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Post by casandra on Dec 26, 2011 19:25:17 GMT
In another Wilson Pickett record titled “In the midnight hour” (1965) there is a song titled “Don’t fight it” of which Morrison took some verses for his “There you sit” improvisation. “There you sit”There you sit All by yourself Everybody’s dancin’ Can not help themselves C’mon girl! Get that groove! You know baby! I like to see you move, child! Danbury High School Auditorium, October 11, 1967 (Break on through)“There you sit”: at minute 3:15 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0bsmo5C7A“Don’t fight it” by Wilson PickettThere you sit all by yourself Everybody's dancin'; they can't a-help themselves The groove is much too strong; they can't hold out long So get up, don't fight it; you've got to (feel it, feel it) You'd better get on up & get the groove You know what, baby? I like the way you move You do the thing like you ought to be, all right So don't fight it, oh baby (feel it, feel it) The way you jerk, the way you do the twine You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine & after the dance I'm gonna take you home So don't fight it, baby you've got to (feel it, feel it) Don't fight it (feel it, feel it) you've got to (feel it, feel it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A47uNen5-QSo the new song "Feel it" which has appeared in the London Fog tapes may be a variant of this song, which is also known as "Do not fight it (feel it)".
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 27, 2011 9:04:14 GMT
Nice info once again I think someone mentioned this on the Doors forum. I don't pay too much attention there anymore That prompted the Doors archivist to say it was a Doors original. We do know that their earliest shows depended heavily on covers as they developed their own songs. It certainly is fascinating that Wilson Pickett was a Doors influence as I would never have thought that 30 years ago. This Fog tape will be one of the most important Doors finds ever. I do hope they obtain the second reel that was spoken about. Morrison's improvisations seem to have drawn from a wide variety of stuff that he had seen and heard. Which is a whole series of thought and discussion in itself. This band gets more interesting as the years pass by when most of the other bands tend to be the exact opposite. ;D
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 27, 2011 9:44:34 GMT
Another candidate could be Sam Cooke. Pickett's song was a minor national chart hit (#53) but a big R&B hit in 1965 making #4 in that chart. So it's likely this was heard around LA by The Doors during their Venice Beach phase. Sam Cooke's song too was a very minor hit nationally (#56) in 1961 and did not feature in the US R&B chart at all. So on that the Pickett song sounds more accessible to The Doors than the Cooke song. Especially when you consider Morrison may well, as Elisa points out, have found his 'There You Sit' poem from the Pickett song. Feel It by Sam CookeBaby when the band is playing and that solid beat O, make you wanna move, make you wanna groove make you wanna pat your feet Don't fight it, don't fight, feel it
No, now when we dance close together with your cheeck close to mine and you begin to feel, a funny little thrill moving up your spine Don't fight it, don't fight, feel it
Baby, when the swinging music, makes you wanna flip Don't be in pain, trying to restrain go ahead and move your hips Baby when you're dancing near me and I feel I wanna tease And when I do, the feeling gets you when you feel you wanna squeeze Don't fight it, don't fight, feel it feel it (many times)
Baby, when the swinging music, makes you wanna flip Don't be in pain, trying to restrain go ahead and move your hips Baby when you're dancing near me and I feel I wanna tease And when I do, the feeling gets you when you feel you wanna squeeze Don't fight it, don't fight, feel it Feel It by Sam Cook
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 27, 2011 9:48:11 GMT
I have started a thread for Feel It which is an unknown quantity at present. On the Doors forum it was stated it was believed to have been a Doors original but the evidence for this is now becoming less likely and it was more likely a popular cover from the day. We have two candidates for the one one written by Sam Cooke from 1961 and another seemingly adapted from the Cooke lyric by Wilson Pickett which appeared in 1965.
I will leave the thread open to conjecture until we finally get to hear what the song is and whether it's a cover of one of these or some adaptation or even original composition.
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Post by casandra on Dec 27, 2011 20:14:40 GMT
Morrison's improvisations seem to have drawn from a wide variety of stuff that he had seen and heard. Which is a whole series of thought and discussion in itself. This band gets more interesting as the years pass by when most of the other bands tend to be the exact opposite. ;D Exactly. I like very much to see all those influences, and see how Morrison took those verses and he adapted them to his own style.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Oct 23, 2012 9:54:03 GMT
Still no idea what this actually is as there is as yet no sign of the London Fog tapes despite Jampol making a big thing about it during the laughable Year of the Doors non promotion. The guy is a liar but I don't disbelieve they have the tapes just find it annoying that the Fog should have been the centrepiece of TYOTD. It does not need Bruce Botnick to fart about with the tapes as it's a period before Elektra and when the band was at it's rawest. All it needs is some decent sleeve notes and a cover. But sadly the Doors are still preoccupied with setting new bench marks in greed by milking Morrison and the back catalogue. Hopefully we will see it in 2013
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