The Doors

Helped along by smash hit "Hello, I Love You," the Doors returned to the top of the pop charts with a gentler sounding LP. Yes, Jim Morrison can be blamed for belting out highly pretentious lyrics on top of musical bombast ("Not To Touch The Earth," anyone?) but tracks like "The Unknown Soldier," "Spanish Caravan" and the apocalyptic "Five To One" retain their power.

One night recently the Mothers were performing "Plastic People Louie Louie" when Frank
Zappa stumbled onto the monologue that graces "The End" ("he took a face from the
ancient gallery and he walked on down the hall ..."). It was terribly funny, and it was nice
to see Zappa go through the Morrison changes with an utter lack of seriousness, if only
because Morrison himself could use some levity occasionally. Listening to the ne... More >