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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 2, 2011 13:35:38 GMT
No me moleste mosquito No me moleste mosquito No me moleste mosquito Why don't you go home No me moleste mosquito Let me eat my burrito No me moleste mosquito Why don't you go home.
A crazy little Robby Krieger 'song' that is annoying and enticing at both the same time. Starting off with Robby strumming a simple acoustic guitar line and appealing for an irritating insect to let him eat his lunch in peace it spirals off into an epic instrumental piece beginning with Latin beats and then after a further appeal for Robby for peace a cavalcade of swirling Manzarek keyboards and searing Krieger guitar reminiscent of The Doors at their height. John Densmore offers up some excellently varied rock and bossa nova style drumming using both brush and stick with able support from Leland Sklar's pounding bass guitar.
It was released as a single in August 1972 reaching #85 in the US and went down very well in South America Ironically it was the only Doors song from this era played by Ray Manzarek's silly tribute act that caused so much trouble from 2003. A mark of it's popularity even today.
Regardless of how silly the song itself is it is one of the best post Morrison examples of how awesome the musical trio of The Doors could be. Highly recommended.The Doors-The Mosquito www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GiD6XBsc2MFull Circle
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Post by casandra on May 2, 2011 19:03:37 GMT
The music is fine, but the lyrics are pretty silly. Latin music of “Push Push”, which is the remastered Soft Parade album seem me a little similar to a Cuban traditional music called Guantanamera (the girl from Guantánamo) with a mixed of Mexican mariachi’s screams included. There are hundreds of versions of Guantanamera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAshvM7LYg
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Apr 7, 2024 10:01:46 GMT
The Doors: The MosquitoFrom the final Doors throw of the dice 'Full Circle' this single was notable for being the most 'irritating' and rather fun Doors record in the history of the band. Oddly enough it has even managed to find an audience with the new generation of Doors fans thanks to its inclusion on the Greatest Hits package the band released in 2000. It has always sounded to me like Robby got drunk one evening and amused himself by writing the song for a laff as it's a rather insane ditty! Perhaps thinking of Jim and combining insects with Mexican food. Classic! Some sublime Ray organ juxtaposes nicely with a cool Densmore back beat and once again some excellent guitar playing from RK. The years 1971 and 1972 truly his best Doors moments, musicianship never being a weak point with the Post Jim Doors. The song featured strongly during the bands 1972 US and European tours and was a crowd pleaser by all accounts and its easy to see why as it both infuriates and entertains in the same breath with an easy going Robby lyric that hardly challenges Morrison but is fun in its slightness. Robby's vocals were never a strong point for the band but he does rather well with such a silly song. Amazingly the single actually breached the top 100 in the US making # 85 which was very respectful considering most Post Jim material generally did badly. A nice 'light side' to a band that conspired with the 'Dark Side' for so long and well worth a listen even if it will drive you nuts! The B Side 'It Slipped My Mind' by complete contrast is the worst Doors song ever recorded and should be strung up by its feet and horsewhipped.
'No me moleste mosquito' Jim Morrison could never have said it better!From Scorpywag Fanzine By Alex Patton from Stockton On Tees, England.France release Turkey Argentina French single Mexico Spain Portugal single Italy single
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