao je singl „Hello I Love You“ i nekoliko iznimnih brojeva. Ipak, album je također nagovijestio krizu uvjetovanu i Morrisonovim nezadovoljstvom s dvojnom percepcijom grupe koja je za jedne bila predvodnik slobodoumnih rock eksperimenata s Morrisonom – šamanom, a za druge, pak, hit grupa s rang lista. Nezadovoljstvo je zacijelo potaknulo sve destruktivnije i skandaloznije Morrisonovo ponašanje na sceni.

Album „Soft Parade“ iz 1969. donio je ne baš uspjele eksperimente s puhačima i slabiji materijal koji je, pak, pospješio prosudbe dijela medija o prelasku Doorsa u mekše pop vode. Turneja na kojoj je snimljen i dvostruki „Absolutely Live“ prošla je u znaku prekinutog koncerta i skandala u Miamiju gdje je Morrison uhićen zbog svlačenja na sceni. Povlačenje u studio s producentom Paulom Rothchildom rezultiralo je snimanjem iznimnog „Morrison Hotel“ iz 1970. i povratkom u formu i izvorna nadahnuća: sirovi blues u rockerskim brzim brojevima te prozračnu mističnu atmosferu u baladama.

Jednako uvjerljiv bio je i posljednji album snimljen s Morrisonom: „L.A.Woman“ iz 1971. godine s jazzy utjecajima na podlozi bluesa koji je dominirao cijelim albumom. Nakon promotivne turneje albuma, Morrison napušta grupu, odlazi u Pariz kaneći se baviti isključivo poezijom, a 3. lipnja 1971. pronađen je mrtav u kadi. Razlog smrti do danas je ostao nepoznat. Malo je smrti u svijetu rock 'n' rolla koje su izazvale takvu pozornost, pretvorivši odlaske na njegov grob u svojevrsna hodočašća, čiji intenzitet ne jenjava do današnjih dana.

Preostala trojka iste godine objavljuje blijede „Other Voices“ i „Full Circle“, a obeshrabreni neuspjehom 1973., raspuštaju grupu. Trojka se, međutim, ponovno okupila 1978. snimivši instrumentalnu pratnju za sačuvane Morrisonove poetske recitale koji su objavljeni na albumu „An American Prayer“.

Premda je film Olivera Stonea „The Doors“ iz 1991. potaknuo zanimanje za Doorse, ono zapravo nikada nije jenjalo, o čemu svjedoči i njihov trajni utjecaj na rock scenu, ali i brojna posthumna izdanja.

od **polly88** Uto Dec 25, 2012 6:05 am

Love Me Two Times

Love me two times, baby
Love me twice today
Love me two times, girl
I'm goin' away
Love me two times, girl
One for tomorrow
One just for today
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me one time
I could not speak
Love me one time
Yeah, my knees got weak
But love me two times, girl
Last me all through the week
Love me two times
I'm goin' away
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Oh, yes

Love me one time
I could not speak
Love me one time, baby
Yeah, my knees got weak
But love me two times, girl
Last me all through the week
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

Love me two times, babe
Love me twice today
Love me two times, babe
'Cause I'm goin' away
Love me two time, girl
One for tomorrow
One just for today
Love me two times
I'm goin' away
Love me two times
I'm goin' away
Love me two times
I'm goin' away

od **ThePoet** Pet Feb 15, 2013 11:29 am

Soul Kitchen

Well, the clock says it's time to close now
I guess I'd better go now
I'd really like to stay here all night
The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Street lights share their hollow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go
Still one place to go

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander baby
Stumblin' in the neon groves

Well, your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget
Learn to forget, learn to forget

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander baby
Stumblin' in the neon groves

Well the clock says it's time to close now
I know I have to go now
I really want to stay here
All night, all night, all night

od **polly88** Pon Maj 20, 2013 10:28 pm

Jučer, 20. 5. 2013., u 74. godini života, preminuo je osnivač i klavijatirust The Doorsa - Ray Manzarek. Preminuo je u bolnici u Njemačkoj od raka crijeva.

The End

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

od **polly88** Uto Jul 02, 2013 6:57 am

You're Lost Little Girl

You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost
Tell me who
Are you?

I think that you know what to do
Impossible? Yes, but it's true
I think that you know what to do, yeah
I'm sure that you know what to do

You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost
Tell me who
Are you?

I think that you know what to do
Impossible? Yes, but it's true
I think that you know what to do, girl
I'm sure that you know what to do

You're lost little girl
You're lost little girl
You're lost

od **Troja** Sre Jul 10, 2013 8:09 pm

Spanish Caravan

Carry me Caravan take me away
Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain
Andalusia with fields full of grain
I have to see you again and again
Take me, Spanish Caravan
Yes, I know you can

Trade winds find Galleons lost in the sea
I know where treasure is waiting for me
Silver and gold in the mountains of Spain
I have to see you again and again
Take me, Spanish Caravan
Yes, I know you can

od **Troja** Sre Jul 10, 2013 8:13 pm

"Riders On The Storm"

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Wow!

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm

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