Jim Morrison on his inspiration
“You can’t predict what’s going to happen. You just have to go with it. We’re trying to project our music, us, our ideas. Our ideas are in the songs, in the music.” –Jim Morrison
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A perfect, succinct review of L.A. Woman
“An almost unqualified masterpiece, each song has a clear identity.”–Q on L.A. Woman, November 1991. How would you review this classic? Need a copy? https://www.thedoors2.wpengine.com/discography/la-woman-457
Ray Manzarek Reveals Jim Morrison’s Songwriting Process
“To remember the lyrics he would think of melodies and then they would stay in his head. He had melodies and lyrics in his head, and he would sing them a cappella, and we would eke out the arrangements.” – Ray Manzarek on Jim’s songwriting process.
Robby Krieger Notes That Attention Spans Used To Be Longer…
“I know that they say that a person’s attention span for a record is about three minutes. But I think that it’s different in a concert because the audience has the sound. It keeps your attention.” –Robby Krieger
Jim’s Thoughts On The Doors’ Place Among Their Contemporaries
“Half of the people are getting very classical, sophisticated, and theatrical, and then there’s the need for blues. There’s a split. I’d like to do both. I enjoy both. I think that the Doors have a combination of both now. I think that it’s a successful combination.” –Jim Morrison speaking with Hullaballo in October 1968.
Sex, Death, and Ambiguity
“The sex, death, lyrical ambiguity roles are all here, beginning with the crisp menace of ‘Break On Through’, a deliberate statement of intent and the best possible musical corollary to the group name.” –NME, October 1975. This was a review posted with hindsight, and still sums up some of what was great about The …
The Doors x ROXY Collection has landed!
From hair metal and grunge to sixties synth pop, ROXY has always been inspired by rock and roll, both on and off the board. To honor that shared spirit, ROXY is commemorating some of the biggest icons in music through this collection of limited edition tees. Kicking off the collab with The Doors, we are …
Other Voices and Full Circle Re-Issue Featured in Rolling Stone
The Doors’ two post-Jim Morrison LPs, 1971’s ‘Other Voices’ and 1972’s ‘Full Circle,’ are being reissued on vinyl and CD later this year. The re-release was the subject of a recent article in Rolling Stone magazine. Click here to read the full article.
John Densmore Remembers “Dances With Wolves” Writer Michael Blake
He told me that some Nevada cowboys sent him a couple death threats after his “own” count of how many wild Mustangs were left. He used his Dances dough to fly over in a helicopter and what he came up with was about half of the “official” count. The two of us had paid for a couple …
The Doors Announce 2015 Record Store Day Release
The Doors are pleased to announce their 2015 Record Store Day release, Strange Days (original mono) on 180-gram vinyl. Each copy is individually numbered and only 12,500 copies will be printed. Reissue of short lived mono version from 1967. Cut from the original masters by The Doors’ co-producer and engineer, Bruce Botnick. Commercially released on …