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Lead singer Jim Morrison initially wrote the lyrics about his break up with an ex-girlfriend, Mary Werbelow, [7] but it evolved through months of performances at the Whisky a Go Go into a much longer song. The Doors recorded a nearly 12-minute version for their self-titled debut album, which was released on January 4, 1967 and in which it was ...
"When the Music's Over" is an epic song [3] [4] by the American rock band the Doors, which appears on their second album Strange Days, released in 1967. It is among the band's longer pieces, lasting 11 minutes.
"L.A. Woman" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. The song is the title track of their 1971 album L.A. Woman , the final album to feature Jim Morrison before his death on July 3, 1971. In 2014, LA Weekly named it the all-time best song written about the city of Los Angeles.
The song is notated in the key of A Major with Jim Morrison's vocal range spanning from E 4 to A 5. [5] It has a Dorian alternation of i and IV. [6] Like the other songs from their debut album, the songwriting credit was given to each members of the Doors; [3] the performance rights organization ASCAP list the song as a group composition.
"People Are Strange" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It appears on the band's second studio album, Strange Days, released in September 1967.The song was written by the Doors' vocalist Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, although all of the band are credited on the sleeve notes.
The song's lyrics, accordingly to Maginnis, were inspired following a visitation of the Doors in New York City. [3] Music Journalist Stephen Davis noted that Morrison's lyrics have an "emotionally raw tone" on the song.
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It is the opening track of their debut album, The Doors (1967). Elektra Records issued the song as the group's first single, which reached number 126 [3] in the United States. Despite the single's failure to impact the record sales charts, the song became a ...
"Touch Me" is a song by the Doors from their 1969 album The Soft Parade. Written by guitarist Robby Krieger in late 1968, it makes extensive use of brass and string instruments, including a solo by featured saxophonist Curtis Amy.