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Post by cobriaclord on Jul 22, 2006 22:03:38 GMT
Theres blood in the streets, its up to my ankles
She came
Theres blood on the streets, its up to my knee
She came
Blood on the streets in the town of chicago
She came
Blood on the rise, its following me
Think about the break of day
She came and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
She came
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness
She came
Blood in the streets its up to my thigh
She came
Yeah the river runs down the legs of the city
She came
The women are crying red rivers of weepin
She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind
Blood in the streets in the town of new haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of fantastic l.a.
Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
Theres blood in the streets, its up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, its up to my knee
Blood in the streets in the town of chicago
Blood on the rise, its following me
Now I know that this song is loosely based on a poem by Morrison, "Abortion Stories"
But they couldn't name the song that so they called it "peace frog" because Robbie's riff sounded like a frog croaking. This is one of my favorite songs and it really "pumps you up" but if it really is about abortion, what statement is it making about it?
New Haven is a reference to Morrison's arrest
The part where Morrison says "Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind" is a reference to the car accident he was in.
Is Ray doing the back up vocals with "She Came?"
Another thing to point out: this song is sometimes played in movies/tv shows (for example The Waterboy)
"Blood streams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union"
What do you think this means?
Peace
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Post by jym on Jul 22, 2006 23:18:23 GMT
No, it's not about abortion, it's an allusion to abortion, the blood running down the legs of the city is an allusion. It's a bit of Morrison autobiography all teh cities mentioned is where something significant from Morrison's life happened. New Haven-where he was arrested onstage, Venice-where he wrote the poems, the Indians bleeding on dawn's highway-the truck accident from his childhood. & lastly Chicago, always puzzling at the inclusion of that, most people think it's because of the yippie riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago, but Morrison wasn't there? So, why is that included in an otherwise autobiographical song? Well, if you remember from No One Here Gets Out Alive it's mentioned that Morrison provoked his first riot from the stage in Chicago, so that makes sense of it's placement in this autobiographical framework.
& you're mishearing some of the lyrics it's "blood screams the pain as she chops off the finger".
"Blood is the rose of a mysterious union" & Blood'll be born in the birth of a nation" poetic aphorisms/truisms.
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Post by strangenightvstone on Jul 23, 2006 1:59:24 GMT
The Birth of A Nation is an old silent movie about the KKK made by D.W. Grifith.  Abortion is the topic of this song. Jim sang "She Came" over and over. That was the track, so Paul Rothchild had to go through Jim's notebook to find Abortion Stories. Jim went back and sang over his previous track. A partial birth abortion is a scam. What a doctor does is kill the baby before it can breathe its first breath of air. Before the baby is born he/she breathes amniotic fluid. The doctor pulls the baby out by the legs, he flips it over while still in the womb so the baby is face down. He then takes a pair of scissors and punctures the back of the skull while the babies mouth is still inside. He then takes a vacuum and sucks the brains out before pulling the baby out. The baby is thrown into a tray, it still moves because its central nervous system is still working. The nurse then cleans the baby and wraps it up if the mother wants to hold it. Do not be fooled into thinking Partial Birth Abortion is not murder. |
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Post by cobriaclord on Jul 23, 2006 2:51:12 GMT
No, it's not about abortion, it's an allusion to abortion, the blood running down the legs of the city is an allusion. & you're mishearing some of the lyrics it's "blood screams the pain as she chops off the finger". "Blood is the rose of a mysterious union" & Blood'll be born in the birth of a nation" poetic aphorisms/truisms. What is it saying about abortion though? I didnt hear it wrong, it was mistaken on the website i copied and pasted from. Whats an aphorism? I personally I believe all abortion is murder. I was just wondering what Jim Morrison was trying to say about it. Peace |
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Post by jym on Jul 23, 2006 16:59:46 GMT
Allusion: n. 1. a passing or casual reference ; an incidental mention: an allusion to Shakespeare. 2. Obs. A metaphor; parable.
Aphorism: n. 1. A terse saying embodying a general truth, as "Art is long, and life is short."
the title Abortion Stories is/was an allusion not that the poem was about abortion, it's about the feeling the writer (Morrison) has towards life, that wherever he goes trouble (blood) follows. You might as well wonder where the frog is in Peace Frog.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Jul 23, 2006 18:35:04 GMT
Maybe its about a French Hippy  |
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Post by nick on Jul 23, 2006 19:11:16 GMT
Or post traumatic stress syndrome.  |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 9, 2011 9:04:50 GMT
14 Reasons To Love John Densmore
Modern Drummer 2010
From the moment Densmore joins Krieger's choppy guitar riff with a four on the floor kick and a funky two handed hi hat groove, you can tell you're in for a rollicking good time.
Despite the bloody lyrics.
John's little fills, like the snare-hat- tom lick kicking into the second verse 0.46, just elevate the proceedings further.
He plays another cool fill at 1.16 leading into a syncopated ghost-note-leavened pattern that helps set up the guitar solo.
And the way 'Peace Frog' leads so seamlessly into 'Blue Sunday' is yet another reason to love Mr D.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on May 9, 2011 13:14:50 GMT
Guitar World 2004
Q) I love the composition of "Peace Frog," which features many sections, including a great bridge. Were the parts written all at once? And how did you get that great tone for the solo?
A) RK: I wrote the basic form for the music and breaks. They were then given the "Doors" treatment by the three of us and Harvey Brooks, who was playing bass.
We recorded the rack before the lyrics were written, which is not how we normally did things.
We cut it, and then Jim and [producer] Paul Rothchild went through Jim's poetry books and found a poem called "Abortion Story," which had all the stuff about "blood in the streets." The two of them came up with a vocal line to fit the music. As far as the sound on the solo, I used a Twin Reverb turned up really loud.
The echo was created with a tape delay. At the time, there wasn't a pedal that could create that effect.
Robby Krieger: Guitar Player Magazine 1998
PEACE FROG
That solo was probably the first time that I used tape delay. It was kind of fun, but it took a while to get that solo down. Sometimes Paul Rothschild could be like Mr. Hitler in the studio you know, punching in forever. 'Take 562!'
You might think that the rhythm guitar on the verses is played through a wah-wah, but the tone is actuary the result of an incompetent repair job.
You see, I sent my SG in to have some work done, and it came back with the pickups wired wrong; they were completely out of phase.
I just happened to put the pickup switch in the center position for that song, and the resulting sound was pretty cool.
John Densmore Interview Rhythm & News Magazine 1995
PEACE FROG :
A lot of people go, 'Is that the Doors?
What is that?
That's cool, it doesn't sound like you guys.' Actually it's a riff that Robbie had ...which Ray and I loved.
Jim wasn't coming up with anything lyrically and we just went ahead and recorded the track cause we just loved the groove. So later (late producer) Paul Rothschild started going through Jim's little notebook, saying, 'Come on, we got to find something to put on this, it's so great.
And he found all this: "Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven, on the palm trees of Venice, blah, blah, blah. Jim just laid it on top, we told him where to stop. It's just so different.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 2, 2011 11:00:58 GMT
  Two different versions of Peace Frog |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 7, 2011 11:10:51 GMT
The sound on the opening guitar is perhaps the first use of out of phase pickups. I didn't want to wait for Jim to come up with a lyric, plus I couldn't come up with anything so we decided to record the track without any idea of what the lyrics would be.
Unusual for us.
Later Paul Rothchild and Jim found the lyrics in Jim's notebooks.
the poem called 'Abortion Stories' fit perfectly.
Robby Krieger
"Blood in the streets of the town of Chicago" refers to the 1968 democratic convention.
"Blood in the streets of the town of New Haven" refers to Morrison's arrest in New Haven in 1967 when he was beaten up by the police.
'Indians scattered' comes from a poem Jim wrote about his experience as a child when his family came across a car accident involving migrant workers in New Mexico.
The story was at first thought to be allegoric but since that time the news report of the accident have been found and it is likely true. The car accident not the dead indians jumping into Jim.
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