Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Apr 8, 2011 9:06:40 GMT
Love Her Madly, Tightrope Ride and Riders On The Storm 40 years on?
These 3 Doors singles all share a 40 year anniversary in 2011 so lets look at them from the point of view of there impact and their place in Doors History.
One written by Robby, one by Ray and one by Jim.
Any of you got anything to share or comment on these three very different examples of Doors singles.
1971 April: Love Her Madly/You Need Meat US #11
1971 June: Riders On The Storm/Changeling US #14 UK #22
1971 November: Tightrope Ride/Variety Is The Spice Of Life US #71
Love Her Madly.......Doors Icon?
Riders On The Storm.......Doors Icon?
Tightrope Ride Ray's Eulogy to Jim
Tightrope Ride YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyK7dFQPhyI
I remember hearing all three, first on Radio Luxembourg which was one of the best rock stations available here in the UK.
LHM received a lot of airplay prior to the release of LAW and was a Hit Pick or Power Play which meant it was played once every hour during the night-time shows in English that Luxy was famous for here in the UK.
I enjoyed Robby's twangy guitar and Jim's vocal a lot.
I thought then and still do today that it was a perfect pop hit and should have done better but The Doors were at such a low base in Europe it was hard to break a hit to an audience that had ignored them for so long.
It was released here in Britain on April 30th 1971 and received minimal airplay and sank without much trace as there were dozens of band here more popular than The Doors.
After Jim's death ROTS managed to pick up a lot of airplay.
I had heard the album cut of Luxembourg before the album was released here and possibly the shorter single version.
After Jim's death ROTS received a lot of attention which allowed it to break into the Top-30 here and actually be featured on Top Of The Pops once.
I remember the film that accompanied the song on TOTP.
A bunch of guys riding horses through a heavy rain storm. At the time I thought it was a Doors promo film but it was simply some generic footage of blokes riding in a storm.
I did notice that people did talk about ROTS even though not Doors fans.
At the age I was, I was drawn into the idea that it was Jim's way of saying he had faked his death and was living somewhere under an assumed identity.
I took up several Doors Morrison rumours and was a believer that Jim had faked his death until my late teens when I grew out of such nonsense.
But I mention it to show how powerful the notion was.
I was not some simple soul who would believe anything I was told. But it was a sign of the times how easy it was to be drawn into such silliness however rational you were.
Riders was indeed a song that helped further the Doors cause here in the UK as I did see many former Doors haters begin to like the song.
It would appear on jukeboxes throughout Teesside and I saw it in pubs in Newcastle. So it did serve The Doors cause well in the 70s.
One of the interesting things was the ROTS B Side which was The Changeling. This had been the bands first choice for a single release and they had to be persuaded to change their minds and release LHM as the debut LAW single as Jac Holzman had correctly identified it as the obvious hit. He was proved correct as LHM hit #11 in the US even outselling the classic ROTS in 1971.
Tightrope Ride on the other hand disappeared without trace in Europe which was a shame as it was a damn good tribute to Jim and contains some of the best Krieger guitar of his time with The Doors.
Ray's vocal is very emotional and powerful.
A song that deserves better than it has received from The Doors and their fans.
Of course ROTS has become the most iconic of Doors songs due to the nature of the song and the fact it was the last recorded Jim Doors song. But it should not detract from the fact that Robby Krieger wrote songs that were more accessable to the general music audience and helped bring many a fan into the Doors fold.
Tightrope Ride whilst being ignored in 1971 has itself become of interest to Doors fans due to YouTube and has began to resonate with Doors fans who are beginning to appreciate that it was a good pop song and a splendid tribute to the dead singer.
Ray Manzarek was not noted for his song writing but here he showed he could step up to the plate and deliver something that deserved to stand among the upper echelon of Doors songs and be given his due alongside the better known Doors lyricists Jim and Robby.
These 3 Doors singles all share a 40 year anniversary in 2011 so lets look at them from the point of view of there impact and their place in Doors History.
One written by Robby, one by Ray and one by Jim.
Any of you got anything to share or comment on these three very different examples of Doors singles.
1971 April: Love Her Madly/You Need Meat US #11
1971 June: Riders On The Storm/Changeling US #14 UK #22
1971 November: Tightrope Ride/Variety Is The Spice Of Life US #71
Love Her Madly.......Doors Icon?
Riders On The Storm.......Doors Icon?
Tightrope Ride Ray's Eulogy to Jim
Tightrope Ride YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyK7dFQPhyI
I remember hearing all three, first on Radio Luxembourg which was one of the best rock stations available here in the UK.
LHM received a lot of airplay prior to the release of LAW and was a Hit Pick or Power Play which meant it was played once every hour during the night-time shows in English that Luxy was famous for here in the UK.
I enjoyed Robby's twangy guitar and Jim's vocal a lot.
I thought then and still do today that it was a perfect pop hit and should have done better but The Doors were at such a low base in Europe it was hard to break a hit to an audience that had ignored them for so long.
It was released here in Britain on April 30th 1971 and received minimal airplay and sank without much trace as there were dozens of band here more popular than The Doors.
After Jim's death ROTS managed to pick up a lot of airplay.
I had heard the album cut of Luxembourg before the album was released here and possibly the shorter single version.
After Jim's death ROTS received a lot of attention which allowed it to break into the Top-30 here and actually be featured on Top Of The Pops once.
I remember the film that accompanied the song on TOTP.
A bunch of guys riding horses through a heavy rain storm. At the time I thought it was a Doors promo film but it was simply some generic footage of blokes riding in a storm.
I did notice that people did talk about ROTS even though not Doors fans.
At the age I was, I was drawn into the idea that it was Jim's way of saying he had faked his death and was living somewhere under an assumed identity.
I took up several Doors Morrison rumours and was a believer that Jim had faked his death until my late teens when I grew out of such nonsense.
But I mention it to show how powerful the notion was.
I was not some simple soul who would believe anything I was told. But it was a sign of the times how easy it was to be drawn into such silliness however rational you were.
Riders was indeed a song that helped further the Doors cause here in the UK as I did see many former Doors haters begin to like the song.
It would appear on jukeboxes throughout Teesside and I saw it in pubs in Newcastle. So it did serve The Doors cause well in the 70s.
One of the interesting things was the ROTS B Side which was The Changeling. This had been the bands first choice for a single release and they had to be persuaded to change their minds and release LHM as the debut LAW single as Jac Holzman had correctly identified it as the obvious hit. He was proved correct as LHM hit #11 in the US even outselling the classic ROTS in 1971.
Tightrope Ride on the other hand disappeared without trace in Europe which was a shame as it was a damn good tribute to Jim and contains some of the best Krieger guitar of his time with The Doors.
Ray's vocal is very emotional and powerful.
A song that deserves better than it has received from The Doors and their fans.
Of course ROTS has become the most iconic of Doors songs due to the nature of the song and the fact it was the last recorded Jim Doors song. But it should not detract from the fact that Robby Krieger wrote songs that were more accessable to the general music audience and helped bring many a fan into the Doors fold.
Tightrope Ride whilst being ignored in 1971 has itself become of interest to Doors fans due to YouTube and has began to resonate with Doors fans who are beginning to appreciate that it was a good pop song and a splendid tribute to the dead singer.
Ray Manzarek was not noted for his song writing but here he showed he could step up to the plate and deliver something that deserved to stand among the upper echelon of Doors songs and be given his due alongside the better known Doors lyricists Jim and Robby.
