Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 2, 2011 9:13:17 GMT
Well I heard a story, you can judge it's worth
About the sun and the moon the time they came down to earth
They pass in the heavens each day up above
Time after time they soon became old
They could not touch, they could not kiss
They had no flesh, no earthly bliss
So they made a scheme, they made a plan
They would come down to earth as a woman and a man
And took human forms to live out a dream
The most beautiful people that I've ever seen
They were the Peking king and the New York queen
I said the Peking king and the New York queen
As fate would have it it was a toss of a dice
They went to opposite ends of this world with our lives
Opposite eyes, opposite minds
Such things matter in these troubled times
"We read a book from right to left"
"You read a book from the left to the right!"
"We see a rabbit in the moon"
"When you look at the moon, It's a man on the moon"
"Raw fish is very tasty, thank you"
"Eating raw fish is disgusting"
"Buddha is the only way"
"Jesus is the fun way"
"Communism!"
"Democracy!"
"East is red"
"Better dead than red!"
Peking in the east, New York in the west
Each say that they are the best
About the sun and the moon and their earthly quest
Knew without a doubt that it was all the best
They said what does it matter how you read a book
It's all the same no matter how it looks
Well the only thing important to the Peking king
Was feeding in the arms of his New York queen
Thousands of miles, they were so far apart
How to get together, where to start
On the California zipper and the Shanghai express
He headed to Hong Kong, she headed out west
No passports, no visas, no government quotas
No red tape no red guard could stop the dream
of the Peking king and the New York Queen
I said the Peking king and the New York queen
So the found a little lot in the field of dreams
It was a perfect little place to live our dream
East is east, west is west
'Cause you're invited to the wedding to share a dream
Of the Peking king and the New York queen
Peking king and the New York queen
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
Of the Peking king and his New York queen
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
Of the sun and the moon
Peking king and New York queen
Full Circle
Written by Ray Manzarek and among the poorest songs to grace a Doors album this song has one major claim to fame.
It is the last song on the last Doors album ever.
An example of how The Doors were fragmenting at the time as this is more suited to Ray's soon to be Golden Scarab period whilst other songs on the album were pointers to The Butts Band period.
'We came to London to find a vocalist and as we started jamming we realised more than ever that when you have a good professional singer who can do with his voice what someone else can do with an instrument how much more fluid everything is......but that led to writing problems. Everyone was doing songs ...myself included....and all of Ray's were real personal so it finally got to the point where it was obvious that he was the only one who could sing them because they were very philosophical, cosmic whatever. So how could another singer relate to something that was so personal? So when we first came over we were still together...sort of...but when we realised how very different our musical directions were heading...Ray split back home!"
John Densmore 1977
Musically it is a pretty decent experience with some nice screaming guitar and wah-wah effects from Robby Krieger and some excellent keyboard from Ray Manzarek with good solid support from John Densmore.
Vocally Ray does a good job but once again backed by the female backing singers the song itself is pretty horrendous.
Embarrassing has been a word I have seen use to describe it and I find little argument for that.
Possibly inspired by Manzarek's own experiences with his wife Dorothy who was Japanese whilst he was from Chicago.
Forgettable vocally and lyrically but at least The Doors went out with a strong musical piece.
The Doors - The Peking King and the New York Queen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=htITKV1cthk
What direction do YOU think the band would have gone in if they had carried on after Full Circle?
What could have the doors become?
Should the band have carried on at all without Jim Morrison in 1971?
35 Years On....should The Doors have carried on?
Could an effective Doors replacement have been found for Jim Morrison in 1972/73?
Could Jim have been replaced in 1972?
What has been the best Post Jim Doors moment for YOU in the last 35 years?
Best Post Jim Moment
Check these links
Vote for the Post Jim albums
Full Circle
Tightrope Ride
Post Jim Singles
Other Voices
About the sun and the moon the time they came down to earth
They pass in the heavens each day up above
Time after time they soon became old
They could not touch, they could not kiss
They had no flesh, no earthly bliss
So they made a scheme, they made a plan
They would come down to earth as a woman and a man
And took human forms to live out a dream
The most beautiful people that I've ever seen
They were the Peking king and the New York queen
I said the Peking king and the New York queen
As fate would have it it was a toss of a dice
They went to opposite ends of this world with our lives
Opposite eyes, opposite minds
Such things matter in these troubled times
"We read a book from right to left"
"You read a book from the left to the right!"
"We see a rabbit in the moon"
"When you look at the moon, It's a man on the moon"
"Raw fish is very tasty, thank you"
"Eating raw fish is disgusting"
"Buddha is the only way"
"Jesus is the fun way"
"Communism!"
"Democracy!"
"East is red"
"Better dead than red!"
Peking in the east, New York in the west
Each say that they are the best
About the sun and the moon and their earthly quest
Knew without a doubt that it was all the best
They said what does it matter how you read a book
It's all the same no matter how it looks
Well the only thing important to the Peking king
Was feeding in the arms of his New York queen
Thousands of miles, they were so far apart
How to get together, where to start
On the California zipper and the Shanghai express
He headed to Hong Kong, she headed out west
No passports, no visas, no government quotas
No red tape no red guard could stop the dream
of the Peking king and the New York Queen
I said the Peking king and the New York queen
So the found a little lot in the field of dreams
It was a perfect little place to live our dream
East is east, west is west
'Cause you're invited to the wedding to share a dream
Of the Peking king and the New York queen
Peking king and the New York queen
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
Of the Peking king and his New York queen
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
You're invited to the wedding and to share in a dream
Of the sun and the moon
Peking king and New York queen
Full Circle
Written by Ray Manzarek and among the poorest songs to grace a Doors album this song has one major claim to fame.
It is the last song on the last Doors album ever.
An example of how The Doors were fragmenting at the time as this is more suited to Ray's soon to be Golden Scarab period whilst other songs on the album were pointers to The Butts Band period.
'We came to London to find a vocalist and as we started jamming we realised more than ever that when you have a good professional singer who can do with his voice what someone else can do with an instrument how much more fluid everything is......but that led to writing problems. Everyone was doing songs ...myself included....and all of Ray's were real personal so it finally got to the point where it was obvious that he was the only one who could sing them because they were very philosophical, cosmic whatever. So how could another singer relate to something that was so personal? So when we first came over we were still together...sort of...but when we realised how very different our musical directions were heading...Ray split back home!"
John Densmore 1977
Musically it is a pretty decent experience with some nice screaming guitar and wah-wah effects from Robby Krieger and some excellent keyboard from Ray Manzarek with good solid support from John Densmore.
Vocally Ray does a good job but once again backed by the female backing singers the song itself is pretty horrendous.
Embarrassing has been a word I have seen use to describe it and I find little argument for that.
Possibly inspired by Manzarek's own experiences with his wife Dorothy who was Japanese whilst he was from Chicago.
Forgettable vocally and lyrically but at least The Doors went out with a strong musical piece.
The Doors - The Peking King and the New York Queen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=htITKV1cthk
What direction do YOU think the band would have gone in if they had carried on after Full Circle?
What could have the doors become?
Should the band have carried on at all without Jim Morrison in 1971?
35 Years On....should The Doors have carried on?
Could an effective Doors replacement have been found for Jim Morrison in 1972/73?
Could Jim have been replaced in 1972?
What has been the best Post Jim Doors moment for YOU in the last 35 years?
Best Post Jim Moment
Check these links
Vote for the Post Jim albums
Full Circle
Tightrope Ride
Post Jim Singles
Other Voices