Post by darkstar on Feb 14, 2005 3:25:23 GMT
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LIGHT MY FIRE
All Things Considered, August 28, 2000 · NPR's Guy Raz talked with the three surviving membersof the Doors about their song Light My Fire. The song is part of the NPR 100, a list of the 100 most significant pieces of American music from the 20th century. Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robbie Krieger, along with the late Jim Morrisson, came together in Venice, California in 1965, as the Doors. They had varied musical backgrounds and drew from a variety of influences, including jazz, blues, classical, British psychedelic rock, and the surf music of Southern California. Light My Fire was written and recorded in 1967. The sound wasn't conventional or definable as pop or folk or jazz or rock. And it was more than seven minutes long. Many in the music industry were convinced it could never be a success at that length. By July 1967, it was number one in America.
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LIGHT MY FIRE
All Things Considered, August 28, 2000 · NPR's Guy Raz talked with the three surviving membersof the Doors about their song Light My Fire. The song is part of the NPR 100, a list of the 100 most significant pieces of American music from the 20th century. Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robbie Krieger, along with the late Jim Morrisson, came together in Venice, California in 1965, as the Doors. They had varied musical backgrounds and drew from a variety of influences, including jazz, blues, classical, British psychedelic rock, and the surf music of Southern California. Light My Fire was written and recorded in 1967. The sound wasn't conventional or definable as pop or folk or jazz or rock. And it was more than seven minutes long. Many in the music industry were convinced it could never be a success at that length. By July 1967, it was number one in America.
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