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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jul 12, 2006 9:12:22 GMT
Lets celebrate one of the great unreleased gems of The Doors world....rumour abounds of a studio version but nobody can really say so all we have are two distinctly different live versions. The laboured version from the Seattle gig in June 1970, which is most common, with Jim at his belligerent worst. The introduction of the song is one of the few highlights of this pretty dire concert. And the version from a month earlier at the Pittsburgh Civic which shows the song at its best. A bluesy mournful poetic take on death.....I love the opening lines ...'Someday soon. Familiar freaks will Fill your living room'.....anyone who has ever attended a funeral can attest to the truth of that.... Someday soon. Someday soon. Familiar freaks will Fill your living room. Rugs lash out their Lizard tongues.
You're not getting young. You're not getting young.
But you're going to die. And you're going to be Needing all of your eyes.
You'll be all alone When the cannibals cry. All by yourself Inside infancy's lie.
Someday soon. Someday soon. Television bleeding Like a harvest moon.
Flush the scissors Down the hole. You're getting old. You're getting old.
And I hate to remind you, But you're going to die. And you're going to be Needing all of your lies.
You'll be all alone When the cannibals cry. All by yourself Inside infancy's lie.
Someday soon. Someday soon. Someday soon. Someday soon.A great Doors treasure....any thoughts?
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Post by prodigalson on Jul 15, 2006 3:39:28 GMT
Wow, good topic. See, Seattle was the first bootleg Doors concert that I ever listened to, and no matter how bad some parts may be, it's still one of my favorites to listen to.
Someday Soon completely blew me away. A Doors song I had never heard, what more possibilities could there be? And what better than a song about death? Hey, someday soon you're gonna die, and there's not a goddamn thing you can do about it.
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Post by jym on Jul 15, 2006 3:58:00 GMT
We all need our lies.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jul 15, 2006 9:25:48 GMT
See, Seattle was the first bootleg Doors concert that I ever listened to, and no matter how bad some parts may be, it's still one of my favorites to listen to. Yeah its great even on the Seattle version....have you heard the version from Pittsburgh? It's on Stages and the Absolutely Live Outtakes bootlegs and gives us a taster for how good a studio version would have been........
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Post by ensenada on Jul 15, 2006 11:39:34 GMT
i have this on the box set i think....i have it somewhere lol
i like the song, but always thought the opening line "someday soon familiar freaks will fill your living room" referred to television taking over our lives...we see the same old freaks on tv these days dont we!
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jul 15, 2006 11:59:21 GMT
i have this on the box set i think....i have it somewhere lol i like the song, but always thought the opening line "someday soon familiar freaks will fill your living room" referred to television taking over our lives...we see the same old freaks on tv these days dont we! Maybe it does mate....thats just MY take on it....when you die all the people you can't stand come round your house and pretend they liked you......
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 17, 2011 12:41:19 GMT
This song made it's audience debut at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on May2nd 1970. Exactly by coincidence two years to the day after they made their first visit to the venue on May 2nd 1968. Always loved this song and always hoped that the band did it in the studio and a version could be found. Who knows as it's not sensible to dismiss anything in The Doors world. Just wanted to celebrate a great unreleased Doors song.
Someday soon Someday soon Familiar freaks will fill your living room Run, slash out their lizard tongues You're not getting young You're not getting young
And I hate to remind you but you're going to die And you're going to be needing all of your life
You’ll be all alone When the cannibals cry All by yourself Inside infancy’s lie
Someday soon Someday soon Television bleeding like a harvest moon Flush the scissors down the hole You're getting old You're getting old
And I hate to remind you but your going to die And you're going to be needing all of your life
You’ll be all alone When the cannibals cry All by yourself Inside infancy's lie
Someday soon Someday soon Someday soon Someday soon
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 17, 2011 12:43:11 GMT
Anyone got anything on this great song? I interpret the 'familiar freaks will fill your living room' as a reference to the people who come to your funeral after you die. People who never had time for you in life but enjoy a free feed.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 12, 2011 9:37:06 GMT
This was never recorded in the studio. It was still a work in progress. I always thought of it as a Hollywood Hills hippie pad song. The hippies are lazing around and Jim walks in and lays this happy song about death on them. He freaks them out and blows their minds. He could be such a tongue in cheek devil that Morrison.Ray Manzarek.Jim and I worked this up at my parents house in the Pacific Palisades. For some reason it never made it onto a record. Jim loved the song. I think the imagery is very Jim and I always imagined Jim alone on an acide trip with the rugs lashing out their lizard tongues.Robby Krieger. A cheery little song about deathJohn Densmore.The Doors - Someday Soon [Live Seattle]
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